Preview Washington Huskies

Pac 12 Preview:  Washington

 

Last Year:   7-16 overall and 2-12 in league play.    

 

Coaches:

Tina Langley is in her 2^nd year  asHead Coach after 6 great seasons at Rice and before that 7 seasons as an Assistant at Maryland. She was 126-61 at Rice. Langley has two Masters Degrees.  

 

Katie Faulkner is in her 2^nd year coming from Oregon State where she was an Assistant for 5 years.  Faulkner played at Montana where she was an outstanding player.  She will also be the Recruiting Coordinator.  

 

Dan Tacheny is in his 2^nd year and was new to Women’s Basketball having coached Men, most recently in the NBA G League.

 

LaTara King is in her 2^nd year coming from Rice with Langley, having coached there the past 3 seasons and before that at Boston College.  

 

 

Losses:  

 

Nancy Mulkey who graduated, averaged 10 points and 6 rebounds last season.

 

Missy Peterson graduated and last season averaged 7 points and 3 rebounds. 

 

Olivia Pollerd transferred to Santa Clara after playing only 37 minutes last season.

 

Maka Jackson, averaged 3 points. Jackson graduated.   

 

Marisa Davis-Jones who transferred to San Jose State after playing in just 4 games last season.

 

Jess Finney transferred to San Diego after playing just 4 games last season.

 

Alexis Whitfield transferred to UC Santa Barbara after averaging 3 ppg.

 

 

Additions:  

 

Tergan Brown, 5-10 Wing CA , Ranked # 79

 

Elle Ladine, 5-11 Guard Pinewood HS  Ranked # 53

 

Hannah Stines,  5-10 Guard SoCal  Ranked # 40

                                                                              

Dalayah Daniels 6-2 Jr Wing Transferred from Cal where she averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds. 

 

Emma Grothaus 6-3 Grad Forward Grad transfer from Lehigh where she averaged 12 points and 9 rebounds.

 

Shalya Gilmore 6-1 Forward from SoCal who was POY in her league. 

 

 

The Returning Team:

 

Haley Van Dyke is a 6-1, 5^th year Forward.   Last season Haley averaged 11 points and 6.7 rebounds.  

 

Lauren Schwartz, 5-11 Sr Wing who transferred from Rice.   Last season with Washington she averaged 10 ppg.

 

Trinity Oliver, 5-9 Redshirt Sr Guard who averaged 4 points and 5 rebounds. 

 

Darcy Rees is a 6-4 5^th year Post from Australia.   Two seasons ago Rees averaged 8 points and 3 rebounds.  Last season she didn’t play much. 

 

Nia Lowery is a 5-9 Redshirt Soph who played just a few games last season.

 

Alexis Griggsby is a 5-9 grad student Guard from SoCal who averaged 7 points however played just 7 games last season. 

 

Tyiona Watkins is a 5-11 Redshirt Sr Guard who averaged 4 points 

 

Jayda Noble, 5-11 Jr Guard averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds.

 

 

Schedule:  

Washington doesn’t play a Power 5 team non-conference.  

 

 

Predictions:  

With returnees Van Dyke and Schwartz and a healthy Rees plus solid transfers Daniels and Grothaus Washington has a good experienced five.   However frosh Ladine and Stines should break into their backcourt.   The recruiting and future are on the rise in Seattle.   

 

 

2023 Recruiting:    

                                   

Olivia Anderson, 6-6 Post from WA, was ranked top 60 at one point

Ari Long, 6-0 Guard/Wing from SoCal, ranked # 46

Chloe Briggs, 5-11 Guard from SoCal, ranked # 93

Sayvia Sellers, 5-7 PG from Alaska, ranked # 28

Preview Utah

 

Pac 12 Preview:  Utah

Last Season:  21-12 overall and 8-7 in Pac 12 play, Runner-up in Pac 12 Tournament. 

 

The Coaches:

Lynne Roberts is in her 8th year after moving from the University of Pacific, UOP.  Roberts was Head Coach at UOP for 9 seasons, being named Conference Coach of the Year twice in the last three years.  Before UOP Roberts was Head Coach at Chico State for 4 seasons.   

