I think South Carolina would benefit from Beale staying. I think what they will miss most from the departing seniors is the level of basketball IQ that Beal, Cooke, Fletcher, Saxton and Boston have. I think Johnson and Hall have pretty high basketball IQs but other than that I think there is a lot of talent and athleticism and talent without a ton of basketball IQ- especially in the front court. Someone like Beale staying would be tremendously helpful in that regard for them to balance the team out a bit.
Kitts is not incapable of stepping in from the wing
Which is exactly why I don’t want a forward to return. There are a lot of players waiting to play that we’re going to need over the next 2-3 years. LA comes back and we risk them transferring out. Beal is a big guard. We currently will have only Hall in that spot next year. Had things worked out it would’ve been Rivers and Hall rotating in that spot. I’m interested to see if Kitts gets reps at the 3 based on her skillset.
i agree with your last sentence but we need to keep our eyes open because one transfer might be worthy. For ( a farfetched) example, if a high scoring, superior, senior guard wanted to transfer in for one shot at a ring, we should keep our eyes open. She would need to be willing to fit into the system; not require the system to revolve around her. But that is highly improbable
Definitely a much improved offensive team this year. To be fair, I think the concern was justified last season as SC was not a strong offensive team last year (70.9 ppg on the year) but it ultimately didn't matter since their defense/rebounding was so good. In the tournament they were quite dominant yet only scored 68.8ppg.
Just flag anything inappropriate and I’ll take a look. I agree UConn fans should remember this is a South Carolina thread.
SC leads all P5 schools in 3PT defensive FG%. They are naturally prepared.
Under the “careful what you wish for” category:
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1. Lucky for you that they removed the dislike button.
2. Now I'm back on board for a showdown in Greenville. I want that matchup more than I want peace on earth.
That's a great question and one I've thought about. I believe Creighton? from last year and maybe UNC were both spread you out, throw it up teams that we played and defeated. Arkansas is one of those teams and I believe SDSU is one also. We play great man defense that is designed to funnel everyone inside and off the 3 pt line. We are going to pressure the ball handler from endline to endline. We have so many players that actually can contribute to our team that we tend to figure out the matchup problems and adjust our lineup to take care of that. A team that goes unconscious from behind the arc is one that could give us trouble, as they would anybody. What I have seen though is that our defense just wears teams down so by the 4th quarter those shots aren't falling. This year we have added a pretty potent offense. We don't shoot a lot of threes but we have been making enough that teams have to respect our shooters and that just opens up the inside for our post players.
True but her ability to seal and establish herself in the post can be frustrating for those defending her. If she's crafty enough, camping a big underneath isn't going to be sufficient and/or some cheap/ticky-tacky calls could go her way. And when they add Stuelke in with her as part of the rotation it makes defending the paint trickier because she's more agile and plays bigger than her size. They can also play a decent high-low post to post game.
You guys won't have any trouble shutting down Czinano, she struggles against legit front courts and defenses. Defense is not the strong suit of the Big 10.
lol yeah I was thinking the same thing. I bet Iowa would have no answers for defending the likes of Cardoso and Boston. I think both would have monster games against a team like Iowa.
SC would destroy Duke, I have no doubt about that. Duke might not score over 40 in that game but SC would be able to score in the 60’s.