MU Women's Basketball Thread

[BrewCity83]

I was surprised to read that was the first time MU and Purdue have ever played each other.

That is, since the epic finish in March, 1969 when Purdue's Richelle Mount his a long buzzer beater to send Ann McGuire's Lady Warriors home.

[Marquette Fan]

Butler finally took action and fired their coach after a one win season - https://twitter.com/raoul_000/status/1506376871986057235?s=21

[shoothoops]

Butler finally took action and fired their coach after a one win season - https://twitter.com/raoul_000/status/1506376871986057235?s=21

I know you mention Butler sometimes, when mentioning the improving the league bottom tier, and, understandably so.

I think of Providence. Butler's outgoing coach was making roughly $240k, similar to Xavier, etc...whereas Providence has a hc coach making roughly $440k, and, they have not had a winning league record in his six seasons, with four of them being four wins or less. I would think Crowley would have to be getting a warm seat there, with that type of compensation and those results.

[The Sultan]

I know you mention Butler sometimes, when mentioning the improving the league bottom tier, and, understandably so.

I think of Providence. Butler's outgoing coach was making roughly $240k, similar to Xavier, etc...whereas Providence has a hc coach making roughly $440k, and, they have not had a winning league record in his six seasons, with four of them being four wins or less. I would think Crowley would have to be getting a warm seat there, with that type of compensation and those results.

Suggestion. Start a generic women's bball topic instead of constantly going off topic here.

[warriorchick]

Fun fact I haven't seen mentioned on Scoop:

Marquette's women's team is the final basketball team from the state of Wisconsin that is still playing.

[Marquette Fan]

Suggestion. Start a generic women's bball topic instead of constantly going off topic here.

You seem to be the only one with this issue here.  I for one am going to continue to post about things in this thread that have a tie to Marquette Women's Basketball.  A team that won no conference games and brings the conference rankings down quite a bit has a tie-in to Marquette.

[Marquette Fan]

Fun fact I haven't seen mentioned on Scoop:

Marquette's women's team is the final basketball team from the state of Wisconsin that is still playing.

I saw a Ben Steele article in the JS mentioning that.

[Marquette Fan]

I know you mention Butler sometimes, when mentioning the improving the league bottom tier, and, understandably so.

I think of Providence. Butler's outgoing coach was making roughly $240k, similar to Xavier, etc...whereas Providence has a hc coach making roughly $440k, and, they have not had a winning league record in his six seasons, with four of them being four wins or less. I would think Crowley would have to be getting a warm seat there, with that type of compensation and those results.

I recall mentioning Butler mostly this season because they were so bad this season and really hadn't been too successful other than one decent season under the coach they just fired.  I wasn't considering salary at all.  Georgetown is another BE school that maybe should be considering a coaching change.  But I'm not sure how much some of these schools really care about women's basketball.

[shoothoops]

I recall mentioning Butler mostly this season because they were so bad this season and really hadn't been too successful other than one decent season under the coach they just fired.  I wasn't considering salary at all.  Georgetown is another BE school that maybe should be considering a coaching change.  But I'm not sure how much some of these schools really care about women's basketball.

Yep. I mentioned it because it seems to be a significantly greater investment there (Providence) without a lot of return. It would also help if a few programs made more of the minimum program investments to be competitive and successful. One of the things Kieger helped establish was a greater compensation budget for MUWBB coaches. Duffy is now well past $600k.

There was an interesting recent poll of 30 Power 5 head coaches asking their opinion of the best head coaching jobs in Women's hoops. While mentioned, UConn was down a bit on the list, considered top 15 etc..because some coaches think their success is more about Geno. Whereas with some other places, they believe they are better opportunities regardless of coach.

It will be interesting to see what happens when he eventually leaves.

Free FloSports game tonight for those watching Nationally.

[Marquette Fan]

Here's an article from last month about disparities between the men's and women's programs at Georgetown:

https://thehoya.com/athletics-disparate-fan-bans-for-basketball-programs-spark-backlash-allegations-of-sexism/

[Uncle Rico]

Ladies finish their game on an 18-6 run to take a lead.  Down 79-78 late

[Marquette Fan]

The 21-22 season ends tonight with a 92-82 loss to Toledo.  Chloe Marotta did have a career high 28 points in the loss.

