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Hailey Van Lith to LSU

SEbluebood said:
I’m not a betting man, but it would be interesting to see if the SC , LSU or UCLA betting lines for winning the Championship have changed based on their portal signings so far. In either SC or LSU also the DePaul player, yikes!!!
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They should, many of the contenders improved themselves since the end of the season, and not just by the portal with plenty more to come there. A number of top teams also had key players return like Holmes at Indiana and Kitley at Virginia Tech. The portal still has a number of guards left that could make a difference, plus of course Morrow, so some of our competition is probably not done yet even if we are.
 
Huskiefan23 said:
Hailey Van Lith is good, but she's no Paige Bueckers. She's equivalent to Alexis Morris's ability and that's why LSU brought her in. LSU will likely be of the same caliber next year. I don't think Morrow is coming there. They lose Williams (a bigger loss than most people think) and Morris. They bring in Hailey Van Lith and the number 1 recruit. I still don't think there's a sufficient replacement for Williams and that will be clear next year. Angel Reese plays like Aaliyah Edwards, but Aaliyah also had Dorka on the floor. Without that spacing, people can underestimate how different a team looks.
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Van Lith/Morris is a good comparison. As a team they'll be better next year though. A lot of their young talent likely makes strides as sophomores (Flaujae/Smith), and Reese also likely continues to improve. No offense to Edwards but Reese is the far superior player. The gap between those 2 is similar to the gap between Hailey Van Lith/Bueckers IMO.

Williams is a big loss but I think Smith slides in perfectly for her. She's extremely athletic, scores/rebounds/blocks shots well. That mixed with everyone back, plus a strong recruiting class makes them a clear favorite to make the Final Four again next year.
 
bballnut90 said:
They have a legitimate POY candidate in Angel Reese, an All-American caliber guard in Van Lith, one of the nation's best freshmen last year in Flau'jae Johnson, and they bring in the #2 overall recruit. Plus several other proven returnees (Smith, Poa, and Poole). Not sure what pieces are missing here.
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Well a point guard for one and they also have no depth in their front court. They brought on Hailey Van Lith who's a good scorer but she's not a great shooter and was terrible this past year from 3, and she is turnover machine. They have a lot inefficient ball dominant scorers and some freshman that might be great but it might take a few years to get there.

I think people underrate the role Williams and Morris had for LSU last year but I guess we'll find out.
 
bballnut90 said:
Van Lith/Morris is a good comparison. As a team they'll be better next year though. A lot of their young talent likely makes strides as sophomores (Flaujae/Smith), and Reese also likely continues to improve. No offense to Edwards but Reese is the far superior player. The gap between those 2 is similar to the gap between Hailey Van Lith/Bueckers IMO.

Williams is a big loss but I think Smith slides in perfectly for her. She's extremely athletic, scores/rebounds/blocks shots well. That mixed with everyone back, plus a strong recruiting class makes them a clear favorite to make the Final Four again next year.
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Angel Reese cannot hit a left handed layup or shoot outside of 5 feet. Edwards is already a better all around player than Reese. Just looked out how Angel looked against South Carolina's front court versus Aaliyah if you want to compare the two. She also performed better against Tennessee. To say there is wide gap in Angels favor is just not reflective of reality.
 
Van Lith is going to be their point guard? If not not whose running point?
 
Tonyc said:
Should be interesting at LSU. With #1 Mikaylah Williams coming in, and Van Lith with 2 years remaining that means Williams will be behind Van Lith for 2 years. Im sure she will get playtime and Van Lith has earned playtime. If Morrow goes to Louisville, well I dont think that will happen. It will me interesting to see how things develop at LSU at the guard spots.
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Williams isn't going to be behind anybody in that backcourt even if Mulkey has to play 3 guards. Her defense at 6 foot is already better than Johnson or Hailey Van Lith not to mention that she can help out rebounding.
 
