ACC raises the standard?

[SMU93]

Rob Lanier got run because despite the fact that the men doubled their wins from the year before, it was decided that better coaching is needed to be competitive in the ACC … right?

If that is true, why was Toyelle Wilson not canned, too? Lanier doubled his wins, and her team got clearly worse and didn’t get better over the course of the season.

I’m excited about Enfield, but if Lanier wasn’t good enough, Wilson isn’t even close.

[Hop Sing]

First off, Lanier is the one that set the low bar in his first year with 10 wins. I don’t follow women’s basketball, but it’s my understanding that they had a lot of injuries on the girls team this year. The money men took care of the most important sport first, and I doubt they had a desire to tackle a sport that not many people watch, which gave her another chance.

[SMU93]

You’re probably right about donors having other priorities. But Wilson is going to be in way over her head next year.

[mustangxc]

Toyelle inherited a train wreck and hasn't done much but at least there is no player abuse any more. As much as people disliked Jankovich and his results, Rob inherited a team coming off back to back NITs. He is the one that had a horrible first season so the bar was still NIT, not 10 wins, He finally got us back to the NIT, but nothing beyond that and had some epic collapses and did not attract top HS talent despite a very robust NIL program. Women's basketball simply doesn't have the same support that football and men's basketball have. That is bad overall, but does buy the coach more time to get results. I hope she gets it together as she has proven to be successful previously. Time will tell.

[Terry Webster]

Women's BBall also had a whole bunch of injuries of injuries this year, especially at point guard, which really hurt them. If Ella Brow had been out there, things would have been different.

[PonyPride]

Another Mustang is transferring out: forward Amirah Abdur-Rahim, SMU's third-leading scorer (11.3 points per game) and leading rebounder (5.3 per) announced on social media that she is transferring to Texas A&M.

[Charleston Pony]

Another Mustang is transferring out: forward Amirah Abdur-Rahim, SMU's third-leading scorer (11.3 points per game) and leading rebounder (5.3 per) announced on social media that she is transferring to Texas A&M.

Ouch

[CA Mustang]

Another Mustang is transferring out: forward Amirah Abdur-Rahim, SMU's third-leading scorer (11.3 points per game) and leading rebounder (5.3 per) announced on social media that she is transferring to Texas A&M.

Ouch

Ouch indeed.

247 doesn't have a transfer portal for WBB, but another site has these SMU players in the portal:
Shanel Reid, 5’11, G, Fr. (0 ppg), Aaliyah Henderson, 5’7, G, Fr. (1.1 ppg), Jiya Perry, 5’10, G, Soph. (3.1 ppg), Maya Chandler, 5’7, G, Sr. (5 ppg), Tamia Jones, 5’8, G, Sr. (9 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 4.1 apg) & Amirah Abdur-Rahim, 6’3, F, Sr. (11.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg)

The listed departures are Perry (Delaware) and Abdur-Rahim (A&M).

Current incoming transfers:
Brianna McLeod, 6’3, F, Soph. (1.4 ppg) @ Colorado
Nicole Rodriguez, 5’9, G, Sr. (10.2 ppg) @ LMU

[ritarivas89]

The players in the portal is a good thing. With so many injuries, last season’s team had to rely on 6 - 7 players. It was obvious who couldn’t compete at an ACC level. If true, now there are more scholarships to turn the AAC roster over more quickly.

If you look at other Women’s basketball programs who went from a mid major conference to a major conference, they all struggled. Lastly, even this last injury riddled season resulted in more wins than each of the previous 3 seasons under our previous coach.

[SMU93]

Women's BBall also had a whole bunch of injuries of injuries this year, especially at point guard, which really hurt them. If Ella Brow had been out there, things would have been different.

What makes you say that?
Ella Brow has promise, and I hate that she (or anyone) got hurt. But she scored 4.6 ppg as a freshman. Let’s not pretend that was Caitlin Clark or Paige Bueckers who was lost to injury. I hope Brow becomes a star, but all of our best players (Wilkerson, Smith, Wiggins, Bradley, Abdul-Rahim) are gone as we move up to the ACC. Brow and Embry and Pitts need step way up to save Wilson.

