Michelle Smith: Bone looks to turn around Aggies

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[speedoo]

And the hype for Bone continues. She has to be among the top five most over rated players.

 

[bruinbball]

Not saying this to be disrespectful, but I thought the center for CofC was more polished and played a better game.

 

[pap49cba]

Well, she won't have to 'look' too far....

 

[RadyLady]

Anyone who doesn't cooperate she'll just push out of bounds

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[msf22b]

What a silly piece, the quotes were (considering her latest effort) delusional.

 

[EricLA]

She's a solid center. I bet Buck would put up similar numbers if she got 35 minutes per game.... Just sayin for comparison...

 

[speedoo]

Well, she won't have to 'look' too far....

Yeah, like in her mirror.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

I wonder if she has any sense of the incongruity between her words and her play.

 

[sarals24]

Reminds me of Lavender a little bit. I mean the way she is kind of lazy on offense (and defense) and yet is still hyped. Don't get it.

 

[trisailin]

Eric - I disagree. I think Buck would put up FAR better numbers. Reason being is to some degree, at present, Buck has to feel out of place when she's put into a game. If she played similar minutes, she could "just play" and we'd see the Buck that was in HS and that we hear about from summer pick-up games. Heather is good. I suspect that for her right now the fear of failure is equal to the desire to succeed. Stuff she thinks about now would go back to being automatic.

 

[ChicagoGG]

Re: Bone
Talk is cheap, shoves are sleazy, and technicals will cost you dearly....

 

[vtcwbuff]

I'm not defending Bone and I'm certainly not a fan, but I think the performance we saw may have had more to do with Dolson and company than it did with Bone's abilities.

While she didn't tear up D1 last year, Bone had a respectable 12pts/6.9 rb average last year. That's probably far below what the hype might lead people to believe, but by comparison, last year's Dolson (also hyped) had a 10.5 pts/6.0 rb season.

 

[Wbbfan1]

IMHO Lavender accomplished considerably more for Ohio State then Kelsey has for either South Carolina or A&M. Lavendar didn't bring Ohio State to the National Championship, but she did accomplish a lot for them.

Reminds me of Lavender a little bit. I mean the way she is kind of lazy on offense (and defense) and yet is still hyped. Don't get it.

 

[sarals24]

Bone was ranked much higher than Dolson out of high school, and her body type is pretty desirable for a big girl. She clearly hasn't put in the work that Stef has and it shows. Natural ability will only take you so far! Plus, I can't see Stef EVER pulling what Bone did in the first five minutes of the game when she shoved her into the support. She's lucky Stef wasn't seriously hurt.

 

[Ozzie Nelson]

As I remember it, the announcers seemed nonplussed about the shove, as if it was an ordinary occurrence. It was not.

 

[speedoo]

As I remember it, the announcers seemed nonplussed about the shove, as if it was an ordinary occurrence. It was not.

The announcers were Ward and Peck. Anyone expecting competence from them has not been watching WBB on ESPN at all.

 

[tomcat]

Cannot recall a "big" playing so small. Except for the shove, of course.

 

[sarals24]

I have to applaud the Aggies that were seated next to me. They weren't OK with that and were yelling at Blair to take her out.

 

[vtcwbuff]

As I remember it, the announcers seemed nonplussed about the shove, as if it was an ordinary occurrence. It was not.

I got the impression that they were waiting to see what the refs called before they commented.

 

[pinotbear]

That is good to hear. My first reaction, before they said that it was called intentional, was "send HEATHER in for a few minutes. She'll set'll things."

Before anybody gets upset, I'm not saying (at all) that Heather's a thug: she's not. But, she's really strong, and quite willing to bang bodies with anybody. Her effectiveness against BG speaks to her fearlessness.

 

[Buzzyboy]

IMHO Lavender accomplished considerably more for Ohio State then Kelsey has for either South Carolina or A&M. Lavendar didn't bring Ohio State to the National Championship, but she did accomplish a lot for them.

Lavender was the girl I couldn't think of when I made a reply to a post the other day. She and Bone really seem to be cut out of the same cloth. They were able to put up decent numbers when playing generic teams but anytime they encountered a team that actually played an active defense, they stunk the joint out. Who would want either of these guys on their team??????? Mediocrity incorporated.

 

[UCONNfan1]

Bone was ranked much higher than Dolson out of high school, and her body type is pretty desirable for a big girl. She clearly hasn't put in the work that Stef has and it shows. Natural ability will only take you so far! Plus, I can't see Stef EVER pulling what Bone did in the first five minutes of the game when she shoved her into the support. She's lucky Stef wasn't seriously hurt.

Totally agree with this. Although, not all of the recruiting services had Dolson down below 30 or 40 like ESPN did. Still, Bone was a top 2 kid coming out of HS. Her lack of fitness was the most shocking thing to me. She looked like she was simply "going through the motions" at least 50% of the time. That girl needs to take diet and fitness seriously if she wants to be considered elite.

I wonder how long, if ever, the "experts" will see her more for what she is. Top 5 center in the nation? Come one. She may not even be a top 5 center in the Big East (Dolson, Stokes, Busie/Dunning, Achonwa... OK I ran out of centers I could think of but you get the point, and yeah I know WVU is in the Big 12 but I couldn't resist - I like Busie)...

 

[cferraro04]

Bone had her chance...Geno wanted her to come...she snubbed her nose and let the Basketball world think she and diggins were a package deal...people thought wow...Bone and Diggins to ND...then she surprised everyone went with Dawn Staley... That didn't work out...so it was back to Texas... She has not lived up to her hype...so now after underperforming against UConn she is going to save the program...okaaaaaay, we'll see.

 

[easttexastrash]

I've always disliked Bone, even from her HS days. Her ego is much larger than her talent. When Bone's team played BG's in their final HS matchup Bone said " I beat her once and I'll beat her again" as if the other players had no impact on the game. BG then promplyly scored 16 points in the first quarter, including stealing the ball from Bone and going the full length of the court for a dunk. It was my favorite HS moment for BG.