Gavin Peterson is in his 8th year after 2 seasons with Roberts at UOP.  Peterson has been an assistant in the West since 2002 and an Associate Head Coach for 6 of those seasons.

Jerise Freeman is in her 2nd season at Utah.  Freeman was an Assistant at Oklahoma State for 4 years.  

Jordan Sullivan is in her first year at Utah.   Sullivan is a former Montana player who was an Assistant at Montana the past 5 seasons.   

 

Losses:

Kemery Martin only played 6 games due to injury and transferred to Cal. 

Brynna Maxwell averaged 11 points with 68 threes at 38% transferred to Gonzaga.

Dru Gylten averaged 5 points and 5 assists transferred to South Dakota State.

Andrea Torres averaged 5 points and 3 rebounds and graduated.

Maka Jackson, averaged 3 points. Jackson graduated.   

 

Additions:

Alissa Pili 6-2 Jr Post who transferred from USC where she averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds however played hurt much of the time.

Nene Sow Jr 6-8 Jr Post JC transfer originally from Belgium 

Naya Ojukwu 6-0 Frosh Wing from Idaho

Teya Sidberry, 6-1 Frosh Wing, UT Not ranked However the all-time leading scorer in Utah HS history.

Lani White, 5-11 Frosh Guard SoCal Not ranked

 

The ReturningTeam:

Jenna Johnson 6-2 Soph Forward averaged 12 points and 4 rebounds. 

Gianna Kneepkens 5-11 Soph Guard averaged 12 points and 4 rebounds and made 56 threes at 38%.

Kennady McQueen, 5-10 Jr Guard averaged 10 points and 4 rebounds and made 61 threes at 44%.

Payton McFarland, 6-4 Jr Post from Idaho ranked # 80 out of HS and averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds.

Kelsey Rees, 6-5 Jr Post from Australia.    Kelsey averaged 5 points and 5 rebounds.

Isabel Palmer is a 5-9 Sr Soph Guard who transferred from Texas where as a Frosh she averaged 3 points.   Palmer was born in the US but moved to Australia with her family at the age of 4 months.  She averaged 4 ppg.

Dasia Young, 5-11 Sr Wing averaged 7 points and 3 rebounds last season.

Ines Vieira, 5-6 Soph  Guard from Portugal.   She averaged 4 points and 2 assists.  

 

The Schedule:   

Oklahoma, Alabama, Ole Miss and BYU

 

Predictions:           

Johnson, McQueen and Kneepkens are three solid players and two are preseason all-conference the other Honorable Mention.   Pili is a great addition if healthy to join Reese and Mcfarland who are solid front court players.   Young was solid off the bench last season.  The Media prediction is 5^th place in the conference for Utah.  

 

2023 Recruiting:          

Daniela Falcon, 6-3 Wing/ Forward from Germany

Reese Ross 6-1 Forward from SD Not ranked

Preview USC

Pac 12 Preview:  Southern Cal

Last Season: 12-16 overall and 5-12 in Pac 12 play.  

 

The Coaches:  

Lindsay Gottlieb is in her 2^nd , after two years in the NBA and 8 years as the Head Coach at Cal where she won 67% of her games.

Beth Burns is in her first year at USC after coaching at Louisville.   Beth was once at Stanford.  Beth is the Associate Head Coach.

Wendale Farrow is in his 2nd year after 5 years at Cal, three with Gottlieb.

Nneka Enemkpali is in her 2nd year after one season at UNLV and 2 at UCSB.   She averaged 10 points per game over her 4 years at Texas.  

 

Losses:

Alissa Pili averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds in an injury plagued season.  Pili transferred to Utah

Angel Jackson averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds.  Jackson transferred to Jackson State

Jordyn Jenkins averaged 15 points and 7 rebounds.  Jenkins transferred to Texas-San Antonio.

Jordan Sanders averaged 12 points and 4 rebounds and graduated.

