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Queenie
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 Posted: 02/28/15 8:32 pm ::: Best wallflowers? |
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Not the Jakob Dylan kind.
We're coming up on the Big Dance, and as we all know, only 64 teams get to hit the floor every year, and of those teams, many are the same faces over and over again.
So who are the best players that you've ever seen who have NEVER made an NCAA tournament? Who do you wish with all your heart could have made the tournament so that the entire nation could see them and know what they can do?
(Please note: this question only pertains to the NCAA era of WCBB. Can't go to a dance if it's not being held.)
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| Posted: 02/28/15 8:51 pm ::: Re: Best wallflowers? |
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| Queenie wrote: |
Not the Jakob Dylan kind.
We're coming up on the Big Dance, and as we all know, only 64 teams get to hit the floor every year, and of those teams, many are the same faces over and over again.
So who are the best players that you've ever seen who have NEVER made an NCAA tournament? Who do you wish with all your heart could have made the tournament so that the entire nation could see them and know what they can do?
(Please note: this question only pertains to the NCAA era of WCBB. Can't go to a dance if it's not being held.) |
Easy. Rachael Banham.
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| Posted: 02/28/15 9:51 pm ::: |
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| I can think of quite a few. Hamby from Wake Forest, Kaela Davis from Georgia Tech, Nia Holley from Northwestern, and Alleyne from Oregon. Rachelle Banham would be the number one though. She can flat out ball.
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SpaceJunkie
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| Posted: 02/28/15 9:57 pm ::: |
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| Shmermerer1 wrote: |
| I can think of quite a few. Hamby from Wake Forest, Kaela Davis from Georgia Tech, Nia Holley from Northwestern, and Alleyne from Oregon. Rachelle Banham would be the number one though. She can flat out ball. |
Kaela Davis scored 16 points in a 20 point loss to LSU in the first round last year as a freshman.
If Nia Holley is Nia Coffey, she is a sophomore and Northwestern is making the NCAA Tournament this year, so she doesn't count either.
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| Posted: 02/28/15 10:06 pm ::: |
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| Shmermerer1 wrote: |
| I can think of quite a few. Hamby from Wake Forest, Kaela Davis from Georgia Tech, Nia Holley from Northwestern, and Alleyne from Oregon. Rachelle Banham would be the number one though. She can flat out ball. |
Kaela Davis scored 16 points in a 20 point loss to LSU in the first round last year as a freshman.
If Nia Holley is Nia Coffey, she is a sophomore and Northwestern is making the NCAA Tournament this year, so she doesn't count either. |
If you consider Banham as a part of her team, she's making it this year also.
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| Posted: 02/28/15 10:09 pm ::: |
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| Shmermerer1 wrote: |
| I can think of quite a few. Hamby from Wake Forest, Kaela Davis from Georgia Tech, Nia Holley from Northwestern, and Alleyne from Oregon. Rachelle Banham would be the number one though. She can flat out ball. |
Kaela Davis scored 16 points in a 20 point loss to LSU in the first round last year as a freshman.
If Nia Holley is Nia Coffey, she is a sophomore and Northwestern is making the NCAA Tournament this year, so she doesn't count either. |
Didn't realize Georgia Tech made the tourney last year. Sorry about the wrong name. I meant Coffey. There is a top High School kid from the same state named Nia Hollie. I got them mixed up.
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| Posted: 02/28/15 10:12 pm ::: |
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Banham's also got another year.
I don't think I sufficiently hedged around the original question- my intent was to come up with players who have either completed their careers or are seniors with no hope bar a miracle of making the tournament.
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| Posted: 02/28/15 10:18 pm ::: |
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| If you consider Banham as a part of her team, she's making it this year also. |
She never made it the tournament when she actually played.
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| Posted: 02/28/15 10:18 pm ::: |
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Banham's also got another year.
I don't think I sufficiently hedged around the original question- my intent was to come up with players who have either completed their careers or are seniors with no hope bar a miracle of making the tournament. |
has Washington State made it in the last 4 years? Galdiera is pretty impressive.
