Blue and Gold Illustrated

May 2016 Issue

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL six scorers and adding two different National Player of the Year recruits, provides a promising window of hope compared to the last four when there was a tacit "learned helpless‑ ness" in women's college basketball. BRIANNA TURNER IS THE CENTERPIECE Barring an early Jewell Loyd‑like WNBA defection by current sopho‑ more post and second‑team Asso‑ ciated Press All‑American Brianna Turner after the 2016‑17 season, Mc‑ Graw might have her two most indi‑ vidually talented and deepest Notre Dame teams in her three decades of coaching in the coming two years. When Loyd suddenly bolted last spring after her junior campaign, and starter/captain Taya Reimer left the program in December, popular opin‑ ion held that the youth‑laden Irish would be a "year away" from vying for the national title. There will be eight McDonald's All‑ Americans on the Irish roster next year compared to UConn's four (in‑ cluding incoming 5‑6 point guard Crystal Dangerfield). All-American sophomore forward Brianna Turner — who paced the team with 14.6 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game — underwent shoulder surgery in April and will rehab for four to six months. PHOTO BY JOE RAYMOND

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