[CA Mustang]

Current incoming transfers:
Brianna McLeod, 6’3, F, Soph. (1.4 ppg) @ Colorado
Nicole Rodriguez, 5’9, G, Sr. (10.2 ppg) @ LMU

Another transfer announced today:
Nya Robertson, 5’7, G, Soph. (16.2 ppg) @ GWU

[HubbaHubba]

We're cornering the 5'9" and under crowd. Not exactly intimidating to our opponents.

[PonyPride]

Also got a commitment from Zanai Jones, a 5-6 guard who was listed as a junior last year at Villanova. She averaged 6.7 points (fifth on the team) and 2.6 rebounds last season, and handed out 59 assists — third-highest on the team.

Her online bio:

2022-23: Played in 29 games and averaged 1.9 points per game and 0.7 rebounds per contest in 10.0 minutes per game…Shot 3.37 from the field (19-of-51), .350 from three-point range (7-of-20) and .917 from the foul line (11-of-12)…Scored a season-high five points on three occasions versus American, Xavier and Seton Hall…Dished out a career-high four assists against Seton Hall…Played a career-high 22 minutes versus American.

2021-22: Played in 22 games and averaged 1.3 points per game and 0.5 rebounds per contest in 5.8 minutes per game…Shot .303 from the field (10-of-33), .200 from three-point range (2-of-10) and a perfect 7-of-7 from the foul line…Tallied three assists and three steals…Scored a career-high 13 points at Creighton on 5-of-9 shooting from the field and a 3-of-3 effort from the foul line to go with a career-high five rebounds in a career-best 19 minutes of action…Had four points against Providence…Went 1-of-1 from three-point range versus both James Madison and Xavier…Credited with a steak versus Creighton, La Salle and Providence.

HUDSON CATHOLIC: Third team All-State…Three-time first team All-County…All-time leading scorer in Hudson Catholic girls basketball history… Program’s all-time assist leader… New Jersey assist leader during freshman season…Hudson County Jim Hague Player of the Year…National Honor Society…Graduated with honors.

PERSONAL: Criminology major

[PonyPride]

McLeod's bio at Colorado:

Position: Forward
Height: 6-3
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Brampton, Ontario
High School: Kings Christian
Major: Communication

Freshman (2022-23)
Played in 29 games
Scored a season-high eight points twice (last, Middle Tenn., 3/18/23)
Had a season-high eight rebounds against Alcorn State (12/6/22)
Third on the team with 13 blocks
Averaged 2.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game

In the classroom
Currently in exploratory studies

High School
Graduated from King’s Christian Collegiate in 2022
Averaged 12.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game
Averaged 6.0 points per game with Excel Hoops Preps in 2019-20.
AAU/Club
Played for Canada Elite
Member of Kia Nurse Elite 16U EYBL.

[PonyPride]

Robertson led GWU in scoring last year with 16.2 points per game, and 2.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. She shot .370 from the floor, .341 from 3-point range and .759 from the free throw line.

Her online bio:

2022-23: Named A-10 Sixth Woman of the Year and named to Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team … came off the bench in 27 of 28 appearances as a first-year in 2022-23 … led GW in scoring with 14.4 ppg, finishing the season 8th in the A-10 in ppg … finished the campaign third among first-years across Division I with 68 3-pointers … the 68 triples are good enough for 10th-most in a single season in GW program history … earned a career-high 27 points at Howard (11/14/22) … scored career-best five 3-pointers vs. Dayton (1/28/23) … pulled down a career-best six rebounds vs. George Mason (2/5/23) … tallied two blocks vs. VCU (1/22/23) … came up with three steals at Saint Louis (2/11/23) … totaled 20 points in a career-high 33 minutes at La Salle (1/14/23).

High School: Entered the 2021 signing period as the #37 ranked overall recruit and the #8 overall ranked guard according to the Collegiate Girls Basketball Report…Earned two First-Team All-District honors and two Fort Worth Star Offensive MVP honors while playing at Boswell High School…Was the individual 6A three-point leader for the State of Texas with 114 on the season in 2022.