Just Googled interesting factoid.
For tallest women's college basketball player, Dominguez will match Abbie Boutilier of Texas at 6' 9" for tallest female basketball players in the US. Due to a foot injury Boutilier did not play as a freshman during the 2024 season.

mtfblue said:

another thing is she not 6'9 and a bean pole either, has some weight with her

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That's often the hardest part, getting to be strong and building up some weight, when you're that tall!

Shayne_Pickering said:

In the U16 summer (2023) she flashed a 3 point shot as well. That was something they developed with Nas. Could we see it again with just an unfair release point hmmm

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Great smile. Love a player who enjoys the fun of playing.

I guess it looks ok to me. I don’t know if I’m personally sold on La Tech and FIU but in general our conference hasn’t been very good. So I think outside of the top few the rest is kind of a free for all.

I agree. There's very little "power" in CUSA to rank.

That said, looks about right.

another thing is she not 6'9 and a bean pole either, has some weight with her

FranklinRaider315 said:

Do you guys happen to provide Cliffs Notes versions for your posts???

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Cliff note version....... MT is F'd

FranklinRaider315 said:

I would only agree that (except for Liberty) the title is an oxymoron

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Huh?

FranklinRaider315 said:

Do you guys happen to provide Cliffs Notes versions for your posts???

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For third grade reading and participation here you go…

at first glance, have no argument with it

Matt Insell & company once again showing their smarts. When looking for that specific player usually reserved for the Power schools, this is the perfect antidote for circumnavigating their drawing power for elite American talent. MT is developing a solid reputation from the international community, & it's allowing us to complete with some of the Blue Bloods. Can't wait to see what Dominguez & the rest of the 2025 class can do next yesr.

Nas has been a program building player, and Nicole can be one too. She’s got some pieces and talent to do it

Dominguez's highlights uploaded to her thread!

In the U16 summer (2023) she flashed a 3 point shot as well. That was something they developed with Nas. Could we see it again with just an unfair release point hmmm

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Here's the highlights from her Round of 16 game against Mexico:


A lot to like from just one game. Her understanding of not having to dribble is critical to her development into the college game that is much quicker. She naturally alters shots, but could be a more active rebounder. That comes with a philosophy change (in my opinion) where she lives down low. Watching the whole game, I was impressed with her conditioning. Active hands on both ends, gets up and down the floor each possession, and played sustained minutes in a spread, 5 wide concept.

To add on to what Jake was saying about the offense, she also played behind highly heraled eventual WNBA prospect at the 5 on that Spain team. What has been impressive has been her efficiency to put up numbers in limited minutes within the offense without sacrificing the motion a Spainish team typically looks to accomplish

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Was leaked during the football game yesterday but can confirm Kirston Verhulst verbally commits to the Lady Raiders!

5’8” PG from Bishop Miege in De Soto, KS. Averaged 14.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, and 1.4 apg her junior season.

That totals 4 signees in the class of ‘25, and should be a full roster not accounting for potential transfers.

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Some tape on the PG signee from De Soto, KS. Tape looks a lot like current Freshman Savannah Davis: quick trigger, dangerous from deep, active rebounder/defender.

Her size would lead me to believe she'll stay a PG in Insell's system. Not enough tape to see ballhandling ability but staying in control during contested transition is a good sign. I like her pushing for some PT as a freshman behind Jada next season.

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The player development our program is known for pays dividends like Nas has experienced. I think Nicole will benefit big time from that as well.

ewglenn said:

You and I don’t agree much but I don’t disagree with much here. I will say, I don’t think realignment is even close to being done though. I’ve said for a long time Bama and Michigan are going to get tired of getting the same money Vandy and Northwestern get. They will eventually blow everything up. Hopefully we have things ironed out by then but who knows if we do or do not.

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Glen, one thing you probably haven't learned about me the rest of the board may have figured out is I see the painting on the wall differently. While most everyone else sees oh well x happened, so y must happen next I don't always restrict my thinking to that.

To me the issue is not what's the Pac going to do or ooh Air Force might be going to the AAC or whatever combination someone wants to come up with. What I see is this. 1) No one really knows if there's going to be a split, but I lean toward it not happening especially if the House settlement goes through. Primarily because its the hardest path to take and look how long it took us just to get a playoff. That took decades. 2) If the settlement falls through then all bets are off. Probably ends the NCAA and we some sort of major split.

So, this issue for me isn't about whether realignment is over or not. And as I have said for 20 years it's not really realignment or expansion it's contraction. So, where's the contraction going to happen? Well, it's been happening before our very eyes and the next moves are too difficult to predict, but let's say settlement is reached. That is the most likely as it is status quo. In that scenario, the first thing is schools like Vandy and NW won't be kicked out of their leagues. Not a viable option because the power schools in the power conferences are accepting the NCAA as the structure for the governing body. Second, schools will have to decide how much they want to pay players and conferences are probably going to have to agree to some degree of consistency. I mean you can't really have one school in a conference paying the full amount while another pays a fraction of that.

I'm not saying this is going to happen but its very easy for me to see something like four power leagues and four non-power leagues. In such a scenario C-USA and the MWC probably don't exist anymore. If you're stuck in this league at that moment in time - which is very plausible for us you're kicked out of FBS. And I can legitimately see western getting inside and us being left on the outside because of the awful mismanagement of this university. This is why I'm concerned. That or something like that happening. So, you can talk about more moves happening, but that's not really issue and the presumed opportunity may not develop, because of the prospect that contraction opens up better options just like the ACC adding western teams instead of Memphis or USF or AAC inviting Air Force instead of somone like us or from the SBC. Make no mistake this is a game of musical chairs and some schools aren't going to have one when the music stops. If that happens tomorrow there's a 99% chance MT is f'd. And there most certainly isn't a lot of time to course correct.

So, to your point no one has any confidence in this administration having things ironed out. They've had 20 years and even the move to C-USA was bothced.