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Baylor, Oregon State and Oregon all concern me this year, bigly, come NCAA Tournament time.

But I'm most concerned about South Carolina. Dawn Staley is right behind Geno (and Chris, of course) in my list of the top WCBB coaches. She has this inductive approach and her teams catch on as the season progresses. Every year she hones her coaching technique a little more. The future is frightening.

And she has a load of talented players to coach.

Their defense is amazing at times. UConnian. And they have a good combination of a passing offense combined with individual playmakers.

Eesh. We'll see.
 
msf22b said:
We should win the game.

Boring offense...round and round the horn
Their celebrated big didn't do much...and she may be injured.
Outside shooting up and down.
The pass up a lot of shots that UConn would take, both in the lane
and outside.

Not impressive.
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if UCONN plays like they did against Tennessee, South Carolina will win comfortably. (As long as Boston is fine)

(and the game won't be decided based on how either team matched up vs Tennessee. Should be interesting)
 
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Gamecockfan77 said:
if UCONN plays like they did against Tennessee, South Carolina will win comfortably. (As long as Boston is fine)

(and the game won't be decided based on how either team matched up vs Tennessee. Should be interesting)
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Not if Uconn plays like they did in 2nd half of game against Tennessee!
 
cbraarj said:
It all depends on the players tolerance for pain.
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Staley was somewhat non-committal about the injury beyond saying that Boston probably would have re-entered the lineup if it had been the National Championship game (or one might guess the outcome had been in doubt given the conference implications).

the reporter said that the injury looked like an ankle or foot, and Staley responded saying it was something down there. I take that more as a non-answer than confirmation.

For what it is worth, I don't recall seeing her ice the knee on the bench.
 
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cbraarj said:
Not if Uconn plays like they did in 2nd half of game against Tennessee!
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…...or if South Carolina plays like they did the first half against Tennessee....this is really a silly way to decide a game that will be played on a basketball court. The two different games with the same opponent, tells you nothing...I mean nothing about their eventual match up. I see advantage South Carolina at home....that could spell the difference...or maybe not. Now..play ball !!!!
 
ReadR00ster said:
It's weird to see a torn ACL injury where the player jogs off the court and jogs into the locker room.
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I know a girl that played a partial season with a torn acl. She waited to get the surgery because she wasn’t playing after her senior year.

Jessica Moore played three rest of the NCAA championship on a torn acl.
 
BostonBay said:
Boston is a generational talent. Would be a huge loss for SC if she is out for a long stretch. She was back on the bench for the 4th quarter with her knee wrapped in ice. So, probably not too serious.
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You keep saying that. I'm not sure you know what that means. Why would you think she's a generational talent??? Generational talents are usually head and shoulders above their class (and classes above them). They are consensus #1's coming out of HS at the very least. Easily winning Naismith, etc awards. She didn't do any of that. Jones and Horston were considered better than her.

Why don't we wait until she has actually done something? Won some NC's. 3-4 time AA. a couple NPOY awards. THEN, we can START to talk about if she's generational or not. Maybe she'll show it her in college career, but certainly up to this point (mostly HS) she hasn't shown anything that would be considered "generational".
 
meyers7 said:
You keep saying that. I'm not sure you know what that means. Why would you think she's a generational talent??? Generational talents are usually head and shoulders above their class (and classes above them). They are consensus #1's coming out of HS at the very least. Easily winning Naismith, etc awards. She didn't do any of that. Jones and Horston were considered better than her.

Why don't we wait until she has actually done something? Won some NC's. 3-4 time AA. a couple NPOY awards. THEN, we can START to talk about if she's generational or not. Maybe she'll show it her in college career, but certainly up to this point (mostly HS) she hasn't shown anything that would be considered "generational".
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You do realize there is no criteria for being a "generational" player. It's subjective and can be a personal opinion. You can't give an exact measurement so calling someone a generational player can not be disproven or called wrong. Everyone has their own ceiling for what it means...so...yes...to some she is a generational player and has done enough for them to call her one...so let it go people.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
Aww, puppies are so cute.
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Im being objective here. I just think South Carolina is a beatable team. Could they win a national title? Yeah...but theyre not the dominant team of past national title winners. Of course overall youre wiping through the entire SEC not named MSU but that one narrow escape against Vic in my honest opinion means something to me.
 
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I’m sorry but I just don’t think S Carolina is gonna get passed Baylor or Oregon to win the tournament.
 
jumpstart said:
You do realize there is no criteria for being a "generational" player. It's subjective and can be a personal opinion. You can't give an exact measurement so calling someone a generational player can not be disproven or called wrong. Everyone has their own ceiling for what it means...so...yes...to some she is a generational player and has done enough for them to call her one...so let it go people.
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So the BY is opinion based forum which fits nicely with a subjective based personal opinions of "generational talent" or any other words we want to kick around. @BostonBay should defend his personal opinion not just keep throwing it out. People are just not buying it!
 
