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Strange career move for someone who I thought as a sophomore might become be an all-time Michigan great. Was hoping she would come back to the BIG (joining friend? Taylor Woodson), rather than trying a third power-4 conference. Phelia got a lot of air time last weekend in connection with the...

Clark effect TBD-Since Bluder resigned, Iowa has struggled to cash in on the Clark hoopla, missing on their top high school and portal targets. Jensen did keep Lucy Olsen and their one previously-committed top 25 recruit (Addie Deal). Otherwise Jensen struck out on ‘25 elite high school and...

The whole league has a reverse schedule from last year. Not much to announce. Will be interesting to see if they correct the schedule imbalance after two years of the 18-team league. The league needs to split OSU and Maryland from USC and UCLA. Makes no sense for teams to play USC, UCLA, OSU...

Agree. Even this year, lots of top 35 teams, but still a weak tourney showing for the legacy BIG after the best 4 years in a long time (and not just Iowa - Michigan, Indiana and OSU all had impressive tourney success during the period 2021-2024).

A lot of opportunity to move up in the BIG next year. The legacy BIG teams had a bad year last year (0 Sweet 16s, very few marquee victories). The league was run by USC and UCLA, and UCLA and Maryland seem like the top 2 for next year. After that, with JuJu's injury, there is opportunity...

In this article. Paywalled, I think. https://www.on3.com/her/news/womens-basketball-transfer-portal-intel-lsu-tennessee-and-more/

Talia Goodman for On3 reporting that Minnesota is a program to watch for Mississippi State transfer Tahj Bloom. ESPN rated her the #43 recruit in high school. Redshirted last year due to injury. 4 year’s eligibility remaining.

BIG teams: UCLA 1 Maryland 3 Michigan 4 USC 5 Iowa 5 Michigan St 6 Washington 6 Ohio St 7 Indiana 8 Minnesota 8 Nebraska 9 Oregon 9 Illinois first four out. So basically every team except the holdover bottom five has a good chance to make the tourney.

Save your lecture for someone who cares what you say. I don't ignore people as a rule, but I'll make an exception in your case starting now. Shaming is also a perfectly appropriate word. Shaming involves insulting, and that's precisely what Reusse was doing. Coach P should be insulted for...

Hope the continual public shaming of Coach P’s non-conference scheduling leads to a course correction, but coaches are a stubborn lot. Off-season scheduling news will be interesting. I part ways with Reusse over “young ladies.” It’s Coach P’s thing. No need to change.

A bench 3-point shooter with size is not a bad addition for a team that finished 17th in 3-pt% against BIG competition.

A hail-mary attempt by Kieger to keep her job. Take the talented-but-seemingly-cancerous player and hope for a miracle.

2 good bench pieces for the Huskers. Amy Williams likes to play a lot of players, and both of these players can help.

And yet Clark made first team all WNBA, the first rookie since Candace Parker to do so (5th since 2000). Not bad with all the problems you see. Agree that Paige will have an easier time because she won't face the backlash that Clark faced.

A hard season to grade, but I end up at C. The Braun/Woodson injuries altered expectations, but the emergence of McKinney, addition of Stewart and improvement by Battle and GG raised them again (perhaps not all the way back). The non-conference season was a plate of empty calories before a...

Interesting portal pickups for Maryland from a pace-of-play perspective. Garzon is slow in transition (seems to run flat-footed) and Merkle is slower.

Agree with your point about Staley’s great handling of her players, including Fulwiley. But not sure about your story about sitting her down and not starting her for some games. FWIW, Fulwiley has started 0 games this year, and only 3 last year, none in the SEC or NCAA tourneys, and only 1 in...

Hope the Gophers can do better, and not mimic the Illini. Illinois started 1-3 in the BIG. They were never contending (though they later won 8 in a row, including 6 games against the bottom 5). Illinois also lost its last 4 games against BIG teams, including 0-1 in the BTT.

I guess. Sad to see the legacy BIG teams revert to second tier, at best.

Opportunity knocks for the Gophers in 2025-26. Pending portal roster adjustments, the Gophers appear to be one of only 2 (along with Michigan) BIG teams that look to be improved next year. With Minnesota playing Wisconsin twice, that’s 6 games against the bottom 5 (RU, PSU, PU, NW, WI), all of...