Usually for an on-court reason, unfortunately.
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I think this could be one of those seasons that a lot of people are really looking forward to being the most successful season in a couple of decades end up being a catastrophe because the limited roster we do have experiences some adversity, whether it be injuries or something else, and the personnel we have are just are not enough to overcome it. It'll be a very tough lesson to learn for the staff. And it could be one day easily could have avoided if they had even attempted to bring in anyone. I hope I'm wrong but it where I'm sitting now it seems like JB is honestly unconcerned about bringing anyone else and is willing to roll the dice with 9 freakin' players. Let's just hope keziah lofton is 100% healthy and able to play immediately and it's not actually 8 players smh
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The 25-26 roster is up on Soonersports.com with only 9 players.
All it takes is a couple of injuries and OU would be in the basement of the SEC and with no tournament to go to. You have scholarship limits at 15 and OU is 40% short. If OU tests this theory by only having 9, fate will burn the Sooners badly. How many teams make it through a season without just a couple of injuries?
I predict a disaster if they don't get to at least 12 players!!!!
I predict a disaster if they don't get to at least 12 players!!!!
I think the fallacy here is the assumption we need quality bodies. We don’t. We need backup and practice players. The nine we have are going to be the first nine on the court. These transfers know that. Even the post-transfer polls have us in the top 10. We will have what we need by the end of the summer.
I think what grinds on the fans the most is that no one on the staff has come forward to discuss this issue. Maybe they don't think the
fan base is entitled to know what is going on with the program on this roster situation. Think they are dead wrong and if the season would be
to tank because of a short roster who is going to be held accountable? Really hope that scenario doesn.t come to fruition.
fan base is entitled to know what is going on with the program on this roster situation. Think they are dead wrong and if the season would be
to tank because of a short roster who is going to be held accountable? Really hope that scenario doesn.t come to fruition.
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I think the fallacy here is the assumption that we don’t need quality bodies. We do. We need experienced and rotation players. The nine we have, barring any sort of injury, are being tasked with going the distance in a rough & tough conference, counting on that is not logical or the best decision.
I understand the notion of feeling like 9 players is enough, but in reality it’s going to be tough no matter who we have. If we were still in the Big 12 that could be a little more realistic but not the SEC, the SEC is another level.
South Carolina added the nations top scorer in Latson and 6’6” Center Okot and will welcome back their dynamic post in Watkins; Watkins/Kitts/Okot/Dauda is an absurd post rotation to contend against with only Beers/Culliton and I guess Stewart, we NEED depth
LSU is bringing in a top recruiting class and a 6’5” transfer post from Notre Dame along with Faujae they’ll be a lot better
Tennessee has the #1 overall recruiting class coming in and has added some quality depth through the portal which will fit their hockey style system which will be better
Texas retooled through the portal and will be right back in conversations and Ole Miss too
It will be TOUGH with only 9, really 8 players, Keziah is still coming back from a major injury & shouldn’t be rushed in her healing.
But hey I do still believe that Chavez/Verhulst/Williams/Beers/& whomever will give us a chance but we have very little to no room for error this season and it’s soo important to add 2/3 more players at least even if it’s not quality, depth is just as if not more important to support our stars.
I’m confident they’ll add and in our coaches but it is frustrating losing out on everyone we know about and struggling to find info about our team. We will see what happens
I understand the notion of feeling like 9 players is enough, but in reality it’s going to be tough no matter who we have. If we were still in the Big 12 that could be a little more realistic but not the SEC, the SEC is another level.
South Carolina added the nations top scorer in Latson and 6’6” Center Okot and will welcome back their dynamic post in Watkins; Watkins/Kitts/Okot/Dauda is an absurd post rotation to contend against with only Beers/Culliton and I guess Stewart, we NEED depth
LSU is bringing in a top recruiting class and a 6’5” transfer post from Notre Dame along with Faujae they’ll be a lot better
Tennessee has the #1 overall recruiting class coming in and has added some quality depth through the portal which will fit their hockey style system which will be better
Texas retooled through the portal and will be right back in conversations and Ole Miss too
It will be TOUGH with only 9, really 8 players, Keziah is still coming back from a major injury & shouldn’t be rushed in her healing.
But hey I do still believe that Chavez/Verhulst/Williams/Beers/& whomever will give us a chance but we have very little to no room for error this season and it’s soo important to add 2/3 more players at least even if it’s not quality, depth is just as if not more important to support our stars.
I’m confident they’ll add and in our coaches but it is frustrating losing out on everyone we know about and struggling to find info about our team. We will see what happens
Exactly. OU was like, 6th or so in the SEC last year, and added 1 player who will truly contribute next season. OU didn't get as much better as other schools did, who used both the Portal and HS recruiting.
Based on the above, we will struggle to maintain that same position next season. Our highly touted frosh will have to be a near AA player to lift the team to a
higher standing conference/nationally wise.
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I don't think its fair to say neither of our incoming freshmen will contribute, and Caya Smith who was a freshman last year has a chance to also
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I can see this being a complete failure if say Beers has a nagging injury and someone else has foul issues. Not that I want this to happen by any means, but you are just pressing luck and putting too much on the line when you have a 9 player roster, with 3 true freshmen and 1 sophomore that never played coming back. Also, Culliton just isn't a scorer, and unless she improves drastically i don't see her producing much for us. So the starters will have to play much more minutes, which can translate to playing slower than JB likes, and not being as aggressive on account of foul issues, which can translate to failure in the SEC. Look at all of the top programs in the SEC, let alone the country, even though some of them have a lot of returnees they still went out and got several bodies, with this in mind.
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I like Beers, I really do, with that said, she wasn’t super athletic against some of the top SEC post girls. On top she gets winded.
Those are two big concerns…
We will see…
Those are two big concerns…
We will see…
Simply put, if you are putting your eggs all into having a season with 0 injuries, you are asking for trouble. Fate will happen when this is the strategy. Just imagine if something happens to Beers or Chavez, OU would paddle their way to the bottom of the SEC. Just a couple of ladies getting in foul trouble will cause a short term debacle. Now, how many SEC teams will enter next season with nine players besides OU. I think the answer is none. This will also cause those teams to play OU with more physicality. It is danger. Another question is how to you have an actual scrimmage in practice unless a coach or GA plays?
Most college teams scrimmage and practice against a practice squad of men.
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that may be true, but still only 9 is so freakin' risky. If even one player has a health issue, we are incredibly limited. I just can't believe that JB and staff are foolish enough to put what could be one of the best upcoming seasons on that line in this way, so I'm still hoping for some news.
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Anyone know anything about the new girl on the team from Ireland? 5'11 wing by the name of Emma Tolan. Read where she has 4 years of eligibility. So, at least we can have the team scrimmage.
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this is the first i'm hearing of this..
It appears she played for the Irish U16 and 18U teams. The last couple of years she averaged around 10 points and eight rebounds per game. I don’t see her listed on the roster at Sooner Sports. Definitely a potentially interesting story.
