Happy Thanksgiving - I just watched SimpleCoach's Thanksgiving video and he recapped the women's final four: https://youtu.be/5FIQOAw1u3o
Hopkins definitely has to be the favored team for all the reasons mentioned in some of the above posts. I watched the Hopkins / Misericordia game and after looking at the Box Score (and even knowing about the D1 transfers), I was still a little surprised at what's happening at Hopkins this year.
During the Misericordia game they used 4 subs out of a total roster of 35. The starting 11 consisted of 6 5th year grad students (more than half) 2 of which are "home grown" and 4 are D1 transfers. The remaining 5 starters include 3 freshmen and 2 sophomores. The four that were used off the bench include 2 5th year D1 transfers and one freshman and one sophomore. What you don't see on the field at all during the game are any juniors or seniors! Imagine being a senior that came to Hopkins in 2019 (the year before COVID) and now in 2022 you are sitting on the bench because 7 D1 5th year transfers came in (I'm purposely ignoring the 2 home grown 5th year seniors). Talk about renting a team for a year.
Hopkins definitely has to be the favored team for all the reasons mentioned in some of the above posts. I watched the Hopkins / Misericordia game and after looking at the Box Score (and even knowing about the D1 transfers), I was still a little surprised at what's happening at Hopkins this year.
During the Misericordia game they used 4 subs out of a total roster of 35. The starting 11 consisted of 6 5th year grad students (more than half) 2 of which are "home grown" and 4 are D1 transfers. The remaining 5 starters include 3 freshmen and 2 sophomores. The four that were used off the bench include 2 5th year D1 transfers and one freshman and one sophomore. What you don't see on the field at all during the game are any juniors or seniors! Imagine being a senior that came to Hopkins in 2019 (the year before COVID) and now in 2022 you are sitting on the bench because 7 D1 5th year transfers came in (I'm purposely ignoring the 2 home grown 5th year seniors). Talk about renting a team for a year.