Because they(SC) are NOT nearly as good as some on this board make them out to be, EVERY team has deficiencies this year! They were beaten by NC State, only beat LSU by 4, beat Kentucky by only 5, and Gonzaga by 7.
We will have disagree on this one Cuango.
CW EW 3 freshmen starting
Yes without Anna playing 4 on 5 on offense. Right now lost a good passer missing that.
I agree. The thorny issue now is not whether one player is better than another, but rather what combination of players puts the best starting TEAM on the court and who are the best players to come off the bench. The TEAM is simply better with Anna starting than without her, albeit a mute point right now. CW and ONO should start, but their games need to be adjusted to their limitations. CW being a more scrappy scorer than shooter, and ONO staying around the basket where she can block shots and make easy layups from great passes by PB and EW. AG is serviceable as a starter, if she can shake off a bad game, but she is still far more valuable off the bench. The freshmen are proving to be terrific, and I trust Geno to use them appropriately as well as teach Aaliyah to do her thing with less fouling. Finally, if EW and, especially, PB, step it up a bit, we'll be fine even though we are very "fine" already.
Watching Syracuse v Notre Dame. Oh what Huskies could have done with Camilla Cardoso!
Finally, against Depaul, GA ordered the team to reward our big people with a lot of touches. The results were startling!
Huh? Nika couldn’t guard my grandmother not a scorer like CW and well never mind. Geno hardly sits her and will never consider your starting 5. Lol Nika over Williams ?
It is not just the scoring that matters and not just a straight swap of NM for CW. I'd want to move PB to the 2G which I think would be a huge improvement over CW and then have NM at the point. Not permanently for the entire 40 minutes, but more often. NM is starting to play more and more and the results, including her defense have been encouraging.
De'Janae Boykin--who didn't stay very long--was from Maryland. I think Kaili McLaren was from D.C., but her school was in the Maryland suburbs.
Your comment isn’t reality lol sit a # 1 recruit jr out of the starting line up for a freshman who is still learning to play America ball?? If your saying we our playing weak teams and still beating teams by a margin of 33 ppg, what’s the point of changing?? Your right about Nika getting more minutes but she comes in for evina Westbrook who is also a Pg/ playmaker. Williams is a star who just struggles at time with her shooting but still is elite. I mean look at the game Sunday against DePaul. Taking Williams out of the starting 5 will only hurt her confidence. Geno keeps her in to get her out her slump. Why you think she plays the most minutes behind Paige??
GA has already sat her once this year (only 14 minutes against Providence) and I have been clear that this is before the DePaul game. CW has been awful at shooting the 3 and playing defense and I could care less what her rating was 3 years ago coming out of HS. Less CW and more NM without affecting the rest of the players could or would be more effective than having CW miss three after three and not being able to guard anybody she is on.
Yes he sat her down. ONO and Westbrook was bench too. Geno done this before in the past if his starters aren’t performing up to his standard. And they all usually get the message like CW did. Speaking of 3s besides Paige and Westbrook the whole team been awful from 3. So instead of Williams missing 3 after 3s means she has to take less and do what she did against DePaul which is drive to the basket and crash the offense of boards not replace her from the starting lineup. And I definitely was being sarcastic when mentioning my Gma but they all get beat off the dribble and slow on rotation even though yesterday game was the best defense game of the season in my eyes.
I know you were being sarcastic. I just don't think it is appropriate nor does it add anything to the conversation. Also, GA sat CW far more than the rest of the players you mentioned. IIRC, she didn't even start the second half.
If CW playing more driving attack the basket then CW>NM
CW gets a lot of wide open looks at the three. She has to take those shots because they are there to take so what I'm thinking is that sometimes (not all the time), we put NM in and we move PB to the 2G. Then maybe they can't give us those threes as much. I think NM's passing abilities would help also.
We all know CW struggles but it makes no since taking her out the lineup because we still beating teams by a average of 33% they are still 11-1. If Geno keeps her in the starting lineup then it’s something he knows we don’t. He said that at practice she’s fine just don’t translate into games sometimes. But let’s end this convo. You have your option and I have mines which means mines is accurate since Geno and staff haven’t gone with your logic yet.
Your right and I said the same thing he should play her less but the thread is about starting lineups not playing more.
So I see you have your wish ? but for the wrong player but she’s still starting. I was wrong lol sort of
I think NM is a good player and with more playing time might be even better. I don't want her to replace CW, just less CW and more NM. I think CW could be better if you reduce her minutes from 35 plus to 25 minutes.
I like Nika she reminds me of Jen Rizzotti Sue and Bird. I sat and watch the game and I found out how really good she’s going to be. We all talk about pagie but Nika and Edwards has geno trust too. I remember geno said them two just click on early and last night win was freshman’s that carried the team ? scary ? for the future!!!! We coming (Dan Hurley voice)
