Idk. Dawn embraces the competition. I sense a rivalry will brew between lsu and SC. These two coaches have huge personalities and will say what they have to say. Plus it’s the SEC. I’m gonna enjoy it. When LSU talent level picks up
The thing is the reporter tried to bait Dawn into throwing Nikki under the bus. If you watch her expressions when she is answering the question you can see she really is tip toeing around answering it. The truth is we played LSU twice last year and beat them by 4 and 7. So in Dawn’s mind she really was stuck. Its fine. Everybody knew there would be a rivalry brewing between these two. Add in Tennessee and Vic returning and this conference will be so much fun.
You think this BOTHERS Dawn? The coach who scheduled NCState, Md, UConn, Stanford all the same year, knowing she was also going to face Joni, Kellie Harper, Mulkey, Gary Blair and any number of other fantastic coaches in our conference. Vic beat Dawn twice in all the years He had elite teams. Dawn embraces competition. If she was worried about her record or scared of the competition her OOC schedule would look like Vic’s or Mulkey’s or any number of coaches who schedule one or two good teams a year.
I could be wrong Kim was 2-1 at Baylor. Baylor won twice I think in the year Baylor won a natty. (last loss in the Bahamas in 19-20 I think, when Cooper went to Baylor?)
Looks to be right. I browsed through USC's games from the past decade. I had thought that USC and Baylor had played more often...
Don't sell this team short. I think this LSU team is a legit top 15 team. Your backcourt in my opinion is one of the best in the country. Pointer has always been underrated. I remember Morris as a freshman at Baylor, and I thought she was special then. The only thing that held her back is off the court issues. Cherry is very athletic and has a nice pullup and your front court is solid. Your starters are old as well as talented. If LSU stays healthy, I would not be shocked if this team reached the Elite 8 and a Dark horse for the final 4.
I appreciate your positive thoughts. I think the strength of this LSU team is clearly their guards, Morris and Pointer are a pretty dynamic duo. Kim seems to get the most out of Morris, as evident by her other stops compared to how she has played under Kim. Cherry is a strong defender, a bit inconsistent offensively but you can never question her work ethic. She works hard to make a play on the defensive end whenever she misses a shot or turns the ball over.
In all honesty, doesn't a spark like that promote rivalries and improve WBB attendance and coverage? We're all WBB fans in this forum and that should please all of us.
I can't speak for all fans but I know next year will be challenging given we lose so many seniors, not having any proven experience returning with the exception of Morris if she does return. We will likely have to do what Duke did this past offseason and add a boat load of transfers and find a way to make it work. LSU will have a talented incoming class coming in but counting on freshmen to do a lot is never a successful strategy.
She may be a lot of things to a lot of people but she is not afraid of losing. She scheduled UConn when we couldn’t stay in the gym with them. When people asked her why she said you cant know how to be a great team unless you know where you are lacking and you aren’t going to know playing teams you can easily beat. She also said one of the reasons she came to SC was so she could coach against Pat because she was one of the best. So this isn’t something new just because she has a great team. This IS the hardest schedule she ever put together but she said her team deserves this. They want to be challenged. As a fan though there doesn’t seem to be a break. Tomorrow we play ANOTHER ranked team in Kentucky.
LSU has a higher ceiling than I would’ve expected early on… they defend, Aufiwa is a solid post, and that backcourt is electric. Pointer, Cherry and Morris can cause problems and they are HARD to guard. They’re going to go deep IMO.
Last game of the season.
When was that exactly?
This is an LSU thread, so I digress. I just wanted to clear up something. Susan Walvius scheduled the first 2 beat downs. Dawn caught the second one because I think UCONN was already on the schedule when she was hired. So, I won't acknowledge the first 2 wins against Dawn.
We didn't play UConn again until Aja's Freshman year. So, we did have a good team when Dawn scheduled them.
Actually, I thought I had cleared it up in a September post (Gamecocks 2022, Part II) but apparently not. Here is my response to the same poster making essentially the same post:This is an LSU thread, so I digress. I just wanted to clear up something. Susan Walvius scheduled the first 2 beat downs. Dawn caught the second one because I think UCONN was already on the schedule when she was hired. So, I won't acknowledge the first 2 wins against Dawn.
