Congratulations to our Tribe women hoopsters who raised their record to 2-1 last night at NC A&T, a decent team...a very good road win for the ladies.
Coach Swenson has these players scrapping.

He also announced the signing of three prospects as he and his staff usher in a completely new women's basketball era at W&M (see below):

http://www.tribeathletics.com/ViewArticl...M_ID=25100

I really like how he's recruiting both in the DC metro area and also via the AAU circuit. Notice that all three players played for the same AAU team in 2013 and Jones moved up to play with Team Takeover (one of the best clubs in the US). Interestingly Malinowski played for the same group (boys version).

(11-22-2014 07:46 AM)BigTribe Wrote:  Coach Swenson has these players scrapping.

Coach Swanson. Say Swenson too many times and you're likely to cause convulsions here.

Congratulations to Coach SwAnson and the ladies of the WBB team and staff!

So, VCU wbb will play us but not mbb.

Tribe and Sheep tied at 22 right now.

Good win for the ladies. 56-48.

Our gals demolished Longwood today, 90-55 to improve to 4-2. Great job!

Strong 2nd half gives W&M a 10 point win over Radford (81-71). Women improve to 5-2.

Coaching makes a huge difference.

(12-02-2014 10:52 PM)Tribal Wrote:  Strong 2nd half gives W&M a 10 point win over Radford (81-71). Women improve to 5-2.

(12-03-2014 02:15 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  Coaching makes a huge difference.

Haha. I'm glad someone else said this first

More than anything, this year's team can shoot better than any women's BB team I can remember. Maybe it's coaching, recruiting, or something else, but at least we are finally competitive.

(12-03-2014 02:15 PM)Tribe32 Wrote:  Coaching makes a huge difference.

Sure looking that way.

This year's freshman class is the first he's recruited so I don't think it's recruiting (yet). I think it is execution of a solid offense and pressure defense.

(12-03-2014 05:30 PM)tribeintexas Wrote:  More than anything, this year's team can shoot better than any women's BB team I can remember. Maybe it's coaching, recruiting, or something else, but at least we are finally competitive.

I thought last year's class were his players as well

Nope. He maybe signed one late, but they were all Debbie's recruits. Remember that he was brought in after a firing and the signing day was prior to that.

(12-04-2014 12:06 PM)zablenoise Wrote:  I thought last year's class were his players as well

Coach Ed has an up tempo style, took the Ladies a while to get used to it, but nobody will beat the Tribe women because they were in better condition.

Coach also had a lot of success at Sacred Heart and it is a reasonable wager at this point to lay money the women may get an NCAA bid before the Men do...though it would be awesome if they both earned one in the same season...like this one!

Now the big question, I have actually been to 2 Ladies games this year, how many have you guys been too?

Saw the game played right before the men's game with Wofford.

They are very aggressive, put pressure on defensively almost 100% of the time, and have several talented players, including two freshman guards in Coach Swanson's first recruiting class. Play as a team.

When Swanson gets three or four recruiting classes in this program is going to be one of the best at the College.