I think Amihere is solidly the 6.5 player off the bench. In many games, Cordova will be first off the bench to replace Boston. However, some games (like tonight???) will see a twin towers lineup for much of the game. She will be the second tower frequently.
The "problem" with SC is that they're loaded with talent in the junior and freshman classes, with players sprinkled in between. I mean, they have an insane amount of talent, on paper-even more than we do I would say. So, the kids that get buried on the bench this year will probably be still buried there next year, because SC doesn't lose much.
That's an entirely reasonable explanation but not one a person would get from reading this article. Most significant is that these calls are coming before the "First game of the season" and that is according to the tittle of the article. That is not my spin that the title of the article and the prior quote by dawn indicate that "playing time" would be specifically discussed. SC opened the season last year against the College of Charleston. In that game 5 SC played 20 Mins or more, 5 additional SC players played double digits in minutes and another played 8 minutes. Dawn has 16 players on the roster this season and NCSt is not Charleston. BTW maintaining a good relationship with the parents makes these calls a very good idea and again I'm not suggesting Dawn is doing anything wrong.
That's not necessarily true we'll lose at least 4 rotational players this off-season, assuming we no one takes a Covid bonus year.
Yea UCONN has some experience with transfers that's true. SC has major experience with transfers as well since your one and only championship was largely propelled by transfers. UCONN doesn't have any experience managing a roster of 16 players. Please be sure to let us know how that works out for you!
GamecockWBB parents have a GREAT relationship with the program and you can see it in how involved the parents are on social media. Bree Hall’s dad is a fun follow by the way.
This year is Amihere’s audition for the starting spot next year IMHO. I love Amihere but she hasn’t earned it up to this point. If her junior goes as her postseason went last year then she’s no doubt the forward starter next year. Cardoso will still be Boston’s backup next year most likely because the post is ALL hers the following year.. and she’ll likely be a top 3 pick coming out.
No matter if Amihere starts or not, I think she'll be fine. I believe she'll be getting starter minutes regardless next season. She'll probably be the biggest benefactor from Saxton and Grissett departures. The NCAA tournament, the Americup and to a lesser extent the Olympics have shown to me that Amihere can take over the game at a moment's notice. When everything is clicking she's a nightmare for our opponents and I really hope this is the year it finally all comes together for her.
From what I saw from Amihere in international play, she will have lots of playing time.
Dawn has 3 post players, 4 if you include Saxton. She also has a bunch of talented wings and guards. Like everyone else in college basketball, she has 200 minutes per game to allocate.
She got significant PT in tonight’s big game. And Boston got significant rest until the last 5 minutes when she worked
Saw that. Dawn went 10 deep tonight and her finishing 5 was Boston, Amihere, Beal, Henderson & Cook.
Amihere minutes will go up this year, not down, she will play more minutes than Saxton at the 4. Kamilla will pull two duties, first she will spell Boston at the 5 for 15-18 min a game and she will also play the 5 when Dawn slips Boston to the 4 spot. There will be some lineups occasionally that include Amihere, Kamilla and Boston, but not often as Dawn is inclined to be more guard heavy than frontcourt heavy. It depends on the opponent. I think Rivers eventually takes some of the 3 spot minutes from Beal as the season progresses, she is way more dynamic offensively, just needs to convince the HC her D and passing are ready for the show.
I do. It’s been that way at places like UCONN for quite awhile. I’m not talking about recruits like Paige or Azzi or Katy Lou or Breanna. UCONN gets a bunch of those generational talents that always play right away, but many of their highly ranked recruits have always bided their time and came out the better for it.
She did in the NCSU game last night. I don’t believe she came out in the 4th, she has taken a step in her game, and tbh, she is the hardest player on the SC roster to defend when she plays like she is now. Her minutes are going up.
When you say: "It’s been that way at places like UCONN for quite awhile." I'm assuming you mean managing transfer and large rosters and not redshirting a healthy player. UCONN has not had a healthy eligible player redshirt since Heather Buck in the 2008-09 season. Even Heather's situation then and her ultimate decision to redshirt was partly due to her contracting mononucleosis and missing the first 5 games of the season.
Exactly. I don’t expect Rivers or Johnson to redshirt, prob not Feagin either, but managing their PT is the question, and getting them to develop without a bunch of PT. The SC freshmen will need to learn that lesson as many UCONN highly rated players have done so in the past.
