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HuskyFan1125 said:
If I’m not mistaken wasn’t Jess Shepard’s waiver granted on game day? Always a possibility. Gotta say if this is approved Its gonna chip away the already low respect i have for the NCAA.
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What would be worse? Approval of the waiver or the inconsistency of denying this waiver after approving Shepard's?
 
Scoop said:
Whether it was disgusting or not depends on one's point of view. I was watching that game live. The "pick" was not called because the Tennessee player was not moving or leaning when Atkins ran into her. She simply stopped, and Atkins ran into her. Picks are legal if you set them properly. That one was set properly. It's part of the game. As you know, picks are run in every game, at every level throughout the season. This pick just happened to be set in an area of the floor where players don't expect them to be, and Atkins never saw it.
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I too watched the game live and recorded it and I call BS! Russell clearly stuck her hip out yo impede Atkins process of guarding her player. A pick is legal if you establish position and don’t move unjustly, which is exactly what Russell did, moved unjustly with her hip. Add in the chippiness that Tenn had and the usual “classlessness” the fans exhibited when Atkins went down is why I enjoy the infighting on LadyVols board, which I am rooting for some good beat downs to get them frothed up. I want to see both Wilson and McCowan beat Russell into a pulp in the post with their size and skills and better athleticism.
 
VFLfan said:
I never said I condoned anything. And for that matter she herself took full responsibility after the game saying she said something she shouldn’t have. I was just pointing out that she has gotten ONE technical...one...and she owned up to it and said it shouldn’t have happened. Not a resume of a “dirty” player IMHO.
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As I said I have the game on DVR and yes, Westbrook did cross the line, however the coaches and team mates did to her and as an 18 year old in a highly competitive environment, I hope she learns from this, though I worry if she has a history of talking it might rear its’ head again. That was/is an ugly side of DT that I detest and don’t enjoy. My father always said, “act like you’ve been there before and kill them with silence and point to the board!”. I don’t want the trash talking from the NBA Or MCBB to eek its way into the Women’s game.
 
DefenseBB said:
I too watched the game live and recorded it and I call BS! Russell clearly stuck her hip out yo impede Atkins process of guarding her player. A pick is legal if you establish position and don’t move unjustly, which is exactly what Russell did, moved unjustly with her hip. Add in the chippiness that Tenn had and the usual “classlessness” the fans exhibited when Atkins went down is why I enjoy the infighting on LadyVols board, which I am rooting for some good beat downs to get them frothed up. I want to see both Wilson and McCowan beat Russell into a pulp in the post with their size and skills and better athleticism.
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If you watch other games, you see Russell doing this regularly. She goes to the top of the key to set a screen and as the opposing player tries to go around her, she sticks her hip into the opposing player. Absolutely an illegal screen and I don't understand why the SEC officials don't call it. Of course there have always been a lot of unusual calls that are made on TN's home court.
 
Alydar said:
I haven't and would like you to cite the games and the spot in those games. Here are links to replays of UConn's games for you to use: 2014-2015 Women’s Basketball Game Replays WatchESPN: Live Sports, Game Replays, Video Highlights

I don't agree that UConn players don't dispute calls. They make all sorts of faces when they get called for some things. And I've seen a few UConn players get physical when an opponent tries to take away a rebound. But I don't remember Williams ever getting called for taunting or ever putting her hands on or physically threatening any opponent.

The burden is on the accuser and that is you.
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There is no burden here. I stand by what I said. If you disagree-then disagree but.."I don't agree that Uconn players don't dispute calls" seems like you agree that Uconn players do dispute calls. 2014-15 season? We won the Championship. What of it?
 
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YellwJcket999 said:
There is no burden here. I stand by what I said. If you disagree-then disagree but.."I don't agree that Uconn players don't dispute calls" seems like you agree that Uconn players do dispute calls. 2014-15 season? We won the Championship. What of it?
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I disagree with this:
I've seen Gabby Williams dispute calls and get aggressive towards an opposing player where her teammates had to come and get her - this season.
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I'm not sure what you meant by "get aggressive". Saying her team mates had to "come and get her" suggests to me that you think she was about to get physical. That's a pretty serious thing to say and I think you should point out the instance(s). Unsupported claims of facts need to be challenged. Over the years there have been many unsupported attacks on UConn (players and the program) that got repeated so often that some people accepted them as factual. All I ask is for you to state the game(s).
 
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Sophie Cunningham suffered a leg injury yesterday and did not play in the second half of Missouri's game Sunday. The extent of her injury was not disclosed. They will need her Sunday against SC.
 
donalddoowop said:
Sophie Cunningham suffered a leg injury yesterday and did not play in the second half of Missouri's game Sunday. The extent of her injury was not disclosed. They will need her Sunday against SC.
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Both she and Lili Thompson suffered leg injuries yesterday (this was noted in the injury thread).

I went back and watched both, and neither of them looked good. Most particularly Thompson's, which I hate to say it had ACL written all over it. She had a breakaway and her knee appeared to buckle as she planted to jump into the layup. Muffet walked over to Thompson for a few moments and, after returning to the bench, looked like she had to compose herself before addressing her team.

Cunningham's injury was strange to me because of the way it happened. She was dribbling across the high post and appeared to hurt her knee as she made a pass toward the low post. One can hope that it's not a season-ending injury.
 
