I forgot destiny pitts was in the portal. I'm going to add her name to the list as well. I don't think it's likely because none of the staff are following her on social media. It's not a big deal but normally you see the coaches or assistant coaches begin to follow players they are pursuing.
Destiny Pitts, while a very good one, left the Minnesota team in January which was her junior year. Her remaining eligibility may only cover a season and a half.
Unfortunately, there are no "half seasons" of eligibility restored.
So wherever Pitts goes, she will only have here senior season of eligibility remaining?
As an example, in football the former starting QB at USC is in the transfer portal. IF the immediate eligibility proposal is passed, then he'll continue through the portal and to another school. If not, they say he's going to return to USC, finish his 3rd year and graduate early (he graduated HS a full year early). Now in football, they're used to it and there are no hard feelings. Being in the portal allows both parties to communicate without sneaking around. But in WBB, I would imagine going to dip your toe into the Portal to see who might be interested would not fly. Long winded way of saying I agree that there is going to be a flurry of transfers once this vote takes place in May.
I wouldn’t say it’s keeping them afloat but it certainly helped them the last couple of years. I think Carrington would help but not in the way that Chloe Jackson and Cooper did. Them potentially having to start a freshman at the PG position will be the issue for them.
I'm hoping there will be a season, but I have serious doubts too.
I don't know I think there will be but there will be some serious rules & restrictions added to the events. Could be no crowd or teams get x number of tickets to sell or give to fans depending on how everything turns out. China's numbers as of now give me hope. Even if it were to remain the same as it is now I think they will delay the season instead of canceling it as a whole. Many school's can't afford to give seniors another year for spring so I know they won't be able to do that for fall athletes. They for sure won't just not give seniors any chance to play at all so hopefully our numbers get like China so we can have sports back because God knows we all need them
I agree. And the fact that most schools including Texas can’t afford to give seniors an extra year like they’ve done with the softball team is what I mean about things getting interesting if there is no sports season at all. When you consider playing sports with limited fans or no fans at all you also have to wonder about the safety of the athletes. We know that sports require close, sometimes even physical contact with teammates or opposing players. Handshakes and high fives from coaches and players are second nature in sports.
Let’s hope that the fans will show up when they do begin to win again which was a problem for Coach Aston even when they were winning.
This. Even when the girls were winning, the turnout was still disappointing. I think in order to get large turnouts, WBB has to become a "cool" destination for the student body. When I was at Duke back in the early '70's (pre Coach K), our team sucked but it was still a priority for the students. Basketball needs to become a priority for students and I think CDC needs to get that going.
I agree. Let’s also hope that the smaller arena will help just like with Cameron and will be built on time and won’t be delayed due to the virus.
If anyone can turn that around it's Vic as he has said many times building that relationship with fans is one of the most important things to him. One thing I really do like that he does is have his players stay as long as they need to after games to take pictures and sign autographs. I don't think Vic will have no problem bringing fans to watch his team play.
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