Mississippi St @ Tennessee - 1/21/18

[Gamecockfan77]

Going back to last year McCowan had nothing for Wilson and I expect that to be the same story this year, especially after seeing Russell take her out to the perimeter. My big concern is Vivians. Last year we had Davis, Gray, and Cliney to match up but Vivians plays the 4 so one of our forwards will have to guard her which I why I expect us to play zone. MSU plays mainly man-to-man so Vivans will likely have to guard either Wilson or Jennings. That matchup plays in our favor and I think if we get her in foul trouble it will throw off her rhythm and give us a great chance to win the game.

I feel like Wilson struggled in one of the games last year. Maybe the SEC Tournament game.

What we did last year in all three games was stymie their offense. We'll see. We were a lot bigger team last season on the perimeter.

 

[SCspur]

Definitely Vivians is the matchup that we don't have a great answer for. Our most likely move in man-to-man would be to stick Cliney on her and I don't think Cliney really can do much with her.

I don't love our zone either though.

That is true, our zone is very shaky but that might be our best option. Maybe Bianca can lock in and shut her down like she did agaisnt Greenwell in the Duke game or we can have LeLe face guard her like we did Tanaya Atkinson of temple. Whatever it is I'm sure Dawn has a plan and I fully trust she will get the job done.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Tara has 10 final 4's, and 2 NC's

I count 12. 5 between '90-'97, and then 7 from '08-'17.

 

[Bayareahusky]

MSU with Vivians and SC with Wilson have players who they can ride deep into the tournament...... I have always liked Vivians... she really comes to play every night.... and is a dynamic player who wants the ball in her hands....

On the Final 4, yes CT is spoiled.... it is so hard just to reach that point in the tournament..... there are many examples of teams that are very very good that get knocked out before reaching that final weekend..... by definition..... it really puts a premium on excellence, perseverance, and consistency