Thank you seniors LVK, Karissa McLaughlin and Antoinette Walker.

[Spaniel with a Short Tail]

Thanks Marquette Fan for the season long updates. You post whatever you want about women's basketball in your thread. Off season info is appreciated.

Somewhat amazed watching Creighton build a 13 point lead in the fourth quarter against Iowa State. Have a real shot at the Elite 8.

[Marquette Fan]

Thanks Marquette Fan for the season long updates. You post whatever you want about women's basketball in your thread. Off season info is appreciated.

Somewhat amazed watching Creighton build a 13 point lead in the fourth quarter against Iowa State. Have a real shot at the Elite 8.

Thanks.  The big thing now I think is to see if anyone transfers in or out.

Great to see Creighton advance to their first Elite Eight

[MU82]

I second what Spaniel says. I've gotten a lot out of your MU women's hoops updates, so thanks!

[Marquette Fan]

While I still think a number of things on here are on topic, I think it couldn't hur to have a Women's Hoops thread to put general things in there that have no ties to Marquette.  So I started a Women's Hoops thread here in Superbar - https://www.muscoop.com/index.php?topic=63272.0

Please come post something in it so it doesn't die with no other posts .  There's lots of things to post about with the Women's Tourney this year too.

[Marquette Fan]

Karissa McLaughlin will participate in the three point shooting contest Thursday night at the Men's Final 4 - https://www.wane.com/college-sports/mclaughlin-to-college-3-point-championship/amp/

[Marquette Fan]

Marquette transfer news - Danyel Middleton is entering the transfer portal -

https://twitter.com/iamdanyy25/status/1509974373159120906?s=21&t=eDn1PCPkXfeIB6Q38oG8nw

I thought she provided a nice spark off the bench this season and wouldn't have minded seeing her stay.  But I also figured it was likely Marquette would have a transfer or two with there already being 900 players in the transfer portal right now.

[Warriors4ever]

I also appreciate the updates. No problem if it ventures outside strict parameters.

[Marquette Fan]

I also appreciate the updates. No problem if it ventures outside strict parameters.

Thanks.

I started a separate women's hoops thread to talk about things that are strictly women's hoops and don't relate to MU at all.  So I'll try my best to stick to MU Women's Bball related stuff in here .

[Marquette Fan]

Interesting transfer news - Antwainette Walker announced on instagram she's entering the transfer portal.  She transferred to MU from Arkansas Little Rock and participated in Senior Day ceremonies so I thought she was graduating and moving on based on participating in senior day ceremonies.

https://marquettewire.org/4075697/sports/antwainette-walker-transfers-from-marquette/

[Marquette Fan]

LVK is one of the athletes listed for the 2022 WNBA draft which takes place on April 11th.  I'm guessing she probably won't get drafted but wish her the best in the future.  List of players who have put their names in for the WNBA draft this year - https://onherturf.nbcsports.com/2022/04/06/2022-wnba-draft/

[Marquette Fan]

Opened up Twitter tonight and saw news about an MU commitment - Kenzie Hare from Naperville - https://twitter.com/kenzie_hare12/status/1514030640253091850

She originally was set to play for St. Louis this fall but reopened her recruiting after SLU fired Lisa Stone.  So she sould be eligible to play for MU starting this upcoming season - 22-23.

[shoothoops]

2022 Kenzie Hare, 5'10 guard  has committed to Marquette.

She was originally committed to SLU for over a year, but she re-opened her recruitment after SLU decided to replace Lisa Stone after this season. Naperville Central High School.

https://twitter.com/kenzie_hare12/status/1514030640253091850?s=21&t=XmGoMhQXkFmOqDs1D-4ctw

[Marquette Fan]

2022 Kenzie Hare, 5'10 guard  has committed to Marquette.

She was originally committed to SLU for over a year, but she re-opened her recruitment after SLU decided to replace Lisa Stone after this season. Naperville Central High School.

https://twitter.com/kenzie_hare12/status/1514030640253091850?s=21&t=XmGoMhQXkFmOqDs1D-4ctw

Beat you to it by about 4 minutes .  I hope she's a good outside shooter - they really need that.