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Baylor (4) @ South Carolina () - 12/2/18

JordyG said:
This current version of the Gamecocks is just awful. They continue, as they have every year, to be terrible shooters, run the break poorly, have poor spacing, and this year, poor size up front.
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Gee, sounds like a fundamental problem called coaching.
 
HuskyNan said:
Yes, that’s why she was chosen to be coach of the US Olympic National team :rolleyes:
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Dawn Staley doesn’t scare anyone as a coach. I could coach a team to 3 assists in an entire game like she recently accomplished.
 
I do think programs need to consider HOW all these top recruits can and should play together. Bringing in 6, 7, 8 or even 9 McDonalds AA’s like Texas, SC, Tenn does, you need to know if the personalities can mesh. At the moment, Karen and more so Dawn have some serious work to do with their rosters. It might only get worse with 5 new recruits coming in next year.
 
SECbbfan24 said:
I think a good chunk of the freshmen are locks to start given what we are seeing now for SC

South Carolina has zero answers for the bigs

Cooper is the entire SC team
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Probably start
Cooper (Sr)
Harris (Sr)
Herbert-Harrigan (Sr)
Boston (Fr)

with Cooke (Fr), Beal (Fr), Jackson (Jr), Grissett (Jr) ?
 
It will be interesting to see where SC finishes in the conference. They will get obliterated by MSU, but the rest of the conference is very bad. Kentucky and Tennessee will have solid teams but there is a major drop off after.

Georgia is not very good, LSU is bad. Florida and Vandy are a train wreck
 
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According to Debbie A, Dawn said her team need to make 12 three-pointers to win the game.

SC is not capable of making 12 threes against a team like Baylor. With 3+ minutes left (Baylor up by 24 points) SC has attempted 13 threes and made 3.

Strange thing to say.
 
I've never seen a team miss so many wide open 3's


And a lot of these kids were highly rated recruits. Its mind boggling to say the least.
 
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DeeHusky said:
It’s always been that; they have never been a good shooting team.
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You can say that again, but why would she chose them knowing she may never touch the ball. Wilson had other bigs to play with.
 
Good win by Baylor. Brown looks very good and the guard play solid. SC looks like a mess but theyll improve defensively and could give some teams trouble as the year goes on. Would love to see more of the freshmen...Smith, Egbo and Decosta all look very athletic, hope we see more of those 3 as the year goes on.

Egbo from a distance looked a lot like a smaller but more athletic Kalani Brown. Up close she looks similar to Anriel Howard IMO, she could don the "lashes" nickname too.
 
Baylor has Stanford and UCONN before conference play. They will roll through the big 12. Texas sure as hell isn't stopping them.

I do like Baylor freshmen a lot. All should see significant time pretty much all of conference play. Ursin looks like a brand new player compared to last season.

Adding Chloe gives them some consistency from the outside with her intermediate jumpers.
 
Does Mulkey have the chutzpah to play the youngins over the upper class? We will see when they play against decent teams.
 
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Agree SC looks terrible but anyone who think they will be elite next because of their recruits is forgetting relying on freshmen is risky. Boston’s level of competition next likely challenge her, I believe you have to have returning elite players to be elite.
 
I was very impressed with Baylor today. Baylor did whatever they wanted today, and they have some solid athletes on their team. If Baylor's guards can continue to make their open shots, Baylor looks like a legit Final 4 Team this year. Now having said that, I really am looking forward to seeing if Baylor can handle UCONN's defense. Should make for a very entertaining game.
 
nwhoopfan said:
That kind of worries me that Oregon St. barely beat S. Carolina.
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nwhoopfan, I'm not as worried about OSU's 2 point victory over South Carolina. Remember, OSU's issues have been closing out games, and they will get better in their execution at end of games. OSU was up by 16 or so points with 4 minutes to go vs South Carolina. I know Rueck will get this straightened out by the time the playoffs roll around.
 
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wallman said:
You can say that again, but why would she chose them knowing she may never touch the ball. Wilson had other bigs to play with.
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I don’t know, I don’t want to discredit dawn, but I don’t think she has the ability to coach or develop. I think she has the ability to recruit and make players want to come to South Carolina because of her pedigree. I think she won the championship the year she did based on talent and not coaching and of course UConn’s loss to Miss St. - A’Ja was going to be the player she is any way, that had nothing to do with Dawn’s coaching.
Same goes for Aston at Texas, I can assure you Charli Collier would be utilized much better right now. Did you see how well Ariel Atkins flourished once she was out of that system?
 
Well let me start by saying good job to Baylor. They played great and we didn’t it’s that simple. If UCONN doesn’t beat them no one will until the tournament. Brown and Cox are as advertised and Jackson and Landrum were impressive. I hope Mulkey continues schedule SC. It would’ve been a better matchup when we had A’ja down low but it would make good future matchups with her #1 Class versus ours.

Of course as a fan I’m disappointed in the outcome but I’m not upset about the effort. They played hard and that’s all I can ask for. 4 starters were in double figures just have to defend much better and continue to find niche. No one certainly can’t blame Dawn for her scheduling. No one has played more top 10 teams than to this point SC! Dawn could have took the easier way out and loaded up on cupcakes like most teams this year! But she isn’t like that, she knew it would be tough and she wanted to test her young squad for the future. For the fans who love to drag her when she’s down, have the same energy when she’s up! I see Miss St, Louisville, fans from the PAC etc., with ALOT to say when SC isn’t good at the moment. Let’s see how you do when your team lose your superstars Durr, McCowan, and the other stars for other teams will leave the same hole that A’ja has left in SC. Remember this thread next year!

As to SC, I bleed garnet and black and I have Dawn’s back. We are now in the past of our schedule that will determine how the rest of the season will go. Purdue and Duke will be tough but I think the game up to this point has prepared us enough to compete and win. The freshman next year will help a lot with the current issues such as rebounding, shooting and shot making ability. To put it simple SC doesn’t have the talent like most other teams right now! Looking at top rosters All of ND starters were McDAA same with UCONN (3 #1 recruits) and Baylor sans Jackson who was probably under ranked. I don’t care how good of a coach you are, you have to have talent plain and simple! SC will be fine and I’ll be on this train through the Downs (this year) and the Ups (the future)!
 
LOTRADER said:
I was very impressed with Baylor today. Baylor did whatever they wanted today, and they have some solid athletes on their team. If Baylor's guards can continue to make their open shots, Baylor looks like a legit Final 4 Team this year. Now having said that, I really am looking forward to seeing if Baylor can handle UCONN's defense. Should make for a very entertaining game.
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I'd be more interested to see if Baylor can handle UConn in transition and how they deal with UConn's half court spacing, precision and toughness.
 
DaBball said:
I’m not totally sold on Beal or Cooke, so their 2019 class will be interesting. I think Amihere Boston will be a tough duo.
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I may be biased but I think Beal is underrated and Cooke proved herself to me on the international stage. Both will be big keys to SCs future with their shot making ability from the perimeter.

I agree on Boston and Amihere. They could be better duo than Wilson and Coates when it’s all said and done.
 
wbball novice said:
Tough to see Doug Bruno and Kim Mulkey in pain from spinal problems. Clearly affecting Kim's dramatic moves on the sidelines.
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I kept asking her to throw her jacket, but nothing.
 
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