Depth Chart for Your '20-'21 Beavs WBB Squad

I think you have expressed how I feel pretty well. I'm a little concerned about the ability to defend smaller, quicker teams. UCLA in particular comes to mind. They make every effort to beat teams down the floor. But, I agree with you completely that the Beavs defense will continue to hold teams to a low shooting percentage and be solid. Certainly Ellie, Taya, and Taylor would be a very nice rebounding trio, and Taya and Ellie are good passers, so if either Taya or Ellie can play the 3, that would be great. If Taya and Ellie do start together, I would have a little concern with bench scoring, which is why I believe SR will stagger his scorers and I expect 6 players to have starter type minutes. If Trish develops further, or if Savannah, or even Jelena can come in and score, of course that would change how I feel about how minutes are divided up. 

A front court of Taylor, Taya, and Ellie this year, and Taylor, Taya, and Kennedy in 2021/2022 should be as good as any group in the conference (and that doesn't even include how Trish and Jelena develop). Add Sasha, Jasmine,  Savannah, and Greta to that 21/22 team, and that's fun to think about........yet......where is the point guard? They will find one. I'm just a little impatient.

Oh, and one more thing, is there truth to the talk that Kat has appealed the ruling against her extra year? I really wouldn't count on her winning, but if she did, that would certainly change the outlook for this season. 
  

Would love to see another season of Kat Tudor on the floor for the Beavs. Hope it happens. Another year of working on getting her legs/knees stronger would allow her to play closer to what we saw of her during her sophomore season.

I think next year will be more set at PG than the year Mik was starting at the 1.  Aleah is at least a PG by trade, and our starting 4 will be much more experienced and comfortable handling pressure. As wonderful as a talent as DS is, she doesn't match the style Rueck prefers to play.  He's very much an inside out coach, and I think a year with an improved Jones and able to contribute Mitrovic hopefully will get the offense to an efficient level.  I actually think the improved size on the wing could make us better defensively, our back-court last year was talented, but with the exception of Kat not particularly long, (and Kat couldn't defend at her pre-injury level).  With increased size on the wing, and no minutes in the front court from any players under 6'3, I hope we can be better defensively and even more dominant rebounding, even without the best rebounder in school history. 

You can say that again!

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A discussion with some stats on what to expect from Jones next year.

Many thanks to wbosh15 for finding and sharing the link above. I enjoy reading Ben Dull's insight.

Dull isn't the first analyst to write a preview article with an expectation that Kennedy Brown will be playing next season. I believe that  Brown did not have surgery until March. I would be very surprised if the Beavs would attempt to get a partial season out of her in '20-'21. It would not be prudent to have her play next season unless she has an amazing recovery with her lateral quickness and jumping ability returning completely within 10 months. If the virus cancels the season, the decision for Brown to use her redshirt year will be a moot point anyway.

Jones will be very, very good during her final three years in college and has the potential to be a 2,000 points/1,000 rebounds player during her collegiate career. She is reportedly a very hard worker who puts in the extra time that is needed to be elite. She did so as a frosh and appears to be doing so during her time in Texas. Another very easy athlete for Beaver Nation to root for....