Women's Basketball 2024

[GSCfan1275]

The Glenville system has made it to the big time, Kim Stephens Caldwell is now the coach at Tennessee!

[Bballfan]

The Glenville system has made it to the big time, Kim Stephens Caldwell is now the coach at Tennessee!

Will see if it succeeds at the big time. Now you get to take on Mulkey and Staley at a program where expectations are unrealistic in this day and age. Tennessee at best is third to South Carolina and LSU in the SEC. It begins with recruiting. In the end you are as good as the players you have.

[D2Rover]

Bumping in case anybody wants to get this conversation started back up. I haven't had much time between work and volleyball to follow a ton so far, but I'll be up and active again as the season goes on.

[Bballfan]

The team to watch is Grand Valley. Not sure who beats them. Through 5 games their average margin of victory is 35 points/game. And in those 5 games were two victories over top 10 opponents. Just don't see anyone touching them this year. They go 12 deep, play full court, and have a crazy amount of talent for a D2 school.

[D2Rover]

The team to watch is Grand Valley. Not sure who beats them. Through 5 games their average margin of victory is 35 points/game. And in those 5 games were two victories over top 10 opponents. Just don't see anyone touching them this year. They go 12 deep, play full court, and have a crazy amount of talent for a D2 school.

Went back and watched pieces of the Billings game. GVSU is very good, but I don't know if they're actually miles ahead of everyone else. Billings lost 2 starters from last year, they're still very good, but not what they were. 1-15 from three is an anomaly, but letting a team that didn't play a girl over 5'11 shoot over 45% on twos isn't exactly overwhelming defense - teams finished with 18 turnovers each, so no advantage there. The big advantage was rebounding, unsurprisingly.

Haven't seen Union, but that Region seems perpetually overrated in the rankings. At least Union actually uses a bench.

I think Grand Valley deserve the #1 or #2 spot for now (with Texas Woman's) and will stay in the top 5 all year, but "Don't see anyone touching them this year" is a bit dramatic. There are a number of teams in the Central region that can compete with them. And if Ferris is going to get 4 shots at them this year, they can get hot enough offensively to win one of those.

[Bballfan]

I don't think i am being dramatic at all. Watched them dismantle another team (Thomas More) today by 38 points on the road.

Ashland plays at Grand Valley next week. If they lose by less than 20, I will be surprised. Ferris already lost to Central Missouri. I dont think they are as good this year either. Time will tell.

[LukeMcConnell1]

Came away from Friday's game between Southern Nazarene and Texas Woman's with thoughts on both teams. Thought TWU is a mirror image of the Crimson Storm from last year. Great defensively, all-everything post, key pieces all around, nothing wow, but suddenly you look up and you've lost by 20. Was encouraged by the SNU performance. Held TWU to 55 points and had every opportunity to win that game. Just shot really poorly, which was disappointing, given it was at home. I think TWU is a really good team, but SNU playing them pretty evenly given the younger players stepping into bigger roles was really encouraging for GAC play.

[D2Rover]

I don't think i am being dramatic at all. Watched them dismantle another team (Thomas More) today by 38 points on the road.

Ashland plays at Grand Valley next week. If they lose by less than 20, I will be surprised. Ferris already lost to Central Missouri. I dont think they are as good this year either. Time will tell.

I got around to watching a little of the game against Union, I definitely see what you're seeing. I just think there are at least two other teams at that level (Texas Woman's and Fort Hays State), and probably another set of teams that are close enough to compete, or at least match up well enough to upset them on the right day.

[Bballfan]

Texas Women definitely should be in the conversation I agree. Haven't watched Fort Hays State yet.

Typically, Grand Valley has played a slow down style and not very up tempo. So they have low scoring games (with great defense). Often that would catch up with them in tournament time as they rarely got by Ashland or Drury over the last decade. But now they have adopted the style that Ashland and Drury have played in the past. The fact they are very deep with a lot of redshirt seniors make them a very dangerous foe. They do have both Ashland and Drury on their schedule over the next month (along with Ohio State..lol). Will be very interesting to see how those opponents do against them. In conference there is Ferris, but I was not overly impressed with them in Missouri. A good team that will get a lot of wins, yes. But I don't see them as good as last year, while Grand Valley is better this year.