Women's BB All-Time Great Team Player Cards Debut for Value Add Basketball Game

For the first time, we now have All-Time great college women's basketball teams for use with our Value Add Basketball Game. We will turn these into cards, but you can play the game using them as sheets. Just find the team you want to play and print out that sheet and it will print that sheet with three teams. The last of seven sheets with Cheryl Miller's USC team includes notes on what each range means by the player. 

Once I calculated the cards, I ran the numbers and it appears the two UConn teams and Pat Summitt's undefeated Tennessee team have the best cards, and all three would probably beat the average women's college basketball team by 50 points.

Not far behind them it appears both Baylor teams, the original NCAA champ Louisiana Tech, and Cheryl Miller's USC team could be the next best. After watching South Carolina destroy #3 LSU before the Super Bowl last night, it looks to me like they will be even better than the 2021 team I have in the game, which looks like the 8th best team in the game.

Seed	Great Team	Year	Cards pts above average
1	Connecticut	2016	49.9
2	Connecticut	2010	48.6
3	Tennessee	1998	47.7
4	Louisiana Tech	1982	43.6
5	Baylor	2019	41.5
6	Baylor	2012	41.0
7	USC	1983	39.8
8	Stanford	2021	39.3
9	Texas A&M	2011	37.9
10	South Carolina	2017	35.0
11	Ohio St.	2016	34.3
12	Mississippi St.	2018	33.7
13	Notre Dame	2018	33.7
14	Washington	2017	33.6
15	Oregon	2019	30.9
16	Louisville	2014	30.2
17	Texas	2018	21.9
18	Old Dominion	1980	20.0
19	Duke	2006	19.1
20	Long Beach St.	1987	18.6

While we have had more than 64,000 unique visitors to the game, I'm sure many others with no interest in playing a board game might still like looking over the sheets to get a feel for how good great players were.

We did try to keep it to one team per school to include as many schools as possible, but as you can see at the top did include two teams each for both Baylor and UConn out of our 20 total colleges represented. 

Stats are much hard to pull together for many of these teams, and we also calculated in WNBA stats for everyone who played there, and in other cases had to pull together multiple box scores from individual games to accurately rank a player. 

Great 18 Women's Teams Chosen for Game

We pulled together as many stats as we could for the history of college basketball, and chose these 18 teams for our initial All-Time Great Women's teams. We might have the player cards ready this weekend for use with the free Value Add Basketball Game.

Update, we did pull together the Long Beach State 1987 Final Four team, so these players will replace the more recent team listed below for the school.

We tried to limit every school to one team so that more would be represented, but did feel we had to include two teams from both Baylor and UConn. The first five players listed for each team are the players we plan to start, and each team has five reserves.

We list the teams in chronological order, starting with Nancy Lieberman's ODU two years before the NCAA had their first women's tournament.
 

