SWSiouxMN Posted March 19, 2023 Posted March 19, 2023 Steps in the right direction once again for UND with 19 wins, 3rd in the Summit, and a WBI apperance. End of the season was a little bit of a bitter pill to swallow. Team will have to replace Orth, Daninger, and Gordon in the starting lineup, but have a good chunk of talent coming back. SDSU should come back to earth a little bit but will still be favored, USD should bounce back, NDSU will be tough once again. Kacie has a lot of milestones to chase next year. UND has 3 scholarships yet to fill, how will they fill them? 1 3 Quote
DL Sioux Posted March 19, 2023 Posted March 19, 2023 3 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said: how will they fill them? Hopefully one with a current player’s sister! Probably wishful thinking… Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted March 19, 2023 Author Posted March 19, 2023 Just now, DL Sioux said: Hopefully one with a current player’s sister! Probably wishful thinking… The Dawn Plitzuweit hire at the U will be interesting to see how that dynamic plays out. *BTW: What a hire by the Gophers Quote
DL Sioux Posted March 19, 2023 Posted March 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said: The Dawn Plitzuweit hire at the U will be interesting to see how that dynamic plays out. *BTW: What a hire by the Gophers I agree, great hire!! Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted March 19, 2023 Author Posted March 19, 2023 This is really early and the pieces still need to come in place, but these would be my big questions for the returners/incoming freshman Kacie: Is there another level of your game that you can reach? Hurst and Beal: How much of your potential can you tap into going into your Sophomore years? Freshman: Who is ready to step in and play big minutes right from the jump? These questions have a right to change but these would be the 3 I would focus in on right now. Quote
petey23 Posted March 19, 2023 Posted March 19, 2023 Does anyone know the reason or circumstance that F.I.U. was in this tournament? Are they considered the host team or something? 8th place team from Conference USA and lost their last 8 games prior to arriving in Kentucky? Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted March 19, 2023 Author Posted March 19, 2023 15 minutes ago, petey23 said: Does anyone know the reason or circumstance that F.I.U. was in this tournament? Are they considered the host team or something? 8th place team from Conference USA and lost their last 8 games prior to arriving in Kentucky? https://www.womensbasketballinvitational.com/selectionprocess Quote
petey23 Posted March 19, 2023 Posted March 19, 2023 21 minutes ago, SWSiouxMN said: https://www.womensbasketballinvitational.com/selectionprocess So 8 teams applied? Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted March 19, 2023 Author Posted March 19, 2023 44 minutes ago, petey23 said: So 8 teams applied? My guess is probably more than 8 did. Quote
petey23 Posted March 20, 2023 Posted March 20, 2023 2 hours ago, SWSiouxMN said: My guess is probably more than 8 did. Interesting. Just wondering how a 13-19 team gets in? Quote
ND-fan Posted March 20, 2023 Posted March 20, 2023 This coming year Beal and Hurst will need to make jump in their game. Beal needs to work on her shooting and needs to work on her dribble drive to the basket because with her athleticism and size and speed she could become a dominant player. Hurst needs to work on her inside game and forget about looking for the 3 her future is in inside scoring and getting fouled. Second, she also needs to work on her defense by getting away from the silly reach in fouls because if she doesn't get over doing that, she will never get playing time to become dominant player. VanderWal will need to develop shot that she can consistently score on or be able to kick out for a three. She also needs to work on getting quicker and have more endurance to play more minutes. Aumer i think will be good guard just needs playing time and I think that is coming. McCarthy just needs to work on her shooting and get stronger so she can play more on the inside. Jardine needs more time to develop a year of redshirting wouldn't hurt because she has size to play role on this team in the future. Kacie will need to work with these young girls and lead them, but it will be frustration for her getting this team move forward because lot of teaching moments ahead for this team. Hoskins just needs to play her roll again next year and i hope her shooting improves because i have never seen person who has so many shots halfway down and come out. I just don't know if she just unlucky or something else with her shot. My hope we find couple transfers especially one to play in the post area to give us some size that contribute right away. The incoming freshmen like always will take time and hopefully couple can contribute before the season is over. Mallory and her staff have a lot of work ahead on roster construction before next season. Quote
