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For many Bigs, it is hard to evaluate their skills unless they have a high school team that is built around them or built on a strong defensive scheme. So many high school coaches focus on guards and three point shooting, unless they are stacked full of talent. College coaches need to evaluate...

The team may have been a mid major, but she consistently scheduled and competed with P5 teams. And beat most of them, often on their own courts. Iowa State, Missouri, Creighton, Oklahoma, and South Carolina were on the schedule frequently. They also played Northwestern, Indiana, TAMU, and Ohio...

Sometimes players are not considered for reasons other than their ability on the floor. In addition to positional need, Coach P is very much into making sure it’s a good fit with chemistry, personality, and heart, as well as other aspects of the player as well. I’m not saying anything about this...

Coach P does have a lot of history playing both of these teams. Looking at Drake‘s roster, they have two Minnesota girls, but neither are seniors. Creighton does not have their whole roster online yet. However, they do have one Minnesota senior listed, so it could be a homecoming game for her.

As a parent of a former player, we loved it when Coach P called our girls young ladies. It’s a subtle way of reminding them that they are being noticed in the community, that young girls are looking up to them, and that older fans and boosters see who they are and how they present themselves...

In addition, recruiting starts as young as seventh grade now. Coach P has not been here long enough to get the big names. Many top players narrow down to their top 10 or five, or occasionally even commit, before their junior year.

But they are looking at changing the rule, according to that article.

I saw an alternate perspective on this rule, suggesting that it is for the end of the game, when teams can choose to use a timeout and take the ball in the front court. However, that changes the game because they are not given their full 30 seconds, especially if they are trying to kill the...

It doesn’t currently. But look at the proposed rule changes, above. That is one of the things that is mentioned.

Resetting the shot clock to 20 seconds on a out of bounds in the front court is a horrendous idea. If you are playing really good defense, the shot clock is winding down, and you knock the ball out with 2 seconds left, why should the offense get another 20 second reset?

The jersey tuck rule is a very good rule. Otherwise, players pull on jerseys. I know they already do it, but with them untucked it makes it even easier for them to get away with it.

We are now in a recruiting shut down for the week. I would assume that only applies to high school kids, and that we could still go after transfer portal players. Is this correct?

Seventh grade is way too early. Remember, players can change a lot in the years before they get to high school, and even while they are in high school. While many get better, some actually regress. Their skills may not increase at the same pace as others, their interests change, their...

in addition to Juju‘s injury, both UCLA and USC have several players in the transfer portal this year. Only one with more than a handful of starts, but when you factor in graduation, they are going to be looking for a new team chemistry.

Coach P and her staff have a way of getting the most out of players that other coaches may have overlooked. Especially Bigs. I am excited to see how they can use this young lady!