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Gamecocks 2022, Part II

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JDuro said:
I was there. The defense is very ahead of the offense. Dawn wasn’t lying about Hall’s aggressiveness on D and Rivers’ passing. She had a couple sweet long passes. Black team defeated the Garnet team, and then the ladies beat the team of male practice players (for what it’s worth, last season’s starters started against the men).

The team theme is “Net worth”.

Janiah Barker was there. She sat midcourt about 5 rows up with apparently her mom. Even though she was masked, I recognized her pretty quickly as she entered the stands headed to her seats.
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Thanks for the insights! What are your thoughts on the team relative to last year? Seems like offense usually lags behind the defense at season’s beginning for Dawn’s teams.
 

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JDuro said:
I was there. The defense is very ahead of the offense. Dawn wasn’t lying about Hall’s aggressiveness on D and Rivers’ passing. She had a couple sweet long passes. Black team defeated the Garnet team, and then the ladies beat the team of male practice players (for what it’s worth, last season’s starters started against the men).

The team theme is “Net worth”.

Janiah Barker was there. She sat midcourt about 5 rows up with apparently her mom. Even though she was masked, I recognized her pretty quickly as she entered the stands headed to her seats.
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Thank you! I'm really excited to see Hall play! It sounds like she will fit right into Lele's shoes. We really needed a lockdown defender on Haley Jones in the Stanford game. With Lele injured and Brea guarding their best player there was no one who could assist. Sounds like things are changing for the good...
 
GoChips20 said:
Thanks for the insights! What are your thoughts on the team relative to last year? Seems like offense usually lags behind the defense at season’s beginning for Dawn’s teams.
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Bigger, faster, deeper, more athletic.
GamecockFam said:
Thank you! I'm really excited to see Hall play! It sounds like she will fit right into Lele's shoes. We really needed a lockdown defender on Haley Jones in the Stanford game. With Lele injured and Brea guarding their best player there was no one who could assist. Sounds like things are changing for the good...
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I think Haley Jones was their best player.
 
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SCGamecock said:
A class of Barker, Cooper and Watkins would be big time. The athleticism but also the skill.
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but, is there room for 2 bigs? I would have said "yes" before the Cardoso transfer, but now I am not so confident.
 
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visitingcock said:
but, is there room for 2 bigs? I would have said "yes" before the Cardoso transfer, but now I am not so confident.
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Just my gut but I beleive Barker sees herself as a 3 or maybe even a big 2. Watkins is a 4 IMO There is room
 
visitingcock said:
but, is there room for 2 bigs? I would have said "yes" before the Cardoso transfer, but now I am not so confident.
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I don’t think Barker is being recruited strictly as a big. She could do very well at the wing spot. More than enough skill and she can actually shoot and dribble out there. Also getting her and Watkins would be a plus because we lose Saxton, Boston, and Amihere within the next two years and will need to replace them.
 
visitingcock said:
but, is there room for 2 bigs? I would have said "yes" before the Cardoso transfer, but now I am not so confident.
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From what I've seen she's a very skilled forward who can play away from the basket, a legitimate candidate to play on the wing. With all the depth, she likely won't play at the 2 very much at all, if any.

USC has plenty of room for incoming recruits like Barker given 5 players each of the next two have their normal 4 year eligibility ending, some who I see choosing to move on. I believe Boston, Cooke, Henderson and possibly Amihere, will move on to the WNBA draft. Also Wesolek and Thompson don't appear to ever be any major factor in game rotations even if they stay for the extra year. So that leaves Saxton, Littleton, and Beal as wildcards. I just think Dawn only needs to bring in moderately sized classes of around 3 recruits the next couple years.
 
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The idea of a Barker/Feagin combo at the SF/PF spot is very enticing in the post-Boston/Amihere era.
 
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