ND-fan Posted March 20, 2023 Posted March 20, 2023 SWSiouxMN you're thinking that SDSU is going to come back to the pack, and I have been watching them and I don't think the fall back is going to be very much at least for next season. I look at players they will start next season, and this is pretty solid team with good experience and should have good depth. I look at their probable starting lineup of Paige Myer at point guard, Timmer at shooting guard, Brooklyn Myer at one forward, Nelson at other forward, Theisen at center not to mention they have two young guards off bench Mathiowetz and Colbeck and two good forwards that would have played significant minutes most of other teams in Summit League of Vlastuin and Byom both 6' 2". This is not to mention the talk is they have good recruiting class coming in. Johnson has done heck of a job of recruiting top players to his team and his roster construction is hard to fault with having balance in players per year and having long and quick players plus having very good guards to go along with other players. My hope we continue to get better and maybe at tournament time we can surprise them. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted March 22, 2023 Author Posted March 22, 2023 On 3/19/2023 at 3:32 PM, DL Sioux said: Hopefully one with a current player’s sister! Probably wishful thinking… Won't be happening, she actually announced that she is done playing basketball because of injuries. Quote
ND-fan Posted March 22, 2023 Posted March 22, 2023 I think this pretty much ends the speculation on this board about her playing here or anywhere. I wish her good health in future and it’s right decision for her and she should not feel guilty but us who should be expressing our gratitude for her playing basketball. 1 Quote
jdub27 Posted March 23, 2023 Posted March 23, 2023 Any chance Lauren Ware wants to come back and play closer to home coming off an injury? Quote
The Sicatoka Posted March 23, 2023 Posted March 23, 2023 I know nothing of Katie B beyond her sister Kacie, but I can still wish her a life with less pain from whatever injury still haunts her. 3 Quote
HoopsFan03 Posted March 23, 2023 Posted March 23, 2023 9 hours ago, jdub27 said: Any chance Lauren Ware wants to come back and play closer to home coming off an injury? Have 0 clue if she does or not, but that would be a good get!! Quote
NewUndFan Posted March 23, 2023 Posted March 23, 2023 9 hours ago, jdub27 said: Any chance Lauren Ware wants to come back and play closer to home coming off an injury? That would be a BIG get! Fits what we need and she could play volleyball too! Get on the phone! Quote
jdub27 Posted March 23, 2023 Posted March 23, 2023 56 minutes ago, HoopsFan03 said: Have 0 clue if she does or not, but that would be a good get!! 35 minutes ago, NewUndFan said: That would be a BIG get! Fits what we need and she could play volleyball too! Get on the phone! More wishful thinking than anything, assuming chances are pretty slim, but never hurts to inquire. Coming off an injury and a chance to play closer to home are positives. 2 Quote
ND-fan Posted March 24, 2023 Posted March 24, 2023 yes, Ware would fit our needs perfectly for needs on front line and if she's healthy can play with ability to be star player would move us forward and have chance to compete for the conference next year. A good player usually improves everyone on the team by reducing the attention on all the other players on the team. The question is she wanting to come back to the state and second does she want to play at mid-major school or wants to play at power 5 school. This plus any number of reason but it sure wouldn't hurt to inquire the worst is they say no and if they say yes, you have gone long way on roster construction for the coming year. Quote
Popular Post SWSiouxMN Posted March 28, 2023 Author Popular Post Posted March 28, 2023 Kacie's back for 1 more go around 13 Quote
The Sicatoka Posted March 28, 2023 Posted March 28, 2023 On a scale of 1 to firecracker that is ... DY-NO-MITE! 3 Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted March 29, 2023 Author Posted March 29, 2023 Kacie has a great chance of getting to 2,000 career points and probably will go down as the 2nd leading scorer in program history. She'll need to up her scoring or play a few more games to catch Crouse. With her back and a good core, it is time to push all in and go for it Quote
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