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lol those announcers were not homers. They didn't even know how to pronounce Zia.

I was really impressed with Saxton on offense in this game. I think this was the first game that she was consistently looking for her shot and trying to be a playmaker.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
I'm not sure Mulkey or her team believed LSU committed a single foul. Or thought a single miss was cleanly defended.

I'm happy with the win under those circumstances.

I'm back to thinking Feagin might be the best of the freshmen.
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As far as highest ceiling, I swing back and forth between Feagin and Rivers. If Rivers can find her shot, which she will, she will be electric. Feagin just has potential pro written on her.
 
SCGamecock said:
As far as highest ceiling, I swing back and forth between Feagin and Rivers. If Rivers can find her shot, which she will, she will be electric. Feagin just has potential pro written on her.
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Agree with both of those. I think Breezy Hall is going to be like Brea Beal. She’ll do all the little things and be a mainstay in the line-up. Camilla, Feagin and Ashlyn Watkins will be good inside and we have some great guards. It’s a Solid start to move the program forward in 2 years.
 
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Me too! I think she should get minutes regardless, not when we need three point shooting. She’s also good defensively so it’s puzzling.
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Don't think she could have stayed in front of LSU's guards, not that anyone did.
 
SCGamecock said:
A Stanford fan harping on Boston's play style is grand.. especially considering how Brink and the Hulls play. I don't get it.
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I'd like to think it's homers taking for granted that their team's physicality is perfectly ok, while expecting every call on the other end.
 
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TC22 said:
Agree with both of those. I think Breezy Hall is going to be like Brea Beal. She’ll do all the little things and be a mainstay in the line-up. Camilla, Feagin and Ashlyn Watkins will be good inside and we have some great guards. It’s a Solid start to move the program forward in 2 years.
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Would love to see us pick up a super Big in the 22/24 classes. By “super” I mean a Wilson /Boston type. Not sure if there are any that we are in on in those two classes. Feagan and Ashlyn are high quality but not “super” - in my eyes.
 
Amihere and Cardosa out again tonight. I expect a lot of rough play against Boston tonight to put her on wear her out and/or foul here out.

Hope Feagen steps up again.
 
visitingcock said:
Would love to see us pick up a super Big in the 22/24 classes. By “super” I mean a Wilson /Boston type. Not sure if there are any that we are in on in those two classes. Feagan and Ashlyn are high quality but not “super” - in my eyes.
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A "Wilson/Boston" type?" Those are the two best players that you've ever had. That's like a UConn fan looking for a Moore/Stewart type. These players come only once every ten years. If that. But hey, aim for the stars.
 
JonathanXIV said:
A "Wilson/Boston" type?" Those are the two best players that you've ever had. That's like a UConn fan looking for a Moore/Stewart type. These players come only once every ten years. If that. But hey, aim for the stars.
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She came along last year but Stanford got her.

Remember. Boston was “only” ranked #3 in her class.”

The only Big we are in on I’d del Del Rosario who is not Top Ten.

(Not that recruit rankings are the Bible)
 
visitingcock said:
She came along last year but Stanford got her.

Remember. Boston was “only” ranked #3 in her class.”

The only Big we are in on I’d del Del Rosario who is not Top Ten.

(Not that recruit rankings are the Bible)
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Remains to be seen if Betts is as good as Wilson or Boston. Odds are certainly against it. Because they are that good.
 
visitingcock said:
Amihere and Cardosa out again tonight. I expect a lot of rough play against Boston tonight to put her on wear her out and/or foul here out.

Hope Feagen steps up again.
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Has that been reported or are you basing that off the practice pics that the team posted today?
 
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visitingcock said:
She came along last year but Stanford got her.

Remember. Boston was “only” ranked #3 in her class.”

The only Big we are in on I’d del Del Rosario who is not Top Ten.

(Not that recruit rankings are the Bible)
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Tiffany Mitchell was only ranked in the 40s coming out of high school and she was a 2 time SEC POTY. Kiki was even lower - in the 60s. I remember I used to get excited when we signed top 100 players; how times have changed.
 
JonathanXIV said:
A "Wilson/Boston" type?" Those are the two best players that you've ever had. That's like a UConn fan looking for a Moore/Stewart type. These players come only once every ten years. If that. But hey, aim for the stars.
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I think it's a reasonable expectation.

Great programs line them up.

It's how they stay great.

Not sure who has a better argument in recruiting bigs than Dawn Staley.

Boston really is what makes this team go. Glad there is another year to go after this one.
 
Okay. 2021/2022, Dawn has defeated:

Geno
Brenda
Kim
Tara
Gary

Gotta beat Geno again in a couple of weeks to claim a regular season sweep of all active coaches who have won NCs.
 
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A few observations from the game...

I love the chemistry that is developing between Cardoso and Boston on offense! As the season progresses I think we'll see an increase in their time together on the floor, especially if teams swarm Boston -- the big-to-big high-low action is practically unstoppable.

Rivers is starting to come into her own on defense. I don't think we have another player on the roster with her fast twitch talents. Her quickness reminds me of Jadeveon Clowney and how he can go from standing to full speed with the snap of a finger. Her measurables are off-the-charts but she needs to refine her skills on offense. I think she needs an off-season to work on her shot.

I'm really proud how Saxton is taking ownership of her role with Amihere out. It's like she needs to be needed to be able to motivate herself to elevate her game. Without Amihere, she feels that need and is looking for her shot on offense.
 
