Hannah Stuelke







If she's prepared herself for the W as she should have she should make all B1G.

We'll see how she's developed her shots from deep in the off-season. That's the key I'll be looking for.

I agree, and disagree. I don't think her future is ever going to involve shooting from deep. I would hope she averages less than 1 3FGA per game this year.

But I do think she has a potential future in the W, and I think it is playing just like she did for the national team this past summer. She was a critical piece for that team off the bench, in particular as a defender, rebounder, and opportunistic scorer.

I think she is all-B1G if she can defend and rebound her ass off, and then she can be a hyper-efficient and varied offensive threat. I would love to see her become more proficient with jumpers from the elbow and the short-corner, but what I really want to see is her being able to make great decisions with the ball. She made progress on this last year, but she still struggled at times to make the right read at game speed (she was quite good at this on the National team, which was critical because the guards were kind of black holes). If she can attack mismatches in the post (against smaller players) and on the elbow/wing (against slower players), and then be able to make the quick pass on the move when defenses collapse, she will be an absolute menace to opponents. And you know she will continue to get her easy buckets on runouts and ORB.

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I think her All-B1G season gets her back up around 14 pts/game and 60% shooting, but it also includes her rebounds per game at 9+, her assts per game at 3+, and her TO per game < 2.
 










I would agree that Hannah isn't a natural shooter, she has to work really hard at it.

If I had her talent and size, I'd be working really hard at it.
 


I would agree that Hannah isn't a natural shooter, she has to work really hard at it.

If I had her talent and size, I'd be working really hard at it.

I heard Clyde Hart (legendary Baylor T&F coach) speak at an Iowa T&F Coaches Clinic years ago. He was talking about developing 400m sprinters, discussing how generally they are either 200/400 athletes or 400/800 athletes. He mentioned that coaches always think they should try to bring up the "weak" spot of these athletes...have the 400/800 guys work on speed, and the 200/400 guys work on endurance. He stresses the exact opposite. Train people for their strengths. If the 200/400 guys responded well to longer training, they would probably be 800 runners. If the 400/800 guys responded well to speed work, they would probably already be sprinters.

That has always stuck with me, and I think it applies well beyond the scope of T&F. I think athletes (or people, in general) can spend so much time focusing on trying to improve their weak areas that they diminish what makes them great in the first place.

Hannah has been a great B1G player because of the work she has done in the paint. I would much rather her spend time trying to get even better at that, as opposed to trying to become something I don't think she will ever be...a stretch 4. If she can be more decisive around the rim, become more crafty in finishing under/over/around defenders, and become a surer ball-handler who can take a dribble and still have the control and werewithal to zip a pass out to an open shooter, she becomes the best version of herself.
 




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