One year after recording its best conference record since 2012-13 and reaching the WNIT quarterfinals, the Colorado Buffaloes women’s basketball team was picked to finish seventh in the Pac-12 Preseason Coaches Poll.
Colorado WBB picked to finish 7th in the Pac-12 this year. #cubuffs have enough talent to exceed those expectations: pic.twitter.com/bKMApnT3V8
— Brian Howell (@BrianHowell33) October 12, 2021
Head coach JR Payne’s Buffs earned 65 points to put them in the bottom half of the conference poll. Stanford, which the Buffaloes beat last season, was picked to finish first with 121 points.
Colorado returns a wealth of talent from last year’s squad including All-Pac-12 forward Mya Hollingshed. She will be embarking on her fifth season in Boulder.
At guard, junior Jaylyn Sherrod is fully recovered from a hip injury that cut her sophomore season short. Sherrod will also be joined by deadly three-point shooter Frida Formann.
The Buffaloes’ incoming freshman class enters with high expectations as well. Last year’s Kansas 6A Player of the Year Kennedy Taylor should be an impactful 6-foot-3 forward in addition to Hollingshed. Payne was also able to secure the Colorado 5A Player of the Year from Valor Christian High School, Kindyll Wetta, who is ranked as the nation’s No. 16 point guard by ESPN.
Colorado will play its first regular season game at Oklahoma State on Nov. 10.