Valley Women's Basketball?

[pawball]

UNI lost a lot in the "bigs" department with Boeck and Brocka, imo. Not that there's nothing left in that regard, but it sure leaves a big hole. No frosh or redshirt is gonna be able to replace what those two gave the Panthers. I enjoyed watching UNI play the past 2 years. They reminded me of MSU teams of the 90's: tough, gritty, smart, talented enough.

[valleychamp]

UNI lost a lot in the "bigs" department with Boeck and Brocka, imo. Not that there's nothing left in that regard, but it sure leaves a big hole. No frosh or redshirt is gonna be able to replace what those two gave the Panthers. I enjoyed watching UNI play the past 2 years. They reminded me of MSU teams of the 90's: tough, gritty, smart, talented enough.

They also had two post players that gave really good minutes off of the bench last year. They will step in and fill those shoes pretty well IMO.

UNI rolled through conf play and won the league by 5 games last year. So you have to figure that they could be around 5 games worse next year and still be contenders at the top.

I'd expect UNI and MSU to battle for first next year.

[panther-state]

UNI lost a lot in the "bigs" department with Boeck and Brocka, imo. Not that there's nothing left in that regard, but it sure leaves a big hole. No frosh or redshirt is gonna be able to replace what those two gave the Panthers. I enjoyed watching UNI play the past 2 years. They reminded me of MSU teams of the 90's: tough, gritty, smart, talented enough.

Yes it would but with F/C like Amber Kirschbaum, and G Mercedees Morgan and Rachel Madrigal (both 5'11 and proven inside scorers and rebounders) who all performed well this past season, with the minutes given to them, and then add in Amanda Barton and Jess McDowell who were red-shirt freshmen and should get valuable experience next season. The Panthers are guard heavy but Tanya Warren will have them prepared for another strong season.