2023 Offseason

[Flipper]

Excited to see what sort of staff coach Chmiel can assemble...he's had to have built some major connections over the years

[BillyLP]

I will never blame a kid going for the "bigger" opportunity. That's just the reality of the transfer portal. When we have really good players, they almost certainly will leave.

Side note - when is the last time we put a player in the WNBA? Have we ever, as a program?

Not that I recall. I know we've had a few players get tryouts over the years. I believe Lauren Prochaska was on the roster through camp with Seattle but was cut before the season.

[threestooges]

I will never blame a kid going for the "bigger" opportunity. That's just the reality of the transfer portal. When we have really good players, they almost certainly will leave.

Side note - when is the last time we put a player in the WNBA? Have we ever, as a program?

Not that I recall. I know we've had a few players get tryouts over the years. I believe Lauren Prochaska was on the roster through camp with Seattle but was cut before the season.

Yeah, we've never had a player drafted. I think Prochaska is the only BG player who ever was in camp with a WNBA team.

[BGFalconfromCincy]

CMU has made there coaching hire

https://whoopdirt.com/haynie-named-wome ... -michigan/

[Flipper]

Hampton attended last night's awards ceremony.. where she deservedly won best dressed. Smashing brown suit and orange tie...

https://twitter.com/vandermerwe63/statu ... 3232394240

[fredthefalcon]

Happened to see this interesting item on orangeandbrown's blog which was an offer to 6'3" maybe 6'4" Alie Bisballe, Lake City, MI. She is a Jr but her tweet said the basic thank yous to the coaches from BG. Coach Fred and also Nick DiPillo. First time I've seen anything on other staffing. DiPillo has a long background in womens basketball including WNBA, Seton Hall staff, HC at U of Scranton, and Assistant at Pittsburgh. A quiet addition if true but I don't doubt it. Here is the link for the tweet.

https://twitter.com/AlieBisballe/status ... _nhugtAAAA

[Flipper]

That is interesting....

[Flipper]

Not only did UM land Brett...they also took 6-2 post Taylor Williams from WMU. I recall her being their best player last year when I saw them play

[Tswam]

Hampton to Ball State.

[mbenecke]

Hampton to Ball State.

That’s… weird and disappointing.

I get leaving for a bigger school, but another MAC school? Just feels really bizarre. What do they have that we don’t?

[Flipper]

That is weird...and yes... disappointing. Gonna be rooting for us to fustigate them next year

[BillyLP]

Sucks. Makes you feel like it’s a fake investment in your school when the transfer is to a rival in conference. I’m sure that’s not the case and Nyla put in great work here, but that’s how it feels. I can’t imagine her teammates who stayed love it either.

[mbenecke]

It feels extra weird when she was just posing for pictures at the Ziggy Awards in a brown suit with an orange tie.

I do wish her well - she is an awesome defensive player. But it's stuff like this that makes you wonder what the heck happened. If she was gonna stay in the MAC, it should've been a slam dunk that she would be here next season.

[Matty B]

Hampton to Ball State.

That’s… weird and disappointing.

I get leaving for a bigger school, but another MAC school? Just feels really bizarre. What do they have that we don’t?

Unfortunately a roster that's closer to a championship. They've got everyone back and adding Hampton might even make them the favorites over East Bancroft High School.

[mbenecke]

Are they really in a better position than BG? Maybe I’m too high on our own talent, but couldn’t the starting lineup next year be something like Fleming-Velasco-Sharps-Hill-Dziekan? That’s a strong group, to me. Especially if Hampton had returned.