Non-Lady Vol Basketball News 2024-25

[sisaq]

Unbelievable how Coach Frese once again put together a top 5-10 team with 4 new starters. I don’t know why so many players have left her team the past few years but she always builds a top tier team anyway. She also always plays a difficult OOC schedule as well. Lot of respect for her coaching prowess.

I would give her coach of the yr. After 6 top starters left, I thought oh they will win a couple games this year that's it. Impressive...Uconn on the other hand making all the excuses after loosing 2 stars. Marryland lost 6..players

 

[Max Roguespierre]

Ivy League schools do not give athletic scholarships! Haven’t heard about many NIL deals though their alumni have REALLY DEEP POCKETS

Ivy League schools grant scholarships to students based on demonstrated financial need. I have no idea how creative schools get with aid packages for their athletes but I suspect that students from even middle income families who are offered admission on the basis of playing a sport receive a generous interpretation of need.

 

[th2421]

Lol I guess someone will be headed back to the portal

 

[Max Roguespierre]

I would give her coach of the yr. After 6 top starters left, I thought oh they will win a couple games this year that's it. Impressive...Uconn on the other hand making all the excuses after loosing 2 stars. Marryland lost 6..players

Actually only two Terrapin starters (Asley Owusu and Angel Reese) transferred, two starters (Katie Benzan and Chloe Bibby) exhausted their eligibility, and one starter (Diamond Miller) returned. They also lost a frequently-used substitute (Mimi Collins) a rarely-used substitute (Taisiya Kozlova) and a player coming back from injury (Channise Lewis) to transfer.

As talented as Owusu is, she appeared to be distracted (and possibly unhappy) in her junior year at Maryland and her production noticeably dipped from her sophomore year , when she was named a third-team All-American. Her transfer to Virginia Tech has not worked out so far. She has had a hand injury in the middle of the season and her conditioning seems to have deteriorated since she left Maryland. When she has played for the Hokies she appears to be passive, uncertain, and ineffective. She did not even play in Tech's last game.

Angel Reese's transfer was obviously the biggest loss for the Terps. She averaged almost 18 points and over 10 and a half rebounds per game and was Maryland's only real post player. Her offensive game was limited - and appears to be to this day - but she fought hard for rebounds, had a lot of putbacks and was also an effective interior defender. Fans could question her lack of an outside shot but not her commitment or hardnosed play. Reese's transfer caught a lot of Maryland fans by surprise as she did not seem disgruntled or out of sorts with the coaches. After the loss to Stanford in the NCAA Tournament she sent out a social media message about the Terps coming back stronger. And a week or two later she entered the transfer portal. I listened to an interview where she said that she left Maryland because she wanted to be a winner. Granted, Kim Mulkey is a great coach with multiple championships on her resume (as opposed to only one for Brenda Frese) but that statement didn't really ring true, especially with how dominant South Carolina is in the SEC. I think that Reese left to build her social media presence and following and through it for increased NIL opportunities. She left to have a team built around her, with no limitations on her playing time and ability to pad her personal statistics. And, truth to tell, it appears that things worked out quite optimally for "Bayou Barbie". I wish her, and the other players mentioned, well.

Players have short careers and they have every right to seek out the best opportunities for themselves and to maximize what they are able to get from their time in the game. I have never felt anger about the players who transferred out of Maryland and wished (and continue to wish) them success in their future endeavors.

As to your point regarding Brenda Frese earning coach of the year honors. While I believe that she is entirely deserving, she is probably not even going to get named B1G coach of the year. Teri Moren is more or less a shoo-in for that award and the current frontrunner for the national honor as well.

 

[Max Roguespierre]

Lol I guess someone will be headed back to the portal

Not surprised. I wish her well.

 

[Volfan2012]

Stanford vs Utah coming up at 1 pm. Utah has a shot at sharing the Pac 12 title with the win today. Stanford needs the win to win the league outright.

 

[Volfan2012]

Excellent first quarter Stanford 17 to 15.

 

[Volfan2012]

Utah 40 Stanford 34 halftime.

 

[Volfan2012]

UConn in another close one DePaul 32 UConn 30 four minutes to halftime.

 

[Gilmore]

UConn in another close one DePaul 32 UConn 30 four minutes to halftime.

Tied at half. DePaul not that good, will be surprised if UConn doesn’t pull away.

 

[Max Roguespierre]

Tied at half. DePaul not that good, will be surprised if UConn doesn’t pull away.

UConn is running on fumes. Auriemma has run his starters into the ground. His unwillingness to use his bench has cost his team down the stretch. It remains to be seen if the Huskies can catch a second wind heading into tournament play.

 

[Volfan2012]

Utah 62 Stanford 57 end of third quarter.

 

[Gilmore]

Utah 40 Stanford 34 halftime.

First time watching Utah play, they go after it!

 

[Volfan2012]

Utah 84 Stanford 78 final they share the Pac 12 title.

 

[Volfan2012]

First time watching Utah play, they go after it!

If we played half as hard as they do we'd have about seven more wins. A really well coached team and not one five star to be found.

 

[gule]

u cons getting ref love vs depaul late.

 

[gule]

3pt lead for uc depaul with the ball 23 seconds left

 

[gule]

1pt 17 seconds left

 

[gule]

gotta steal the ball

 

[gule]

u con stinks!!!!!!!!! jus sayin

 

[Dak1219]

If we played half as hard as they do we'd have about seven more wins. A really well coached team and not one five star to be found.

Alot of international players. Remember when Americans did it for the "Love of the Game" and played hard all the time? The womens pool has grown substantially, especially with the development of womens basketball around the world and a womans ability to make a good living playing basketball in their home countries.

 

[gule]

depaul got the steal and refs swallowed the whistle on a u con foul. I knew it!!!

 

[gule]

damn

 

[Ladyvol777]

Uconn beat the mighty DePaul by 3 points. they probably will move up to # 1. As always go Lady Vols.

 

[Mr. Doo Wop]

u cons getting ref love vs depaul late.

Strange that you would say that when DePaul is in the bonus and had only two fouls called on them until the last two minutes. It actually hurt DePaul because they had to foul late and that ran some time off the clock. I would think if one team was in the bonus and the other was not, the team in the bonus is the one getting the calls from the refs.