Interestingly, I don't think Nikki or Mulkey actively recruited either Newby or Morris. We got lucky with both. Morris took the initiative to follow Mulkey and Nikki knew Newby through KP. If KP doesn't stay, unlikely Newby comes. If you look at the individual stats of players , they all have more rebounds and less turnovers. Nikki's lack of standards is so obviously by comparison.
Eh... I am not sure if its worth the risk. Even with a healthy Morris, we likely still arent winning the SECT. They are already projected as a 2 seed so what is the risk worth?
I think because she won the conference. I don't think its fair for me to say Dawn didn't deserve it, she has the #1 team in the country right now and won the SEC, but Kim has had as impressive coaching job as anyone in WBB this year. I think most people on the outside know this and it won't take away from what she has done.
I’m sorry, but Dawn did it a lot of talent that it was expected. Kim did it with ALOT less talent. Which is much more impressive.
Are you saying that "it was expected" for SC to beat Stanford, NC State, UConn, Maryland etc ?I’m sorry, but Dawn did it a lot of talent that it was expected. Kim did it with ALOT less talent. Which is much more impressive.
If a team has the amount of talent that SC has, then yes I‘d expect them too.
They are hot and playing well.
It was disappointing. I do hope that's Mulkey's message to her team was different that her message to the media. I hope that the media message was posturing knowing that the last reveal had LSU as #2 seed so why wouldn't she argue that the tournament should be irrelevant to seeding and use the South Carolina example she used.
Mulkey made similar statements when she was at Baylor. When her team won the regular season conference championship and was set for a high tournament seeding, she resented having to play in the conference tournament: nothing to gain, plenty to lose.
Interesting, although complaining about conference rules is somewhat worthless. There have been some coaches that talk about how conferences award automatic bids, and when it's the conf tourney that gets you in, it penalizes the teams in the perceived lower conferences that were in 1st place but then lose the conf tourney final, and they don't get into the NCAA tourney. Which now gets me thinking ... what would happen if NCAA bids were for both the regular season and tourney champ, and how many conferences have the overlap vs two distinct teams? Even Geno has said you work hard all season to win the conference and then have to deal with the conf tourney ....
Si what happened to Morris? Will she be back for the NCAA Tournament?
Strained MCL. She will be good for tournament but they held her out of SECs as a precaution. We simply can’t score or do much without her. Which makes it remarkable we somehow beat TN on the road without her. Ironically the three seed got an easier matchup than the 2 seed in this tournament the way Kentucky has played lately.
THE BESTIt's crawfish season
Quantifying a win over tenn as, "remarkable" is a bit of a stretch these days, don't you think?
Misunderstood what I meant…. It was more in the sense that they won that game without Morris was remarkable because LSU is a shell of itself without her in the lineup. Had nothing to do with Tennessee. They are a solid team and beating them on the road during their senior night was a very admirable performance. LSU just isn’t able to do much without a starting lineup that has Morris AND Pointer
