Girls' Hoops Thread '24-'25

[ReturnOfTheGate]

Let's get some action going over here!

Practice starts in a little over two weeks and there are some changes to note in what should be an ultra competitive year at the top.

Of course, the Banks and Brown connection was fun while it lasted, but Ursuline has a couple of transfers coming in that should provide a spark.

St. E gets Skylar Bolden from Ursuline and Padua gets Sophia Baffone from St. Mark's. Ursuline, Caravel and Sanford are the immediate top three that come to mind, but St. E can't be discounted and Padua returns a LOT of a very good team along with Baffone joining the team, so that's a pretty easy top 5.

After that, you have A.I., Howard, Cape, Smyrna, DMA and a wide-open conference race in Flight A and the Henlopen South.

Should be a fun year ahead.

 

[Hoops down State 6]

Let's get some action going over here!

Practice starts in a little over two weeks and there are some changes to note in what should be an ultra competitive year at the top.

Of course, the Banks and Brown connection was fun while it lasted, but Ursuline has a couple of transfers coming in that should provide a spark.

St. E gets Skylar Bolden from Ursuline and Padua gets Sophia Baffone from St. Mark's. Ursuline, Caravel and Sanford are the immediate top three that come to mind, but St. E can't be discounted and Padua returns a LOT of a very good team along with Baffone joining the team, so that's a pretty easy top 5.

After that, you have A.I., Howard, Cape, Smyrna, DMA and a wide-open conference race in Flight A and the Henlopen South.

Should be a fun year ahead.

Went Capes playday yesterday at Cape.. Ursuline Banks got hurt tweaked ankle vs Cape. Ursuline still handled Cape easily.. Cape just doesn't has the guards at all.. Re just spot up shooter.. Padua looked good against QueenAnnes MD. Padua moved the ball very well and had easy shots.. Padua then played Cape and looked really tired and barely won by 2.. My top 5.
Sanford, Ursuline, St.E, Caravel and Padua..

 

[J12]

No surprise here, but I have a repeat of last year's Chip w/ Ursuline & Caravel running away from the Delaware competition. I do believe that the gap will not be as big as last year from those other Top 5 teams mentioned above by @Hoops down State 6 though.

I heard that the point system was tweaked in favor of the downstate teams this year though, so if that is true then it will be interesting to see how the seeding is affected at the end of the season bracket-wise.

 

[ReturnOfTheGate]

We get an early matchup of two of everyone's top 5 tonight - Ursuline at St. E. Will be very interested to see how that goes.