Year	College	P;auer	Start?	Notes on team or player
1980	Old Dominion	Rec: 72-2 (2 yr), SRS: NA	Title	"Magic" Lady pre-NCAA
1980	Old Dominion	Nancy Lieberman	s	HOF -WNBA assists at 48 yrs old!
1980	Old Dominion	Inge Nissen	s	Double-double machine
1980	Old Dominion	Anne Donovan	s	Double-double machine
1980	Old Dominion	Angela Cotman	s
1980	Old Dominion	Rhonda Rompola	s
1980	Old Dominion	Chris Critelli	r
1980	Old Dominion	Susan Richardson	r
1980	Old Dominion	Linda Jerome	r
1980	Old Dominion	Sue Brown	r
1980	Old Dominion	Noreen Kemether	r
1982	Louisiana Tech	Rec: 35-1, AP: 1st	Title	1st official NCAA champs
1982	Louisiana Tech	Pam Kelly	s	20.3 ppg, 9.1 reb
1982	Louisiana Tech	Janice Lawrence	s	Hall of Fame
1982	Louisiana Tech	Angela Turner	s	All-American
1982	Louisiana Tech	Kim Mulkey	s	Hall of Fame
1982	Louisiana Tech	Lori Scott	s
1982	Louisiana Tech	Debra Rodman	r
1982	Louisiana Tech	Tia Sossamon	r
1982	Louisiana Tech	Pam Gant	r
1982	Louisiana Tech	Jennifer White	r	Big off bench in title game
1982	Louisiana Tech	Julie Wilkerson	r
1983	USC	Rec: 31-2, SRS: NA	Title	Cheryl Miller best ever?
1983	USC	Cheryl Miller	s	POY, HOF 20.4, 9.7 R, 3.5 St
1983	USC	Paula Mcgee	s	All-American
1983	USC	Pam Mcgee	s	All-American
1983	USC	Cynthia Cooper	s	Hall of Fame
1983	USC	Rhonda Windham	s
1983	USC	Jamaiia Bond	r
1983	USC	Juliette Robinson	r
1983	USC	Kathy Doyle	r	All-Conf another yr
1983	USC	Melissa Ward	r
1983	USC	Yolanda Fletcher	r	Hit big shots in F4
1998	Tennessee	Rec: 39-0, AP: 1st	Title	Pat Summitt's most dominant
1998	Tennessee	Chamique Holdsclaw	s	POY, Hall of Fame
1998	Tennessee	Tamika Catchings	s	1 of 3 could score 20 a game
1998	Tennessee	Kellie Jolly	s	1 of 3 could score 20 a game
1998	Tennessee	Semeka Randall	s
1998	Tennessee	Kristen "Ace" Clement	s
1998	Tennessee	Teresa Geter	r
1998	Tennessee	Niya Butts	r
1998	Tennessee	LaShonda Stephens	r
1998	Tennessee	Brynae Laxton	r
1998	Tennessee	Laurie Milligan	r
2006	Duke	Rec: 31-4, SRS: 24	Runner-up	Led by 13 in Title Game vs. MD
2006	Duke	Alison Bales	s	15 pt, 13 reb to upset Uconn
2006	Duke	Monique Currie	s	Strong WNBA
2006	Duke	Mistie Williams	s
2006	Duke	Lindsey Harding	s
2006	Duke	Wanisha Smith	s
2006	Duke	Abby Waner	r	could score 10 off bench
2006	Duke	Chante Black	r
2006	Duke	Jessica Foley	r
2006	Duke	Laura Kurz	r	45% 3-pt, 87% FT
2006	Duke	Carrem Gay	r	63% FG despite inj
2010	Connecticut	Rec: 39-0, SRS: 50	Title	Only 2 w/ SRS 50 are UConn
2010	Connecticut	Maya Moore	s	Player of the Year
2010	Connecticut	Tina Charles	s	18 ppg, 10 rpg
2010	Connecticut	Kalana Greene	s
2010	Connecticut	Tiffany Hayes	s
2010	Connecticut	Caroline Doty	s
2010	Connecticut	Meghan Gardler	r
2010	Connecticut	Kelly Faris	r
2010	Connecticut	Kaili McLaren	r
2010	Connecticut	Lorin Dixon	r
2010	Connecticut	Heather Buck	r
2011	Texas A&M	Rec: 33-5, SRS: 39	Title	Most dominant 1 player title
2011	Texas A&M	Danielle Adams	s	22.3 ppg, 8.5 rpg
2011	Texas A&M	Tyra White	s
2011	Texas A&M	Sydney Carter	s
2011	Texas A&M	Adaora Elonu	s
2011	Texas A&M	Sydney Colson	s
2011	Texas A&M	Karla Gilbert	r
2011	Texas A&M	Maryann Baker	r
2011	Texas A&M	Adrienne Pratcher	r
2011	Texas A&M	Kelsey Assarian	r
2011	Texas A&M	Skylar Collins	r
2012	Baylor	Rec: 40-0, SRS: 43	Title	POY & next POY
2012	Baylor	Brittney Griner	s	POY, 23 ppg, 9 rpg
2012	Baylor	Odyssey Sims	s	POY, HOF
2012	Baylor	Destiny Williams	s
2012	Baylor	Kimetria Hayden	s
2012	Baylor	Jordan Madden	s
2012	Baylor	Brooklyn Pope	r
2012	Baylor	Terran Condrey	r
2012	Baylor	Ashley Field	r
2012	Baylor	Sune Agbuke	r
2012	Baylor	Makenzie Robertson	r
2016	Connecticut	Rec: 38-0, SRS: 52	Title	Highest SRS ever, 52
2016	Connecticut	Breanna Stewart	s	Player of the Year
2016	Connecticut	Moriah Jefferson	s	2.6 steals per game
2016	Connecticut	Morgan Tuck	s
2016	Connecticut	Katie Lou Samuelson	s
2016	Connecticut	Kia Nurse	s
2016	Connecticut	Gabby Williams	r
