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GamecockFam said:
Okot already is a better defender than Cardoso when switched out with a guard on the perimeter. She has quick hands and moves her feet well. Cardoso is a more polished player within 5 feet of the basket but I think Okot, because of her abilities outside of 5 feet, will eventually surpass Cardoso once she gets more comfortable in that space.
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I do not think Kamilla really got outside her lane at SCar. She kind of just was an always improving version of herself.

Great interior defender, good for put backs.

Okot probably has the more versatile offensive game.

I think she might be too good to come back (if she even gets another year back) but we will see.
 
visitingcock said:
Dunking is greatly over valued. Yes, Tournabix, at least, has dunked in a game - but that was in a breakaway. Many touted dunkers exist in practice but never accomplish it in games.

The only value I place on dunking is that it shows the leaping ability for rebounding and shot blocking. She looks like a Cameron Brink. If we get her, she needs strength training and some good weight gain to avoid injury.
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I'm going to guess you never had anyone dunk on you. That might change your point of view.
 
HuskylnSC said:
I'm going to guess you never had anyone dunk on you. That might change your point of view.
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On me personally? No

Against my high school team? Yeah. So what? We beat them by 20.

How many dunks per year happen in Wbb? Five, maybe? That's ten point per year against All teams. It's nothing.
 
HuskylnSC said:
I'm going to guess you never had anyone dunk on you. That might change your point of view.
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I never got shook over someone making a weak dunk on a breakaway. Getting "dunked on" is not really a thing in WBB and that's fine.

You block my shot and you might get to me though.

So dunking as a stand in for good vertical, big hands, and coordination is good, but I do not really care if a WBB can actually dunk. It's not terribly useful.
 
visitingcock said:
On me personally? No

Against my high school team? Yeah. So what? We beat them by 20.

How many dunks per year happen in Wbb? Five, maybe? That's ten point per year against All teams. It's nothing.
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Dunks are coming. Never as many as the guys. but they are coming. You're starting to see more of the precursor of an air game with the number of dramatic flying blocks that we see.
 
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visitingcock said:
Well, we got to see all the backups together in one platoon for a significant time in the third and again in the 4th quarters. It wasn’t pretty . Maddy did not lead them to play as a team and all of them seemed to be playing for themselves. The freshmen couldn’t hit a barn from 3,

Tac played well with a double double but it was basically a high school team,

Now, bring on @triaddukefan
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Can any of y'all contact Coach Staley and tell her to take it easy on us? In return I'll promise to take a vacation in your state, eat two SC peaches, and further contribute to your states economy
 
HuskylnSC said:
I'm going to guess you never had anyone dunk on you.
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Good enough to play against guys who can, not good enough to play against guys who will. Had a couple try it and get fouled. Whoops. Hit your free throws.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
the nagging question for the highest level games will be depth and maybe defensive stoppers. Fudd/Strong, Betts, Booker, the LSU and OU guards.
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By the time it is necessary, Okut might be ready to guard Strong as well as anyone could reasonably expect. Fudd killed us last year, but she was the complement to PB. Hoping it will be different this year, when she is Batman, not Robin.

Think we'll see about Betts this weekend. I think Okut is prepared to face a true center, but I have not watched this UCLA team yet. Last year, I thought Betts would get hers, but we would be otherwise ready. A similar faceplant would be very concerning.

We'll beat Texas.

Tough to say anything about LSU until they face someone with a pulse, but I think MiLaysia and Flau'jae are the scariest backcourt in the sport.

I think Oklahoma is a styles make fights advantage. Last year, they were a borderline top ten team for 30 pre-tournament games, and "I thought they were supposed to be good?" for two against us.
 
visitingcock said:
Do you really think Okot is better than Kamilla?

If she can get two years in Dawn’s system, I could see her catching up or, maybe, surpassing Kamilla. She still looks raw to me and needs to refine her go-to shots. This week against Betts or the Texas Bigs will tell me a lot.
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We will know by Monday, but I think it is possible.

I'd give Kamilla the edge in post moves, Okut in hands and quickness. Still deciding about the rest.
 
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triaddukefan said:
Can any of y'all contact Coach Staley and tell her to take it easy on us? In return I'll promise to take a vacation in your state, eat two SC peaches, and further contribute to your states economy
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For you, my dear friend?