Desiree Caldwell averaged 4 points and 3 assists and graduated..

Amaya Oliver, only played 39 minutes and transferred to LMU.

Kyra White averaged one point and transferred to Texas San Antonio.

Tera Reed averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds and graduated.  

That’s a loss of 50 points per games.    

 

Additions:

Aaliyah Gayles, 5-9 Point Guard, NV who Ranked # 8   Badly injured so I’m sure will redshirt 

Taylor Rigby 6-1 Soph Guard transferred from Oregon after averaging 2 points however highly recruited out of HS.

Rokia Doumbia is a 5-9 Guard Grad Transfer from Purdue where she averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds.

Destiny Littleton 5-9 Sr Guard who transferred from South Carolina where she averaged 2.6 ppg.  A McD All American in HS.

Koi Love 6-0 Jr Forward who transferred from Arizona where she averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds.

Okako Adika 6-0 Sr Wing who transferred from TCU where she averaged 10 points and 5 rebounds.

Kadi Sissoko 6-2 Grad Transfer Wing from Minnesota where she averaged 11 points and 6 rebounds in the last two seasons.

Kayla Williams 5-7 Redshirt Soph Guard who transferred from UC Irvine where she averaged 15 points and 4 assists and made 68 threes.

 

The Returning Team:

Alyson Miura is a 5-9 Sr Guard who averaged 6 points and made 38 threes at 39%. 

Madison Campbell is a 5-11  Redshirt Jr Guard  who averaged 4 points.

India Otto is a 5-9 Sr Guard who played just 6 games this past season and 3 games the previous season.

Clarice Akunwafo, 6-6 Soph Post who averaged 3 points and 3 rebounds.

Rayah Marshall, 6-4 Soph Forward who averaged 11 points and 8 rebounds.   

Bella Perkins is a 5-9 Soph  Guard from Virginia who was the State Gatorade POY.  Bella averaged 3 points.

 

The Schedule: 

Texas, that’s it for Power 5, plus U of San Diego hey look how good they are in WVB. 

 

 

Predictions:   

Five transfer out and three Graduate so eight gone with their 50 points per game.    However here come eight transfers in, plus six returning.   Crazy.  Marshall will start but I can’t guess what the other starters will be or the top 8.

 

2023 Recruiting Commits:  

Malia Samuels, 5-11 Guard from Seattle Ranked # 49

UCLA

Pac 12 Preview:  UCLA 

 

Last Season:  

UCLA was 18-13 last season and 8-8 in conference play.   

 

The Coaches:  

Cori Close is in her 12^th season as the Head Coach.  Close is averaging 20 wins per year.    She went to HS in the San Jose area.

Shannon Perry-LaBeauf is in her 12^th year and she coached at Duke for 5 seasons.  

Tony Newnan like the others is in his 12th season.  

Tasha Brown is in her 5th season at UCLA.   

 

Losses:

Iimar’l Thomas, last season Thomas averaged 16 points and 6 rebounds.

Jaelynn Penn, last season Penn averaged 9 points and 4 rebounds.   

Natalie Chou  averaged 10 points, and made 36% of her threes.  

Chantel Horvat averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds per game.   

Guard Kayla Owens averaged 2 points.   

Pretty sure they all graduated, plus some were already in Grad school last season. 

 

Additions:

Kiki Rice 5-11 Frosh Point Guard ranked # 2

Gabriela Jaquez 5-11Frosh Forward ranked # 19

Londynn Jones, 5-4 Frosh PG from SoCal Ranked # 23

Christeen Iwuala, 6-2 Frosh Post ranked # 49        

Lina Sontag, 6-3 Frosh Post from Germany

 

The Returning Team:

Charisma Osborne, 5-9 Sr Guard who averaged 16 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.  

Isobel Anstey, 6-4 Redshirt Soph Post from Australia.  Last season Anstey averaged 3 points and 4 rebounds.   Anstey will miss the first month of the season.  

