Bear Down Wildcats

The disrespect continues. ESPiN doesn’t have us in their top-25 for the upcoming season. Apparently they must think Aari is our whole team.

I have never felt so positive after a heart breaking loss.

This run has just been pure joy.

Chicat wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 7:20 pm The disrespect continues. ESPiN doesn’t have us in their top-25 for the upcoming season. Apparently they must think Aari is our whole team.

Adia sure has a nice head start for bulletin board material.

Even if we had won the Natty they'd have done the same to us.

Without Ware until sometime in December due to volleyball, hopefully Adia can find a center. Smith should be back, but they need more big bodies.

Reads like Sam isn't coming back but still may. Has a job with Nike lined up or could go overseas.

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketbal ... ampionship

Merkin wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:14 am Reads like Sam isn't coming back but still may. Has a job with Nike lined up or could go overseas.

https://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketbal ... ampionship

Sounds like she isn't coming back. Hopefully Trinity decides to play another year.

Love that girl. I get why she would move on. Doubt we would be title contenders next year and she can’t stay for the quality team we will have in two years. Best of luck young lady. Keep in touch with the fans and the program

Gonna be Sam's team!!!!!

It's now her time to shine!!!!

Get Trinity to come back and maybe a transfer or two, they should be pretty good next year.

Nice! Pretty big next year's team

That’s unexpected. Great to hear.

Irish27 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:14 am Without Ware until sometime in December due to volleyball, hopefully Adia can find a center. Smith should be back, but they need more big bodies.

I wish to heck they’d send Samaj to speed school. She’s just a step slow, even before the concussion.

Even if Sam is the only one that comes back I still love our chances next year of making a nice run.

Those two games against Stanford are going to be VERY interesting.

No Trinity

Need Ware to give up Volleyball.

Alieberman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 06, 2021 6:06 pm No Trinity

WIsh she had come back, but I can't blame her for moving on with life. She wasn't going to get paid to play in the WNBA, she has her masters, and wants to get on with life and earning a living.

players should be paid out of the billions the ncaa makes

That's fantastic she was awarded her masters. I often wonder how many grad transfers actually get their degree.

Nice pickup. https://vucommodores.com/roster/koi-love/

Awesome news

Cannot believe I am finally getting in WBB after all these years.

Could have used that 6'3" player against Stanford.

Why are women teams allowed 15 scholarships? Is that a title IX thing?

gronk4heisman wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:55 am Why are women teams allowed 15 scholarships? Is that a title IX thing?

Yes. It’s a small part of balancing out the number of football scholarships across most schools.

Merkin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 9:44 am Cannot believe I am finally getting in WBB after all these years.

Could have used that 6'3" player against Stanford.

No surprise. Hope they can go to a place and get some playing time like Birna did.

I have somewhat worried about us losing recruits from being so heavy in the transfer market? I absolutely trust Adia, and I know that as you dramatically improve your talent level, you'll see transfers. But something on my mind.

Taylor Chavez from Oregon has transferred to the UofA. She has two years of eligibility.

Sounds like a good pickup.

So here's how I've got it. Other than what would appear to be the starters, the rest is just grouped by position, not necessarily depth chart or how likely to get minutes. I will say I tend to have a bias toward established players rather than assuming unproven transfers or freshmen should be plugged-in over them. The Covid bonus year thing has really gotten me confused on class years, so I wouldn't be surprised if something's off there. It's kind of neat that Lauren Ware wants to play volleyball as well as hoops, but I kind of wish she'd give up volleyball. Just the wear and tear on knees from trying to be a two-sport athlete in this day and age scares me.