Absolutely not. 😂

That being said, Duke usually plays above expectations versus us so I’m expecting a tight game.
 
Gee, I want to play Queens next year. Does SC have a home and home with them? Other than fattening the scoring averages what is gained out of playing a 350ish ranker?
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
Gee, I want to play Queens next year. Does SC have a home and home with them? Other than fattening the scoring averages what is gained out of playing a 350ish ranker?
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I think Dawn likes to support the smaller SC schools, esp. the HBCUs: hence the games against Winthrop and Queens this week.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
Gee, I want to play Queens next year. Does SC have a home and home with them? Other than fattening the scoring averages what is gained out of playing a 350ish ranker?
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Hey it's not our fault most of the top 25 is now unwilling to schedule a home and home.

They are in Charlotte I guess so easy drive to pick up the check.

I guess we could see if Clemson wants to go back to playing twice (I'm going to guess not).

I do miss the now ancient days where there was PPC home and home in same season with rivals.

Not sure why that stopped.
 
JstVisiting said:
By the time it is necessary, Okut might be ready to guard Strong as well as anyone could reasonably expect. Fudd killed us last year, but she was the complement to PB. Hoping it will be different this year, when she is Batman, not Robin.

Think we'll see about Betts this weekend. I think Okut is prepared to face a true center, but I have not watched this UCLA team yet. Last year, I thought Betts would get hers, but we would be otherwise ready. A similar faceplant would be very concerning.

We'll beat Texas.

Tough to say anything about LSU until they face someone with a pulse, but I think MiLaysia and Flau'jae are the scariest backcourt in the sport.

I think Oklahoma is a styles make fights advantage. Last year, they were a borderline top ten team for 30 pre-tournament games, and "I thought they were supposed to be good?" for two against us.
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UCLA is interesting. Last year Betts didn't have a huge game, but South Carolina seemed smaller and just out of sorts trying to compensate.

And UCLA hit a lot of shots. I wasn't super thrilled about the UConn rematch and that wqs ugly again but I kind of think that a UCLA matchup might have been more of a reset. Not sure we'd have gotten torched by London Jones a second time.

But I do not know for sure which team was better.

I do not know what an Okot-Betts matchup will look like this year. Betts might well foul her out but seems like we have a couple more options and I just think our offense might be in a better place overall.

It's hard to say though as it was just ehh against Clemson and So Cal.
 
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SCGamecock said:
For you, my dear friend?















Absolutely not. 😂
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Noticed in the recruiting forum that an outlet had ranked Sara Okeke the number one prospect in 2026 class.

Landing her or Tournebize would be helpful.
 
JstVisiting said:
We will know by Monday, but I think it is possible.

I'd give Kamilla the edge in post moves, Okut in hands and quickness. Still deciding about the rest.
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She was good tonight. We’ll see how she looks against the Texas bigs tomorrow .

Dauda and Tac gave us some solid Minutes tonight. Not spectacular, but serviceable
 
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visitingcock said:
She was good tonight. We’ll see how she looks against the Texas bigs tomorrow .

Dauda and Tac gave us some solid Minutes tonight. Not spectacular, but serviceable
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The Oldacre matchup should be fun tomorrow. Besides her, Texas doesn't really have anyone on their roster ready for Okot. Cunningham is serviceable, but not in the same league IMO.
 
Any guess when our Erstwhile Blue Devil fan will appear again? They play UCLA later today and I don’t have high hopes for him.
 
JstVisiting said:
Do your officials ride on the team charter or do y’all make them arrange separate travel for appearances?
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Ha. Interesting you said that. I couldn't watch the game but listened to the Duke radio broadcast. From the sound of the broadcast and what I've read, it sounded like the officials were either Sandlappers or from the $EC
 
triaddukefan said:
Ha. Interesting you said that. I couldn't watch the game but listened to the Duke radio broadcast. From the sound of the broadcast and what I've read, it sounded like the officials were either Sandlappers or from the $EC
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Aren’t the officials always from the conference of the winning team? Head bang

I always get a laugh at whiney fans who complain about “ home football refs” during inter conference play.

The rules are that the refs are from the conference of the visitor. The replay officials are from the conference of the home team.
 
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