Gina Conti, 5-11 Grad Transfer from Wake Forest.  Conti was with the Bruins last season however missed playing with injuries.

Angelia Dugalic, 6-4 Redshirt Soph Post a transfer from Oregon.   Angelia averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds.  She was ranked # 22 out of HS.   Sadly Dugalic is out for the season with an injury.

Emily Bessoir, 6-4 Redshirt Soph Post from Germany, who averaged 7 points and 5 rebounds two years ago however was out for the past season with a knee injury.   

Darius Davis-Onu is a 5-9 Redshirt Soph averaged 5 points. 

Domin Camryn Brown, 5-11 Sr Guard who averaged 2 points and 2 rebounds. 

Brynn Masikewich, 6-3  Sr Forward from Canada who played just 2 games after not playing the previous year. 

 

The Schedule:   

The only top 25 team scheduled is South Carolina.  However the Battle 4 Atlantis will feature UCLA, Tennessee, Texas, Gonzaga and Louisville and three other teams. 

 

Predictions:  

Wow big losses for sure but no transfers in or out.    Health will be a key and already one loss for the season.   Hopefully Bessoir is healthy and shows that her promise of two years ago is fulfilled.  With Conti and Rice at the point and maybe both on the floor at the same time Osborne is free to score even more.   Jaquez will be one of the top frosh in the league along with Rice.   I believe this team is underrated by the pre-season polls and will fight for a top 3 spot in the conference.  

 

2023 Recruiting:  

Amanda Muse, 6-4 Post from NorCal ranked # 38.

Oregon State

Pac 12 Preview:  Oregon State

 

Last Season:  17-14, 6-9.  

The Coaches:

Scott Rueck is in his 13^th year and has been an outstanding coach, turning the then lowly Beavers into a Final 4/Elite 8 team.

James Chatterton is in his 9th year.   He is the Associate Head Coach.  

Jenny Huth is in her 2nd year after 3 seasons as Head Coach at Northern Colorado.  Before that she was an assistant at UCLA for 7 years.

Deven Hunter is in her 2nd year after 2 years as a Grad assistant at U of San Diego.  Hunter played for Oregon State 2012-16.   

 

Losses:

Kennedy Brown Averaged 8 points and 6 rebounds and transferred to Duke.

Taylor Jones averaged 12 points 7 rebounds and shot 57% but injuries caused her to play just 9 games.  Jones transferred to Texas.

Tara Corosdale averaged 7 points and 7 rebounds and transferred to Duke 

Tea Adams averaged 3 points and Graduated.

Ellie Mack averaged 9 points and 4 rebounds and graduated.

Greta Kampschroeder averaged 5 points and transferred to Michigan. 

 

Additions:

Shalexxus Aaron 6-1, 6^th year Wing.  She missed two years at USC with injuries.  Last season Aaron was at Texas Southern and averaged 12 points and 4 rebounds. 

Bendu Yeaney 5-10 Guard 6^th year last season at Arizona she averaged 6 ppg

Adlee Blacklock, 6-0 Wing from Texas, #64 ASGR

Reagan Beers 6-2 Post from Colorado ranked # 10.   A McDonalds All American.

Timea Gardiner, 6-3 Forward from UT Ranked # 6.  A McDonalds All American.

Lily Hansford, 6-2 Wing from WI Unranked.

Martha Pietsch 5-5 From Germany.  Pietsch has played on several German National Youth Teams.

 

The Returning Team:

Talia von Oelhoffen, 5-11 Soph Guard ranked # 10 out of HS but graduated early so has played a year plus already.  Last season she averaged 14 points and 3 assists 

Jelena Mitrovic, 6-9 5^th Year Post who averaged 5 points and 5 rebounds. 

AJ Marotte, 6-1 Soph Wing who averaged 4 ppg   

Noelle Mannen, 5-6 Redshirt Jr Guard a former walk on who averaged 1.6ppg.

 

The Schedule:  Iowa, LSU and either Duke or UConn are the only Power 5 teams on their non-conference schedule.  

