"What? Us Worry?" To Paraphrase Mad Magazine
by dillon77 (2019-05-31 12:13:16)
Edited on 2019-05-31 12:15:44

In reply to: Sorry  posted by joeyt28


If one was to look at our update for 2020, you'd see a lot of "COMMITTED TO someone else." And a lot of times, that name is Oregon.

- As Orangutan has pointed out, Ionescu, Graves & Company have made Eugene a fun, exciting place to come play and watch offense-oriented hoops. Plus, Graves has a reputation as a player-friendly coach (not that he's soft, but we're not talking MM or Geno.)

- So is it time to panic? Well, we've got two darn good players in Alli Campbell and Nat Marshall. Let's not forget that Nat is 6'5" and will only get stronger. And Alli is a 6' guard....nice.

- We've got a lot of young guards on the roster: Anaya Peoples, Katlyn Gilbert, Abby Prohaska, Jordan Nixon and two vets to help them out.

- And Nixon, who admittedly had a tough frosh year, is still good enough to have overcome really tough competition and make the U.S. National Team, as did -- cymbal please -- Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers. Someone thinks she's got talent.

- So, while I'd still love to get Caitlin Clark, we'll hopefully see Jordan improve markedly this season, helped by Marta Sniezek. And hopefully, either Deja Kelly or Caitlin Clark will be coming in 2020.

- But, if Jordan improves, she's got two more years after that. Anaya and Katlyn could spell her in 2020-21. And there's a heck of a lot of good point guards in that class, too: Olivia Miles (another Philly Belle product) and Ari Wiggins (from Heritage Christian).

- My biggest concern right now is hoping we've got some bigs lined up, now that Watson is left-coast bound, too. Maybe the staff will look at Jayla Kelly, the 6'3" post from St. Louis. Not highly rated, but supposed to be a banger.

- So, let's split the difference and go hard after Maddy Westbeld. Even though she's more of a wing than her sister, she's 6'2" and will assuredly do what it takes.


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