[TheFarm07]

I did a similar analysis based on ESPN rankings a few years back.  In general, as much as I didn't want to admit it, the ESPN ranking is a pretty good predictor of college contributions in a broad way.  People ranked 1-10 almost always were four year starters, people ranked 10-60 frequently developed into a starter before they were finished, and people ranked above 60 seldom were more than role players.  Exceptions to everything of course.

That's why I've been hoping that we could secure a Top-5 recruit one of these years.  National title teams the last few years have had that elite superstar from Breanna Stewart to Brittany Griner to Maya Moore.  It doesn't always guarantee bringing the trophy home as we had with the Ogwumike sisters and Jayne Appel, but it's nice to have that superstar playing on your side.

I was reading recaps of games in past seasons and during Chiney's freshman year, there was a conference game against UCLA.  It was relatively close at halftime and Nneka didn't play that game because of an injury, and the article quoted Tara telling Chiney to "take over the game" and do what she needed to do at halftime.  This was on a team that had Pedersen and Pohlen.  It would be nice to see an elite freshman have that type of immediate impact.

It also stands in contrast to what seems like Tara's reluctance to use Brittany and Alanna more frequently even though they've been producing a little more offensively.

[TheFarm07]

I did a similar analysis based on ESPN rankings a few years back.  In general, as much as I didn't want to admit it, the ESPN ranking is a pretty good predictor of college contributions in a broad way.  People ranked 1-10 almost always were four year starters, people ranked 10-60 frequently developed into a starter before they were finished, and people ranked above 60 seldom were more than role players.  Exceptions to everything of course.

That's why I've been hoping that we could secure a Top-5 recruit one of these years.  National title teams the last few years have had that elite superstar from Breanna Stewart to Brittany Griner to Maya Moore.  It doesn't always guarantee bringing the trophy home as we had with the Ogwumike sisters and Jayne Appel, but it's nice to have that superstar playing on your side.

I was reading recaps of games in past seasons and during Chiney's freshman year, there was a conference game against UCLA.  It was relatively close at halftime and Nneka didn't play that game because of an injury, and the article quoted Tara telling Chiney to "take over the game" and do what she needed to do at halftime.  This was on a team that had Pedersen and Pohlen.  It would be nice to see an elite freshman have that type of immediate impact.

It also stands in contrast to what seems like Tara's reluctance to use Brittany and Alanna more frequently even though they've been producing a little more offensively.