General WBB Thread

[mickey one]

Be nice to make a find like this: 

 

[Stuhoo]

On 3/9/2026 at 12:55 AM, LamarCheeks said:

 

 

The "I Love You I Love You I Love You" sweater from the coach who is "widely regarded as one of the best recruiters in the sport" is...

AwkwardCreepy.

[TTT]

6 hours ago, mickey one said:

Be nice to make a find like this: 

 

2025-26 30 gp. 13.2 min. 5.4 pts. 2.6 rebs .

0.7 assts. 0.3 stls. 0.9 blks. 1.7 tos. 57% fgs 

25% 3 pt fgs.   82.1%fts.  1.9fouls

yes IU Ladies had several of these;  would be another lateral move…and could be the quality big addition they end up with/can only get…..while the top echelon of teams get high production stars….thus far the recruit/player IU needed is going to USC.

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4 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

The "I Love You" sweater from the coach who is "widely regarded as one of the best recruiters in the sport" is...

AwkwardCreepy.

This could be a fool’s gold hire given that he was recruiting for LSU under Kim Mulkey

[mickey one]

6 hours ago, TTT said:

2025-26 30 gp. 13.2 min. 5.4 pts. 2.6 rebs .

0.7 assts. 0.3 stls. 0.9 blks. 1.7 tos. 57% fgs 

25% 3 pt fgs.   82.1%fts.  1.9fouls

yes IU Ladies had several of these;  would be another lateral move…and could be the quality big addition they end up with/can only get…..while the top echelon of teams get high production stars….thus far the recruit/player IU needed is going to USC.

 

6 hours ago, TTT said:

2025-26 30 gp. 13.2 min. 5.4 pts. 2.6 rebs .

0.7 assts. 0.3 stls. 0.9 blks. 1.7 tos. 57% fgs 

25% 3 pt fgs.   82.1%fts.  1.9fouls

yes IU Ladies had several of these;  would be another lateral move…and could be the quality big addition they end up with/can only get…..while the top echelon of teams get high production stars….thus far the recruit/player IU needed is going to USC.

Against UCLA (& the Betts sisters), Zaja (Wisconsin) got 16 points and 4 rebounds. Against UCLA, Noyan got 1 point and 2 rebounds; Ondineme got 0 points and 1 rebound; Wiseman got 0 points and 1 rebound. Yeah, it would be great to get a super-athletic center like Okeke, but we seem to miss on them all the time.

When we've gone into the European market (Sandvik, Ondineme, Kadlecova), it's been mainly a bust. Garzon? 

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11 minutes ago, mickey one said:

 

Against UCLA (& the Betts sisters), Zaja (Wisconsin) got 16 points and 4 rebounds. Against UCLA, Noyan got 1 point and 2 rebounds; Ondineme got 0 points and 1 rebound; Wiseman got 0 points and 1 rebound. Yeah, it would be great to get a super-athletic center like Okeke, but we seem to miss on them all the time.

When we've gone into the European market (Sandvik, Ondineme, Kadlecova), it's been mainly a bust. Garzon? 

 

11 minutes ago, mickey one said:

 

Against UCLA (& the Betts sisters), Zaja (Wisconsin) got 16 points and 4 rebounds. Against UCLA, Noyan got 1 point and 2 rebounds; Ondineme got 0 points and 1 rebound; Wiseman got 0 points and 1 rebound. Yeah, it would be great to get a super-athletic center like Okeke, but we seem to miss on them all the time.

When we've gone into the European market (Sandvik, Ondineme, Kadlecova), it's been mainly a bust. Garzon? 

Doesn’t matter take her best one game vs season equals lateral move.  She could take her choice of Faith Wiseman or Jade Ondineme spot on the bench and play a little out of necessity and yes that might be all IU Ladies can get.  
Edessa Noyan showed improvement and had an excellent game vs Oregon (not UCLA) but started to improve the back half of season.

[mickey one]

11 hours ago, TTT said:

2025-26 30 gp. 13.2 min. 5.4 pts. 2.6 rebs .

0.7 assts. 0.3 stls. 0.9 blks. 1.7 tos. 57% fgs 

25% 3 pt fgs.   82.1%fts.  1.9fouls

yes IU Ladies had several of these;  would be another lateral move…and could be the quality big addition they end up with/can only get…..while the top echelon of teams get high production stars….thus far the recruit/player IU needed is going to USC.

Yeah. That's not good. The way IU has missed on the bigs--1/3 of the squads at South Carolina, LSU, USC, and Reagan Beers . . . don't see it getting better with the formula of wishing and hoping for top 10 recruits. Maybe need to be more discerning on recognizing and attracting sleepers and overachievers? Like Mack Holmes, for instance. 

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23 hours ago, mickey one said:

Yeah. That's not good. The way IU has missed on the bigs--1/3 of the squads at South Carolina, LSU, USC, and Reagan Beers . . . don't see it getting better with the formula of wishing and hoping for top 10 recruits. Maybe need to be more discerning on recognizing and attracting sleepers and overachievers? Like Mack Holmes, for instance. 