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jumpstart said:
You do realize there is no criteria for being a "generational" player. It's subjective and can be a personal opinion. You can't give an exact measurement so calling someone a generational player can not be disproven or called wrong. Everyone has their own ceiling for what it means...so...yes...to some she is a generational player and has done enough for them to call her one...so let it go people.
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Having no criteria for using the term to describe a players level of ability would to me, be useless. However if it's all subjective as you say, I suppose he/she could be describing the kid as an above average freshman talent. Which would make much more sense.
 
jumpstart said:
You are correct.. but there can be many "generational" players....just so you know .
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That would just mean that they're all playing in the same generation. Which would be true and make sense. However, it certainly doesn't differentiate them. Which would be a pretty hollow compliment.
 
meyers7 said:
You keep saying that. I'm not sure you know what that means. Why would you think she's a generational talent??? Generational talents are usually head and shoulders above their class (and classes above them). They are consensus #1's coming out of HS at the very least. Easily winning Naismith, etc awards. She didn't do any of that. Jones and Horston were considered better than her.

Why don't we wait until she has actually done something? Won some NC's. 3-4 time AA. a couple NPOY awards. THEN, we can START to talk about if she's generational or not. Maybe she'll show it her in college career, but certainly up to this point (mostly HS) she hasn't shown anything that would be considered "generational".
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Too early to call Paige generational? :oops::oops:
 
jumpstart said:
You do realize there is no criteria for being a "generational" player. It's subjective and can be a personal opinion. You can't give an exact measurement so calling someone a generational player can not be disproven or called wrong. Everyone has their own ceiling for what it means...so...yes...to some she is a generational player and has done enough for them to call her one...so let it go people.
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You guys could let it go too. Because it makes no sense.

Heck if there is no criteria, then I'm a generational player.
 
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Not interested in the "generational" debate - FWIW, WAY too early and I agree with the folks who have said she has LONG way to go before she's even close to being considered that good. What she is, is a very good freshman post player.

SC took it to Tennessee in the first half, more specifically the 1st quarter. Tenn played them close the rest of the way losing each quarter by 3, 5 and 1. UCONN was down at the half, and blew Tennessee out in the 2nd half.

IF SC had played the entire game like the 1st quarter, they'd have won by 40. IF UCONN played Tenn the first half the way we played the 2nd half, we'd have won by 40.

Point is 2 fairly close MOV's. The game vs. SC is AT SC. I think it's a very close game. I think UCONN wins by 4-5 points. But we will see soon enough...
 
meyers7 said:
You guys could let it go too. Because it makes no sense.

Heck if there is no criteria, then I'm a generational player.
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Exactly.....so you do get it. I never said she was a generational player....but if someone thinks she is...then she is.....It's subjective. Now a consensus generation player she may not be yet. That's a whole different thing.
 
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She may become a generational player for South Carolina....

In the same way that some think that Deion was the best of his generation that played at FSU.
 
jumpstart said:
Exactly.....so you do get it. I never said she was a generational player....but if someone thinks she is...then she is.....It's subjective. Now a consensus generation player she may not be yet. That's a whole different thing.
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jumpstart said:
…...or if South Carolina plays like they did the first half against Tennessee....this is really a silly way to decide a game that will be played on a basketball court. The two different games with the same opponent, tells you nothing...I mean nothing about their eventual match up. I see advantage South Carolina at home....that could spell the difference...or maybe not. Now..play ball !!!!
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What I said had zero to do about Tennessee! It had to do how hard Uconn finally played in a game this year! I don't judge games like you suggest! So know you really don't know what I meant! Last time Uconn played South Carolina on their home court. The Huskies were up 28 at the half and their coach called her first timeout with about a minute left in the first half! Asia Wilson was on that team! So much for home court! Uconn repeated the thumping in the Elite 8 with another 30 pt. lead and Dawn didn't call timeout until right before the half again!
 
EricLA said:
Not interested in the "generational" debate - FWIW, WAY too early and I agree with the folks who have said she has LONG way to go before she's even close to being considered that good. What she is, is a very good freshman post player.

SC took it to Tennessee in the first half, more specifically the 1st quarter. Tenn played them close the rest of the way losing each quarter by 3, 5 and 1. UCONN was down at the half, and blew Tennessee out in the 2nd half.

IF SC had played the entire game like the 1st quarter, they'd have won by 40. IF UCONN played Tenn the first half the way we played the 2nd half, we'd have won by 40.

Point is 2 fairly close MOV's. The game vs. SC is AT SC. I think it's a very close game. I think UCONN wins by 4-5 points. But we will see soon enough...
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SC is a streaky team. They also are a team that knows how to turn the switch on when they need to.
 
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