Let the meltdown commence…
I don't know, they might be out, CKG will have to go try and recruit a D2 player..... (eyeroll)I guess it’s time to add another single digit scoring wing from the Patriot league to the team….
Can confirm Stevenson entered the portal.
Purdue forward Mary Ashley Stevenson enters NCAA Transfer Portal
In a surprising move, Purdue women's basketball freshman forward Mary Ashley Stevenson entered the NCAA Transfer Portalpurdue.rivals.com
I am giving CKG a little benefit of the doubt, and say its probably homesickness, but it doesn't seem likely at this point that CKG will ever see the NCAA's again (except on TV or buying a ticket) with the way she has handled this off season.KG’s most prized recruit - looking at virtually unlimited playing time next year - can see that her coach has no idea how to construct a roster.
I am giving CKG a little benefit of the doubt, and say its probably homesickness, but it doesn't seem likely at this point that CKG will ever see the NCAA's again (except on TV or buying a ticket) with the way she has handled this off season.
She proved she can play, so its quite likely a much better team/program will pick her up. And maybe closer to home. No matter why she is leaving, she takes almost any hope of a winning season next year for Purdue out the door with her.Maybe she just wants to win? And not spend half of her college career “building”.
Will be interested to see if this causes Harris to backtrack. And if it affects Swanson at all.Can confirm Stevenson entered the portal.
She proved she can play, so its quite likely a much better team/program will pick her up. And maybe closer to home. No matter why she is leaving, she takes almost any hope of a winning season next year for Purdue out the door with her.
I don't think Bass is THAT good, maybe gets us one to three more wins we might not get otherwise, but as we sit today, I don't know that this is a 10 win team for next season.Only chance we will have is if Bass comes. If she turns us down knowing she has unlimited minutes at a big ten school. Then this will be an absolutely sh*tshow for KG
New fight song "We are Family."I wonder if Smith has a younger sister somewhere we can add… 😂
Maybe this is a sign that the players also feel coldcocked or bewildered with all the one-year players we are going after for next year. If we were a really good team some of these things could be understandable, but we are not even close. Seems like every other day something odd is happening here. I'm a bit speechless now with this low point of Purdue Women's Basketball.
The portal isn't closed yet.................It’s not shocking to see a player enter. But I was expecting that to be Smjth and/or Layden. The two kids who essentially had their playing time snatched away from them with the recent portal additions. But apparently they are just fine with sitting on the bench watching us lose (as was definitely apparent by this past year). MA, a competitor who actually wants to win, saw the writing on the wall with this roster and bailed.
It was an attempt by the NCAA to rein in the multiple court judgements striking down all the rules that kept collegiate athletics reasonably fair. Now with the portal, no transfer penalties no matter how many times you transfer and NIL becoming pay for play, college sports is in its death throes.BYE don't let the door hit you in the behind.
The Portal remains the worst thing our politicians have ever done to college sports.
It was an attempt by the NCAA to rein in the multiple court judgements striking down all the rules that kept collegiate athletics reasonably fair. Now with the portal, no transfer penalties no matter how many times you transfer and NIL becoming pay for play, college sports is in its death throes.
But, EVERY team has 3-4 portal losses every year according to one of our posters.....Not if you have a coach that knows how to play it right. IU hasn’t had 1 transfer and they just added a former Tenn veteran post that actually makes up for a team’s deficiency due to loss of a graduated player. Makes me sick to see the team down south, led by a former boiler, do everything the right way.
So, the coach who has to date shown zero ability to develop players is going to turn McKenna and fat Mila into hardnosed warriors like MA was? Do you still believe in the Easter Bunny as well?There's alot of doom and gloom and speculation on what happened, and that's all it is at this point, speculation. Looks like CKG was surprised by this decision and sometimes there's just nothing you can do. If we start losing a bunch of other starters, then maybe I'll dive into the sky is falling on CKG fandom.
Yes it sucks, I liked MA alot, promising player, coming into a leadership role, great teammate, and tough as nails.
Trying to find the silver lining, this move potentially opens up more PT for Mckenna and Mila. One reason to be optimistic is these two had a better looking 3 point shot than MA. This might force us to play a more modern 4 out 1 in style... which is what landed CKG and her team in the NCAA's.
I get they are both behind MA in alot of categories that make up a good player, just throwing out a sliver of optimism. Alot of work to be done.
I'm just stating what I believe in, if I offended you I apologize. I don't think we need to degrade people on here but that's just my opinion.So, the coach who has to date shown zero ability to develop players is going to turn McKenna and fat Mila into hardnosed warriors like MA was? Do you still believe in the Easter Bunny as well?
Sorry that you felt insulted. It's just your post struck me as completely outside any rational view of reality.So, the coach who has to date shown zero ability to develop players is going to turn McKenna and fat Mila into hardnosed warriors like MA was? Do you still believe in the Easter Bunny as well?
My guess is a bigger program came knocking on the door with a bigger bag. We’ll see where she ends up, it will be interesting.Maybe this is a sign that the players also feel coldcocked or bewildered with all the one-year players we are going after for next year. If we were a really good team some of these things could be understandable, but we are not even close. Seems like every other day something odd is happening here. I'm a bit speechless now with this low point of Purdue Women's Basketball.
I seriously doubt that this one is about $$$.My guess is a bigger program came knocking on the door with a bigger bag. We’ll see where she ends up, it will be interesting.
How long is a looong year? 400 days long? 450? Hope not, but a bad team ( "mediocre" is a kind way of putting it) just got worse I'm afraid. I wish addition by substeaction did apply here but I don't think it does. Hopefully the sun will still come up in the morning. Boiler up!
Guessing a better program with a little more money, we’ll see where she ends up. No doubt it sucks.I seriously doubt that this one is about $$$.
Good post, a chance at a final 4 playing with JuJu? It’s happening in the men’s game big time, Duke lost 8 players, Wisky lost 2 thirty minute a night starters in Storr and Hepburn. It sucks but Coach needs to get Bass, chance to be a 30 minute a night player at a Big Ten school.There are some things we have to take in account with a player and person like MA.
She is not your typical athlete. She comes from a very affluent and wealthy family. She went to a very prestigious private school in New York City. She’s also a very high academic kid.
That’s a far cry from life in West Lafayette. Yes Purdue is a good school but it’s hardly a “small private school” and it’s located in the middle of a cornfield.
I could definitely see a school like Princeton - who went 25-5 this past year - being a major option for her. They were one of her finalists and that atmosphere may suit her better than Purdue.
And with how things are going - she’s a whole lot closer to making the ncaa tournament at Princeton than at Purdue. I just hope it’s not USC as they are about to be one of our conference rivals and were also one of her finalists. But if she wants to make a final four, that would be the best option, obviously.
Virtually no one has money on the women's side. Shaq provides for LSU, but only after they've proven their worth. That's about it. The rest at most get pizza money.Guessing a better program with a little more money, we’ll see where she ends up. No doubt it sucks.