If Spearman has a great season and moves up dramatically in the WNBA draft...

#1
BruisedOrange

BruisedOrange

Well... known member
Joined
Oct 21, 2013
Messages
8,778
Likes
25,152
#1
The question I'm getting at is:
1) if her play generates attention to what our program can do for bigs who have the potential to ball out in our system, and
2) we become a portal destination-of-choice for bigs who can do those things...

is there an upside in women's basketball today for portal bigs over bigs recruited out of high school?

Please, limit your responses to opinions and statistics only. ;)
 
  • Like
Reactions: krichunaka, knoxvol52, th2421 and 2 others
#8
#8
  • Like
Reactions: UTtoDC, chuckiepoo, knoxvol52 and 1 other person
#9
#9
BruisedOrange said:
So now that the title's corrected and I've got my plane brain back in the hanger...

Anyone care to weigh in on the question? I don't know enough about today's women's game to have an opinion.
Click to expand...
If CKC clears her for take-off, I think Spearman could really soar to new heights.

But, will she encounter unexpected turbulence as the season goes on and how will she navigate it? If she plays some games on autopilot, that could also lead her off course.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: VOLSanon, HypeVol2020, chuckiepoo and 1 other person
#13
#13
BruisedOrange said:
The question I'm getting at is:
1) if her play generates attention to what our program can do for bigs who have the potential to ball out in our system, and
2) we become a portal destination-of-choice for bigs who can do those things...

is there an upside in women's basketball today for portal bigs over bigs recruited out of high school?

Please, limit your responses to opinions and statistics only. ;)
Click to expand...
B
 
  • Like
Reactions: knoxvol52
#16
#16
I think the scout on Z could go 2 ways.

1. She's a tweener that doesn't shoot well enough outside and isn't effective posting up against elite opponents.

2. Or, as my gut says, she is a good enough 3 point shooter that she creates a mismatch nightmare for defenses on the offensive end. And she is truly a 5 position plus defender, guarding anyone on the floor. Plus she rebounds at a high level, runs the floor, and affects the passing lanes.
 
  • Like
Reactions: krichunaka, UTtoDC, HerdLVol and 1 other person
#18
#18
BruisedOrange said:
The question I'm asking is:

Is there an upside in women's basketball today for portal bigs over bigs recruited out of high school?
Click to expand...
Let's assume the statistically possible but highly unlikely Ceteris paribus case, in which a high school senior big and a portal big have precisely equal talents. The added experience of Player P vs. Player HS makes the answer obvious. Until, of course we get into the weeds and consider team chemistry, the potential negative effects of recruiting over current team members, the shorter tenure of Player P, et alia. The positive offset is obvious: win now.

So the answer is Yes, but unless the one-armed accountants are all otherwise occupied, we have to consider the on the other hand case. 😁
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo and BruisedOrange
#19
#19
while I do not disagree The positive offset is obvious: win now. I did read it with the recognition that for top teams in women's basketball they are NOW of the same philosophy of men's teams: win now.

Texas Tech epitimizes that approach that only requires big NIL boosters , no freshmen this year and one last year.
 
  • Like
Reactions: chuckiepoo
#20
#20
stllvf said:
while I do not disagree The positive offset is obvious: win now. I did read it with the recognition that for top teams in women's basketball they are NOW of the same philosophy of men's teams: win now.

Texas Tech epitimizes that approach that only requires big NIL boosters , no freshmen this year and one last year.
Click to expand...
The recent trend in the men's game is that older (physically, mentally, and emotionally more mature) players have proven more effective at winning championships over teams with talent-laden but young one-and-done-ers. That trend has been aided by the presence of COVID 5th-year players on rosters. I think most of them should have matriculated out now. So we'll have to see how much of a factor they were in that trend.

Have we seen the same be true in the women's game? Or can specially talented (or sized) individuals still trump experience and maturity there?

Also, how different is the pattern, pace, and extent of athletic physical development for female players vs. male players? Is there an "age cohort sweetspot" for portal added value?
 
#21
#21
BruisedOrange said:
The recent trend in the men's game is that older (physically, mentally, and emotionally more mature) players have proven more effective at winning championships over teams with talent-laden but young one-and-done-ers. That trend has been aided by the presence of COVID 5th-year players on rosters. I think most of them should have matriculated out now. So we'll have to see how much of a factor they were in that trend.

Have we seen the same be true in the women's game? Or can specially talented (or sized) individuals still trump experience and maturity there?

Also, how different is the pattern, pace, and extent of athletic physical development for female players vs. male players? Is there an "age cohort sweetspot" for portal added value?
Click to expand...
I think of Kentucky men's teams,,,how they reload with freshman every year, who leave for the draft before they finish their job at the collegiate level.

Women's BB is different in that most of the WNBA players are graduates or from overseas teams,,,,,but I look for that trend to change as the league grows and younger potentials will begin to go into the W

The reason I expect this to happen bc HS players go into the collegiate environment and many of them are used at their initial level and do not grow as they go through the college years.,,,that said, Pro orgs will begin to take the HS players and manage their growth in a "farm league" as the WNBA league matures,,,,IF the lack of growth for young starlets continue
 
Last edited:
New posts
You must log in or register to reply here.
Advertisement



Back
Top