PAC 12 Preview: Colorado
Last Season: Colorado went 22-9 overall, and 9 - 7 in the conference.
The Coaches:
Head Coach JR Payne will be in her 7th year at Colorado after two seasons at Santa Clara. Payne led Santa Clara to its first winning season in 8 seasons and finished 23-9. JR, no periods, and real name.
Toriano Towns is the Associate Head Coach and is also in his 7th and also coached with Payne at Santa Clara. Towns coached at Gonzaga with Payne and later at Arizona where he was the Post coach for the great, late Polk.
Ali-Marie, is a graduate of St Mary’s where she played for now Oregon coach Kelly Graves. Her first coaching job was at age 23 for Graves when he started at Gonzaga.
Alex Earl is in her 7th year on the staff. Alex was an assistant with Payne three seasons ago at Santa Clara and played for years at ASU graduating in 2013. Alex was a HS teammate of JJ Hones on a team where all five starters player Division 1 basketball.
Tim Hayes is in his 1st season at Colorado. He was the Head Coach at Southeastern University where his record was 176-13.
Losses (who is gone):
Shandrika Lee assistant coach who left after 6 seasons at Colorado to go into private business.
Mya Hollingshed who averaged 14 points and rebounds and was drafted by the WNBA.
Sirena (Peanut) Tuitele who averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds. Peanut transferred to Cal.
Maura Singer who played only 7 games. She may have retired.
Lesila Finau who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds. She transferred to Cal Baptist.
Kylee Blacksten who averaged 2 points. She transferred to West Virginia.
Kennedy Taylor who played just 8 games. She transferred to Missouri State.
Additions:
Aaronette Vonleh, 6-3 Soph Post Center transfer from Arizona. Vonleh averaged 6 points and 2 rebounds at Arizona.
Jada Wynn, 6-0 Frosh Guard from SoCal daughter of the former Washington coaches, unranked
Lizzie Holder, 6-1 Frosh Forward from MN Unranked
Ali Fitzgerald, 6-2 Forward from Missouri, unranked
Brianna McLeod, 6-3 Frosh Forward from Canada
The Returning Team:
Jaylyn Sherrod, 5-7 Sr Point Guard who averaged 8 points and 4 assists.
Tameiya Sadler is a 5-8 Jr Guard Washington. Sadler averaged 15 ppg.
Quay Miller is a 6-3 Sr Post. Miller averaged 11 points and 5 rebounds.
Frieda Formann, 5-11 Jr Guard from Denmark. Formann averaged 7 points per game.
Charlotte Whittaker is a 6-4 Redshirt Sr Post from Australia who averaged 5 points and 2 rebounds two years ago but missed last season with an injury.
Tayanna Jones is a 6-1 5th year Guard who averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds.
Kindyll Wetta is a 5-9 Soph Guard who averaged 4ppg. Her Mom played Basketball at Colorado.
Sophie Gerber, 6-0 Redshirt Soph Guard who played just 7 games.
The Schedule:
The Buffs will play in the preseason NIT vs Texas Tech and Louisiana
Predictions:
Hollingshed is a big loss but 4 solid players return. Miller, Sadler, Sherrod are solid Pac 12 players who won last season. Formann is a good three point shooter and both Wynn and Vonleh played very well on their trip to Spain recently. Are they top six? Close at least.
2023 Recruiting:
Ruthie Loomis-Golti, 6-3 Post from NE, ranked # 74
Kennedy Sanders, 5-8 PG from MN, ranked # 70
Saulele Tanuvasa, 5-11 Guard from NorCal, not ranked
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