Final Four 2018 insight: 2016 Finalist and 2017 EuroCup Women winner Angel Robinson
SOPRON (EuroLeague Women) – Angel Robinson played in the 2016 Final Four title game for Roberto Iniguez, won EuroCup Women 2017 with Yakin Dogu Universitesi and has recently played against Dynamo Kursk.
SOPRON (EuroLeague Women) – Angel Robinson played in the 2016 Final Four title game for Roberto Iniguez, won EuroCup Women 2017 with Yakin Dogu Universitesi and played against Dynamo Kursk during this past EuroLeague Women Regular Season.
Well placed to assess the prospects of this year's edition of the EuroLeague Women Final Four in Sopron, FIBA.basketball caught up with the Perfumerias Avenida and Montenegro national team center to get her insight.
Angel Robinson in her own words: I think this is going to be one of the best Final Fours because we have to get ready to 'expect the unexpected'.
What are the true #EuroLeagueWomen Final Four prospects of hosts and so-called underdogs @WBSopron?
— EuroLeague Women (@EuroLeagueWomen) April 5, 2018
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You just never know who will eventually take the EuroLeague Women crown this season. Especially when you consider how [lead guard] Yvonne Turner and [head coach] Roberto Iniguez have both led Sopron back to the Final Four for the first time in a long while.
I had considered them as the 'underdogs', but they have been coached by someone who has taken nearly all of the teams he has coached [except Girona] to the EuroLeague Women Final Four.
Yakin Dogu Universitesi are my former team and they will be coming into this tournament hungry due to their status as Final Four first-timers.
They will be willing to do whatever it takes to win it all - doing so at their first attempt. I think they have the best backcourt with Kayla McBride and Courtney Vandersloot - those two are just so much fun to watch!
UMMC have obviously picked up Maya Moore halfway through the season to add to their dynasty with Brittney Griner and Alba Torrens. I am now anxious to see how they will compete even with an inconsistent season behind them.
Lastly, we have Dynamo Kursk, who dominated and went undefeated in Group A. Sonja Petrovic, Epiphanny Prince, Nnemkadi Ogumike, Angel McCoughtry and their post player, Maria Vadeeva have all been fun to watch. I am sure we will all be able to enjoy seeing what happens when these two Russian clubs meet up with each other in this EuroLeague Women Semi-Final!
Like everybody else, I am really looking forward to seeing what happens in Sopron!
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