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| Posted: 02/28/15 10:36 pm ::: |
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| If you consider Banham as a part of her team, she's making it this year also. |
She never made it the tournament when she actually played. |
This is the very best definition of a wallflower. She'll go to the dance, but she won't do any actual dancing.
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| Posted: 02/28/15 10:41 pm ::: |
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| Shades wrote: |
| If you consider Banham as a part of her team, she's making it this year also. |
She never made it the tournament when she actually played. |
This is the very best definition of a wallflower. She'll go to the dance, but she won't do any actual dancing. |
Sounds like my kind of girl!
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| Posted: 03/01/15 2:56 am ::: |
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| Queenie wrote: |
Banham's also got another year.
I don't think I sufficiently hedged around the original question- my intent was to come up with players who have either completed their careers or are seniors with no hope bar a miracle of making the tournament. |
has Washington State made it in the last 4 years? Galdiera is pretty impressive. |
I'll second that, assuming Wazzu never goes to the dance, Galdiera is a badass.
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| Posted: 03/01/15 3:24 am ::: |
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| Toni Thomas of Cal State Fullerton, if not for injuries she would have finished her career with 2,000 points and 2,000 rebounds. She was fun to watch on the court because of her versatility, she could hit the 3, post up and take you off the dribble.
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| Posted: 03/01/15 8:17 am ::: |
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| Just wanted to say this is a great question. No one to add yet, but enjoying the contributions.
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| Posted: 03/01/15 11:23 am ::: |
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Jacki Gemelos - USC --had no records to note in college, except enduring 6 ACL's
Briana Gilbreath - USC - finished 10th in scoring in USC History and 9th in rebounds
Ashley Corral - USC finished 12th in scoring in USC history and 1st in 3 pointers made(both in a career and a season)
Christina Marinacci - USC. Finished 10th in USC in rebounds.
All were McDonalds All Americans
Briana has played in the WNBA. All are playing, or have played overseas.
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| Posted: 03/01/15 11:33 am ::: |
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Judie Lomax, who played her freshman year at Oregon State and two years at (Roar-Lions-Roar) Columbia.
At Oregon State in 2006-07: Started in all 28 games she played ... named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman team ... second on the team with 10.9 points per game ... led team with 7.7 rebounds per game ... led Pac-10 in field goal percentage (.645) and was fifth in the Pac-10 in rebounding
At Columbia in 2009-10: Became first Columbia player to be named Ivy League Women's Basketball Player of the Year ... unanimous first team All-Ivy League selection ... named honorable mention Associated Press All-American ... first team All-Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association ... named Ivy League Player of the Week six times (12/14, 1/4, 1/18, 1/25, 2/22 & 3/8) ... led nation in rebounding for second consecutive season, becoming first player in NCAA history to accomplish the feat ... totaled 398 rebounds, placing her second on the all-time single-season list at Columbia ... set school record with 72 steals in a season ... led Ivy League in scoring (18.6 ppg), rebounding (14.2 rpg), steals (2.6 spg), and minutes played (37.6 mpg) ... ranked second in the country with 21 double-doubles
Aside from being a prodigious rebounder, Lomax was a great defender who led the conference in steals and had great speed to lead fast breaks.
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| Posted: 03/01/15 2:56 pm ::: |
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| Rebekkah Brunson never made the tournament.
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| Posted: 03/02/15 11:10 pm ::: |
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| Andrea Congreaves, the first player in NCAA history to lead the nation in scoring twice.
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| Posted: 03/03/15 10:02 am ::: |
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Jerica Coley of FIU
Led the nation in scoring, I think, in 12/13 and 13/14.
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| Posted: 03/03/15 11:35 am ::: |
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Jerica Coley of FIU
Led the nation in scoring, I think, in 12/13 and 13/14. |
#HolyColey
I was so sad when their dancing in the C-USA Tourney was ended by those villains from that other team in Tennessee.
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