What do you do with Arek Angui Auburn transfer portal?  Is it worth a chance?  And does IU Ladies have a chance?  
IU Ladies should have a chance because she needs playing time and IU Ladies need a big and there is no doubt the coaching would be there.  Win Win.

15 seats might just be worth 1 of those seats…unless there’s a difference maker lurking….not sure how she holds up physically?  And if it’s for sure 90% she is not going to play it’s a pass.

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Maryland  66.   NC. 74

Garzon 6 pts. 2 for 11 fgs 0 for 6 3pta.
2 for 4 fts  3 rbs. 1 asst.  2tos. 1 stl. 0 blks.
4 pfs.  in 36 mins.

I hope everyone is happy whoever sold her this horse$$@)&.  

She played much better under T. Moren even though Moren challenged her. And it cost IU Ladies a 20 win season.  
It cost Garzon ANY chance of WNBA…though she may play in another league.

[LamarCheeks]

BTW -- No. 10 seed UVA and No. 2 Iowa in overtime. 

Pretty good game. 

[LamarCheeks]

Despite Iowa getting a friendly boost from the officials, calling a late flagarant on UVA -- we're headed to a second OT. 

[LamarCheeks]

UVA takes a nine-point lead with 1:58 to go in second OT.

Cavs are last double-digit seed remaining. 

 

[LamarCheeks]

Cavs are gonna win. 

HUGE upset. 

[LamarCheeks]

The USC women are torching the USC women -- up by 30 at halftime. 

(I have friends and relatives who are South Carolina alumni -- they insist they're the "real" USC. LOL)

[Aaron]

I hope Iowa fans don't ‘lose hope’ over their program by getting upset at home in the second round as can happen in tourney like our fans supposedly did.

Hawkeyes have the best fan base in the country and will continue to sell out no matter what in the sport. IU fans need to take note of what supporting a good but not elite team means.

This year was unacceptable for IU as a whole but not a reason to run away from program. Especially, with elite class coming in.

In all seriousness, I have UCLA winning it all and Michigan in Final Four in my bracket. Great yr for conference.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Carla Berube has been named the new Northwestern WBB head coach; she's been the head coach at Princeton for the last seven seasons

https://nusports.com/news/2026/3/25/womens-basketball-carla-berube-named-northwestern-head-womens-basketball-coach

[TTT]

For both basketball and football (not sure about other sports) but it’s not the sport anymore.  The recent new sport is called is called TRANSFER PORTAL.

[Aaron]

18 hours ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Carla Berube has been named the new Northwestern WBB head coach; she's been the head coach at Princeton for the last seven seasons

https://nusports.com/news/2026/3/25/womens-basketball-carla-berube-named-northwestern-head-womens-basketball-coach

Unlike the other two hires by Penn State and Rutgers which are a huge risk of could be horrid or great, this hire by NW is amazing.

This is how you hire a coach and take the one from elite mid-major who built a program. This will almost certainly succeed similar to Shauna Green at Illinois with zero risk. 

[mickey one]

On 3/21/2026 at 5:22 PM, TTT said:

What do you do with Arek Angui Auburn transfer portal?  Is it worth a chance?  And does IU Ladies have a chance?  
IU Ladies should have a chance because she needs playing time and IU Ladies need a big and there is no doubt the coaching would be there.  Win Win.

15 seats might just be worth 1 of those seats…unless there’s a difference maker lurking….not sure how she holds up physically?  And if it’s for sure 90% she is not going to play it’s a pass.

Arek Angui looks like too much of a risk. Had miniscule numbers last year. I don't understand how some teams manage to scoop up great foreign players--Blanca Quinonez at UConn being most recent example. We end up with Kadlecova, Sandvik, & Ondineme. 

If you are looking for change-making bigs in the portal, you probably need to be a Texas (Breya Cunningham) or Oklahoma (Beers), which is looking for the last piece to make it to the top. IU, at the moment, is looking to be rescued from mediocrity . . . and that's not a big sales pitch.

There is MOMENTUM in recruiting. IU lost it badly, and is trying to get it back.

[mickey one]

51 minutes ago, Aaron said:

Unlike the other two hires by Penn State and Rutgers which are a huge risk of could be horrid or great, this hire by NW is amazing.

This is how you hire a coach and take the one from elite mid-major who built a program. This will almost certainly succeed similar to Shauna Green at Illinois with zero risk. 

Berube has been sort of a magician at Tufts and Princeton. But, keep in mind that she made it to 2 championship games with Tufts in DIII and lost both of them.

She is now heading into the Big 10, which is, essentially, a buzzsaw. She and Shea Ralph (Vanderbilt) are testing whether Geno, long-term, will have created any kind of enduring coaching dynasty. Other Geno products have flopped big time in the coaching ranks.