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Can UConn get away with playing 4 guards vs Oregon or SC?

That was finally the solution for them today but for me I'm not sure Westbrook is necessary.

Course they weren't getting anything out of their bigs today and might on a different day.
 
Floridaduck said:
No Sabally for Oregon. The hits keep right on comin…
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Gonna have to put an asterisk next to this one.

Looks like Amihere is the only South Carolina post player going off so far.
 
Oregon is a large basketball team without Sabally et al.

44-26 South Carolina at the half.
 
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Gamecockfan77 said:
Yeah, it's tough.
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Not saying South Carolina couldn't beat Oregon at full strength.

Anyway everybody wants to see SC vs. UConn, so we'll get that match up.
 
Centerstream said:
A single game or two game scenario?
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Don't know. They dont have to give us fans the details but I wish coaches could give out injury status as a 1 thru 5. Five being out for the year. One being a precautionary move. These things drive fans nuts no matter who you follow. And sometimes Graves will answer "I don't know, I just leave it up to the trainers to when they come back" He knows all the details. But all fans have been there following their favorite teams. They finally addressed Paopao after it was the talk of social media for days. If I was a player I would tweet out. "Hey my knee is sore today but hope to be back soon" But that is me.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
Not saying South Carolina couldn't beat Oregon at full strength.

Anyway everybody wants to see SC vs. UConn, so we'll get that match up.
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I give the edge to the gamecocks over Huskies at this point. But this is why they play them.

Half the pac-12 is content with feasting on pre-season cupcakes. Those schools know who they are. Hats off to the schools here that wanted to participate. Many in their own conferences would have declined.
 
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The Paige Bueckers Zia Cooke rematch will be amazing.
 
Kind of see today why Staley wasn't pleased with Rivers defensively. Also pretty tentative compared to yesterday. Bigger stage of course, better opponent.
 
80-63 Final.

Pretty lopsided vs depleted Oregon.

South Carolina could be so good if they'd clean some things up.

Will be interesting to see if SC shortens rotation for UConn or continues working on building depth.
 
As out of topic side note. Haley Jones is now out at Stanford for unknown reasons

. Gonzaga up 29 to 18, 5 mins before half
 
nwhoopfan said:
Down 3 starters. Take away 3 starters for literally any team in the country and see what you have.
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the asterisk should note it is the Ducks 3 best players. If anything, this will help the Ducks later in the season as it will give their backup players experience before the PAC-12 and NCAA playoffs
 
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LoTrader said:
the asterisk should note it is the Ducks 3 best players. If anything, this will help the Ducks later in the season as it will give their backup players experience before the PAC-12 and NCAA playoffs
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Also it could give SC bad read if there is a rematch.
 
  1. Pretty pleased with the Ducks actually. Not only short three all Pac-12 starters but their three leading scorers. Good minutes for the depth against the best. Graves is all about March and getting ready for a deep tourney run. Today was another step with the minutes Kyei and Watson got. Handful with USF tomorrow though.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
Also it could give SC bad read if there is a rematch.
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Dawn was experimenting with line-ups and playing backups for huge chunks of the game. Don't expect them to overlook Oregon if there is a rematch.
 
Floridaduck said:
  1. Pretty pleased with the Ducks actually. Not only short three all Pac-12 starters but their three leading scorers. Good minutes for the depth against the best. Graves is all about March and getting ready for a deep tourney run. Today was another step with the minutes Kyei and Watson got. Handful with USF tomorrow though.
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I agree, and Pinto and Hurst are getting great experience and showing they will provide quality depth.
 
Talon said:
Dawn was experimenting with line-ups and playing backups for huge chunks of the game. Don't expect them to overlook Oregon if there is a rematch.
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Dawn is going to respect Oregon either way.

More about the players expecting one thing and getting another.
 
SC has really moved the ball well in this tournament and the matchup with Oregon's size was pretty good prep for UConn's interior.

I'm hopeful that there will be more scoring than last season.

Decision making from guards plus Amihere emergence, plus Cardoso should be improvement.

On the other side, you can't leave Fudd.
 
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That was an odd game.

South Carolina lost composure trying to go one on one at the shot blockers and not getting back in transition.

UConn could not put them away and South Carolina dominated the boards and scoreboard from them on. Outscored UConn by 29 after falling behind by 13.

UConn put up a 3 pt 4th quarter two years after putting up a 2 pt 1st Q in this series.

Huskies didn't score the last 5 minutes. With the Stanford loss, I've seen enough to rank SCar #1 in the boneyard poll this week.
 
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To me, UCONN played about as well as they can at present in the first quarter, and also played better team basketball overall in the first 3 quarters, but once SCar weathered that early storm it also seemed to me that they are (presently, anyway) the better team. A little too much one on one for me, but the talent is extraordinary.

I realize that both teams will improve as the season progresses, but I do wonder how UCONN can substantially lessen the current gap unless someone not named Paige really steps up. She's about as good as it gets, and I remember Diana T. hauling two UCONN teams to national championships despite (imo) not being the most talented teams around, but today's WBB is different and Dawn has constructed a team that will be very tough to beat.
 
jonson said:
To me, UCONN played about as well as they can at present in the first quarter, and also played better team basketball overall in the first 3 quarters, but once SCar weathered that early storm it also seemed to me that they are (presently, anyway) the better team. A little too much one on one for me, but the talent is extraordinary.

I realize that both teams will improve as the season progresses, but I do wonder how UCONN can substantially lessen the current gap unless someone not named Paige really steps up. She's about as good as it gets, and I remember Diana T. hauling two UCONN teams to national championships despite (imo) not being the most talented teams around, but today's WBB is different and Dawn has constructed a team that will be very tough to beat.
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I feel like that was SCar's worst team offense performance of the season as far as too much one on one play and it only got a little better as time went on. Hell, Amihere was still at it in the last minute.

I think if UConn could spread the floor a little more and rebound it could be very different.

But defense and rebounding is what SCar does so might be hard.
 
Floridaduck said:
Saw a stat where SC rebounded 50% of their misses and 79% of UConn‘s. That’s ballgame to me. Too many extra possessions
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I just heard a stat (on the Oregon-USF halftime show) that SC had 17 second-chance points compared to UConn's 2. That was essentially the MOV right there.
 
Speaking of stats Oregon with 20 to’s in 3 q has led to USF launching 53 shots to Oregon’s 32. A differential of 21. Ouch. Not how you win games
 
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