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I saw this little snippet on U of T Basketball ON ESPN.com, and my eyes lit up.
Despite losing three key players (Shyra Ely, Loree Moore and Brittany Jackson) who led Tennessee to four consecutive Final Four appearances, the Lady Vols are loaded this season -- although the biggest piece of the Lady Vols' title aspirations still hasn't actually played college ball yet. Redshirt freshman Candace Parker, the national high school player of the year two years ago, sat out last season because of lateral meniscus and lateral articular cartilage knee surgery. Now, Parker is finally healthy. Need proof? In a pickup game last week, Parker dunked over Ryan Childress, a 6-foot-9, 248-pound freshman on the Tennessee men's basketball team.
Parker is expected to be the team's leading scorer right away, and her coaches believe she will change the way women's basketball is played. Like Julius Erving, Parker is expected to take the game above the rim. She could play every position on the court at some point during the season, but will start at small forward.
Now I know that this girl won a slam dunk contest on ESPN, but I was not that impressed. It seemed like they just handed her the trophy because she was a girl. But if she is dunking over 6'9" Power Fowards...... OH, YOU BEST BELIEVE I WILL BE CHECKING HER OUT ON TV.
Can some of you College Women Basketball fans give me the scoop on young Candace and in your view will she revolutionize the sport. Because if she does, it is all the better for the WNBA and their players.
Despite losing three key players (Shyra Ely, Loree Moore and Brittany Jackson) who led Tennessee to four consecutive Final Four appearances, the Lady Vols are loaded this season -- although the biggest piece of the Lady Vols' title aspirations still hasn't actually played college ball yet. Redshirt freshman Candace Parker, the national high school player of the year two years ago, sat out last season because of lateral meniscus and lateral articular cartilage knee surgery. Now, Parker is finally healthy. Need proof? In a pickup game last week, Parker dunked over Ryan Childress, a 6-foot-9, 248-pound freshman on the Tennessee men's basketball team.
Parker is expected to be the team's leading scorer right away, and her coaches believe she will change the way women's basketball is played. Like Julius Erving, Parker is expected to take the game above the rim. She could play every position on the court at some point during the season, but will start at small forward.
Now I know that this girl won a slam dunk contest on ESPN, but I was not that impressed. It seemed like they just handed her the trophy because she was a girl. But if she is dunking over 6'9" Power Fowards...... OH, YOU BEST BELIEVE I WILL BE CHECKING HER OUT ON TV.
Can some of you College Women Basketball fans give me the scoop on young Candace and in your view will she revolutionize the sport. Because if she does, it is all the better for the WNBA and their players.
