I'll take Koval and Miles any day over their adds and Fudd
by Domerduck (2024-04-14 15:22:53)
Edited on 2024-04-14 15:29:36

In reply to: I was just looking at everyone they're getting back  posted by IRISHFAN2008

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still hasn't played much like Olivia missed more than a year with her severe injury and surgery, so we don't know when or if she'll be back. Plus they are losing Edwards who was their best player against us when we beat them by 15. They also lose Muhl who was the only one stopping Hannah Finally Beers isn't confirmed yet much like our xfrs aren't yet. '

As for the comment sorry if I misjudged your intent, but your exact statement you said "But Iriafen would put us closer to being on par with UConn" I didn't think you wanted us to get worse which is why I made the casem since I thought we were clearly better than UConn being only "on par" with Uconn. So my calculation meant we somehow got worse than we were this year. If you think them adding who they added while losing Edwards and Muhl means they're now better than us and we need Iriafen to be just as good as them then I now understand your position even if I think otherwise. My wife also accuses me of reading things too literally so sorry I read your intent differently.

That's how I came to that conclusion. Sorry again.

Maybe I'm underestimating what Hannah and Olivia can do
by IRISHFAN2008  (2024-04-14 22:10:35)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Yes Hannah was near unstoppable against UConn, but I think defenses were starting to adjust to her in the tournament.

On the other hand no one has seen the combination of Olivia, Hannah and Soni yet. But the combination of Paige, Fudd and Strong I think would really challenge us.

I still think we're still another decent post player away. Kate will be great but she may have a bit of a learning curve as a true freshman and Maddy as we know isn't a pure post player, although I like her improvement in rebounding last season.

For Me, I Want To See What Fudd Can Do...
by dillon77  (2024-04-15 13:09:48)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

...after so much time away from high-level play. She's had a couple of serious injuries and it takes a time to get game back.

Strong looks to have a lot of Madison Booker in her. It will be very interesting to see how she fits in with this team of folks who like to have the ball in their hands.

Hannah was forced to be both a scorer and distributor last season on offense. Next year, she'll be able to concentrate on one role or the other and I think it will mostly be scoring (plus the iconic defense). Olivia Miles is top shelf.
And I think Soni can shut down/slow or at least mitigate Fudd or Bueckers(she .

Yes, Maddy's not a center. She's one of the best two-way forwards in college and UConn just lost theirs. Strong is a freshman, save as Koval.
Let's see.