No news on Cooper. "The wait continues to drag on?" The waiver request was submitted 3 weeks ago. Let's not hear any holiday excuses. The NCAA really needs to get its act together.

You have to love that Dawn is holding up departure times, wishin' and hopin'.

Imagine the reaction around wcbb if Geno were engaging in this sort of nonsense?

The wait continues to drag on for South Carolina women’s basketball, as the No. 4 Gamecocks have still yet to hear anything from the NCAA regarding transfer guard Te’a Cooper’s hardship waiver as they prepare for their first road SEC game of the season.

“I’m checking my phone every minute,” Staley said of Cooper’s waiver, which would allow her to bypass NCAA rules requiring transfers to sit out a year. “She can’t go (to Oxford) unless she’s cleared to go. So we got a little bit of a later departure time to give us a couple hours to see if that’ll take place, and if not we’ll just wait until we hear from them.”

South Carolina waiting to hear on Cooper’s hardship waiver
 
Sluconn Husky said:
I'm still confused. What was Cooper's hardship again?
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Cooper's hardship:

Too long without playing. She sat a year recovering from ACL surgery and another year per the transfer rule would be punitive and would not enhance her student-athlete experience.

Team's hardship:

Injuries.
 
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UConnCat said:
“I’m checking my phone every minute,” Staley said of Cooper’s waiver, which would allow her to bypass NCAA rules requiring transfers to sit out a year. “She can’t go (to Oxford) unless she’s cleared to go. So we got a little bit of a later departure time to give us a couple hours to see if that’ll take place, and if not we’ll just wait until we hear from them.”
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Next it will be hunger strike or hold her breath? Dawn is a strange one. What she's really thinking is we're Carolina damn it, just hand it over!
 
South Carolina beat writer clarifies some things about the Cooper waiver petition via twitter:


 
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This was something that raised my eyebrows a while back. Who told Dawn that the NCAA would be quick to issue a ruling? When has the NCAA ever been quick to decide these cases? She'll be lucky if she gets an answer back by the end of January.
 
The Cooper waiver petition is, again, being labeled a "hardship waiver." I'm old enough to remember when a hardship waiver meant family illness or injury. But hey, calling it a hardship waiver worked for Notre Dame and Shepard so might as well go with what seems to have worked.

If we don't know the basis for the Shepard petition ("personal reasons"), how can one conclude that the Cooper petition is similar?

Just because McGraw and Staley both said they expected the NCAA to rule in 2 weeks doesn't mean they were told by someone at the NCAA that a ruling would be made in 2 weeks. That's just coaches saying what they hope happens.

Dawn's reference to a 6th year just seems strange. As I understand it, if Cooper has to wait until next season (2018-2019) to play, she'll have automatic eligibility for one more season after that -- 2019-2020. That'll be 3 full seasons (2015-2016, 2018-2019, 2019-2020) completed in 5 years. If she wants to play a 4th season, she'll need to petition the NCAA for a 6th year of eligibility. If she doesn't, she will still have had 2 full seasons to play at South Carolina. I guess what Dawn is really saying is that it will never be too late for the NCAA to approve Cooper's petition because she's unlikely to want to stick around and apply for a 6th year of eligibility. If the NCAA grants the petition and there are only a handful of games left in the season, Cooper is going to play.

Dear Dawn,

Stop begging.
 
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Orangutan said:
It's unseemly. Partly because she looks desperate. Partly because it looks like she's trying to shame the NCAA into granting the waiver.
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I think the point has been reached where granting the waiver will make the NCAA look more terrible (if possible) and more corrupt (if possible). So let's make Cooper eligible just in time for the end of conference play and the tournaments?

It's not like I think Cooper will have that great an impact -- it's been nearly 2 years since she played in a collegiate game -- but Dawn's behavior is making this process look ridiculous.
 
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Dawn says she's no longer begging because of injuries. She's now begging on behalf of Cooper. Or something. She also says some schools lie to get waivers approved. She's not lying. Just begging.

“I think what we’ve put together is truthful,” Staley said. “A lot of times, you got to be a really good liar to get a waiver OK’ed.”

I wonder who she thinks lied to get a waiver?

"We’re just asking for the rest of the season, which I don’t think is a whole lot in the whole grand scheme of things. No, I don’t want them to consider our injuries, I don’t want them to consider that, because that’s not why we put it in,” Staley said. “We put it in on the merit of her sitting out last year, her being able to be with our team this year after sitting out for a year-and-a-half.”

We weren't greedy. We didn't ask for the entire season; just give us the rest of the season. Come on NCAA.

Gamecocks' Dawn Staley gives updates on Te'a Cooper, injured players
 
UConnCat said:
but Dawn's behavior is making this process look ridiculous.
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This is half of why I was hoping against hope that the heir apparent would not in fact be Geno's USA successor.
 
Cooper's waiver is denied by the NCAA, I guess they just love more teams then others. Should be a big incentive for SC to prove them wrong again.

 
UConnCat said:
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Who wants 6 years in college?? Any number of people.
I know of one that spent at least 8, non athlete, sail the Caribbean from May to Oct
Recruited shipmates in school. I'm not sure he didn't go for another 10
For some it's not the degree --it's the "experience"..
 
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