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I just took it Riv was yelling with emphasis to get his points across 
Gee! (Also not the first time you have made this "mistake". And, no one else makes this "mistake".)
This shows that when you start conference play, rankings can go out the door since the teams in your conference are familiar with you. Every conference game will be a must win game no matter what conference you are in.
UCONN. WOW. Outscored Tennessee by 30 in the second half to hand the Vols its worst loss in the history of the rivalry.
UCONN will be unbeatable until Sarah Strong departs, imagine what would have happen if she had chosen Carolina. She would be putting up astonishing numbers, not only points, rebounds, assist and steals. We can only dream!
SS would have been for Carolina WBB basically what Michael Jordan was for UNC mens BB.
We can only dream. SS is a great great player.
We can only dream. SS is a great great player.
kjcooper, I think people have forgotten about JuJu. Unfortunately she is out for this year. When she comes back, she will have something to say on the court. I think people have forgotten the numbers and records she broke as a freshmen. Also, USC will have the number 1 player out of the 2026 class coming in next year, Jasmine Davidson who was the number 1 player coming out last year is killing people, and JuJu will be back along with the other talented McDonalds AA they have. The best player next year is going to be a battle between JuJu, Sarah Strong, HH, Madison Booker. I will admit Sarah Strong IMO is the best player in college basketball right now. HH and Madison Booker are right there with her.
Granted Saniyah is a beast, but it shows if you have good players and surround them with a beast or superstar the team upside will be vastly improved. No doubt JuJu is an outstanding player, need to see if she can return to the player after injury that she was last year. Wishing her the best on her recovery, she's neck and neck with Sarah Strong.
Still believe a lot of people are sleeping on Kate Harping and the impact that she will have on the women's team next season, providing the freshman and sophomores class stay intact and improve.
Still believe a lot of people are sleeping on Kate Harping and the impact that she will have on the women's team next season, providing the freshman and sophomores class stay intact and improve.
I think Kate will make an impact next year; however, I do not think she is on the level as JuJu, Sarah, Paige B, Caitlyn C., Cheryl Miller, Maya Moore, and HH. These athletes could have by pass college and went straight to the WNBA if they could have. Kate, Jasmine Davidson, Saniyah are not on this level IMO. They are very good players but they are not generational talent players. Here is an example. When we played UCONN last year, that was Sarah Strong's first collegiate game. She was killing AU and MG inside and that was her first collegiate game. That was why she was ranked number 1 in her class. Remember AU was a fifth year player and MG was a senior. That shows the difference in skill level. Those players that I just mentioned have God given talent and that is the difference, truth be told. We saw the same thing with Michael Phelps. Usian Bolt, and yes I am going to include Chloe H. There are generational talent.
kj, I think people are sleeping on Kate H also. She will be the player that can and will get her shots and in the process create open looks and dish off layups for her teammates.
She will be able to set up RK and LG for wide open looks. She will be able to find shooters like Brooks, Henderson and Hull in their favorite spots and I am sure Ciera and Blanca are dreaming about playing with Kate.
Kate Harpring is the highest ranked player CB has recruited (Ciera #4) and she is going to be the missing link for UNC WBB.
With good health next season UNC WBB will IMO have the best team of the CB era and our best team since
the Ivory Latta era. Maybe better.
She will be able to set up RK and LG for wide open looks. She will be able to find shooters like Brooks, Henderson and Hull in their favorite spots and I am sure Ciera and Blanca are dreaming about playing with Kate.
Kate Harpring is the highest ranked player CB has recruited (Ciera #4) and she is going to be the missing link for UNC WBB.
With good health next season UNC WBB will IMO have the best team of the CB era and our best team since
the Ivory Latta era. Maybe better.
I think UNC fans are just a little gun shy on penciling in a breakout freshman year from top 15 recruits. For multiple reasons we have a lot more let downs than game changers, mostly injury. I am not saying the women we recruited were bad and/or were not valuable. But most have been slow to develop and even then not Top 30 players in the country at any point in their career.
#10 recruit Deja Kelly probably reached that top 30 level her junior year at UNC, but as a freshman she averaged 11.5 PPG, 2.9 APG, but on a really inefficient 33% FG%. I am not dogging her, just stating that is not game changer level.
With that said, on paper, Harpring should be our next phenom. And she is ranked higher than all of 'em. I broke down earlier the sheer number of top 2 recruits in recent years who had great college careers. It is a really high hit rate. But as always with HS recruits it is wait and see.
#10 recruit Deja Kelly probably reached that top 30 level her junior year at UNC, but as a freshman she averaged 11.5 PPG, 2.9 APG, but on a really inefficient 33% FG%. I am not dogging her, just stating that is not game changer level.
