Vanloo 2012

[mred]

Plenty open. 4 free this season, 5 free next season. I assume BF is looking to bring 2 or 3 more in for next season.

[BoxsterCy]

Plenty open. 4 free this season, 5 free next season. I assume BF is looking to bring 2 or 3 more in for next season.

Yup, not like in MBB, this is not a factor. Does Bill ever actually have all his scholarships filled? The extra scholarships that WBB gets don't really seem to be needed most years.

[mred]

In this upcoming season plus the past 10 seasons, there have been more than 13 on scholarship once (15 in 08-09).

[CyberJJJ]

Injuries seems to be the big thing, but without them and 15 schollies, that seems to be a recipe for lots of transfers. I seem to see more ACL injuries in the women's game than in the men's game. I believe the way Bill coaches - specifically using guys from campus as the scout team to scrimmage against - he doesn't need to go 15 deep with schollie players.

At least I assume he still does this, back in the day I reffed scrimmages and he used them then.

[twistedredbird]

I do believe BF still uses boys for practices, though NCAA has been questioning this for a while, but some big time WBB schools have been fighting it.

My only concern is our guard depth. Not that I don't like, or have a lot of excitement for the season or for them, but we in essence have 4 guards for 3 spots, unless a walk-on gets in the rotation. That is 30 minutes a piece. That is a lot of minutes for 2 soph and 2 fresh.

Perhaps staff hit the pavement hard for a juco and just didn't find one/get one of caliber, but one major injury, and we are in trouble.

Losing the guard court leadership that Jess could have brought hurts us more this year, than last.

[mred]

We'll almost certainly have to play three posts (Hallie or Z at 3?) at times. Elly is essentially a walk-on, so that's 10 Div I players on the roster:

Combo Guards:
Moody
Bingley
Kidd

Shooting Guard/Wing:
Brynn

Posts:
Pop
Prins
Hallie
Z
Ellis
Baier

[twistedredbird]

We'll almost certainly have to play three posts (Hallie or Z at 3?) at times. Elly is essentially a walk-on, so that's 10 Div I players on the roster:

Combo Guards:
Moody
Bingley
Kidd

Shooting Guard/Wing:
Brynn

Posts:
Pop
Prins
Hallie
Z
Ellis
Baier

There is Hagedorn too as a walk-on, but I don't know if her level of play is D-1 level or not.

[mred]

There is Hagedorn too.

She's a walk-on, so I didn't include her or Elly.

[twistedredbird]

She's a walk-on, so I didn't include her or Elly.

I edit my post. Didn't mean to suggest she should be added to the list.

[kcdc4isu]

She's a walk-on, so I didn't include her or Elly.

So are you saying a walk-on can not be a Div 1 player?

[BoxsterCy]

So are you saying a walk-on can not be a Div 1 player?

Pretty unlikely in the Big 12. Never say never but it's pretty darn close to never.

[Three4Cy]

She's a walk-on, so I didn't include her or Elly.

Elly is on scholarship.

Arganbright came to Iowa State as a walk on before earning a scholarship in September.

Looking Back With Elly Arganbright - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports

[mred]

So are you saying a walk-on can not be a Div 1 player?

In the 14+ years I've followed ISU WBB, they've never had a walk-on who regularly played outside of bench-clearing situations. I'm going to assume walk-ons are not rotation players unless/until they prove otherwise.

[mred]

Elly is on scholarship.

Arganbright came to Iowa State as a walk on before earning a scholarship in September.

Looking Back With Elly Arganbright - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports

Right. That's why I said she's "essentially a walk-on" earlier in the thread. She's on scholarship, but she's not a rotation player.