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I was thinking the same theing. She is a Rivers with a more reliable shot.
But Rivers was a surprisingly good defender as a frosh. Makeer is progressing in that area but not (yet) at that level.
Raven calls her Dewanna Bonner in practice and I think that is a better comp than Rivers. While Makeer is athletic, I wouldn't call her an athletic freak like Rivers. Also, Makeer has more finesse to her game and is a better shooter.
 
Thanks for the welcome, Jumpstart, but I've been a resident of the rational world for quite a long while.
Fortunately, for all of us, the box score and venue provide all the rationale we need to reach our conclusions for this outcome decided by three points.
Geez. Perhaps you should stick to "Welcome to Walmart".
You a rational biased person? In this scenario that is an oxymoron. Geez....
 
Makeer is a little ahead of Rivers defensively by rating and win shares.

And a better offensive player by virtue of Rivers not being able to shoot a lick.

Not sure if Makeer will be able to get to bucket like Rivers.
 
Makeer is a little ahead of Rivers defensively by rating and win shares.

And a better offensive player by virtue of Rivers not being able to shoot a lick.

Not sure if Makeer will be able to get to bucket like Rivers.
I think she will. She'll need to work on her midrange game, but she's shown comfort both at the rim and at the three that I don't recall seeing Saniya show at the same age.

And no offense to Saniya, but Agot's ceiling is noticeably higher.
 
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After watching the Texas game, I've concluded that Tournebize is the same height as Oldacre or perhaps a little taller. That puts her at 6'6" or 6'7" since Oldacre is a solid 6'6".
 
After watching the Texas game, I've concluded that Tournebize is the same height as Oldacre or perhaps a little taller. That puts her at 6'6" or 6'7" since Oldacre is a solid 6'6".

I mean there was no real reason for Carolina to lie about it.

I assumed once they published 6'7 that she must be at least 6'6.

Somewhat unusual growth spurt but it happened.
 
I mean there was no real reason for Carolina to lie about it.

I assumed once they published 6'7 that she must be at least 6'6.

Somewhat unusual growth spurt but it happened.
No real reason. But lots of players and player’s reps and even teams exaggerate stuff like this.
 
The good thing about that is I'm moving to NYC when I retire in a couple of years. You better bet I'm going to push for a game at MSG or Barclays. We have A LOT of alumni in the tri state area.
Gotta ask….why would anyone retiring move there? Asking for a friend.
 
The goal today in the game against Coppin State should be to get some more touches for Tournebize and some more minutes for Tac and McDowell. Two games against ranked conference opponents in the coming week, and I expect both to be tough games, similar to the Louisville and Texas games… little margin for error.
 
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Hoping that Dawn has worked the kinks about of our inbound passing against a press. Texas made every inbounds play we ran an adventure.

And we currently rank 14th of 16 teams in the SEC in free throw percentage… we’re giving away points. Gotta be better.
 
Hoping that Dawn has worked the kinks about of our inbound passing against a press. Texas made every inbounds play we ran an adventure.

And we currently rank 14th of 16 teams in the SEC in free throw percentage… we’re giving away points. Gotta be better.
Inbounds. That’s an area where we miss Chloe
 
The goal today in the game against Coppin State should be to get some more touches for Tournebize and some more minutes for Tac and McDowell. Two games against ranked conference opponents in the coming week, and I expect both to be tough games, similar to the Louisville and Texas games… little margin for error.
Yeah. Rest Okot some but give her a three point attempt. I would like to see a bit more of z Okot at the top of the key to open up the paint some for Edwards and the driving guards. Work on a bit of give and go back door with Latson and Raven
 
No surprises today… there was enough of a talent surplus for our bench to get a lot of minutes. Don’t think Raven even played the 4th qtr. Tournebize scored her first points (8 total) as a Gamecock, and Maddie played more than her usual minutes at point. Tessa was cooking beyond the arc, and Edwards and Latson were their usual productive selves.

Big week ahead… a good test for us.
 
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Vandy plays Michigan today… a good preview for our game against Vandy on Sunday.
It was a good win for them. It's looking pretty likely that we're going to have an ice storm in Columbia this weekend. I hope it doesn't cancel the game. As long as the game is played, I'll be there. I'm only a 9 block walk from basketball games.
 
I am still not sold on this team. I think UCONN is still a double-digit loss and UCLA is probably also a double-digit loss. I see Texas winning in the tournament and maybe a Tennessee or a Louisville loss. This team is good but not elite. Good news? I am wrong most of the times on this.. 🤣
 
I am still not sold on this team. I think UCONN is still a double-digit loss and UCLA is probably also a double-digit loss. I see Texas winning in the tournament and maybe a Tennessee or a Louisville loss. This team is good but not elite. Good news? I am wrong most of the times on this.. 🤣
Unfortunately, I’m not the guy to bring you good vibes. I ‘m not quite as pessimistic about Texas winning the tournament if , as I assume, you mean the SEC tournament. We both play a rather ugly brand of basketball that makes us pretty even but may leave us a “home away from home” advantage.

I also see us suffering more than one regular season loss. LSU on the road and maybe another one or even two. Tennessee at home I don’t see yet. Same with Vandy. It’s the road that I fear- including this Thursday. Louisville? We’ll put thoughts of that off til the NCAA tournament.

