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summertime blues
Joined: 16 Apr 2013 Posts: 7884 Location: Shenandoah Valley
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Posted: 11/18/15 1:38 pm ::: Really young teams |
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I know there are several teams in rebuilding mode, but I was struck by Loyola-Chicago's relative youth when I looked at their roster today. Of 13 players, 9 are freshmen or sophomores; 5 are freshmen, and of the sophs, one is a JUCO transfer. So is one of her junior players. Looks like Coach Swoopes has her work cut out for her. The Ramblers are picked to finish 8th in the MVC, but you never know...
Coach Swoopes also added Mahogany Green, formerly with canvas, and Kesha Watson, who came from Garden City CC, to the coaching staff, so she has a newer staff as well.
Marquette has a lot of freshmen and sophomores on its team as well and few upperclassmen. Who else?
_________________ Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohows permanent.
It takes 3 years to build a team and 7 to build a program.--Conventional Wisdom
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myrtle
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Posted: 11/18/15 5:33 pm ::: |
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Cal has one junior that plays. All the rest are Frosh and Sophomores.
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calbearman76
Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posts: 5194 Location: Carson City
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Posted: 11/18/15 10:28 pm ::: |
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myrtle wrote: |
Cal has one junior that plays. All the rest are Frosh and Sophomores. |
Even more impressive was that in Sunday's game against Louisville there were no seniors on either team. Louisville played 10 women including 3 juniors, 2 sophomores and 5 frosh. Cal played only 7, 1 junior, 3 sophomores and 3 frosh. These are two ranked teams who, assuming they can avoid injuries, should get better throughout the season and could be really good next year.
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FollowtheCardinalRule
Joined: 12 Oct 2011 Posts: 5153 Location: Denver
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Posted: 11/18/15 10:47 pm ::: |
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Stanford's only Seniors are Rebkell's Favorite Player, Tess Picknell, Alex Green, and Kiran Lakhian. I mean, not as young as the others, but still, a young team.
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AAOK423
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Posted: 11/19/15 12:17 am ::: |
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calbearman76 wrote: |
myrtle wrote: |
Cal has one junior that plays. All the rest are Frosh and Sophomores. |
Even more impressive was that in Sunday's game against Louisville there were no seniors on either team. Louisville played 10 women including 3 juniors, 2 sophomores and 5 frosh. Cal played only 7, 1 junior, 3 sophomores and 3 frosh. These are two ranked teams who, assuming they can avoid injuries, should get better throughout the season and could be really good next year. |
Did Louisville play three juniors? Jackson, Walton, and who? I count 2 juniors, 3 sophomores, and 5 freshmen. But yes, two very promising young teams. And goodness does Cal got some height!
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calbearman76
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Posted: 11/19/15 12:58 pm ::: |
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AAOK423 wrote: |
calbearman76 wrote: |
myrtle wrote: |
Cal has one junior that plays. All the rest are Frosh and Sophomores. |
Even more impressive was that in Sunday's game against Louisville there were no seniors on either team. Louisville played 10 women including 3 juniors, 2 sophomores and 5 frosh. Cal played only 7, 1 junior, 3 sophomores and 3 frosh. These are two ranked teams who, assuming they can avoid injuries, should get better throughout the season and could be really good next year. |
Did Louisville play three juniors? Jackson, Walton, and who? I count 2 juniors, 3 sophomores, and 5 freshmen. But yes, two very promising young teams. And goodness does Cal got some height! |
My mistake. As for Cal, other than Asha Thomas, their frosh point guard, the other 6 players are 6-7. 6-4. 6-3. 6-3, 6-2 and 6-2.
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Nixtreefan
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Posted: 11/19/15 3:05 pm ::: |
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calbearman76 wrote: |
myrtle wrote: |
Cal has one junior that plays. All the rest are Frosh and Sophomores. |
Even more impressive was that in Sunday's game against Louisville there were no seniors on either team. Louisville played 10 women including 3 juniors, 2 sophomores and 5 frosh. Cal played only 7, 1 junior, 3 sophomores and 3 frosh. These are two ranked teams who, assuming they can avoid injuries, should get better throughout the season and could be really good next year. |
Except 2 of Louisvilles players are redshirt so basically seniors.
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Nixtreefan
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myrtle
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colt13
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Posted: 11/19/15 3:22 pm ::: |
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Wichita State, although we knew this over the summer. ESPN3 had their game on against Missouri, and they looked bad. They have 10 players listed on the roster, but only dressed 8, as 2 freshmen didn't dress. 4 JR, 2 SO, 2 FR have played this year.
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Nixtreefan
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summertime blues
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Posted: 11/20/15 9:56 am ::: |
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JMU has 5 freshmen but only one is getting many minutes, and boy is SHE making an impression--Savannah Felgemacher (couldn't her parents have given her a shorter first name?) is a 6'3 center who has come out of the gate on a tear. She has 17 points total and a couple of blocks in the two games that count, playing less than half of each. Now she just has to learn not to foul, which is sometimes hard for a big girl, but she looks like a great addition. I'll get to see her Monday night and will be able to form more of an impression then. She's also from Tennessee (Church Hill, in upper east TN) and if she's not playing for UT I'm glad she's playing for JMU.
_________________ Don't take life so serious. It ain't nohows permanent.
It takes 3 years to build a team and 7 to build a program.--Conventional Wisdom
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calbearman76
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Posted: 11/20/15 4:18 pm ::: |
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With youth comes inconsistency. Cal played at home for the first time today and eked out a 64-58 victory over UC Riverside in a game that they trailed at halftime. Coach Gottlieb played all 9 available players but it appears the Bears will essentially go with a 6 player rotation this season. While Cal plays again Sunday their next big test is the day after Thanksgiving in Las Vegas against Texas A&M. We'll see how the youth holds up in Sin City.
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PickledGinger
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Posted: 11/20/15 6:06 pm ::: |
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Oops.
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pilight
Joined: 23 Sep 2004 Posts: 67488 Location: Where the action is
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Posted: 11/21/15 3:44 pm ::: |
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My Mercer Teddy Bears have seven freshpersons, six sophomores, one junior, and no seniors.
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BamaEd
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Posted: 11/23/15 1:05 pm ::: |
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Alabama is pretty young as well. 4 freshmen, 5 sophomores, 2 juniors (one sitting out this year) and 2 seniors. The 1 junior that is playing is a transfer. Still in the middle of the rebuild at my alma mater.
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pilight
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