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Tonyc said:
Should be interesting at LSU. With #1 Mikaylah Williams coming in, and Van Lith with 2 years remaining that means Williams will be behind Van Lith for 2 years. Im sure she will get playtime and Van Lith has earned playtime. If Morrow goes to Louisville, well I dont think that will happen. It will me interesting to see how things develop at LSU at the guard spots.
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Louisville isn't part of Morrow's top 3. Definitely not happening.
 
hoopsfan22 said:
Huge pick up for Coach Mulkey, and not all that surprising. She wants to get that bag and a natty. If they grab Morrow too, they'll be the odds on favorite to go back to back.
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I think if they get Morrow they might be too overloaded with talent. Van Lith fits in well since she slides into Morris's role as the creator and being a strong perimeter threat, but LSU doesn't really need Morrow, adding her takes away looks from others and I think it'd be too much talent. The best teams usually consist of a couple of stars and a slew of supporting players who fill their role. I think LSU has a really solid roster makeup right now, with a couple of starts (Hailey Van Lith/Reese), a couple of budding stars (Williams/Flaujae), and solid role players (Smith, Poole, Pao, maybe Del Rosario). Adding in Morrow alters the role of Reese/Smith/Del Rosario and I'm not sure the tradeoff will benefit them.
 
wingsfan055 said:
This is why Mulkey is the clear #3 wcbb Coach of all-time...
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Well a #3 recruiter anyway. I still think it's interesting that Walz beat her team when they were heavily favored with Griner and Odyssey Sims and now Hailey Van Lith is leaving him to play for her.
 
bballnut90 said:
I think if they get Morrow they might be too overloaded with talent. Van Lith fits in well since she slides into Morris's role as the creator and being a strong perimeter threat, but LSU doesn't really need Morrow, adding her takes away looks from others and I think it'd be too much talent. The best teams usually consist of a couple of stars and a slew of supporting players who fill their role. I think LSU has a really solid roster makeup right now, with a couple of starts (Hailey Van Lith/Reese), a couple of budding stars (Williams/Flaujae), and solid role players (Smith, Poole, Pao, maybe Del Rosario). Adding in Morrow alters the role of Reese/Smith/Del Rosario and I'm not sure the tradeoff will benefit them.
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Disagree, for me the best teams are 8 talents. UCONN 2002 was Bird-Taurasi-Jones-Williams-Cash. 2001 was even better but for the injuries, the same 5 + Abrosimova & Ralph
 
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Lemme check the maps, again, Jeff. (Don’t know why he keeps texting me) Hmm…which is closer to Washington state? Louisville or Baton Rouge? :rolleyes::D
 
AzzisBraids said:
They were already going to get better with Del Rosario and former #1 Mikaylah Williams coming in, now Mulkey and the Tigers add in elevated scoring with Van Lith and potentially Morrow still in the mix.
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They will win it all unless CONN is 100% and their freshman class is aces.
 
JellyBean said:
True. You did but it is still a surprise when the dust finally settles. I wish Hailey Van Lith all the best at LSU.
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They were a powerhouse before and now they should be highly favored to repeat. Kim has that magic touch.
 
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TheGOAT23 said:
Lemme check the maps, again, Jeff. (Don’t know why he keeps texting me) Hmm…which is closer to Washington state? Louisville or Baton Rouge? :rolleyes::D
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I already did the math, from Louisville to Cashmere, Wa is 2,244 miles (per Google maps) and from LSU to Cashemere, Wa is 2,419 miles....depending on which routes one takes.
 