With that said, on paper, Harpring should be our next phenom. And she is ranked higher than all of 'em. I broke down earlier the sheer number of top 2 recruits in recent years who had great college careers. It is a really high hit rate. But as always with HS recruits it is wait and see.
That is cherry-picking data. She is the consensus #2 recruit: a metascore averaging the three ranking services.
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Saniya Hall is the consensus #1.
I do not think she will be a phenom. Most phenom player's are ranked number 1 in their class. She is ranked number 4 according to ESPN. Alliyah Chavez is having a good year for Oklahoma and she was the number 1 ranked player most of her senior year. She is having an up and down year. Let's be honest the majority of the freshmen coming in do not average 26 or 27 points a game. That is what JuJu and HH did their freshmen year in college. Paige B. won national collegiate and freshman of the year her freshman year. I do not think Kate is on that level coming out of high school. These three could have went straight onto the WNBA. These players are the measuring stick for a phenom player. I do not think Kate will be averaging over 26 points a game her freshmen year like JuJu and HH. These two players were right behind C. Clarke her senior year in scoring. Plus JuJu broke some of CC freshman records last year. I think people have forgotten that. I am glad that CB and Staff were able to get Kate. She is going to be a great player. I just think she will not come in and dominant like some of your guys are thinking. To be honest, we did not know that HH and JuJu were going to come in and dominant like they did two years ago as freshmen; especially when ND had some AA's in their starting line up last two seasons.
I think Kate is going to be the perfect fit for UNC next season. She can shoot 3's but she can also drive the ball into the paint and score or draw and dish to other shooters. It is something we really do not have on this team. I cannot wait to see her on the court playing for UNC WBB.
The only problem that Kate is going to have, which the same for 90% of freshmen coming in as their defense. Being able to guard quicker 1s and 2s. 90% of freshmen coming in has this problem. No knock on her but this is just true. HH and Skylar Diggins were the exception to this rule. They came in playing excellent defense.
Do not disagree with you, but one example is Catlin Clark she was ranked number 4 coming out of HS, there are exceptions.
at this point we are realistically playing for a top 4 seed for a first round bye.
We now have secured the tiebreak over two of the three other 3 loss teams.
On Thurs we can put Clemson in the rear view mirror with a home W.
We now have secured the tiebreak over two of the three other 3 loss teams.
On Thurs we can put Clemson in the rear view mirror with a home W.
| SCHOOL | ACC | PCT. | HOME | AWAY | OVERALL | PCT. | HOME | AWAY | NEUTRAL | STREAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-0 | 1.000 | 4-0 | 7-0 | 21-3 | .875 | 12-2 | 7-0 | 2-1 | W14 |
| 11-0 | 1.000 | 5-0 | 6-0 | 16-6 | .727 | 8-1 | 8-1 | 0-4 | W13 |
| 8-3 | .727 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 18-4 | .818 | 13-2 | 4-1 | 1-1 | W2 |
| 8-3 | .727 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 18-5 | .783 | 13-2 | 4-2 | 1-1 | W7 |
| 8-3 | .727 | 4-2 | 4-1 | 15-7 | .682 | 7-4 | 5-2 | 3-1 | L1 |
| 7-3 | .700 | 3-2 | 4-1 | 18-5 | .783 | 9-2 | 5-2 | 4-1 | W5 |
| 7-4 | .636 | 5-1 | 2-3 | 16-7 | .696 | 9-1 | 6-5 | 1-1 | W3 |
| 7-4 | .636 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 15-7 | .682 | 10-3 | 4-3 | 1-1 | L1 |
| 6-5 | .545 | 4-2 | 2-3 | 14-8 | .636 | 11-2 | 3-5 | 0-1 | W1 |
Yes, but I think you have forgotten Paige B. was the number 1 rank player coming out with CC. She was a phenom her freshman year in college. I think people have forgotten that. Also, PB won the award as the best women's college basketball player her freshman year, which was the same year for CC, and she was also the best freshman player of that year. Candance Parker was the other freshman to do both her freshman year. If PB would not have gotten hurt her sophomore year where she had to sit out along with her junior year then I do not think CC would have gotten the accolades her sophomore and junior years because PB would have gotten them. PB torn her ACL and it took her two years to fully recover from that. I do believe that PB would have been national player of the year her sophomore and junior years and CC would have been in second both years.
Agree that KH is not a phenom. She is not extraordinarily skilled or extraordinarily athletic. Not a great shooter either. She does a lot of things well on offense and is a high effort player on defense. More well-rounded and college ready than NB imo. I think she will be a quality starter next year.
