Oso planning to go pro
All they can do is WIN... Its in their hands
The final AP poll is out and Marquette finishes with a few votes in the others receiving votes section:https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d1/associated-pressWhat an incredibly unexpected great season that came to a sudden halt. I'm still quite bummed I won't get to watch this team compete in the NCAA Tourney this weekend although I do understand why they canceled the tourney.
Thanks for all your updates this season. Please keep us updated as to recruiting as you hear news. The program appears on an upward trajectory.
Weird move. They have been a terrible women's program for awhile, and their current coach just finished year three with a 4-46 overall Big Ten record.
Nice story in The Athletic about Megan Duffy's first season at MU.https://theathletic.com/1713235/2020/03/31/megan-duffy-reflects-on-magical-first-year-at-marquette-with-a-bright-future?source=shared-article
I wanted to read it but I don't have a subscription and I don't really want to get one right now as there's not much going on in sports of course.
Muffet McGraw is stepping down as Notre Dame’s head coach.New head coach is not a surprise.https://twitter.com/fightingirish/status/1253032069912903680Niele Ivey won a National Title there as a player and as an assistant. She recruited and developed their guards during their elite stretch this past decade. Many are WNBA players now. And she would likely be able to get keep the same staff.She left this past season to be an assistant with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies, where she works with Ja Morant and others. She is very close to the staff at ND, and would likely be able to keep themin place. Her son Jaden is a Purdue hoops commit) Ivey spent 17 years at ND as player and assistant. She was a part of all 9 Final Four teams.
Notre Dame had a very tough 19-20 season but this still came as a bit of a surprise to me to hear today. They got the replacement everyone wanted though in Niele Ivey. And that's ok with me - ND Alum Duffy is more than welcome to stay at Marquette for awhile longer .
It doesn't surprise me. McGraw is a good coach, but she has made the NCAA 2nd weekend twice, only twice without Niele Ivey. You will hear lots of deserved praise for McGraw. But Ivey's influence helped bring Notre Dame to the elite level. They had a down season after seeing several players go to WNBA after unprecedented success there. This included younger players. A few players transferred as well. And their top two returners had injuries. They will have more experience this year, a top 5 recruiting class, and Ivey back for player development, recruiting, among other things. Ivey will likely be very successful and be at ND a long time. With regards to MU, if Duffy has 2nd weekend NCAA success in the next few years, power 5 opportunities will come her way.MU's two most recent assistants replaced assistants making $250k and $225k at Illinois. It's head coach replaced a coach that was making close to $1million at Penn. St.
ESPN thinking Megan Duffy has an outside chance to replace Geno at UConn. https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/29143653/women-college-basketball-succession-plan-got-next-uconn-baylor-more