G Shaina Pellington 5-8 Sr
G Bendu Yeaney 5-10 Sr
F Sam Thomas 6-0 Sr
F Cate Reese 6-2 Sr
C Lauren Ware 6-5 So

G Taylor Chavez 5-10 Jr
G Madison Conner 5-11 Fr
G Helena Pueyo 6-0 Jr
F Koi Love 6-0 So
C Semaj Smith 6-6 Sr

G Derin Erdogan 5-6 So
G Anna Gret Asi 5-10 Fr
G Lakin Gardner 5-11 So
F Gisella Sanchez 6-3 Fr
C Aaronette Vonleh 6-3 Fr

TheCatInTheHat wrote: ↑Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:15 pm So here's how I've got it. Other than what would appear to be the starters, the rest is just grouped by position, not necessarily depth chart or how likely to get minutes. I will say I tend to have a bias toward established players rather than assuming unproven transfers or freshmen should be plugged-in over them. The Covid bonus year thing has really gotten me confused on class years, so I wouldn't be surprised if something's off there. It's kind of neat that Lauren Ware wants to play volleyball as well as hoops, but I kind of wish she'd give up volleyball. Just the wear and tear on knees from trying to be a two-sport athlete in this day and age scares me.

G Shaina Pellington 5-8 Sr
G Bendu Yeaney 5-10 Sr
F Sam Thomas 6-0 Sr
F Cate Reese 6-2 Sr
C Lauren Ware 6-5 So

G Taylor Chavez 5-10 Jr
G Madison Conner 5-11 Fr
G Helena Pueyo 6-0 Jr
F Koi Love 6-0 So
C Semaj Smith 6-6 Sr

G Derin Erdogan 5-6 So
G Anna Gret Asi 5-10 Fr
G Lakin Gardner 5-11 So
F Gisella Sanchez 6-3 Fr
C Aaronette Vonleh 6-3 Fr

If we have a player who averaged 21 and 10 in the SEC transfer in who wouldn't be our starter, that would be ridiculous talent. However, I would be amazed if Love didn't start in the front court over Ware.

The Athletic listed Cate as the 15th best prospect in the 2022 WNBA draft.

Adia is a Witch!

I wonder who this next recruit is?

Cats get Alabama Ariyah Copeland. She is 6 foot 3 and avaraged over 14.4 points and 8.6 rebounds. Huge get.

This offseason has been all about getting size and shooting. In Adia we trust

More on Ariyah, http://allsportstucson.com/2021/04/22/a ... o-arizona/

Very nice addition to the team.
Adia is Amazing

It does feel like a bit of a logjam with the bigs, but gotta remember Ware will be playing volleyball and bigs get hurt (or bs foul trouble).

It's nice what a little trip to the Final 4 can do....

These gals are exactly what we needed after getting manhandled on the boards most the year. Hope we have all the 3 pt shooters we need. Will be more of a team game next year for us to be successful. Does Baylor reach out for Adia? They can double her new salary.

If by chance Rogers did commit to the UofA, then we would know Adia would not be looking at the Baylor job.

I am guessing she is referring to Endyia Rogers. If Adia can get her, next year's team is going to be really good.

The Athletic lists Arizona's incoming class of transfers at #2 (right behind Duke):

2. Arizona Wildcats
How, oh, how will the Wildcats fill the productive shoes of a player like Aari McDonald? Well, we knew it wouldn’t be with a single player (although Sam Thomas’ return for another year certainly helped), but how about with the addition of three transfers who will impact every facet of Arizona’s offensive and defensive game plan.

The group starts with two players who were potential double-doubles every time they stepped on the floor this season: Ariyah Copeland (Alabama) and Koi Love (Vanderbilt). Copeland is a 6-foot-3 forward who will boost the Wildcats on the glass, an area where Arizona was middle of the pack a season ago while Love will be able to shoulder a heavy scoring burden. (She averaged more than 20 points per game in Vandy’s eight games in 2020.) Taylor Chavez (Oregon), an intra-conference transfer, had an up-and-down season in 2020-21 but certainly what Adia Barnes saw in her (and she saw it through three seasons of facing Chavez) was a player who can spread the floor with her 3-point shooting. In 2019-20, Chavez shot 47 percent from beyond the arc. That kind of spacing on the offensive end, as well as a familiarity with Pac-12 opponents, will give both Chavez and Arizona a big boost.

They're literally going to add another major transfer any day now.