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Geez, I'm almost thinking every player should automatically be put in the portal when it opens, then let all the coaches recruit again. I'm joking, of course.

According to this On3 2024-2025 Women's Basketball Transfer Portal Tracker - On3 there are over 1100 players in the portal right now. Seems like we should be able to pick up a few.

Here's a link to a basketball reporter who has some portal news on her feed: Talia Goodman (@taliagoodmanwbb) • Instagram photos and videos The first one I clicked on, Gift Uchenna, from Southern Illinois, is a 6'3" post player with good stats who was the nation's second leading rebounder. Maybe not on our radar, who knows. Edited to add her twitter: Talia Goodman (@TaliaGoodmanWBB) / X

Oof, poor Lehigh. Down 46-12 with 5 minutes left in the 3rd against Duke.

Yet somehow we are only down 2.

Just read the Penn State center has entered the portal. Gracie Merkel I think? 6’6”

I agree. Way too much love for them and way too much for Creighton.

I was looking through various teams' schedules/records the past few days, and I have to wonder why Creighton is ranked? Is it just so there can be another ranked team in the UConn+other teams conference (so the conference doesn't appear so weak)? I cheer for Creighton frequently (unless they are playing us), and I'm all for them having strong athletic teams (makes our little state look better to have two DI schools do well in various sports, and now it appears UNO has a good men's team as well, so go Mavs), but outside of us early in the season, who has Creighton beaten to earn an at-large bid in the tourney?

I felt if we could have slipped past UCLA yesterday, we could have beaten OSU (unless fatigue set in). Because OSU looks like donkey doo-doo right now.

Any chance we're recruiting Emma Petrie (Jessica's younger sister)?

Plays for the top HS team in the nation! https://www.si.com/college/nebraska/basketball/nebraska-women-basketball-lands-2025-4-star-guard-commitment-alanna-neale-cornhuskers-big-ten

And only 1 foul.

Williams needs to stand on a box next to that reporter.

Yes. Her mother was also hurt very badly in that accident.

This young gal just can't catch a break! Iowa Hawkeyes' Ava Jones Diagnosed with Cancer

I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner. I recall several years ago, there were a number of class A schools that needed to have their players play on three different levels of teams during the week just so they had enough for games. It wasn't unheard of for a girl to play on the freshman, reserve, and JV teams (or reserve, JV, and varsity). At the time, there was a limit on the number of quarters they could play (I don't recall what it was), so it took a lot of planning on the coaches' parts to make sure they weren't violating any of those rules. But why was interest in playing basketball so low in these larger schools? I think it's a combination of a lot of things, not the least of which is VB is much more enticing to many of the girls. There were also some questionable demands by many of the HS basketball coaches (possibly other sports as well although that wasn't our experience) where they indicated an athlete's playing time was directly related to how much off season 'volunteer' practices they showed up to. I'm talking off season (like summers and fall leading up to the season). I personally know of several solid basketball players that were given the message they wouldn't get much playing time because they had chosen to do a different club sport in the summer and only made it to half the 'volunteer' practices. I'm talking about kids that were very athletic who went on to play division 1 sports in something else. They would have loved to play basketball if the demands were more reasonable, and they could have contributed, but instead they quit and often played coed intramurals (and a few even continued to play club basketball when they could) rather than deal with power plays from their HS basketball coach. On the flipside, I know of several girls that gave up other sports to focus on basketball. Many went to all 'volunteer' practices, and eventually earned scholarships to play at different levels. However, many of them became bench riders or wound up quitting (burnout often cited as the reason, another was that they just weren't all that great to begin with and found out at the college level). At some point it needs to be recognized that either the talent/skill is there, or it isn't, and it doesn't matter that little Suzy gave up everything to go to all clinics and practices and was rewarded with increased playing time in HS. Kids need to be well-rounded. It's part of what distinguishes those that are skilled alone versus those that are skilled and athletic. Can she shoot the 3? Awesome! Can she run down the court without her feet being stuck in molasses and jump more than 2 inches off the ground? Because that stuff's important, too.

Sam Griesel.

Thought this was worthy of its own thread. Thank you Coach Yori. You are one of the best. https://gocreighton.com/news/2024/6/7/womens-basketball-connie-yori-announces-retirement.aspx

Has anyone seen class of 2026 Ava Markowski play (Pius X, Alexis' sister)? 5'11" guard.

I'm very concerned, but I've been very concerned for quite some time. We had some good games later in the season, but still suffered from inconsistencies. I hoped we would pick up some solid players from the portal, but so far, we only know of one. Now we find out we lost a top recruit (I did not read the article since it's paywall, so I don't know if there was a reason included or not), but then again, I never feel it's a done deal until the player is signed and on campus. We have three freshmen coming in, but one is injured and may not play and is also short, so not sure how much of an impact she will make anyway. The other two are solid and will need to adapt quickly, especially since our conference is growing and getting even tougher. Maybe the team will surprise me this next year, I sincerely hope they do, but I honestly feel like we may be looking at finishing in the bottom half.

Saw we lost Mathurin.

Article on Koupal. https://605sports.com/Wagner's-Ashlyn-Koupal,-a-rising-college-basketball-prospect,-soars-to-another-state-high-jump-title-?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR19L6iyA1ftkt-zFRMwdcgGN5Q5s3CSGYvwE1KHDU912zG1wlzDgJdvXXk_aem_AQlHW5IIW-Ix2w8pYXIFgn84_1JWCEUQJJ-eqrWAZ8enM1c-fansXhtKPv7yI4U3ZN_989No4MeqnvcKgSx3ns4m

She has to get better control of her emotions as well. I believe Indiana was ahead when she fouled the Connecticut player and then picked up the T. That was seriously costly.

Her main weakness is really glaring right now - and that's defense. It's pretty ugly, and it almost looks like she's tiring herself out trying to play D. But, honestly, her defense is worse than what I thought it would be.

I only watched about the first 4 minutes. Does anybody on the Indiana team know how to play D?