The article many of you have waited for

At least now we know what the problem with Aquino is. I know players who have had stress reactions. The only thing that can be done is rest. The recovery time varies. I will say one thing. People need to forget about Mattie playing center this season. There should be a logjam at that position this season. The Italy trip should only help get the younger players up to speed faster than usual this season

Thanks for the link.  Interesting information for sure.  

It is terrible news about Aquino, and I hope that at some point or another she is able to get on the court, even if it takes another year. She always seems to be so excited and, as you, mentioned, is still a crucial part to the team on the bench with her constant support and cheering on. It is clear she loves it here at OSU. Can only hope this experience will prepare her for life after college!

Scott stated Jelena has great hands and can finish at the rim with either......so why would that scare anyone but opponents.

Watching Trish in warmups last year, I noticed that she doesn't just go through the motions. She, to my eye anyway, appeared to take each shot like she would in a game, including the footwork. So I'm not surprised her work ethic is considered strong, and probably was back in high school as well. I would guess that was a big factor in our interest in her. You will recall she was but a 3 star, and her height may have contributed to her being ranked that high. The coaching staff might have thought, there's a player we can work with and develop in the long run.

But I wouldn't look for any huge leap this year, like Marie from junior year to senior. I'm sure she'll be better, but don't look for her to lead us to the promised land. Of course, I'd be very happy to be proven wrong on that.

Nwhoopfan--reread the article. I must have totally missed the part about AQ's heart.That certainly changes every thing.

In basketball quick is better than fast. The film that was posted on this site, shows a fraction of Jelena's down court running. The snippets that are shown seem to imply that she gets down court slowely, but they are in no way conclusive. They may have just been her saving her energy. I don't remember how well Grymek ran the floor her Jr year, but with one exception, she was never beaten down the floor by any opposing posts player in any game. She ran the floor really well. Her problem wasn't even a lack of quickness, rather experience and poor hands. I noticed that Jelena has really quick reactions on defense as well. Her getting down the floor might just be a matter of effort an conditioning. She will not have to play really big minutes here so she never will have to save her energy. She looks like she will be an excellent defender in the paint. And because of her moves, she will also command double teams on offense. I don't know if any college player could handle her one on one. She sort of reminds me of a slow and a past his prime but still effective Sabonis on the lesser scale of WCBB. 

in respects to Trish. I think her main problem is getting rid of all the bad habits she picked up in middle school and high school. One of those was not extending her defensive range in front of her. She does well to either side but often lets players in front of her get off shots that she should have challenged. I think this is just a habit that was ingrained into her to not leave her feet but rather use her length. She just has to develop a new mindset. We also need to consider that she was not ever really challenged in high school. The work ethic that is noticed is her compensating for that. The light came on for her last season in that She realizes how far she is behind developmentally, especially with respect to her unfulfilled potential. She is now making every effort to catch up via an applied work ethic. In respect to Trish, we can not really know how good she can be because how much of her untapped potential remains, is still a relative unknown. We can, however, assume that she will certainly get better with time.