Entire starting team are preseason All-Americans
by RISteve (2018-09-16 16:48:32)
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Tweet from John Heisler:

Street & Smith's picks Irish women preseason #1 in hoops -- with Arike Ogunbowale and Brianna Turner on 10-person All-America 1st team -- and Jess Shepard, Marina Mabrey and JackieYoung on 2nd team.

If there was ever a year to win a NC
by PWK2  (2018-09-16 20:09:10)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

this would be it. We are loaded.

Well deserved! Go Irish! *
by Goirish01  (2018-09-16 17:33:44)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

That's truly amazing. *
by 2Domer  (2018-09-16 17:20:41)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

It is
by Kayo  (2018-09-16 20:50:44)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I remember UConn having a team in the early 2000s that had every starter named first or second team All-American at the end of the season, and there were 5 person teams. It will be very good news if the Irish duplicate that feat when teams are announced next spring... probably undefeated good news.
I would guess that would be 2002...
by cbiebel  (2018-09-17 14:34:13)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

You had "TASS" (Tamika Williams, Asjha Jones, Sue Bird, and Swin Cash) as seniors and a sophomore Diana Taurasi.

It truly is.
by BabaGhanouj  (2018-09-17 09:06:34)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

However, I'm becoming worried, as I'm sure Muffet is, about the pitfalls of the starting players being told (by the press and others) how good they are. We need to find a chip to put on our shoulders.
As long as it's not 4 ACLs
by NDoggie78  (2018-09-17 09:42:04)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

That's a reverse jinx
Nice to see, let's hope that a few of them are on the ACC
by MPG  (2018-09-16 16:58:33)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

pre-season team!