Women’s basketball is undoubtedly going to be a top BIG EAST team next year. All five regular starters from this season – Danielle King, Allazia Blockton, Natisha Hiedeman, Erika Davenport and Amani Wilborn – will be rising seniors coming off a year of averaging over 10 points per game. Barring significant injury, the Golden Eagles will be in the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive season.
Everything beyond 2018-’19 is less clear. Kieger will basically be working with a clean slate once that senior core graduates in 2018. Assuming Kieger fills all seven open scholarships with freshman recruits, just under half that team will be newcomers.