Recruiting

BBJones said:

Looking ahead to next year, I'm hoping that Oehrlein can help replace some of the rebounding that Battle provided this year. That will be needed more than scoring.

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WinMinGophers! said:

Yes!

Who will play where and when?

Elite combo guard Tori Oehrlein projects to the point guard spot. She's a versatile 1-2.

Elite recruit Natalie Kussow projects to a 2-3 wing/shooting guard, probably the 6th (wo)man until she is more experienced to start, replacing Mara Braun in a year, possibly taking GG's spot if NIL is too large of a gap to cover and steals GG away.

6' 0" Makena Christian had elite rebounding in high school, over 1000. She in theory could play the 5 in a positionless system but isn't tall enough. She's more the 2-3-4.

So Gophers will need a new 5.

Gophers could lose players to the transfer portal, so we may see recruits replacing others rather than a deep bench for a year and then start. In the new world of NIL, no way to know. Players should not pass up large gaps in offers. Close means look at total experience, stay home. Wide gap, bye bye.

Who.will.end up where and when?

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Hoopsmom said:

As a Summit League fan, I have watched this team and these players quite frequently over the past few years. I would say that Koenen could be a very good fit. Frost would be a maybe. It will be interesting to see how these two do in the Summit League and NCAA tourneys. As for the other two, I don’t think they have shown enough to say that they would be able to put up these kind of numbers against Big Ten competition.

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