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Michigan lands Taylor Williams through the transfer portal
Taylor Williams announced her commitment to the Michigan women's basketball team Saturday, the first transfer pickup for the Wolverines this offseason.
www.michigandaily.com
Rutgers has seemed to live (and mostly die) by the portal the last few years. It will be interesting to see if Washington can turn things around.
At this point, who looks to be improved and who lost a lot. I see Minnesota and Illinois with improved talent and coaching on paper. I can see them emerge. Maryland has a good coach and great recruiter but unbelievable turnover of players that want out. Can they keep that up. Nebraska played well below talent and expectation. Michigan and Michigan St talent is good but fall short of conference titles. Indiana and Ohio St both better located than us for recruiting, both have a lot of talent.
A couple of notes from Huskerland. First, they hired an assistant, who apparently isn't Britt Prince's mom.
huskers.com
And, they added another Aussie.
huskers.com
Huskers Add Assibey as Assistant Coach - University of Nebraska
A long-time NCAA Division I assistant with a track record of success around the country, Julian Assibey will join the Nebraska women's basketball staff for the 2023-24
huskers.com
And, they added another Aussie.
Australian Star Petrie to Join Huskers - University of Nebraska
Australian National Program member Jessica Petrie will join the Nebraska women's basketball team for the 2023-24 season, as the 6-2 power forward signed with Head
huskers.com
and:A couple of notes from Huskerland. First, they hired an assistant, who apparently isn't Britt Prince's mom.
Huskers Add Assibey as Assistant Coach - University of Nebraska
A long-time NCAA Division I assistant with a track record of success around the country, Julian Assibey will join the Nebraska women's basketball staff for the 2023-24
And, they added another Aussie.
Australian Star Petrie to Join Huskers - University of Nebraska
Australian National Program member Jessica Petrie will join the Nebraska women's basketball team for the 2023-24 season, as the 6-2 power forward signed with Head
A couple of notes from Huskerland. First, they hired an assistant, who apparently isn't Britt Prince's mom.
Huskers Add Assibey as Assistant Coach - University of Nebraska
A long-time NCAA Division I assistant with a track record of success around the country, Julian Assibey will join the Nebraska women's basketball staff for the 2023-24
Never rly looked at her stats before. Those percentages are something.
Looks like the Aussie is for class of 2024. Anyone else know what the rest of their 2024 class (or roster) looks like?
For some reason Raoul doesn’t track UNL (SAVAGE — he even tracks Minnesota)…
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Mila Reynolds ('22 Maryland transfer) and Amiyah Reynolds ('23, former MD signee #43 ESPN) committed to Purdue today. B1G gets better and better.
It continues to get tougher and tougher for us to stay on top...and I still think there's at worst a 50/50 chance Morrow ends up at MD.
It continues to get tougher and tougher for us to stay on top...and I still think there's at worst a 50/50 chance Morrow ends up at MD.
Will be interesting to see her impact on OSU. A significant step down in terms of offense from Mikesell, but a significant step up in terms of defense. Will be interesting to see if she helps improve OSU's half-court defense. OSU lived by the press last year, but was not great in half-court defense.
Good pick up for Purdue. She had an offer list similar to Affolter. Was hoping we would get her but it’s been awhile since we had heard much about her so I figured chances were slim (on top of already having 3 Gs signed already).
Illinois continuing to make noise. Good for them.
Curious how pre-season B1G rankings will shake out.
Shauna Green appears to have the recruiting gene/magic, but will be interesting to see how high Green's recruiting reach will extend with the Illini. Wallace is a good get, but she is still a sub-elite prospect with the ACC (except for Clemson), SEC and ND passing on her.
A correction needs to be made.
Caitlin Clark isn't the Larry Bird or the Damian Lillard of women's basketball.............she is the Nikola Jokic of WCBB.
Jokic is currently averaging a triple double entering the NBA Finals, as a side note.
Caitlin Clark isn't the Larry Bird or the Damian Lillard of women's basketball.............she is the Nikola Jokic of WCBB.
Jokic is currently averaging a triple double entering the NBA Finals, as a side note.
I'm sure there's a fascinating behind the scenes story about how Owusu went from a star on a top 10 Maryland team to Penn State in a little over a year.
Bluder has done so much right during the Caitlin era in terms of scheduling and otherwise, but I wish she would have pursued a home-and-home series with one of the truly elite WBB programs. K-State is a nice series, but it's nothing like playing Stanford home and home, which Indiana announced it will do.
She did not gel with her teammates or her coach at VT at all. During the VT / LSU Final Four matchup, her teammates accused her of cheering for the opposing team. Her dad tweeted that the HC has a group chat with his favorite players and she wasn’t included. Lots of drama. She almost didn’t take the COVID year.
