Illini Women's Basketball 2026-2027
8 teams from B1G are above us??? This tells me the media is oblivious to the fact that our team finished like 5th in the conference last year and lost no one and gained a top 50 player,a seasoned veteran guard from injury and former McDonald's all American on this roster.. To myself I don't think it matters too much if you are ranked before the non conference schedule,but after that the politics of the rankings matter.I still think as we move down these cupcakes,then the "surprise" team Illinois will be realized by this biased media.
Actually we were 9-9 last year tied for 9th place. We were 2-9 against the top teams. 3-10 counting the B1G tourney.
I watched many of those games. We were very competitive bit usually got overpowered as we lacked the frontcourt strength of other teams. I am thinking that will change this year
ptgrd23
- orange county CA
Our lack of true center really hurt. Manuela is a great add. She has already passed Lety due to her better rebounding and speed
Our guards are on small side compared with other schools Destiny 5-7" Aliyah 5'-7", Jasmine 5'9" -Divine 5'11" could help us defend someone like JuJu
We relied on Berry 18 ppg Ceerah 14 ppg Gretchen 13 ppg, Maddie 11 ppg, Destiny 10 ppg
Berry and Gretchen could create their own shots. When Gretchen went down we lost the ability to score with top 20 teams.
Divine is athletic but, we have no one who can defend Juju. Few teams do.
I am hopeful that our guards lack of size will be offset by their speed. We can become more of an offensive juggernaut with an effective defense.
