Mizzou women's basketball prospects for this year

Posted on: June 20, 2020 at 17:21:00 CT

Time to start a new post. I'm pretty excited to see what the women's basketball team can do this year. Lots of new pieces with great talent. I think if the men's team had a projected starting lineup with 4 players ranked in the top 50 nationally, including a top 10 player, and the fifth player an all-conference transfer, we'd be estatic.

Here's my projected lineup (I have no inside information, just speculating), but what do others think? Full roster I am aware of is below (let me know if I'm missing anyone).

POSSIBLE STARTERS? - all rankings are from ESPN
Shug Dickson (junior) - 5’9” point guard - ranked #25
Aijha Blackwell (sophomore) - 6’ guard - ranked #9
Hayley Frank (sophomore) - 6’1” guard - ranked #26
Shannon Dufficy (senior)- 6’2” (all conference at Utah State)
LaDazhia Williams (junior) - 6’4” center ranked #49


FULL ROSTER
Point guards
Shug Dickson (junior) - ranked #25, transferred in from Tulsa where she averaged 14 points a game, sat out last year
Mama Dembele (freshman) - from France, very fast, probably equivalent to a top 100 talent, high assist and steal numbers
Lauren Hanson (sophomore) - probably will be sitting out - Auburn transfer (started 20 games for them) - ranked #71, a scoring point guard

Other guards
Aijha Blackwell (sophomore) - ranked #9
Hayley Frank (sophomore) - ranked #26
Sara Rose-Smith (freshman) - played on Australian national teams
Haley Troup (junior)
Nadia Green (senior)

Forwards
Shannon Dufficy (senior) - from Australia so no high school ranking, but averaged 16 points and 10 rebounds in her junior year at Utah State (all conference player), sat out last year - reportedly a tough rebounder and likely starter
LaDazhia Williams (junior) - ranked #49, transferred from South Carolina
Jayla Kelly (freshman) - ranked #72 and a top 10 post prospect
Micah Linthacum (redshirt freshman)