2016	Connecticut	Napheesa Collier	r
2016	Connecticut	Natalie Butler	r
2016	Connecticut	Saniya Chong	r
2016	Connecticut	Courtney Ekmark	r
2016	Ohio St.	Rec: 26-8, SRS: 27	Sweet 16	Need little more help for Kelsey
2016	Ohio St.	Kelsey Mitchell	s	POY 26 ppg
2016	Ohio St.	Ameryst Alston	s	18 ppg
2016	Ohio St.	Alexa Hart	s	11 ppg, 8 rpg
2016	Ohio St.	Asia Doss	s
2016	Ohio St.	Cait Craft	s
2016	Ohio St.	Shayla Cooper	r	13.3, 8.1 off bench
2016	Ohio St.	Makayla Waterman	r
2016	Ohio St.	Lisa Blair	r
2016	Ohio St.	Kaylan Pugh	r
2016	Ohio St.	Chelsea Mitchell	r
2017	Long Beach St.	Rec: 23-11, SRS: 4	1st round	Not enough stats 87 & 88 Final 4
2017	Long Beach St.	Madison Montgomery	s
2017	Long Beach St.	Anna Kim	s
2017	Long Beach St.	Jewelyn Sawyer	s
2017	Long Beach St.	Gigi Hascheff	s
2017	Long Beach St.	Martina McCowan	s
2017	Long Beach St.	Raven Benton	r
2017	Long Beach St.	Jessica Gertz	r
2017	Long Beach St.	Cecily Wilson	r
2017	Long Beach St.	Chanterria Jackson	r
2017	Long Beach St.	Katie Webster	r
2017	South Carolina	Rec: 33-4, SRS: 36	Title	Could have another title this yr
2017	South Carolina	A'ja Wilson	s	Player of the Year
2017	South Carolina	Allisha Gray	s
2017	South Carolina	Kaela Davis	s
2017	South Carolina	Alaina Coates	s
2017	South Carolina	Tyasha Harris	s
2017	South Carolina	Bianca Cuevas-Moore	r
2017	South Carolina	Mikiah Herbert Harrigan	r
2017	South Carolina	Doniyah Cliney	r
2017	South Carolina	Victoria Patrick	r
2017	South Carolina	Araion Bradshaw	r
2017	Washington	Rec: 29-6, SRS: 34	Sweet 16	Pac-12 rising back to top
2017	Washington	Kelsey Plum	s	All-time great, 31.7 ppg
2017	Washington	Chantel Osahor	s	16 ppg, 15 rpg
2017	Washington	Natalie Romeo	s
2017	Washington	Aari McDonald	s
2017	Washington	Katie Collier	s
2017	Washington	Heather Corral	r
2017	Washington	Hannah Johnson	r
2017	Washington	Mai-Loni Henson	r
2017	Washington	Deja Strother	r
2017	Washington	Amber Melgoza	r
2018	Notre Dame	Rec: 35-3, SRS: 36	Title	Rallied from 13 down for title
2018	Notre Dame	Arike Ogunbowale	s	Player of the Year
2018	Notre Dame	Jessica Shepard	s	16 ppg, 8 reb
2018	Notre Dame	Jackie Young	s
2018	Notre Dame	Marina Mabrey	s	2 steals per game
2018	Notre Dame	Kathryn Westbeld	s
2018	Notre Dame	Kristina Nelson	r
2018	Notre Dame	Danielle Patterson	r
2018	Notre Dame	Lili Thompson	r
2018	Notre Dame	Mikayla Vaughn	r
2018	Notre Dame	Kaitlin Cole	r
2018	Texas	Rec: 28-7, SRS: 33	Sweet 16	Two Elite 8s since then, so close
2018	Texas	Ariel Atkins	s	15 ppg, 3 steals per game
2018	Texas	Brooke McCarty	s
2018	Texas	Lashann Higgs	s
2018	Texas	Jatarie White	s
2018	Texas	Audrey-Ann Caron-Goudreau	s
2018	Texas	Sug Sutton	r
2018	Texas	Joyner Holmes	r
2018	Texas	Jordan Hosey	r
2018	Texas	Rellah Boothe	r
2018	Texas	Jada Underwood	r
2019	Baylor	Rec: 37-1, SRS: 42	Title	About equal to Griner's team
2019	Baylor	Kalani Brown	s	15.8 ppg
2019	Baylor	Lauren Cox	s
2019	Baylor	Chloe Jackson	s
2019	Baylor	Juicy Landrum	s
2019	Baylor	DiDi Richards	s
2019	Baylor	NaLyssa Smith	r	POY later
2019	Baylor	Queen Egbo	r
2019	Baylor	Moon Ursin	r
2019	Baylor	Honesty Scott-Grayson	r
2019	Baylor	Aquira DeCosta	r
2019	Oregon	Rec: 33-5, SRS: 38	Final 4	Covid season was shot at title
2019	Oregon	Sabrina Ionescu	s	all-time great
2019	Oregon	Satou Sabally	s
2019	Oregon	Ruthy Hebard	s	16 ppg, 9 rpg
2019	Oregon	Erin Boley	s
2019	Oregon	Maite Cazorla	s
2019	Oregon	Oti Gildon	r
2019	Oregon	Taylor Chavez	r
2019	Oregon	Lydia Giomi	r
2019	Oregon	Morgan Yaeger	r
2019	Oregon	Nyara Sabally	r
2021	Stanford	Rec: 19-2, SRS: 42	Title	Followed title w/ Final 4, next?
2021	Stanford	Kiana Williams	s
2021	Stanford	Haley Jones	s
2021	Stanford	Lexie Hull	s
2021	Stanford	Cameron Brink	s
2021	Stanford	Anna Wilson	s
2021	Stanford	Francesca Belibi	r
2021	Stanford	Hannah Jump	r
2021	Stanford	Ashten Prechtel	r
2021	Stanford	Lacie Hull	r
2021	Stanford	Jana Van Gytenbeek	r