I’m sure some programs didn’t want to deal with that mess, and I bet she also really wanted to be guaranteed a starring role. She wasted an entire year rotting on the bench at VT. She and Makena Marisa might make some noise this year, I could see them getting a big W or two. Hopefully not over us lol but perhaps Michigan, Nebraska or even Maryland.
Meh.
Sometimes it's better to save the money matchups for the actual main event than to give it away free on cable TV.......................
Not vouching for the quality or the opinions, but the following is a substack devoted to BIG WBB, written by a former Ohio State-related media guy:
hooplanewsletter.substack.com
I read it. He currently is writing an article on each BIG team, in order of predicted finished this year. This week's article is on Illinois (predicted 5th). IU, OSU, MD and Iowa are the remaining teams.
Hoopla | Wyatt Crosher | Substack
Big Ten Women's Basketball and... other stuff. Click to read Hoopla, by Wyatt Crosher, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
hooplanewsletter.substack.com
I read it. He currently is writing an article on each BIG team, in order of predicted finished this year. This week's article is on Illinois (predicted 5th). IU, OSU, MD and Iowa are the remaining teams.
I subscribe to this / follow him on Twitter. He is pretty entertaining and is usually pretty data-driven / analytical. He is not partial to OSU at all, he seems to have a soft spot for Nebraska though (don't we all?). He sent out a pretty great "Emergency Hoopla" after the W over SC that was written very well and also pretty funny (like many WBB fans, he has no love for Kim Mulkey due to the way she treated BG, so he really wanted us to beat LSU). He really wants the B1G as a whole to succeed and also highlights B1G alum in the WNBA on social.Not vouching for the quality or the opinions, but the following is a substack devoted to BIG WBB, written by a former Ohio State-related media guy:
Hoopla | Wyatt Crosher | Substack
Big Ten Women's Basketball and... other stuff. Click to read Hoopla, by Wyatt Crosher, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
I read it. He currently is writing an article on each BIG team, in order of predicted finished this year. This week's article is on Illinois (predicted 5th). IU, OSU, MD and Iowa are the remaining teams.
He predicted us to win the B1G last year in this same series and is conservative enough that he doesn't make too many outlandish predictions. He is also rather self-depricating when he is way off, as he was with Illinois last year (again, weren't we all?). I highly recommend subscribing to both the email and following on Twitter. His player-by-player analysis is likely the only of its kind for most B1G teams.
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I follow him too and agree with your assessment. He loves the B1G in general and seemed very happy for our success last season. His posts are entertaining and generally accurate.
Iowa and Caitlin Clark Lead Big Ten Preseason Women's Basketball Honors
ROSEMONT, Ill. – For the second consecutive year, the University of Iowa has been selected as the preseason Big Ten Conference favorite by both the league’s 14 head coaches and a select media panel, the conference office announced on Wednesday. The coaches and media also selected Hawkeyes’...
bigten.org
2023-24 Media Big Ten Preseason All-Big Ten Team
Makira Cook, Sr., G, Illinois
Mackenzie Holmes, Grad., F, Indiana
CAITLIN CLARK, SR., G, IOWA
Shyanne Sellers, Jr., G, Maryland
Laila Phelia, Jr., G, Michigan
Alexis Markowski, Jr., C/F, Nebraska
Jaz Shelley, Grad, G, Nebraska
Cotie McMahon, Soph., F, Ohio State
Jacy Sheldon, Grad., G, Ohio State
Makenna Marisa, Senior+, G, Penn State
2023-24 Media Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year
Caitlin Clark, Sr., G, Iowa
Unanimous selections listed in ALL CAPS
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How were McMahon, Sheldon, Holmes, Phelia, and Sellers NOT unanimous selections? Great reminder that media voters can be dumb as hell.
For context, I thought that Bluder was rejecting the idea of limiting Clark to only the tools she could use in the pros.
Sorry I moved the original comment to the 2023-2024 thread, thought it made sense there. Trying to be a better message boarder.
6’3” Zania Socka-Nguemen, Sidwell Friends School in D.C., Hoopgurlz #26 announced four finalists: Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee and UCLA. Will announce commitment this Friday.
Not sure who to pull for, but very jealous of Michigan’s ability to convert their newfound success, after a pitiful history, into national recruiting contender.
Not sure who to pull for, but very jealous of Michigan’s ability to convert their newfound success, after a pitiful history, into national recruiting contender.
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USC 83-74 Ohio State (Nov 6, 2023) Game Recap - ESPN
Expert recap and game analysis of the USC Trojans vs. Ohio State Buckeyes NCAAW game from November 6, 2023 on ESPN.
OSU falls to USC in dramatic fashion.
The Good: OSU is not the invincible juggernaut so many predicted (but many Iowa fans knew this).
The Bad: USC and UCLA may well enter the B1G as the two best teams and stay there for 2-3 years.
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