 

Predictions:  

Losing 4 starters 3 who transferred and 1 who graduated hurts.   This left 4 returning players, one who started and one who played a lot.  The Beavers do have 2 top 10 frosh and another good frosh from Germany and add to that 2 transfers who will help but how much other than the team is so thin remains to be seen.   It doesn’t like at top 6 team in the league which the Beavers have been for years now.

 

2023 Recruiting:  

Donovyn Hunter, 5-11 G from Oregon ranked # 98

Kennedie Shuler, 5-10 PG from Oregon not ranked. 

Oregon

Pac 12 Preview:  Oregon

 

Last Season:  

20-12 overall and 11-6 in Pac 12 play.  

The Coaches:

Kelley Graves starts season 9th with the Ducks.  Graves coached in the WCC first at St Mary’s then Gonzaga winning 67% of his games over 17 seasons.

Jodie Berry is in her 8th season at Oregon as an assistant after coaching with Graves at Gonzaga for 11 years.

Jackie Nared Hairston is in her 2nd year as an Assistant.  The former St Mary’s player was coaching at Arizona.

Sadie Edwards joins the Ducks from the WNBA Liberty team where she was operations manager.  Edwards played at USC graduating in 2018.          

 

Losses:

Nyara Sabally who averaged 15 ppg and 8 rebounds per game.  Sabally is in the WNBA. 

Sydney Parrish averaged 8 points and made 53 threes most on the team.  Parish transferred to Indiana.

Kylee Watson averaged 4 points and 3 rebound.  Watson transferred to Notre Dame.

Maddie Scherr averaged 5 points and 4 rebounds.  Scherr transferred to Kentucky.

Chanaya Pinto averaged 3 points and 2 rebounds. Pinto transferred to Penn State

Taylor Bigby, ranked # 15 out of HS only played 9 games.   Bigby transferred to USC

Shannon Dufficy averaged 2 points and 1 rebound.

Assistant Mike Moser left for the NBA.  

 

Additions:

Taya Hanson, 5-10 Sr Guard transfer from ASU.  Hanson averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds last season.   She averaged 12 points as a Soph at ASU.

Jennah Isai, 5-11 Wing from AZ ranked # 36

Chance Gray, 5-9 PG from Ohio ranked # 7

Kennedy Basham, 6-7 Post from AZ Ranked # 59. 

Grace Vanslotten, 6-3 Forward from IMG Florida ranked # 13.

 

The Team:

Sedona Prince is a 6-7 Redshirt Sr who averaged 9 points and 5 rebounds.   Price  transferred from Texas, and was a McD All American and ranked # 8 out of HS.   

Te-Hina Paopao, 5-9 Jr PG   Paopao averaged 13 points and 3 assists.

Endyia Rogers 5-7 Sr Guard averaged 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.   She transferred from   last season.  In her two years at USC she averaged 14 points.  

Taylor Hosendove, 6-2 5^th year Forward who averaged 1.6 points and 2 rebounds.  She transferred from Georgia State and before that Clemson.   

Phillipina Kyei, 6-8 Soph Post from Calgary Alberta who averaged 4 points and 3 rebounds.  

Ahlise Hurst, Sr, 5-9 Guard who averaged 6 points and made 47 threes at 38%.  Hurst transferred a year ago from New Mexico where she averaged 11 points over her three seasons, including 39 against Oklahoma.  She’s from Australia.  

 

The Schedule:  

Northwestern, North Carolina, Arkansas and probably Ohio State highlight the non-conference schedule. 

 

Predictions:  

Prince, Rogers and Paopao are returning starters and they all averaged 9 or more points per game.  Hurst is a top returning rotation player.  No question big losses on the three younger players who left, however Gray, VanSlotten and Isai are top recruits and there will be playing time for them immediately.     Not a deep team however some very talented players.  Heath will be a key to a potential top 4 finish.  

 

2023 Recruiting:

Sofia Bell, 6-1 Wing from Oregon ranked # 34

Sarah Rambus 6-4 Post/F from MI ranked # 61