2019-20 https://calbears.com/documents/2019/11/9//Cal_WBB_Combined_Stats.pdf?id=20353 (31 games; 12 wins, three of them conference: 12th in Pac-12)
2020-21 https://calbears.com/documents/2021/7/12//Cal_2020_21_Combined_Stats_27_.pdf?id=24621 (17 games; one win, which was conference: 12th in Pac-12)
2021-22 https://calbears.com/documents/2022/3/8/Cal_Cumulative_Stats_19_.pdf (24 games; 11 wins, one of them conference: 11th in Pac-12, I think; finding certain info on the Cal site is not easy)
2022-23 https://calbears.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/?path=wbball (30 games; 13 wins, four of them conference: 10th in Pac-12)
(Note that Cal didn't win more than four games away from home in any of the four seasons. It takes more than great recruits to learn how to play together, and with confidence, especially when the roster keeps shifting, and when one season is more of an extended practice session.)
Fellow Cal WBB fans, I, too, would love to see a much improved team with lots of wins, but I don't understand some of the complaints about Charmin Smith. Her second season was godawful: only 17 games, plus the constant fear of illness and the constant testing, the sudden postponements. Her two most experienced players were sophomores, along with a string of freshmen and others, including walk-ons, many of whom were injured, ill (I assume), and/or works in progress. (Patiently instructing and supporting frightened, depressed adolescents is no joke; I speak from experience, and Charmin admitted as much during a Zoom visit.) Is slow, steady--I hope--improvement such a terrible thing? If winning is all, then I guess it is.
I'd be curious to see what Cal's SoS is this week; where is the best place to find such info? As of yesterday, Massey says 46, with a ranking of 82: https://masseyratings.com/cbw/ncaa-d1/ratings
2020-21 https://calbears.com/documents/2021/7/12//Cal_2020_21_Combined_Stats_27_.pdf?id=24621 (17 games; one win, which was conference: 12th in Pac-12)
2021-22 https://calbears.com/documents/2022/3/8/Cal_Cumulative_Stats_19_.pdf (24 games; 11 wins, one of them conference: 11th in Pac-12, I think; finding certain info on the Cal site is not easy)
2022-23 https://calbears.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/?path=wbball (30 games; 13 wins, four of them conference: 10th in Pac-12)
(Note that Cal didn't win more than four games away from home in any of the four seasons. It takes more than great recruits to learn how to play together, and with confidence, especially when the roster keeps shifting, and when one season is more of an extended practice session.)
Fellow Cal WBB fans, I, too, would love to see a much improved team with lots of wins, but I don't understand some of the complaints about Charmin Smith. Her second season was godawful: only 17 games, plus the constant fear of illness and the constant testing, the sudden postponements. Her two most experienced players were sophomores, along with a string of freshmen and others, including walk-ons, many of whom were injured, ill (I assume), and/or works in progress. (Patiently instructing and supporting frightened, depressed adolescents is no joke; I speak from experience, and Charmin admitted as much during a Zoom visit.) Is slow, steady--I hope--improvement such a terrible thing? If winning is all, then I guess it is.
I'd be curious to see what Cal's SoS is this week; where is the best place to find such info? As of yesterday, Massey says 46, with a ranking of 82: https://masseyratings.com/cbw/ncaa-d1/ratings
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