Wow! This thread has become complacent. Resting own our past accomplishments. Just like the current women’s basketball team. Where is everybody? We have holes on our WBB team. For whatever reason the guards can’t keep players in front of them anymore. Also! The offense is way too stagnant for that much talent. Like the Arkansas game. In the first half we had Ford turnovers total. We in the game with 18 turnovers. WTF?The freshman who we all thought would help especially on our bench scoring. Have been non-exists except for Bree Hall. I think combined the freshman all four have less than 50 points on the year. Is nobody else concerned?
 
Creature said:
Wow! This thread has become complacent. Resting own our past accomplishments. Just like the current women’s basketball team. Where is everybody? We have holes on our WBB team. For whatever reason the guards can’t keep players in front of them anymore. Also! The offense is way too stagnant for that much talent. Like the Arkansas game. In the first half we had Ford turnovers total. We in the game with 18 turnovers. ?The freshman who we all thought would help especially on our bench scoring. Have been non-exists except for Bree Hall. I think combined the freshman all four have less than 50 points on the year. Is nobody else concerned?
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Yes, I’m concerned. This team is not as good as the ‘19-20 squad. Raven’s injury has hurt this team as we have zero depth at the point. Sorry, L.A. is not a PG. She needs to concentrate on her post play. I feel better with Eniya or Destiny handling the ball. Wish they got more playing time. And yes, the ‘21 class has yet to show they are ready for primetime like the ‘19 squad was. Lele is still getting her legs after the long layoff and there’s Zia’s inconsistency which is most confounding and problematic. Just have to hope thi team continues to gel through the SEC schedule and are hitting all cylinders come March Madness. I believe this 8 day layoff will be good. Get on the practice court and dust off some fundamentals.
 
JDuro said:
Yes, I’m concerned. This team is not as good as the ‘19-20 squad. Raven’s injury has hurt this team as we have zero depth at the point. Sorry, L.A. is not a PG. She needs to concentrate on her post play. I feel better with Eniya or Destiny handling the ball. Wish they got more playing time. And yes, the ‘21 class has yet to show they are ready for primetime like the ‘19 squad was. Lele is still getting her legs after the long layoff and there’s Zia’s inconsistency which is most confounding and problematic. Just have to hope thi team continues to gel through the SEC schedule and are hitting all cylinders come March Madness. I believe this 8 day layoff will be good. Get on the practice court and dust off some fundamentals.
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It’s a long season but it’s about getting hot at the right time.

What do y’all think is contributing to Zia’s shooting inconsistencies lately?
 
Coach Staley mentioned in her post-game interview that they are in the middle of some changes on offense and that they're going through some growing pains while trying to understand the changes. I don't exactly know what she meant by that, because on the surface, the offense looked the same as it has always been, but apparently work is being done and we should have a new look or a new configuration soon. I'm hoping we use this week off to figure it out.

We need players outside of Boston / Cooke / Henderson to take ownership and be productive on offense.
 
Agreed that this team is not as good as 2019/20.

That team had great chemistry and a leader at guard that we could count on every game. This team has Destanni but Zia is too unreliable. It looks like she is trying too hard. Forcing the game rather than flowing with it.
 
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I think most fans are concerned, I know I am but I'm not freaking out about it. I don't like the turnovers and I don't like the lack of confidence we have in attempting to take a shot. But its still only January and I think we've taken better shots as of late so I'm still hopeful there's plenty of time to really live up to our potential.

Zia and Aliyah seem to be the only players actually looking for their shots on a consistent basis that play meaningful minutes. Unfortunately for us Zia doesn't connect at a good efficiency. Zia shooting slumps arent new or unique to this season, she gets in her head at times but seems to mostly pull through in the games with the most attention. Until we get more players willing to shoot, we will have to live with Zia through the rough patches.

As for the freshmen, I'm not really concerned. We played a really tough out of conference so they didn't get the valuable playing most freshman would have gotten at this point. Unlike the 2019 class we're already loaded with talent on the roster. I think we'll see more of the freshman and Cardoso as we go through SEC play.

Overall I'm still optimistic on this team. Saxton has improved lately and Henderson has improved offensively this past week as well. If we can cut down the turnovers and continue to improve our offense output I think we'll be fine.
 
Does anybody have a link to a GIF or short video of the five-pass fast break in the 2020 SEC tournament? I think it was the final against Mississippi State.

Start at about 2:45 of this video:

 
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visitingcock said:
Agreed that this team is not as good as 2019/20.

That team had great chemistry and a leader at guard that we could count on every game. This team has Destanni but Zia is too unreliable. It looks like she is trying too hard. Forcing the game rather than flowing with it.
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Destanni has significantly closed the gap with Ty. Ty still has a little edge leadership-wise and was essentially as close to Dawn’s brain on the court as one can get.

Kiki and her ability to stretch the floor is what this team sorely lacks and needs from that ‘19/‘20 team. Having just Destanni providing the only semblance of consistency from the arc is frustrating.
 
What's the difference from 2019-20? We don't have Kiki; everyone on this year's team and last year's is too nice. We need someone with an edge, but we don't. I think if you saw an opponent make us mad you'd see an entirely different team.
 
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Relax y’all we’re 17-1 #1 in the country with the leading NPOY candidate and we still haven’t hit our stride yet. Trust the process. I remember last year after our loss to A&M for the SEC regular season final and thought we weren’t good enough to win the SEC tournament or go far enough in the NCAA but I was wrong. And gladly so! They turned into a different team in March and I expect them to do the same this year. I honestly like where we are as a team. No team is perfect with turnovers and most of the Elite teams average at least 14-15 a game. The past couple of games the FTs has been pretty decent. I’m thinking they’re saving their best basketball for March. Remember the life of a student athlete is HARD! School, study hall, 5:00 AM practices, recovery/ treatment, traveling all over to play games can leave you very fatigued mentally and physically. This break is much needed and they will come back with a different focus.
 
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