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Norton has taken lessons from the Portal Master.

Good news. I had to look it up, but UTRGV stands for University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

I think the lady blazers are going to contend for the CUSA title next year, this has to be the best recruiting class we have ever had.

By my math, we’ve signed two more players than we lost from last season’s team. Five graduated/transferred and seven have signed. It looks like two more will be leaving to set us at 15 players. My guess is the two who have battled major knee problems the last few years.
These seven newcomers look like a talented class. I’m eager to get a peek at them.

Is it sad that I know who UTRGV is and I’ve seen their mens team play on tv more than once? Trivia they used to be UT Pam American. I watch too much basketball.

(04-28-2022 04:36 PM)1BLZR1 Wrote:  By my math, we’ve signed two more players than we lost from last season’s team. Five graduated/transferred and seven have signed. It looks like two more will be leaving to set us at 15 players. My guess is the two who have battled major knee problems the last few years.
These seven newcomers look like a talented class. I’m eager to get a peek at them.

IIRC we had/have 1 young lady whose career came to an end due to injury. In that instance I do not think she counts toward the scholarship count.

(04-28-2022 09:44 PM)WesternBlazer Wrote:  

(04-28-2022 04:36 PM)1BLZR1 Wrote:  By my math, we’ve signed two more players than we lost from last season’s team. Five graduated/transferred and seven have signed. It looks like two more will be leaving to set us at 15 players. My guess is the two who have battled major knee problems the last few years.
These seven newcomers look like a talented class. I’m eager to get a peek at them.

IIRC we had/have 1 young lady whose career came to an end due to injury. In that instance I do not think she counts toward the scholarship count.

You’re right: that young lady didn’t count against the scholarship limit when she stopped playing a year or two ago. She became a student assistant. Even without her (in fact, she graduated this week), we still seem to have 17 players on scholarship.

Of our players who have battled knee injuries, we’ve got:
(1) A guard who came back this past season after major knee operations the two straight years.
(2) A post who had major knee surgery, came back this season but finished the year in street clothes.
(3) A grad transfer who fell to injury and had major knee surgery in last year’s preseason.
(4) A guard/forward who started 20 games last season, finished really strong, but is now on crutches.

Of those four, only the third and fourth ones were in the recent video of the players touring the new practice facility. Make of those tea leaves what you will. lol

I love signing new talent and hate losing folks to injury, but it looks like our locker room is overflowing at the moment.

Pan American had a couple of really good mens coaches-Abe Lemmons and Lon Kruger

(04-28-2022 04:36 PM)1BLZR1 Wrote:  By my math, we’ve signed two more players than we lost from last season’s team. Five graduated/transferred and seven have signed. It looks like two more will be leaving to set us at 15 players. My guess is the two who have battled major knee problems the last few years.
These seven newcomers look like a talented class. I’m eager to get a peek at them.

I found out tonight that the two players who had battled through two knee surgeries each the past few years — Audrey Jordan and Jasmine Gracie — have left the team. With the three graduations from last year’s team, the two players who left for Division II programs and these two injury retirements, UAB now has 15 on scholarship. Next season’s team will include eight returnees and seven talented newcomers. I’m super encouraged about next season.