Reranking the Class of 2020

1. Clark
7. Johnson

That’s what I am confident about.

That’s your right Bulkey. And I respect it.

I want to share my thinking though. Paige with 2 and a half years isn’t better than Clark with 4 years. Not for me.

Points aren’t everything. But let’s look at them. Paige has scored 829 points. Clark has scored 2717 points. Assists. Clark has 795. Paige has 233 assists. So, I don’t believe Paige can catapult up to #1 just by having a great season. I think Clark would have to be injured or slump mightily for it to even be in the mix. I do think a return to form from Paige can get her to #2 though. And I think that is pretty impressive considering the time she missed and considered a couple of players on this list are champions.

In a freeze right now frame Clark is a legit No 1 but if we had a freeze frame after their freshmen seasons Bueckers would have been No 1 so which is right?

In any case Clark and Bueckers were at the top of the 2020 rankings and they are on the top of the rankings now. Adding either to an existing team makes that team a lot better. The difference is that Bueckers does a better job making her teammates better. Clark has excellent team skills but Bueckers is the best I've ever seen.

Yes, Paige for two more years. Gotta happen! What in the world would she gain from leaving?

doesn’t have to take classes anymore. Independence. Gets to take on the next challenge in life.

Fudd is her best friend and they have dreamed of playing together since they were very young. And she has gotta want to play with Jana, which won't happen this year. Really, I think she might very well stay.

It's been so long since we've seen Supergirl at her best sometimes it seems like we dreamed it. Then go on YouTube and watch her Freshman year games. We weren't dreaming, she IS Supergirl. 

See this great player.

Imagine her bigger, stronger and smarter.

Kim was the most fortunate or lucky coach for 2022-2023. There's no way her team would have defeated SC during the NCAA Tournament; nor would her bunch have beaten UConn, but both were knocked out by Iowa and Ohio State. 

Kim had a serendipitous season thanks to Clark / Iowa defeating SC during the tourney. No way LSU defeats SC in the tourney or at any other time last season. Mulkey was, by far, the luckiest coach last season. Her team had a great deal of talent, but they could not defend against SC without fouling? Then they had a bunch of their players in foul trouble and SC beat them by 20. 

If you watch the LSU @ SC game, you'll see the difference between a well-coached team (SC) vs a talented team with a good coach (LSU). Reese was a virtual no show against Boston and she was equally poor against Cardosa. 

Had UConn gotten past Ohio State, they'd have beaten LSU, but it wasn't to be. 

Here's the replay of the SC vs LSU game and Reese did most of her scoring when she wasn't being guarded by Boston or Cardosa. Reese does not perform well against other athletic and talented bigs, and I'd pick Aaliyah over Reeses 8 days of the week.




I agree with Paige not going #1 as it stands now; but if she remains healthy for the entire upcoming season, that'll change. There's no way I'd put Reese that high because she's only a threat very close to the rim. Moreover, against talented bigs; she's not good at all? Because she never took the time to develop her outside shot, she's easy to stop with another athletic big. Reese's basketball IQ leaves a lot to be desired and we'll see if she improves during the upcoming season?

I would put Aaliyah ahead of Reese because she's a better defender, has a higher basketball IQ, can shoot from outside, hustles 100% of the time and has a better team attitude. Reese has a very immature basketball attitude. If you watch their game against SC, look at Reese's 2nd foul. She gets tangled up with Boston for no good reason and she gets the whistle? Now any good player should realize that he / she is needed on the floor, and should avoid  foolish fouls? Not Reese, because she was already frustrated by Boston and needed to get even? Just really not smart at all? 

Also, Aaliyah played much better against Boston than did Reese. Kim chose not to challenge her team with competitive opponents and they weren't ready for SC.


 

VTech would have been a tough game for UConn, but I think UConn would have won against them. Kitley is tall, but she's not very athletic. Most imprtantly, I pick UConn over LSU and Reese. Aaliyah would have out-played Reese and UConn would have won that game. 

Iowa did not have a center or big who could handle Reese. Their center had a high basketball IQ, but she wasn't athletic enough or strong enough to compete with Reese.