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from wlfi.com: Kayana Traylor joined fellow Purdue women's basketball seniors Karissa McLaughlin, Tamara Farquhar, and Fatou Diagne in the NCAA transfer portal on Monday.

i saw a list that contained 5 incoming freshman (11th ranked class for 2021) maybe some transfers coming in? i see Tiana M is going pro

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Owusu lost her cool...Maryland just seemed to really lose focus the last couple minutes, or less. wonder if that could be due to the lack of being in close situations? no idea how many close games Maryland has played in? however, that's where coaching really needs to step in and bring that focus back.

well....what's the over/under for players at Maryland to enter the transfer portal? seems like they lose some when the season ends. having said that, Frese can flat out recruit.

except for a "few bloody noses"...home safe https://www.michigandaily.com/womens-basketball/michigan-plane-forced-to-make-emergency-landing-in-evansville/

no matter what you think of Clark and Iowa...good interview. http://www.asapsports.com/show_interview.php?id=163743 lotta respect goes out to her for the following comment: Q. I'm guessing over the last couple weeks, especially, there have been a lot of little girls around the country who have watched you, want to be like you, play in the NCAA tournament. What would you say to them in regards to you can pick what school you want to go to, it doesn't have to be UConn, doesn't have to be Tennessee? You talked the other day about the bluebloods. What you want to say to those kids? CAITLIN CLARK: Yeah, I mean, the reason I came to Iowa is because I wanted to do something special. I think more and more people are starting to kind of go that route. I think that's important, especially this being my home state, this is where I wanted to go. I know I'm in the right place. This season was truly special. I think for this team, it's only up from here. So I know a lot of little girls dream about going to all those bluebloods, but I think playing for your home state is really something special. Creating something is really special. That's my goal here. I have three years left to do a lot of special things. I think for this team, we're so young, we can put in so much more work, improve in so many areas, it should be fun down the stretch for us, for sure.

good thing i didn't bet

imo, even though UConn is running away with it at the end, Iowa has shown themselves pretty well. it's just really tough to hang with all those McDonald's All Americans for 4 quarters. that length and combine it with the ability to jump also...uffda.

Saturday, March 27 — Sweet 16 1 p.m., ABCNo. 1 UConn vs. No. 5 Iowa 3 p.m., ABCNo. 2 Baylor vs. No. 6 Michigan 6 p.m., ESPN2No. 1 NC State vs. No. 4 Indiana 8 p.m., ESPN2No. 2 Texas A&M vs. No. 3 Arizona Sunday, March 28 — SWEET 16 1 p.m., ABCNo. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 5 Georgia Tech 3 p.m., ABCNo. 1 Stanford vs. No. 5 Missouri State 7 p.m., ESPNNo. 2 Louisville vs. No. 6 Oregon 9 p.m., ESPNNo. 2 Maryland vs. No. 6 Texas the two upsets i could see might be (1) #2 Maryland vs #6 Texas.....however, that would only be if Maryland's offense falters. i do expect Maryland to move on. the other one being #6 Oregon vs #2 Louisville. Oregon is playing pretty well. Michigan and/or Indiana might be able to keep it close, but think tourney ends for each of them today. Iowa doesn't have the defense to hold UConn. Texas A&M is fortunate to be playing. imo, brutal reffing. that's all.

imo, minny is a "strong post" player away from entering BigTen top 5....perimeter is there with Scalia, Hubbard, and Powell (who can get to the rim also) Borowicz can shoot the 3. good class coming in. the one to watch will be 2022's guard Maura Braun. wouldn't surprise me if she starts from day one.

here's the first announcement (that i have come across)... https://www.journalinquirer.com/sports/uconn-men-women-to-play-in-bahamas-in-november/article_bdeec798-5fc9-11eb-b1f8-2328d405b0b3.html?fbclid=IwAR2-z3XhWdxDc8RYq2MUe4sNKaj1Jh8MsRTXqpHyL4nyRK0bsO5-DJ3gpgA the following schools will be joining UConn's men and women in the Bahama's: The eight-team men’s field will also have Arizona State, Auburn, Baylor, Loyola Chicago, Michigan State, Syracuse, and Virginia Commonwealth. The eight-team women’s field will also include Buffalo, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Florida, and Syracuse. nice tournament good schools

now you can also add Illinois' best player: Jeanea Terry the quote: "for the betterment of me" hmmm....how does Fahey survive this? no idea of the recruits coming in.

"Moseley spent the past three seasons as the head coach at Boston University, her alma mater, where she guided the women’s basketball program to a 45-29 overall record. In the three seasons prior to her arrival as head coach, the program had built a 26-63 overall record. Moseley was named the Patriot League Coach of the Year after her first BU team finished fourth in 2018-19 after being chosen in the preseason to finish ninth. During the COVID19-influenced 2020-21 season, she led her team to a 12-3 finish and a spot in the conference tournament championship game." side note: Wisconsin to announce AD Barry Alvarez will be stepping down very soon. likely to stay on through July.

3 Illinois WBB players have entered the portal —J-Naya Ephraim (5-9 JR guard, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands): started 12 of 23 games, 4.3 PPG —Aaliyah McQueen (5-9 FR guard, Flint, MI): 2.0 PPG —Kennedi Myles (6-2 SO forward, Cincinnati, OH): started every game, 8.7 PPG, 8.0 RPG

Minnesota's Whalen has announced her entire roster will return.

Wisconsin has named their new head coach (Marisa Moseley):https://madison.com/wsj/sports/college/basketball/women/source-new-badgers-womens-basketball-coach-comes-from-geno-auriemma-coaching-tree/article_f1c0e0b0-4da9-5bdc-a25f-98a581f3fbbe.html

Emily Engstler from Syracuse (6'1" wing) has entered her name. hope she doesn't follow Sissoko to Minny. she is a good one. If Engstler does transfer, it means 50% of the Top 10 recruits for 2018 class will have transferred, and 11 of Top 25---44% i-1 JR wing, New York, NY) has entered her name into the portal, out of Syracuse WBB; averaged 10.1 PPG and 9.1 RPG in 2020-21; ranked in the top 10 in the 2018 recruiting class, she chose Syracuse over Miami (FL) and Ohio State Emily Engstler (6-1 JR wing, New York, NY) has entered her name into the portal, out of Syracuse WBB; averaged 10.1 PPG and 9.1 RPG in 2020-21; ranked in the top 10 in the 2018 recruiting class, she chose Syracuse over Miami (FL) and Ohio State Emily Engstler (6-1 JR wing, New York, NY) has entered her name into the portal, out of Syracuse WBB; averaged 10.1 PPG and 9.1 RPG in 2020-21; ranked in the top 10 in the 2018 recruiting class, she chose Syracuse over Miami (FL) and Ohio State

https://purduesports.com/news/2021/3/26/womens-basketball-gearlds-joins-coaching-staff-as-part-of-planned-succession.aspx will replace Versyp after next season

sure hope so. was a bummer losing McCabe to Iowa

yep, you are probably right.

if your a football fan, might recognize the name: https://www.kare11.com/article/sports/basketball/greenway-shines-at-providence-academy/89-efa74f30-e52b-467a-b130-6238b7773bae Chad Greenway's 7th grade daughter avg 20pts for her school. her mom ran track for Iowa, and of course, Greenway was a linebacker.