Agreed. Especially when you don't know when you're going to have the two players who would be playing the other guard position in Maul and Codio. Now is not the time to hold on to scholarships and worry about what might be. They need to improve ball handling and athleticism /quickness on the perimeter. Unfortunately I don't think JJQ will be in the portal. We may have to settle for a player like Lauren Fields.
I get the feeling USC is throwing around a lot of WBB NIL $$$ - how else could you explain the Watkins signing?I’m hearing it may be USC
I think so. I believe the same about LSU. If that's the case, we better FIGURE OUT A WAY...
A really bad decision. She would've been a real difference maker for us this season, earned another ring, and stayed relevant in WBB circles. Plus everyone on the team liked her. Instead, she's likely stuck at Florida and will have to fit in with a redone roster that won't fare well in the SEC next season.
I can see needing to do that just to be a good teammate. And I'm sure if she is in the portal, one of the pitches she will get is on the virtues of staying put. But this would be her third coach in 3 years. That's pretty bad. And experience shows that this WBB program doesn't compete for championships and the players who do succeed have done so at other programs (look no further than Jasmine Carson - the difference make for lsu in the title game - played her Jr and Sr years at WVU). If she stays at WVu, she'll be the best player on the team. But what will she compete for?
I think it's only fair (and admirable) to at least give the incoming new coach a chance to have a conversation.
I mean she could be doing that, but not many "teammates" left as several have already announced their intentions to transfer.
I think she'll stay at West Virginia. IMO, if she was going to transfer she would've already done so.
She has until May 11th to get into the portal, and much longer than that to decide where to go. If she doesn't get a ton of advice to transfer out of that average program over the next 5 weeks, she's either secured a very sweet NIL deal from the coon-skin cap folks or she's hiding in a closet with no cell phone. WVa has qualified for the NCAA tourney only 14 times since the program started 50 years ago. They made it to the Sweet 16 only once. They've also only won 2 conf. championships in 50 years. Another new coach isn't going to fix that program. I think she will leave because if she doesn't, she will never reach her full potential.
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Interestingly enough the Miss St. player who did not declare for the draft nor enter the portal (not yet anyway) is my wish list center Jessika Carter.
Starts? I think it's past that point as of the last two offseasons. She brings in new players with several years of eligibility, but hardly any are staying more than one season before entering the transfer portal. I thought she was a rising star; but, either her player evaluations are off, or players are leaving because they aren't experiencing what they were expecting.
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