bradley
PhD Student
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01-11-20 05:01 PM - Post#296534
In response to whitakk
Courtney, either by design and/or by luck to some degree, did an incredible job of recruiting a perfectly balanced team with a lot of talent. Unlike Blake Dietrick's team and Weisz/Cook team, this group is just at a higher level as to the potential to compete with top Power 5 teams largely due to construction of the team in addition to talent level. If this team was in a Power 5 conference, they have the skill sets to compete against the best.
What should help them from a seeding standpoint assuming that they play well in the IL, is that the IL women's conference is 8th ranked and although the Tigers RPI will go down based on league play, they should receive a #6 or #5 seed let's say if they finish 13-1 in league play and win IvyMadness -- big ifs based on the talent of the league.
There is one player on the roster that is a wild card as to the heights that they can achieve -- Meyers. She is either the 2nd or 3rd most talented player on the team but she is challenging for Coach Berube to corral. Her ability to play disciplined basketball may decide the Tiger's ultimate fate.
Penn is a very good team and in all likelihood, the 4th best team that the Tigers have faced so far in a very challenging non-conference schedule. It was good that the Tigers escaped the Palestra today.
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