Game 3 vs. ASD San Martino di Lupari (10:00 AM PT)

Yeah, Jasmine has been playing really, really well. I’m not sure we’ve really had a player like her in recent years at OSU. She is a true stat-stuffer as well as a tremendous athlete. She also gets out in transition well. If her play against this level can translate to the Pac-12, we will be extremely deep at the guard positions with Kat, Mik, Destiny, Aleah, and Jasmine. I think she had a big adjustment period as far as the competition and the style of play here at OSU, but she is very talented. She is looking extremely confident out there!

Something doesn't add up in Janessa's stats. She went 3-6 for 1 point and 6 assists.

I think Mik is averaging about four steals per game. I like that. Is she just getting better at anticipating passes?

These frosh are already more advanced than Trish. The frosh are better in every way, especially athletically with the ability to move their feet and defend.

Trish may develop, but she's about 5-6 deep to see much time as there are multiple young women that can man the 4/5. While Trish lacks that versatility.

Last year and so far this season she looks out of place on a elite D1 roster.

I will make an observation that I haven't seen here yet (perhaps because it isn't true :-)).
Even accounting for the highlights being sped up to compress more of them into the short attention span of today's internet denizen, it appears that the Beavers are attempting to play faster and finish quicker. To me it seems like there is less holding on to the ball and thinking, and more movement. I need to go watch the FB video in its entirety.....I also think it is linked to Jazz getting more comfortable (one of our potentially 'fastest' players), but it feels like a bit of a theme over 3 games.....
I also think this trip will be looked back upon as "perfect timing" - Kennedy and Taylor appear to be capable of living up to their billing, and this trip will help them hit the ground running. And getting all of the other players remembering how to best play with each other (several of our stars have been off logging minutes with other teams) and the newbies who might actually log significant, even starter, minutes. We will be in better shape to round into Pac-12 fighting form early.
If there is anything negative I can say, the box scores make it appear like there is a tiny bit of distracted FT shooting going on, like the players are in non-counting summer blowouts while vacationing in Italy or something. Modulo Kennedy - whom I agree, we are not seeing the whole product there yet. I am waiting for her hungry attitude + her physical tools + OSU coaching to all land, and I suspect a pleasant surprise will emerge sooner rather than later thanks to this trip with her as well.
So far my nominee for "player making Kolbie leap" would be Jazz Simmons. I thought we would need it to be Morris, but seeing Taylor's work out there coupled with Jelena's size (and the fact she is biking) gives me hope for the 5 spot even if Morris isn't making a huge jump this year. A little concerned about lack of scoring punch from Taya/MW/JT, but no idea how many minutes they are getting. I think we are going to see a "changing of the guard" (or at least change in how minutes are distributed) at a couple of positions [involving Jazz, TJ and KB] during the season, which I don't think is an unreasonable expectation if you have McD AA or World champ international types driving the change.
So far we have seen how SR gets to the Sweet-16 routinely (and beyond) with teams comprised of stars and good players - I am eager to see what happens when he has "really good" to superstar players at *every* position......especially ones that like each other. We might be getting closer to that scenario this year depending on how some folks progress.
Go Beavers!

I wouldn’t say she is far and away our best player. Destiny is pretty darn good herself. She spent a year adapting to the difference in systems from Maryland to OSU, but there is a reason she was NFOY and a finalist for PGOTY.

I was writing the above post while 2ndGen was posting his, so didn't see it before doing mine. The quality of recruit point he was making is a very, very good one. Four years ago, we recruited one player (Pivec) who was a 5 star (#26 Hoopgurlz), and 3 much lower ranked players - Maddie (89), Kat(93), and Janessa (somewhere around 115 I think). I don't know about you, but I was blown away by our being able to sign that many highly ranked recruits back then.

Foreign players (Simmons, Mitrovic) aren't ranked on Hoopgurlz, but, since that time, Morris is the only player we've signed who wasn't ranked considerably higher than Maddie and Kat. Our current junior class includes Slocum (7), Corosdale (26), and Goodman(63). Our sophomore class is an anomoly, as only Morris is a domestic recruit because of Aquino's redshirt, but our freshman class includes Aquino (21), Brown (19), and Jones (42). We have 2 McD all americans (Slocum and Brown) on this year's team, and we'll add at least 1 more (Goforth) next year - probably 2 after Van Lith commits.

So, on paper, one can see that we are, indeed, progressing rapidly to what 2ndGen described, blue chip players at every position, and 8 or 9 deep. I think we're going to see that on the court this year as well, as, ultimately, minutes are going to be very hard to find for Maddie, Janessa, and Patricia. That's my take on it.