From France said:
Disagree, for me the best teams are 8 talents. UCONN 2002 was Bird-Taurasi-Jones-Williams-Cash. 2001 was even better but for the injuries, the same 5 + Abrosimova & Ralph
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2001 was overloaded IMO. It was the 7 mentioned plus Schumacher and Johnson who were regular rotation players. Injuries hurt them but while healthy they weren’t ever as good as the 2002 version despite having more talent on paper. They were blown out by Notre Dame with a full roster and had a close win vs Tennessee at home early on. Chemistry was far better in 2002 when they had a smaller collection of stars and solid support players like Moore/Battle/Conlon.
 
hoopsnloops32 said:
Angel Reese cannot hit a left handed layup or shoot outside of 5 feet. Edwards is already a better all around player than Reese. Just looked out how Angel looked against South Carolina's front court versus Aaliyah if you want to compare the two. She also performed better against Tennessee. To say there is wide gap in Angels favor is just not reflective of reality.
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Eh, I disagree. Edwards is more polished as a scorer but Angel impacts the game in a much bigger way. She is a far better defensive presence and rebounder, plus she stays out of foul trouble, consistently gets opposing teams into foul trouble and doesn’t turn the ball over. Myself and most non-UCONN fans would take take Angel over Aaliyah, just like how most would take Paige over Hailey Van Lith.
 
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bballnut90 said:
2001 was overloaded IMO. It was the 7 mentioned plus Schumacher and Johnson who were regular rotation players. Injuries hurt them but while healthy they weren’t ever as good as the 2002 version despite having more talent on paper. They were blown out by Notre Dame with a full roster and had a close win vs Tennessee at home early on. Chemistry was far better in 2002 when they had a smaller collection of stars and solid support players like Moore/Battle/Conlon.
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Touche. It would be cool to ask Geno or Sue if they feel they were the best team in 01. Or if that year feels like one they should've won. Cuz ppl always say injuries, or DT just had the worst game as her being a freshman kinda caught up to her. But that Notre Dame team kinda had their number. But I see the other side too. The injuries were significant.

But not to get too derailed, I do think Hailey Van Lith, Reese, Morrow could work. I think they all are so different, but at the same time all are effective one on one.
 
bballnut90 said:
Eh, I disagree. Edwards is more polished as a scorer but Angel impacts the game in a much bigger way. She is a far better defensive presence and rebounder, plus she stays out of foul trouble, consistently gets opposing teams into foul trouble and doesn’t turn the ball over. Myself and most non-UCONN fans would take take Angel over Aaliyah, just like how most would take Paige over Hailey Van Lith.
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Angel is a very good passer as well, underrated in that sense.
 
Tonyc said:
Should be interesting at LSU. With #1 Mikaylah Williams coming in, and Van Lith with 2 years remaining that means Williams will be behind Van Lith for 2 years. Im sure she will get playtime and Van Lith has earned playtime. If Morrow goes to Louisville, well I dont think that will happen. It will me interesting to see how things develop at LSU at the guard spots.
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M. Williams will not be sitting behind her. The guards will be Hailey Van Lith, Flaujae and Williams, with Reese and (portal player or Smith/Rosario) in the post
 
hoopsnloops32 said:
Well a point guard for one and they also have no depth in their front court. They brought on Hailey Van Lith who's a good scorer but she's not a great shooter and was terrible this past year from 3, and she is turnover machine. They have a lot inefficient ball dominant scorers and some freshman that might be great but it might take a few years to get there.

I think people underrate the role Williams and Morris had for LSU last year but I guess we'll find out.
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Smith/Reese/Del Rosario is an excellent frontcourt rotation IMO. They can also play 4 out if needed.

As for PG, my guess is Van Lith takes the reigns, or will share duties with Poole. She has experience and her role will be different from what it was at Louisville. Kim’s last two titles were also led by guards that transitioned from SG the previous year to PG and they were both brilliant in their title runs. Hailey Van Lith has the skills to get it done and Mulkey has proven she provides the frame work to make it happen. Id also look for Hailey Van Lith’s efficiency to improve dramatically in an offense with more structure. She won’t be taking 20 shots a game or expected to carry such a heavy load. FWIW her percentages are quite similar to Morris’s this year.
 
If she thinks Jeff is a PIA then wait until she gets to know Kim better.
 
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