OK. So let's deal with the teams that did beat us, other than in Morgantown. Late in the year, our only real bad loss was to Kansas in Norman. It seems like forever since they had beaten us. But, I look at the roster and notice that two players who gave us fits are gone: Chelsea Gardner and Natalie Knight. I thought of Knight as the one player that I feared from Kansas since Gardner didn't usually hurt us that much. Knight had some good games against us. Asia Boyd, the #3 scorer is also gone. So, Kansas is without its top three. Since they were 15-17 last year, 6-12 in conference play, that's a lot to lose.
2014-2015 Statistics:
http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/kuathletics.com/documents/2015/3/6/KU_Stats.pdf
Lauren Aldridge 5-7 Soph G is probably the best of the returnees and a starter. She led the team in assists
Chayla Cheadle 6-0 Soph G is the other returning starter.
I don't know what happened to 5-10 Freshman G Terrell Bradley who was the leading three point shooter.
KU got minutes from 6-0 F Jada Brown SR and Caelynn Allen-Manning 6-4 SR, but not a lot of production last year. The three top scorers were also the top three rebounders.
2015-2016 Roster:
http://www.kuathletics.com/roster.aspx?roster=229&path=wbball
Kansas did have a recruiting class ranked #19 by HoopGurlz, but they will need for those four recruits to be good as freshmen to win in the Big Twelve.
Recruiting:
http://www.kuathletics.com/news/2014/11/12/WBB_1112143311.aspx?path=wbball
Jayde Christopher 5-8 G
Tyler Johnson 6-2 F
Kylee Kopatich 5-10 G
Asia Robertson 5-7 G
The preseason schedule isn't exactly daunting, but it could be too much for this team unless those freshmen are really good. Six wins in conference play is probably ambitious.
http://www.kuathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball
2014-2015 Statistics:
http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/kuathletics.com/documents/2015/3/6/KU_Stats.pdf
Lauren Aldridge 5-7 Soph G is probably the best of the returnees and a starter. She led the team in assists
Chayla Cheadle 6-0 Soph G is the other returning starter.
I don't know what happened to 5-10 Freshman G Terrell Bradley who was the leading three point shooter.
KU got minutes from 6-0 F Jada Brown SR and Caelynn Allen-Manning 6-4 SR, but not a lot of production last year. The three top scorers were also the top three rebounders.
2015-2016 Roster:
http://www.kuathletics.com/roster.aspx?roster=229&path=wbball
Kansas did have a recruiting class ranked #19 by HoopGurlz, but they will need for those four recruits to be good as freshmen to win in the Big Twelve.
Recruiting:
http://www.kuathletics.com/news/2014/11/12/WBB_1112143311.aspx?path=wbball
Jayde Christopher 5-8 G
Tyler Johnson 6-2 F
Kylee Kopatich 5-10 G
Asia Robertson 5-7 G
The preseason schedule isn't exactly daunting, but it could be too much for this team unless those freshmen are really good. Six wins in conference play is probably ambitious.
http://www.kuathletics.com/schedule.aspx?path=wbball