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Will you care to elaborate on your comments above, do you have any statistics to support your concept or opinion?
42 pts on Sr. night for an non-athletic, non-shooter must have been some really extraordinary effort then. I am not expecting a “phenom” a title that gets thrown around too much anyway but I think we can expect some periods of phenomenal play.
There are many levels of greatness between the next Caitlyn Clark and what UNC has right now at PG which could make this team win more games. How great of a PG would we have needed to simply beat Louisville and Stanford so we could currently be 19-3, ranked top 10, and leading the ACC regular season right now?
I think uman1 is talking about the competition level that Kate is playing against. Is Kate's high school team playing against some of the top women's high school teams in the country? Like IMG, Teams from the DMV, etc. If she scored 42 points against some of the known power house teams in the nation then that speaks volumes. The McDonalds AA game is going to show us just how good of a player Kate is. If she scores over 25 points in that game than that will shut some of these comments down. I am not familiar with the competition level Kate's high school team is playing against right now.
Her HS competition is pretty weak.
but she was MVP of the top AAU circuit, MVP of the of the Army National Guard Next Generation camp
she was a key player on the USA u-19 team, but each cohort spans two years and the the all-tourney players on the team (Hall, Betts, Davidson) are all a year+ older (though Hall is in her 2026 class)
she was recruited hard by every single elite basketball program
but she was MVP of the top AAU circuit, MVP of the of the Army National Guard Next Generation camp
she was a key player on the USA u-19 team, but each cohort spans two years and the the all-tourney players on the team (Hall, Betts, Davidson) are all a year+ older (though Hall is in her 2026 class)
she was recruited hard by every single elite basketball program
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I just wanted to point out that CC and PB were co national freshmen of the year. PB was NPOY and CC was the nation's leading scorer as a freshman.
I am a big fan of her game. I've watched replay of about 5 games this year and 3-4 from last year.
Watched replay of the game. She probably hit 2 shots that were longer than 15 feet and the opposition was poor. Don't misunderstand. Never said she was un-athletic. She is certainly an excellent athlete but probably not elite. I consider her our best prospect in several years and there is lots to like about her game. Especially like how hard and fast she pushes the ball up the court and her ability to get into the lane and make baskets. Good combo of skill, athletic ability, ballhandling, physicality, and competitiveness imo. Tough defender as well. Just my thoughts after watching several of her games. I would love to hear the opinion of others who have watched her games, The most recent game can be pulled on u-tube with a search for Marist GA girls' basketball.
I don’t think anyone expects Kate to come in and average 20- that’s insane and you are if you truly believe that.
10 ppg and increase or ball handling arsenal? Absolutely. And if she does that- it significantly improves our team! She’s a gritty players and will fit in great.
10 ppg and increase or ball handling arsenal? Absolutely. And if she does that- it significantly improves our team! She’s a gritty players and will fit in great.
I am going to take over 10 ppg on the over/under.
This team plays tough defense, but the only legit scorer's we have is Lanie Grant and NH. With Harris departing someone has to become a dependable scorer outside of Grant, maybe it will be Kate Harping if she can average 10 points or more would be an added bonus. Truly hope that Henderson, Brooks and some of the other freshman will make dramatic improvements over the off season. This will provide more of a balance attack along with Grant, and Kelly finding more consistency with her game.
Debbie Antonelli says that Lanie Grant is making herself into an all conference player before she graduates.
I think she is right on target to do just that. Lanie,Kate and Reniya will make a strong backcourt.
I have very little doubt that Kate Harpring will be a great players at UNC next season.
Nyla Brooks and Taliyah Henderson will both become great players soon. It is going to happen. JMO
We need Ciera to play up to the Nyla Harris level. We also need Blanca and or Noelle to play and
provide interior defense and especially rebounding next year. Taissa Q might be our best rebounder on the
team next year. Someone has got to got to step it up for us down low. That is our biggest question mark.
I think she is right on target to do just that. Lanie,Kate and Reniya will make a strong backcourt.
I have very little doubt that Kate Harpring will be a great players at UNC next season.
Nyla Brooks and Taliyah Henderson will both become great players soon. It is going to happen. JMO
We need Ciera to play up to the Nyla Harris level. We also need Blanca and or Noelle to play and
provide interior defense and especially rebounding next year. Taissa Q might be our best rebounder on the
team next year. Someone has got to got to step it up for us down low. That is our biggest question mark.
Louisville leads Cuse by 11 heading into the 4th. A Louisville win means that Cuse would get a 4th ACC loss- we already have tiebreaker over Cuse. Continue winning and solidify that bye, ladies!