Girls get drubbed

[SDPokeFan]

Well the girls' season is over....spanked by SDSU this afternoon. Thoughts on the state of the women's program? Or does anybody even really care?

 

[davidwyo]

Well, we should ALL care, Wyo athletes that work hard deserve our support. Is it recruiting or coaching is the ? or both?

 

[SDPokeFan]

I didn't really follow the team closely this year, but if I'm not mistaken they dealt with a boatload of injuries.

 

[LanderPoke]

Dent is kind of a ballhog, but is really good. Don't know what the future holds.

 

[cali2wyo]

Dent is kind of a ballhog, but is really good. Don't know what the future holds.

Except she has over 500 career assists, and shared the ball enough to let Kayla Woodward shine the previous 3 years.

 

[NowherePoke]

Well the girls' season is over....spanked by SDSU this afternoon. Thoughts on the state of the women's program? Or does anybody even really care?

A lot of injuries this year really put them in a bad spot. Recruiting has declined and the program just isn't what it once was. Having said that, this was the first losing MWC record in the last 12 years and only the 2nd of Legerski's tenure (he went 6-8 in his first year in MWC play). Shyatt is very well regarded despite only having one winning MWC season in his 5 years and that one winning season is the only one by the Men's program in the last 12 years.

That's my way of saying things aren't great with the Women's team, but on the long list of issues facing UW athletics, it is pretty far down the list.

 

[castlerocker]

It's frustrating watching the girls play.

This last game is typical of their problems, such as when sdsu kept driving to the basket and no one would stop them. This went on for a long time. You would think the coaches would call a timeout and get that fixed but I never saw an indication of that.

After a while I found something more pleasant to do.

Joe did well when he first came to UW but i'm afraid this is what we will see from now on.

 

[McPeachy]

A lot of injuries this year really put them in a bad spot. Recruiting has declined and the program just isn't what it once was. Having said that, this was the first losing MWC record in the last 12 years and only the 2nd of Legerski's tenure (he went 6-8 in his first year in MWC play). Shyatt is very well regarded despite only having one winning MWC season in his 5 years and that one winning season is the only one by the Men's program in the last 12 years.

That's my way of saying things aren't great with the Women's team, but on the long list of issues facing UW athletics, it is pretty far down the list.

I am a Joe Legerski fan. I am not really a women's basketball fan (in general).

That said, it is frustrating watching CSewe go from being a poor program & bottom dweller in 2011-2012, to achieving their 3rd in a row regular season conference championship (2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16). And finishing this season an undefeated 18 & 0. Yes - IMO - further positioning themselves for a better future for their athletic department.

And our program has been in reverse during that same time frame. Did the NIT championship in 2007, and the subsequent 2008 NCAA appearance buy Joe & the program a lifetime pass for achieving mediocre results? Injuries happen to every team...but the few games I saw this past season in person looked like a cross between dodgeball and keep away.

 

[SDPokeFan]

A lot of injuries this year really put them in a bad spot. Recruiting has declined and the program just isn't what it once was. Having said that, this was the first losing MWC record in the last 12 years and only the 2nd of Legerski's tenure (he went 6-8 in his first year in MWC play). Shyatt is very well regarded despite only having one winning MWC season in his 5 years and that one winning season is the only one by the Men's program in the last 12 years.

That's my way of saying things aren't great with the Women's team, but on the long list of issues facing UW athletics, it is pretty far down the list.

I am a Joe Legerski fan. I am not really a women's basketball fan (in general).

That said, it is frustrating watching CSewe go from being a poor program & bottom dweller in 2011-2012, to achieving their 3rd in a row regular season conference championship (2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16). And finishing this season an undefeated 18 & 0. Yes - IMO - further positioning themselves for a better future for their athletic department.

And our program has been in reverse during that same time frame. Did the NIT championship in 2007, and the subsequent 2008 NCAA appearance buy Joe & the program a lifetime pass for achieving mediocre results? Injuries happen to every team...but the few games I saw this past season in person looked like a cross between dodgeball and keep away.

Yah every time you question the direction of the program, the 2007 NIT championship gets thrown at you. That was almost a decade ago...I'd hope at some point that doesn't get him a pass. There was a time the women were pulling in as big of a crowd as the men coming off those two great years. But again, I don't know enough to know if it's coaching, recruiting, or what. They do seem to be in a pretty constant backslide.

 

[PokeOLoco]

We seemed to have gone away from International recruiting which was very successful for us in the past.

 

[stymeman]

no real comment, not a fan of women's basketball at all!!!!! I do like Joe but thinking it's time to produce, something!