While the particular players are vastly different, next year's team--with truly elite inside play and merely very good outside play--may be somewhat like some of those Nneka/Chiney teams. How about the 11-12 team, for example:
Top 5 mpg:
Nneka
Toni Kokenis
Chiney
Joslyn Tinkle
Lindy LaRocque
Kokenis and LaRocque were very good players, Kokenis had a particularly good year before her injuries began. But no one would say that those two were elite players. Nneka and Chiney were obviously elite players.
How did it work out? We were 35-2, losing early at UConn and then going undefeated until losing to Griner and Baylor in the semifinals. That kind of team worked very well in the triangle, where all the guards really had to do was get the ball inside to the Ogwumikes.
The Princeton, in contrast, is better suited to a whole lot of equally talented, almost interchangeable players. I wonder if Tara will install something new on offense given her players. Will be interesting to see.
Top 5 mpg:
Nneka
Toni Kokenis
Chiney
Joslyn Tinkle
Lindy LaRocque
Kokenis and LaRocque were very good players, Kokenis had a particularly good year before her injuries began. But no one would say that those two were elite players. Nneka and Chiney were obviously elite players.
How did it work out? We were 35-2, losing early at UConn and then going undefeated until losing to Griner and Baylor in the semifinals. That kind of team worked very well in the triangle, where all the guards really had to do was get the ball inside to the Ogwumikes.
The Princeton, in contrast, is better suited to a whole lot of equally talented, almost interchangeable players. I wonder if Tara will install something new on offense given her players. Will be interesting to see.