In Reply to: Defending women's basketball champion UCLA set for preseason exhi posted by mh on July 22, 2026 at 08:42:43
If Holloway, Howell, and Parchment are listed as "also in attendance" it's going to be very ugly. I was advocating hard for us to portal in, Parchment and Howell. And, if I thought there was any prayer we could have gotten Holloway, I'd have been hollering for her too.
Those three are better than anyone we'll have on the court, except maybe Sienna. We'll see how far Sienna has come. And, they are listed as "also's."
The absence of Gardiner is a huge bummer. Mostly because it makes me worry if this is an injury that's going to heal. She's been out a long time. Without Gardiner, we are super duper incredibly thin in the front court. Like, Muse might start. And, whether she does or not, surely both Brown and Bilic will see huge minutes in the front court. Hell, one of them will have to be the 4 for a huge chunk of time.
Really wish CCC would have brought in another big.
W/o Gardiner, we lose the chance to get a sneak peak at what the planned front court rotation will be.