WBB should be pretty good next year

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Top 10 Signing Class coming in with 3 ESPN 100 players... 2 Five stars #1 rated prospect in Mississippi 6'4" Daphane White and 6'4" Jessica Carter who is rated #8 post player in country....The #1 player in Virginia 4 Star 6'1" Xaria Wiggins.... You have Big T coming back who 3 years ago didn't know what a drop step was.....You also have Holmes, Danberry and Bibby..... Vic Redshirted Myah Taylor who Vic said this year is the best point guard on his roster...Throw in 6'0" guards Nyah Tate and 5 '10 Iggy Allen... We will actually be more of a team that fits Vic's coaching style...

 

[thatsbaseball]

I look for some "bumps in the road" early but by year end they should be pretty good if not real good.

 

[Bulldogg31]

Plus the UConn transfer

 

[woozman]

UCONN transfer has to sit next year.

 

[57stratdawg]

If Vic returns, we should be a Sweet 16 team or so.

 

[Go Budaw]

If Vic returns, we should be a Sweet 16 team or so.

Has Vic made up his mind on if he’s gonna declare for the WNBA coaching draft? Where is he going?

 

[Bucky Dog]

Wouldn’t that be salt in the wound if Gary Blair announced his retirement?? Please don’t and hopefully Vic wants to continue this ride, but I know when Home comes calling, it will be really tough to keep him from going back to A&M.

 

[Dawg1976]

He's 72 so he could retire at any time.

 

[Shmuley]

Just remember; the Bastard said Vic won't leave because of money.

 

[coach66]

Well, with the current state of affairs he might get some encouragement.

nm

 

[ababyatemydingo]

Top 10 Signing Class coming in with 3 ESPN 100 players... 2 Five stars #1 rated prospect in Mississippi 6'4" Daphane White and 6'4" Jessica Carter who is rated #8 post player in country....The #1 player in Virginia 4 Star 6'1" Xaria Wiggins.... You have Big T coming back who 3 years ago didn't know what a drop step was.....You also have Holmes, Danberry and Bibby..... Vic Redshirted Myah Taylor who Vic said this year is the best point guard on his roster...Throw in 6'0" guards Nyah Tate and 5 '10 Iggy Allen... We will actually be more of a team that fits Vic's coaching style...

Danberry, Jazzy, and Bibby have got to make major strides on the offensive end of the court. As good as Danberry and Holmes are on the defensive end, they are a liability on the offensive end. Once Taylor gets in the flow of SEC play, u don’t see much of a drop off at the PG position. She’s that good. I don’t see anybody to fill Vivians’ role. But that’s understandable. What we will miss the most is the chemistry those seniors had.

 

[MSUDC11]

I think we’re a Top 25 or so team but not a national title contender. I also think the loss of Big T after next season will hurt us in two years, so I expect the next couple of years to be borderline Sweet 16 type teams that could fall a little short of that.

In three years, we will be elite again. Taylor, Espinoza-Hunter, Wiggins, Carter, and White will all be juniors. Bibby will be a senior. Who knows what we will add in recruiting the next couple of years.

 

[Palos verdes]

Vic knows if he leaves us our program falls back into obscurity. I don't think he would do that to us at this point.

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

There is a 6-5 and 6-3 girl coming in next year as true freshmen. They'll have a year to play with Tierra before the stage is theirs. I assume they'll take over Zion's minutes.

 

[Philly Dawg]

From what I can tell, you can win it all in in the women’s game with one perimeter and one post scorer and lots of athletic players who can defend. That was basically both MSU and ND.

 

[MSUDC11]

Vic knows if he leaves us our program falls back into obscurity. I don't think he would do that to us at this point.

I don’t necessarily agree with that. It would be hard for anyone to match or top what he’s accomplished, but we’ve played for two national titles in a row and just ran away with the conference title in the toughest league in the sport. We’ve also shown that we have great fan support for women’s basketball and will pay the big bucks. This is a Top 10 job nationally right now.

We will have a very desirable job opening if Vic ever leaves, and I have no doubt we can go find another really good coach. That person may never top Vic, but I don’t think we would suddenly go back to being awful.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Doesn’t he have a super assistant who has been under him for a while that just won some awards? That’s how Vic learned....under Blair at A&M.

 

[patdog]

That's what I'm thinking. IF Vic were to leave (and I'm not saying he is or will), I think we need to look very hard at giving Johnnie Harris the job.

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

Did yall read the article on here in the CL last week? Really good story by Brodie. She was basically trying to help girls get opportunities in college and Vic spotted that she would be a good recruiter. Then she learned basketball from him.

Doesn’t he have a super assistant who has been under him for a while that just won some awards? That’s how Vic learned....under Blair at A&M.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Go on...

 

[maroonmania]

To be even a Top 20 team next year we are going to have to generate some perimeter shooting that isn't showing itself right now. Holmes, Danberry and Bibby are really not shooters so either they are going to need to up their outside shooting game tremendously or its got to come from someone that didn't play this year.

 

[the dog is on the loose]

I like Bibby and all and think she has a good upside but right now she offers nothing offensively.

