Post by beavershoopsfan on Nov 5, 2018 7:33:40 GMT -8
Oregon is #3. Stanford #8. Arizona State #23. Cal #25.
7. Oregon State
2017-18: 26-8; lost in Elite Eight
Notable returners: Kat Tudor (12.0 PPG, 4.5 RPG); Mikayla Pivec (11.1 PPG, 7.1 RPG; Katie McWilliams (8.1 PPG, 3.8 APG)
Scott Rueck has built a culture of winning and excitement. Despite losing centerpiece players to the WNBA in consecutive seasons (Sydney Wiese in 2017 and Marie Gulich in 2018), his team is still expected to make a Final Four push. This year's edition of the Beavers won't be as one-player focused; expect major contributions from up and down the roster. All of the chief shooters that made Oregon State the most accurate 3-point team in the country a season ago are back. Kat Tudor, who made 89 3-pointers on 41.2 percent shooting, leads the way, with Katie McWilliams (53 3-pointers), Mikayla Pivec (23), Taya Corosdale (36) and Aleah Goodman (49) still in the rotation. McWilliams also adds a 2.4-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio to go with her 43.8 percent accuracy from downtown. The addition of point guard and Oregon native Destiny Slocum, the WBCA national freshman of the year in 2017 while at Maryland, should make the offense run even smoother. Even with the departure of the 6-5 Gulich, Rueck still has size to balance the shooting: 6-8 senior Joanna Grymek returns and top-10 recruit, 6-9 Andrea Aquino, could be a program game-changer.
www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25151116/notre-dame-fighting-irish-no-1-espnw-2018-19-preseason-women-basketball-rankings
7. Oregon State
2017-18: 26-8; lost in Elite Eight
Notable returners: Kat Tudor (12.0 PPG, 4.5 RPG); Mikayla Pivec (11.1 PPG, 7.1 RPG; Katie McWilliams (8.1 PPG, 3.8 APG)
Scott Rueck has built a culture of winning and excitement. Despite losing centerpiece players to the WNBA in consecutive seasons (Sydney Wiese in 2017 and Marie Gulich in 2018), his team is still expected to make a Final Four push. This year's edition of the Beavers won't be as one-player focused; expect major contributions from up and down the roster. All of the chief shooters that made Oregon State the most accurate 3-point team in the country a season ago are back. Kat Tudor, who made 89 3-pointers on 41.2 percent shooting, leads the way, with Katie McWilliams (53 3-pointers), Mikayla Pivec (23), Taya Corosdale (36) and Aleah Goodman (49) still in the rotation. McWilliams also adds a 2.4-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio to go with her 43.8 percent accuracy from downtown. The addition of point guard and Oregon native Destiny Slocum, the WBCA national freshman of the year in 2017 while at Maryland, should make the offense run even smoother. Even with the departure of the 6-5 Gulich, Rueck still has size to balance the shooting: 6-8 senior Joanna Grymek returns and top-10 recruit, 6-9 Andrea Aquino, could be a program game-changer.
www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25151116/notre-dame-fighting-irish-no-1-espnw-2018-19-preseason-women-basketball-rankings
