Lety is a project kid. Two more years awayI don’t think we offer her a spot. Unless well’s is not going to be able to go we are done at the guard spot. I think Dwyer was a backup plan. Bet she goes to St. John’s but could be wrong of course.
Think if we get one more it’s gonna be a big. Would love to see us go for Dauda or Vasconcelos.
At the pace I THINK COACH HAS ALLUDED TO ON BOTH ENDS, don’t think starting means as much as it has historically. With a deep talent balance she is not accustomed to, who knows what distribution of minutes will look like. Early fouls may not be an issue either and keeping the pressure turned up may be real from minute 1 day 1.Cooper will be a starter…still the most athletic player on the roster. She and Ruby are locks as starters. I’d say Latham and Jewel are also. After that it is a toss up between Spencer and Spearman, depending on if CKC wants to start bigger or not. This is a very deep team now.
I’m thinking Barker comes to Tennessee… speaking it into existence. I think Spearman comes off the bench. And I think Cooper starts if we don’t get Barker.Coach Kim basically brought in her own starting 5 + Jewel.
I’m guessing starters will be Spencer, Spear, Whitehorn, Latham and Spearman.
Great job recruiting speed and scoring.
Kim will play 10-12Hoopgurlz highly ranked players Whitehorn number 15, Cooper number 16, Spearman number 30, Boyd 34, Hollingshead 37, Puckett 43. Latham proven player as a freshman and Spear great season last year for us. Spencer could be huge if she plays like she did as a freshman at Arkansas. I see all nine of them in the rotation with Wells, Strickland, Wynn, and Darby as other options to get in the rotation.
Barker is a future pro!!! I hope she comes to TennesseeWelcome Ruby Whitehorn.
Great pickup Coach Caldwell.
One more post and the roster is set.
Anyone suggesting there is a need to add a forward like Janiah Barker is being political.
Nothing on film suggests Janiah Barker is a better player than Alyssa Latham or that she will make Tennessee a better team.
I’ll take Sara Puckett, Alyssa Latham, and possibly another young post in the 4 spot any day of the week before adding Barker. She does not fit Tennessee.
GBO
Hoopgurlz highly ranked players Whitehorn number 15, Cooper number 16, Spearman number 30, Boyd 34, Hollingshead 37, Puckett 43. Latham proven player as a freshman and Spear great season last year for us. Spencer could be huge if she plays like she did as a freshman at Arkansas. I see all nine of them in the rotation with Wells, Strickland, Wynn, and Darby as other options to get in the rotation.
A new offense won’t help Wynn learn to dribble, shoot or make layups, she shouldn’t get much time at all.Interesting, I think Wynn will get time in this system and thrive with the change of style.
Wells is going to depend a lot on how she looks after her injury. Really a talented young woman so I hope she’s a full go. I would expect her to be our third option at PG to start the season working into the 2nd option by the end of the season. I think Spencer is the PG1 for this team.
Strickland is a player I could see going either way. She could get more time if she buys in defensively and becomes a tough defensive stopper. That was a weak spot in her game last season imo, she brought a lot of energy but she was lost and out of position on defense and tended to give up open layups.
Darby, as I said earlier, is going to have to get fit or she’s going to have a hard time finding many minutes with the new roster. Her 3 ball and leadership will get her some minutes no matter what but I’m thinking more in the 10-12 minute range rather than what she’s used to.
Spencer 26
Whitehorn 24
Spear 22
Latham 22
Spearman 20
Cooper 20
Puckett 18
Hollingshed 17
Wynn 17
Boyd 14
Wells 13
T Darby 11
Strickland 8
E Darby 3
This is my best guess for minutes distribution
A new offense won’t help Wynn learn to dribble, shoot or make layups, she shouldn’t get much time at all.
Barker is coming to take Hollingshed minutes and Dauda is taking Wynn’s minutesInteresting, I think Wynn will get time in this system and thrive with the change of style.
Wells is going to depend a lot on how she looks after her injury. Really a talented young woman so I hope she’s a full go. I would expect her to be our third option at PG to start the season working into the 2nd option by the end of the season. I think Spencer is the PG1 for this team.
Strickland is a player I could see going either way. She could get more time if she buys in defensively and becomes a tough defensive stopper. That was a weak spot in her game last season imo, she brought a lot of energy but she was lost and out of position on defense and tended to give up open layups.
Darby, as I said earlier, is going to have to get fit or she’s going to have a hard time finding many minutes with the new roster. Her 3 ball and leadership will get her some minutes no matter what but I’m thinking more in the 10-12 minute range rather than what she’s used to.
Spencer 26
Whitehorn 24
Spear 22
Latham 22
Spearman 20
Cooper 20
Puckett 18
Hollingshed 17
Wynn 17
Boyd 14
Wells 13
T Darby 11
Strickland 8
E Darby 3
This is my best guess for minutes distribution
Barker is coming to take Hollingshed minutes and Dauda is taking Wynn’s minutes
Every time she goes in for a layup with any kind of contest she just throws it up or it gets blocked, she should focus on the mid range but she should have been working on that her freshman season, u just don’t get way better after 4 years in college, I know her game pretty well.That’s up to her, she has an opportunity right now thought to move up in the rotation. She’s extremely quick and could have the motor CKC is looking for.
Improved her FT % by 20% and FG % by 10% so she’s clearly not afraid of hard work. If she can add another 5 to each of those that would make her a 45/72 player which would be perfect for a transition heavy, dribble drive offense. She doesn’t need to shoot the 3 at all. We have 6 other players now who can shoot the 3.
Just imagine if we could have received Nye or the girl that went to Vandy
Sadly for Vandy, Pissott can’t play ball.Nye would have been nice because she shoots so dang well. I could come or go on Kapinus. I’m curious to see how Vandy uses her. They have a lot of those utility forward players with Washington, Pierre, Kapinus, Pissott, Maukurat. They’re all lost in big guard land or too small center land.
We just built an extremely quick and versatile roster compared to what they have. 0 chance that Vandy team can guard this Lady Vol team off the bounce.