 

[Drebin]

She is a freshman. You guys act sometimes like these players are what they are for four years.

Bibby will improve and will be a legit offensive weapon over her time here. Perhaps as soon as next year. Danberry and Jazz will improve. I expect McCowan to improve more. We have a lot of talent coming in. Five star talent.

This is a top 10 program and we will be a top 10 team next year.

 

[fishwater99]

The men will be back in the NCAAT, so go to the Hump to support them.

 

[patdog]

We will be a better team defensively next year and not as good offensively. I think what we saw in the 2nd & 3rd quarters is what we'll see a lot of next year. I think Bibby has the potential to be a decent shooter. Jazz and Danbury look to be drive to the basket players that we really don't have a lot of this year other than Morgan, but I doubt they'll ever be good outside shooters. Hope the PG we're redshirting can shoot and we can find a #2/3 player who can shoot.

 

[maroonmania]

Bibby will improve and will be a legit offensive weapon over her time here. Perhaps as soon as next year. Danberry and Jazz will improve.

Lots of hopeful optimism in that assessment. Hopefully we get a lot of improvement from players that were reserves but I am only judging by things I saw on the court this season.

 

[crackerjax]

Holmes, Danberry and Bibby are really not shooters so either they are going to need to up their outside shooting game tremendously or its got to come from someone that didn't play this year.

Not sure how you can say that. Holmes and Danberry have seen lots of wide open looks from beyond 15 feet and they have clearly been instructed not to take those shots. Last night it was painful to watch because they passed up wide open looks just in an effort to get it to McCowan or Vivians. They always hit plenty of shots in warmups but Vic has never allowed them to shoot during games. Next year he won’t have a choice.

 

[Drebin]

Lots of hopeful optimism in that assessment. Hopefully we get a lot of improvement from players that were reserves but I am only judging by things I saw on the court this season.

It's just the way these things work. We have too much talent to not be good. There will be some bumps in the road early - they won't be as dominant out of the gates as they were this year. But think back to when our seniors were freshmen and sophs - and look how much they've improved year over year. We are going to be fine.

 

[Palos verdes]

I don’t necessarily agree with that. It would be hard for anyone to match or top what he’s accomplished, but we’ve played for two national titles in a row and just ran away with the conference title in the toughest league in the sport. We’ve also shown that we have great fan support for women’s basketball and will pay the big bucks. This is a Top 10 job nationally right now.

We will have a very desirable job opening if Vic ever leaves, and I have no doubt we can go find another really good coach. That person may never top Vic, but I don’t think we would suddenly go back to being awful.

Vic's achievements will never be matched by another coach in WBB at MSU.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

Doesn’t he have a super assistant who has been under him for a while that just won some awards? That’s how Vic learned....under Blair at A&M.

I think you are correct. Just remember, Vic was the super assistant before his stint at MSU.

 

[the dog is on the loose]

What drove me to the brink of despair last night was watching ND girls constantly driving to the basket while we stood around the perimeter passing the ball around like it was a hot potato.

 

[Muttley]

I agree with this assessment. Also, Bibby wasn't recruited all the way from Australia without being a very good player so we should see some improvement in the years to come.

 

[maroonmania]

What drove me to the brink of despair last night was watching ND girls constantly driving to the basket while we stood around the perimeter passing the ball around like it was a hot potato.

Yep, Vivians can drive and create her own shot but she rarely even touched the ball the last 5 minutes.

 

[MSUDC11]

Vic's achievements will never be matched by another coach in WBB at MSU.

Decent chance of that, but why can’t we be a consistently good program like A&M or Tennessee with the occasional great team? I think that’s doable for whoever follows Vic.

 

[WilCoDawg]

I agree that I’m hopeful our players will only get better each year. Just look at how Tea improved from last year to this year. It’s night-and-day. Hopefully they’ll spend extra hours shooting around and let these past two NC losses motivate them.

 

[maroonmania]

Not sure how you can say that. Holmes and Danberry have seen lots of wide open looks from beyond 15 feet and they have clearly been instructed not to take those shots. Last night it was painful to watch because they passed up wide open looks just in an effort to get it to McCowan or Vivians. They always hit plenty of shots in warmups but Vic has never allowed them to shoot during games. Next year he won’t have a choice.

Do you really think they would have been instructed NOT to take them if our coaching staff had any confidence they would make them?

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Don’t get your hopes up on White. Hopefully I’m wrong.

 

[PineGroveBully]

I'm to sick from last night to assume that Vic is going anywhere until I see another coach standing on the sideline.

 

[The_Pylon]

They were playing zone

What drove me to the brink of despair last night was watching ND girls constantly driving to the basket while we stood around the perimeter passing the ball around like it was a hot potato.

We played our woman-to-woman

 

[msstatelp1]

Did yall read the article on here in the CL last week? Really good story by Brodie. She was basically trying to help girls get opportunities in college and Vic spotted that she would be a good recruiter. Then she learned basketball from him.

Hadn't read that, Thanks for linking it. If Vic ever decides to leave, I'd love to get someone like Johnnie that learned under him.