16 All-Time Great Women's College Teams to be Added to Game

Basketball Reference is doing a great job of building up women's historic stats. Still a work on progress, but I believe I have pulled enough from them and other sources to pull together an initial all-time great Women's teams for the Value Add Basketball Game.

I try to pull the greatest teams but also teams with the greatest players of all time so they have cards. Here is a great piece on Nate Silver's site tracking the women's dynasties.

I try to pick as many different schools as possible, so to do that Baylor and UConn are the only schools with two teams even though they and Tennessee and the new South Carolina teams could fill out a whole game.

We are also limited by which teams have stats, or at least enough accounts of games that I can compile the player cards. 

Here are the 16 teams I intend to roll out as early as this weekend if the calculations go well.

School	Year	Season	Star Player - POY at some point in career
Baylor	2012	Nat'l Champs	Odyssey Sims & Brittney Griner (both POY)
Baylor	2019	Nat'l Champs	NaLyssa Smith (POY)
Connecticut	2010	Nat'l Champs	Maya Moore (POY)
Connecticut	2016	Nat'l Champs	Breanna Stewart (POY)
Duke	2002	Final 4	Alana Beard
Louisiana Tech	1982	Nat'l Champs	Pam Kelly (POY)
Notre Dame	2018	Nat'l Champs	Arike Ogunbowale (POY)
Ohio St.	2016	Sweet 16	Kelsey Mitchell (POY)
Oregon	2019	Final 4	Sabrina Ionescu
South Carolina	2017	Nat'l Champs	A'ja Wilson (POY)
Stanford	2021	Nat'l Champs	Haley Jones
Tennessee	1998	Nat'l Champs	Chamique Holdsclaw (POY)
Texas	2018	Sweet 16	Brooke McCarty
Texas A&M	2011	Nat'l Champs	Danielle Adams
USC	1984	Nat'l Champs	Cheryl Miller (POY)
Washington	2017	Sweet 16	Kelsey Plum

Trying to figure out if we can cobble together numbers for an Old Dominion University and/or Long Beach State team.

We can go with Madison Montgomery's 2017 Long Beach State team as we have their stats, though obviously would prefer to pull together some info on the back-to-back Final Four teams from 1987 and 1988.

For Old Dominion we don't even have their 2008 team stats, though would love to have 1985 of course.