My Predictions with first 2 weeks of the schedule

1. Stanford: McCall and Kailee Johnson will be very good. The screens will help our very good three point shooters be even better.
Top Player: Amber Orrange
Top Newcomer: Kaylee Johnson

Nov 2 Vanguard Exhibition, Nov 8 UC San Diego Exhibition, Nov 14 Boston College, Nov 17 UConn, Nov 20 Texas



2. Cal: Hard to beat the combo of Gray and Boyd and their pretty easy schedule. But they lost two very good Srs and the frosh won’t replace them for a while.

Top Player: Well got to pick two Reshanda Gray and Brittany Boyd.
Top Newcomer: Two again Gabby Green and Mikayla Cowling

Nov 1 Vanguard, exhibition, Nov 16 at UOP, Nov 18 Nevada, Nov 21 at Hawaii



3. Oregon State: Great guards and the big post Hamlin.
Top Player: Sydney Wiese
Top Newcomer: Marie Gulich

Nov 9 Western Oregon Exhibition, Nov 14 Portland, Nov 16 Utah State, Nov 22 Concordia of Oregon



4. Washington: The best Guards in the conference and I’m banking on Collier to be all the way back. They will rain threes. Great depth which was missing last season.

Top Player: Kelsey Plum
Top Newcomer: Heather Corral back from injury

Nov 14 at Oklahoma, Nov 20 South Dakota, Nov 23 Yale, Nov 27 Florida State in Cancun




5 UCLA: Players back from injury a great player in Fields and the # 1 recruiting class. Still maybe a year away.

Top Player: Nirra Fields
Top Newcomer: Two again or maybe three Recee Caldwell, Jordin Canada and Monique Billings

Nov 2 Westmont Exhibition, Nov 14 at James Madison, Nov 16 at North Carolina, Nov 23 Texas



6. USC: The graduation of Harberts hurts but the loss of Crook really hurts.

Top Player: Alexya Vaioletama
Top Newcomer: Alexis Lloyd who transferred in last year.

Nov 9 Concordia of Ca Exhibition, Nov 15 at South Carolina, Nov 17 at Davidson, Nov 21 at Long Beach State



7. Washington State: They have most back from last year and they have their best team in years.

Top Player: Lia Gladeira
Top Newcomer: Louise Brown from Australia

Nov 2 Central Methodist Exhibition, Nov 14 Dayton, Nov 16 Idaho State, Nov 19 Nebraska, Nov 21 Seattle



8. Oregon: New Coach new philosophy and some good players.

Top Player: Jillian Alleyne
Top Newcomer: Jacinta Vandenberg

Nov 9 Westmont exhibition, Nov 14 Utah State, Nov 23 North Carolina, Nov 25 Portland State



9. ASU: Two really good young players in Moos and Brunner but Charlie does it year after year so probably will do better than 8th.
Top Player: Kelsey Moos and Sophie Brunner
Top Newcomer: Ayanna Edwards

Nov 14 Middle Tennessee, Nov 19 Cal State Bakersfield, Nov 25 at Miami of Florida, Nov 28 Villanova in Florida



10. Colorado: Tough league which is best ever in depth. Loss of Roberson really hurts.

Top Player: Jen Reese
Top Newcomer: Alina Hartman from Germany

Nov 8 Colorado State, Pueblo exhibition, Nov 15 WNIT North Dakota, Nov 16 WNIT TBD, Nov 19 WNIT TBD



11. Utah: The return of Wicijowski is a big boost.
Top Player: Taryn Wicijowski
Top Newcomer: Wicijowski who missed last season with an ACL.

Nov 5 Alaska Anchorage Exhibition, Nov 14 San Jose State, Nov 20 at Creighton, Nov 23 at Nebraska


12. Arizona: Again.
Top Player: Candice Warthen
Top Newcomer: Taryn Griffey

Nov 11 Concordia, Exhibition, Nov 17 Cal State Bakersfield, Nov 21 at Texas Tech, Nov 25 UCSB