Dawn and a number of our players have a wealth of tournament experience and we do have Elite 8 talent. I still have reasonable hopes of making that level if we can cure certain problems like turnovers and foul shooting. We have room to improve and can so I haven’t given up hope of making the Final Four but I don’t consider the hope realistic for the first time this decade. I don’t see us winning a game in the Final Four and making the championship game.

I hope I’m wrong about the regular season though. For now, I’m worried about Thursday.
 
I am still not sold on this team. I think UCONN is still a double-digit loss and UCLA is probably also a double-digit loss. I see Texas winning in the tournament and maybe a Tennessee or a Louisville loss. This team is good but not elite. Good news? I am wrong most of the times on this.. 🤣
I honestly find it hard to evaluate UConn. They scheduled a bunch of teams who ended up being not as good as expected, so I don't think they're as battle tested as Texas/South Carolina/UCLA. Like I don't think they've played any teams that will be in the final 4 (and possibly elite 8). In retrospect, Louisville and Michigan are the best two teams on their schedule and both were played in November. UConn started out the season as a well oiled machine, whereas those teams were building more of their chemistry, especially Louisville, at the time of competition. I think thinks would look very different if there was a rematch now. Anyways, just my $0.02.
 
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I am still not sold on this team. I think UCONN is still a double-digit loss and UCLA is probably also a double-digit loss. I see Texas winning in the tournament and maybe a Tennessee or a Louisville loss. This team is good but not elite. Good news? I am wrong most of the times on this.. 🤣
This team's ceiling is so much higher than last years. With the size, shooting, and point guard play. I don't see team winning the SEC reg season. They maybe drop a game in the SEC tournament.

UConn is good. But they are Stewie, Tuck, and Jefferson good. They are beatable for sure. Have faith! :-)
 
It was a good win for them. It's looking pretty likely that we're going to have an ice storm in Columbia this weekend. I hope it doesn't cancel the game. As long as the game is played, I'll be there. I'm only a 9 block walk from basketball games.
It was a good win for Vandy, but they blew a 17 point lead at halftime. I watched the game expecting the Mikayla Blake’s’ show, but was way more impressed by their freshman point guard (Galvan?). She played all 40 minutes and was exceptional. As a team, they are physical (had four players in foul trouble) and are more than willing to shoot 3’s. Only seven players saw the floor.

It will be a tough game. Vandy wants to be considered in the same tier as South Carolina, Texas, and LSU. Beating us helps get them there.
 
Unfortunately, I’m not the guy to bring you good vibes. I ‘m not quite as pessimistic about Texas winning the tournament if , as I assume, you mean the SEC tournament. We both play a rather ugly brand of basketball that makes us pretty even but may leave us a “home away from home” advantage.

I also see us suffering more than one regular season loss. LSU on the road and maybe another one or even two. Tennessee at home I don’t see yet. Same with Vandy. It’s the road that I fear- including this Thursday. Louisville? We’ll put thoughts of that off til the NCAA tournament.

Dawn and a number of our players have a wealth of tournament experience and we do have Elite 8 talent. I still have reasonable hopes of making that level if we can cure certain problems like turnovers and foul shooting. We have room to improve and can so I haven’t given up hope of making the Final Four but I don’t consider the hope realistic for the first time this decade. I don’t see us winning a game in the Final Four and making the championship game.

I hope I’m wrong about the regular season though. For now, I’m worried about Thursday.
I’m on record here as saying we make the Elite 8, but go home after that. UConn remains the standard, especially after our last two games last year against them ( both beatdowns by them). I’d feel better if Okot was a more dominant presence in the paint for us, and maybe she’ll get there. Two wins this week would show me we’re making progress.
 
I am still not sold on this team. I think UCONN is still a double-digit loss and UCLA is probably also a double-digit loss. I see Texas winning in the tournament and maybe a Tennessee or a Louisville loss. This team is good but not elite. Good news? I am wrong most of the times on this.. 🤣

Our primary issue with UCLA last season was we could not deal with their size and were in constant scramble mode that resulted in a lot of threes.

And we struggled in half court.

I think the Okot/Tac/Tournebize trio probably eliminates the scramble problem.

We may still struggle in half court though.

I don't think we would be able to get any separation from them and on the wrong day we could lose by double digits, but I don't think the gap is there.

UConn just had us on roller skates. I don't have a good sense of what that looks like but we hopefully would not be completely destroyed on the boards again.
 
SEC road test tonight at Oklahoma. They had 11,000 in their house in the last game vs LSU.

Interesting matchup. Freshman sensation Aaliyah Chavez (19 pts per game) vs defensive specialist senior Raven Johnson.

Two of the nation’s double/double machines meet in Reagin Beers and Marina Okote.
 
Good interview with Lisa Welch. To me, the linchpin (in-state) player in Dawn’s building of this program. Part of that second wave of locals, along with Tiffany, Alaina, and Khadijah that made this program attractive for A’ja to stay home and Allisha Gray to transfer to and all the rest that has come through Columbia up to the present. Players the Johnny and Janey come lately Gamecocks fans you see on SM probably know little about.

Unfortunately she was born into a 6’0 body. I feel she would have been a star in the W if she had 3 or 4 more inches on her. Such a smart, hard working player in her day. A tremendous mentor for then freshman A’ja. I always felt she would be a great coach if she went that route.

 
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