Recent content by thatjanelpick

She still would be. Seems a little early to be counting her out.

The main example I can recall is OSU hiring Mitchell's dad as an assistant, coincidentally around the time she joined the Buckeyes. Who got stuck with her sister and her dad, who coincidentally left when Mitchell was done. She really shines as a pro and I really wonder how much she could have...

I will always be bummed about her career here. It really seemed like she was getting ready to contribute, but it has to be hard to do that in a meaningful way when you're at a new school every season.

Not sure why people are using this thread to brag about selling tickets to opposing teams so they rival the numbers of Gopher fans?

...and, even before the Gophers knocked off #1 seed Duke, every team in the tournament knew that, with a healthy Whalen, the Gophers were way under-seeded. I recall Duke's coach, Gail Goestenkors, saying that her team prepared for the NCAAs by practicing matchups against all the teams they might...

2004-05 is pretty hard to top (although many of them didn't stick around): https://gophersports.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/2004-05

Yes. Podomonick, Banham, Sissoko, Braun all were higher. Battle, I think, was 39.

This Athletic writer lightly disagrees. She has Braun as one of the top 25 (note at bottom of story) for a very early look at next year's draft. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7196630/2026/04/15/wnba-draft-2027-class-prospects-watkins-hidalgo/

Battle has agreed to a training camp contract. It won't be easy to make the roster, especially since the Lynx picked point guard Olivia Miles in the draft, but I'm glad she'll have a chance to prove herself in the W.

She seems very reluctant to take contact. I've thought this for her entire career -- she could/should be shooting a LOT more free throws.

Also "do not contact"

I imagine the Iowa ranking is largely because of Ava Heiden, an incredible talent as long as they have people to pass it to her.

Not unlike OSU

If it turns out to be true that Virginia is willing to pay big bucks to lure Kenny Brooks away from Kentucky, that could create some disruption...

...but in the Top 25 players in the Sweet Sixteen, there were four Minnesotans and just one Gopher.