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Post by kiyoat on Apr 13, 2022 16:29:32 GMT -6
Well, she's "official", folks! In all the hand-wringing over Kyah and Maddie, let's remember that we have yet to lose a recruit. That points to Coach P's good ethics, as well. You think Demers isn't a Big XII-caliber player? Think again. It's another good day to be a Coyote!
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Post by kiyoat on May 17, 2022 13:15:03 GMT -6
Looks like a 2022 PG is getting Twitter follows from our whole WBB staff (thanks for finding this, yotenation): Leeaira "Lee Lee" Willis, 5'-5" PG Seton Catholic HS (Chandler, AZ; Phoenix metro) AAU: Arizona Compass Recently de-committed from U Ill-Chicago |
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Post by kiyoat on Jun 4, 2022 11:39:47 GMT -6
‘Cruits on campus, officially freshmen. Also: Joy looks to be all of 5-11 standing next to Walker. No exaggeration.
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Post by elcoyote on Jun 4, 2022 12:01:07 GMT -6
I have a feeling that these two are going to see a lot of minutes next season.
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Post by hoopsmom on Jun 6, 2022 11:26:23 GMT -6
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Jun 6, 2022 12:10:13 GMT -6
Well, she's "official", folks! In all the hand-wringing over Kyah and Maddie, let's remember that we have yet to lose a recruit. That points to Coach P's good ethics, as well. You think Demers isn't a Big XII-caliber player? Think again. It's another good day to be a Coyote! How would we know if she is or not at this point? |
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Post by yotenation on Jun 6, 2022 12:13:58 GMT -6
Well, she's "official", folks! In all the hand-wringing over Kyah and Maddie, let's remember that we have yet to lose a recruit. That points to Coach P's good ethics, as well. You think Demers isn't a Big XII-caliber player? Think again. It's another good day to be a Coyote! How would we know if she is or not at this point? Demers seems like a nice prospect with outstanding size. But that's a fair question. |
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Jun 6, 2022 12:15:59 GMT -6
I have a feeling that these two are going to see a lot of minutes next season. I don't to be honest. I think banking on a 6-3 kid from small-school North Dakota ball to be remotely ready to take on college kids in what should be her high school senior season is a HUGE order. I'll be happy to be wrong but I don't think she's going to be leapfrogging the bigs you've already got. |
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Post by hoopsmom on Jun 6, 2022 12:35:53 GMT -6
Technically, it should be her senior season, but she is turning 18 this month. It looks like she started kindergarten a year later, so she is the same age as a lot of freshman. My daughter started her freshman summer when she was 17, as well.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Jun 6, 2022 12:41:03 GMT -6
And a lot of freshman bigs don't play major minutes right when they step onto a college campus. Like most of them.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Jun 6, 2022 13:08:24 GMT -6
I feel like maybe this is turning into a thing where I don't believe in Demers. It's not that at all. I have no idea what she's going to do or how good she is. Wouldn't know her if she walked in my front door right now. But like I said, freshmen bigs don't usually play a ton anyway; freshmen bigs who speed up that process by a year to fast track medical school studies and tackle the world of college athletics on top of it? I'm just saying I'd keep my on-court expectations pretty low and be pleasantly surprised if they're exceeded.
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Post by kiyoat on Jun 6, 2022 14:16:10 GMT -6
My comment on Demers above was more about the negative narrative surrounding the Kyah and Maddie transfers. Her staff spent a lot of time and effort recruiting girls to USD that, presumably, were going to be good in Coach P’s system. Nobody jumped ship after she left, and I had heard that her staff advised recruits to honor their commitments.
It was the right thing to do, and I’m assuming it wasn’t just because they weren’t “Big XII material “. They were initially scrambling to find players at WVU after so many transfers.
It was a positive comment both about Coach P’s ethics, and about the quality of our recruits. No need to look any deeper than that.
I doubt if Demers will start, but I also doubt she redshirts.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Jun 6, 2022 14:24:11 GMT -6
I would also be very surprised if she graduated high school a year early to come redshirt.
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Post by kiyoat on Jun 6, 2022 14:31:34 GMT -6
Another thing about minutes, just because it's "new coach new system", I doubt either Freshman redshirts. I'll guess that there will be a good deal of trial-and-error as it relates to the roster early in the season. They will probably need to try some things out in real-game situations, with the cream rising to the top, so to speak. Everyone will probably get a fresh look, and some opportunities to prove themselves. Just a guess.
We probably will play a lighter non-con (hard not to) as well.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Jun 6, 2022 14:43:11 GMT -6
Totally agree. NA-A, Larkins, Ugofsky and Peplowski are going to play quite a bit, I'd imagine. Mazurek too, if she's healthy. But there are going to be a lot of minutes to be had and a lot of unknowns looking to have them.
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