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Gamecocks 2025-2026 Season

Gamecockfan77 said:
If they fired Harper for Cardoso’s buzzer beater, what do they do with this?

The overreaction to that one play may prove mighty costly for the Lady Vols program.
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I thought they did Coach Harper dirty but Caldwell seems to have recruited well. Verdict remains open on her though.
 
CockyMecha said:
I thought they did Coach Harper dirty but Caldwell seems to have recruited well. Verdict remains open on her though.
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I mean they’re goin to ask the recruits to do the same thing they’re asking the current players to do, right?

No one plays that way for a reason.
 
JstVisiting said:
You have to give her time to get her players in. Always thought this would be a step-back year for the Lady Vols.
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With all due respect, this is basketball not football. The TN AD thinks he has found gold. Caldwell has recruited well and should be seeing some results. This shouldn’t be a rebuild, but she hasn’t gotten too many big wins yet. This was TN’s worst loss ever and UCONN put the third worst loss on them recently too.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
I mean they’re goin to ask the recruits to do the same thing they’re asking the current players to do, right?

No one plays that way for a reason.
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I think it is realistic for UT to aspire to a roster whose best upperclass player is not a washout from a conference rival.

They can’t compete with the top tier because they don’t have top tier talent. Too soon to throw in the towel.
 
Everything worked for us today… even that 3 point shooting machine from France 😂.

We’ll get a real test in six days… hopefully, we’ll have our full cast.
 
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USMC(ret) said:
Everything worked for us today… even that 3 point shooting machine from France 😂.

We’ll get a real test in six days… hopefully, we’ll have our full cast.
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I’d be shocked if the game is within 15 points tbh
 
CockyMecha said:
With all due respect, this is basketball not football. The TN AD thinks he has found gold. Caldwell has recruited well and should be seeing some results. This shouldn’t be a rebuild, but she hasn’t gotten too many big wins yet. This was TN’s worst loss ever and UCONN put the third worst loss on them recently too.
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The problem is that they focus too heavily on recruiting numbers and not enough on player development. Also, the system is awful.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
If they fired Harper for Cardoso’s buzzer beater, what do they do with this?

The overreaction to that one play may prove mighty costly for the Lady Vols program.
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I think they made the right decision to move on from Kellie Harper.

I thought the way it was handled was poor at best. The timing wasn't ideal. The search was lackluster. The replacement has turned this situation into a powder keg. Danny White botched this hire and has the gall to act like he was being innovative. No, sir, this is lunacy. Caldwell's system is awful and she throws her players under the bus. If they didn't have the talent that they have, they'd be sitting at the bottom of the conference with Texas A&M.
 
Today’s game showed why Dawn and a lot of fans are so high on this team’s potential - they can really put numbers on the board that we generally didn’t last year. An odd night at A&M aside, the team has been on fire since the Oklahoma disaster.
 
GoChips20 said:
Today’s game showed why Dawn and a lot of fans are so high on this team’s potential - they can really put numbers on the board that we generally didn’t last year. An odd night at A&M aside, the team has been on fire since the Oklahoma disaster.
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The freshman and sophomores have raised the bar for this team. All of them are capable of producing if they get minutes!
 
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If there’s one area where we really need improvement , it’s handling pressure of a full court press, especially inbounding the ball. We look confused sometimes… and good teams practice countermeasures to make it less of an adventure.
 
CockyMecha said:
I thought they did Coach Harper dirty but Caldwell seems to have recruited well. Verdict remains open on her though.
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I think it was worth the gamble. Tennessee isn't a program that wants to be a borderline Sweet 16 team each season which were the results they were getting under Harper. Caldwell looked like a great hire a year ago, this season hasn't gone as smoothly with higher expectations and a very different roster.

Being able to recruit great players who want to be coached is hands down the #1 most important skill of coaching and is the best indicator for success. Kim is proving herself to be an excellent recruiter in that she can land highly ranked kids which is more than can be said for Harper. How well she can coach them up and develop a team to play great basketball remains to be seen. I do think she probably needs to be more selective about which talented players she takes, as there are some players on the current team who came with red flags IMO and might be detractors to team chemistry.
 
Regarding SC today, just a dominant win after Tennessee hung with them early. Great display by SC but almost an equally bad performance by Tennessee. That said, South Carolina is playing great basketball and looks solidly a step ahead of last year's team.

Also Tournebize nailing that 3 from the corner looked like a taller Tessa Johnson on the wing with her quick release. She's now 4-5 from 3 on the season with great form. I feel like Dawn is slowly but steadily unleashing her and she's going be a major factor in the post season.
 
bballnut90 said:
Regarding SC today, just a dominant win after Tennessee hung with them early. Great display by SC but almost an equally bad performance by Tennessee. That said, South Carolina is playing great basketball and looks solidly a step ahead of last year's team.

Also Tournebize nailing that 3 from the corner looked like a taller Tessa Johnson on the wing with her quick release. She's now 4-5 from 3 on the season with great form. I feel like Dawn is slowly but steadily unleashing her and she's going be a major factor in the post season.
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I'm not really sure what you mean by "hung with them early". Watching the game, I didn't get the sense that Tennessee ever posed a serious threat (or any threat at all, really). To me, the game was over by halftime based on the way that they played. They didn't compete.

Your coach is in way over her head here. She, and anyone affiliated with that program, ought to be embarrassed.
 
If you’re curious as to what a dumpster fire looks like, go beyond this site to a Tennessee WBB forum and… man! The torches and pitchforks are out! Caldwell called her team “quitters” in the postgame presser, and the program seems to be consuming itself.

Crazy, because at one time, Tennessee was WBB’s top program… before Geno took Pat’s place as the GOAT. Their fans are desperate to become relevant again, and few think that Caldwell’s “hockey line substitution” system works against top tier teams. They hung with UConn for a half, then fell apart like a cheap suit. Then, yesterday… a beatdown of epic proportions… the worst defeat in their history.

Never easy to replace a legend. Some day, hopefully not soon, the Gamecocks will have that unenviable task. We should never take for granted what we have now… perennial contenders for conference and national championships, the WBB leader in game attendance, respect for an extraordinarily well run program. We need to enjoy the present, because the future is guaranteed to no one.
 
USMC(ret) said:
If you’re curious as to what a dumpster fire looks like, go beyond this site to a Tennessee WBB forum and… man! The torches and pitchforks are out! Caldwell called her team “quitters” in the postgame presser, and the program seems to be consuming itself.

Crazy, because at one time, Tennessee was WBB’s top program… before Geno took Pat’s place as the GOAT. Their fans are desperate to become relevant again, and few think that Caldwell’s “hockey line substitution” system works against top tier teams. They hung with UConn for a half, then fell apart like a cheap suit. Then, yesterday… a beatdown of epic proportions… the worst defeat in their history.

Never easy to replace a legend. Some day, hopefully not soon, the Gamecocks will have that unenviable task. We should never take for granted what we have now… perennial contenders for conference and national championships, the WBB leader in game attendance, respect for an extraordinarily well run program. We need to enjoy the present, because the future is guaranteed to no one.
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I was snooping around Vol Nation yesterday 👀
 
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USMC(ret) said:
While we’re on the subject of Vols vs Gamecocks, answer this: which hurt more, Cardoso’s buzzer beater 3 pointer for the win, or the 43 point all time beatdown we saw yesterday?
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Cardoso the easy answer.
 
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I saw someone say they didn’t expect the LSU game to be within 15 points and I legitimately do not know which way they meant.
 
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