Creme's Way-too-early Top 25 for 2015-16

[BabHorn]

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-b...nking-2015-16-women-college-basketball-season

9. Texas Longhorns

Anyone who played significant minutes in this past season's run to the Sweet 16 is back. The rebuild by Karen Aston seems about ready to really pay off. This was a top-five team in November-December until injuries started to take a toll. The frontcourt duo of Imani McGee-Stafford and Kelsey Lang will be difficult for the rest of Big 12 to handle.

 

[loyallonghorn]

I don't know how Charlie Creme failed to mention the addition of Alexis Jones from Duke to Baylor. He really whiffed on this.

 

[utfannforlife]

I don't know how Charlie Creme failed to mention the addition of Alexis Jones from Duke to Baylor. He really whiffed on this.

I don't know that he "whiffed" on that because even with her I don't see them being better than the four teams mentioned ahead of them. There are quite a few things that won't make Baylor a foregone conclusion. Their front court minus Nina Davis will be freshman (a big enough hurdle in and of itself), Alexis Jones is coming off an ACL injury (never know how a player comes back from that) and then theirs also a major chemistry factor. Her and Niya are mostly effective when they dominate the ball. The problem with that is that there is only one ball so someone's game will have to change drastically (either by learning to play off the ball, or accepting a backup role) for this to work. So I think he got it right.

 

[breckenj05]

Baylor will definitely be dangerous, but you are right, there is no telling how a player will respond coming back from an ACL injury. Rebecca Lobo was never the same kind of player when she came back from an ACL tear in the WNBA and I also think Erika Arriaran(I know I didn't spell that right) was no where near the player she was her freshman year at Texas after she came back from injury. I'm excited about next year and hopefully we will learn to keep our turnovers under control.