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scrooster said:
Dawn Staley's #1 USC Carolina Gamecocks ... the Lady-Gs 67, Geno's #2 UConn Huskies 63.

SCAR defense is better than y'all realize, plus our long range bombers get hot tonight, force y'all to come out and that leaves the bigs inside open for some easy 2s. We run the court very well and we've got too much depth for y'all to handle all night ... eventually your girls will fatigue.

Now, the key to this game for SCAR is to shoot minimum 75% from the charity strike.

I'd like to see y'all's bigs in foul trouble early - that would be good. We're going to try to pound the ball down low but I fully expect the refs up there to let'em bang on our girls so we're not counting on this thing to be called evenly. We'll see though. I could be wrong.

Not surprised to see y'all favored by double-digits given the history of teams failing up there. You've got a heckuvan intimidating place to play-in. We're supposed to be bringing a big crowd. A planeload, a busload, plus a bunch of people coming up from the NYC area. We sold all 200 of our tickets we were allotted.
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UConn doesn't fatigue because of their conditioning and they don't foul.
 
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UConn 82 SC 57

As much as ESPN and the rest of the WCB world has hyped this game, it simply won't come close to being a game, at least in the end. There are just too many factors going against SC that will allow them to keep this one close.

1. Stage fright - Huge game played before a boisterous home crowd and in front of a national television audience. Second nature for the Huskies...Gamecocks will be blinded by the bright lights and never see that train coming.

2. Intimidation - Simply put, all teams not named Notre Dame and Stanford are intimidated at the thought of playing the "Mighty Huskies".

3. Lack of high level competition - South Carolina played a weak OOC schedule and doesn't really face much competition in the SEC, which features lousy offensive / scrappy defensive-minded teams. But make no doubt, SC will be facing a defense tonight like none other they have ever faced.

The only saving grace for South Carolina is that they have a very competent coach and some very highly skilled talent. With that being said, the I can see SC keeping it close for a while, but once UConn gets going on their first run, it's going to be lights out after that. It's not that Geno has any hate for Dawn and SC, but I fully expect him to keep the foot on the pedal tonight in an attempt to demoralize SC in the event there is a second meeting this season.
 
Bottom line Tomorrow morning UConn will be number 1 in the polls. I agree our defense is going to be the biggest surprise for SC and add fan base I think there will be to much pressure on SC to overcome. In games like this it shows you both teams weaknesses. SC turnovers and lack of outside shooting will take its toll tonite.
 
Tonyc said:
Bottom line Tomorrow morning UConn will be number 1 in the polls. I agree our defense is going to be the biggest surprise for SC and add fan base I think there will be to much pressure on SC to overcome. In games like this it shows you both teams weaknesses. SC turnovers and lack of outside shooting will take its toll tonite.
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I remember when Ivory Latta and her NC teammates were hardly intimidated.....
 
This will be a game where we miss the steadying anchor-like presence of Stef.
 
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Both teams will have trouble scoring against the other team's D, except for KML. UConn 68 - SC 55.

Next year's game in SC will be even more of a heavyweight battle, if possible, with most all starters on both sides returning, and strong in-coming freshman classes. That'll be a game for the ages by two veteran, star-studded teams. Tonight, I expect to have many moments of skittish play by one (SC) or both teams.
 
My hope is that with great defense on both sides SC can turn this into a grinding type game and not let UConn dictate the pace. Huskys have a much more polished offense and the Lady G's are still trying to get there. This year they have survived on their size advantage and depth and won a few games ugly. Can't have the sluggish start in this game that has plagued us in many games and survive. I expect a close slugfest type game and am hoping for a Gamecock win! 68-64
 
MuchoDogYears said:
Both teams will have trouble scoring against the other team's D, except for KML. UConn 68 - SC 55.

Next year's game in SC will be even more of a heavyweight battle, if possible, with most all starters on both sides returning, and strong in-coming freshman classes. That'll be a game for the ages by two veteran, star-studded teams. Tonight, I expect to have many moments of skittish play by one (SC) or both teams.
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Only one team will have a strong Freshman class next year. We have two of the top 5 and 3 of the top 22 recruits in the country coming to Storrs next year plus Butler. We lose KML and Stokes and they lose Ibiam, Welch and Gaines. We lose more but we gain much more coming in.
 
andnes said:
My hope is that with great defense on both sides SC can turn this into a grinding type game and not let UConn dictate the pace. Huskys have a much more polished offense and the Lady G's are still trying to get there. This year they have survived on their size advantage and depth and won a few games ugly. Can't have the sluggish start in this game that has plagued us in many games and survive. I expect a close slugfest type game and am hoping for a Gamecock win! 68-64
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Meanwhile on your home board you say something else: " I had a realistic prediction of 75-64 UConn. On a couple sites I already threw out my hopeful prediction that the Lady G's will win 68-64!" Hope away, but I think your more realistic self will prevail.

http://www.cockytalk.com/showthread.php?t=214779
 
Wait...

let me look into my crystal ball.

I see UCONN tied with 5 seconds left...

Moriah gets the inbound and they double team KML..

Moriah is closely guarded but Saniya is open cause SC doesn't think she can hit the open trey and...


she drains the three FTW!!!!
 
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Some of you may disagree, but all this mention of the line gives the game more swag.

Stage fright overcomes SC. That and the fear of the snow. I see it as 84-59..Tuck and Stewart give Geno a "take that". And Geno eases off the pedal as respect to DS. If it was Tenn we'd hit 100.

But just cover the 13 point spread ok? My kids need new shoes :)
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
Meanwhile on your home board you say something else: " I had a realistic prediction of 75-64 UConn. On a couple sites I already threw out my hopeful prediction that the Lady G's will win 68-64!" Hope away, but I think your more realistic self will prevail.

http://www.cockytalk.com/showthread.php?t=214779
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Hey, my head and heart don't always agree. But in the spirit of making things interesting I left off my head prediction here, lol.
 
rvwsleep said:
Could it be that someone has a little too much time on his hands ? :)
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Checked out their game thread and there he was! Thought it only fair he gave us his real prediction.
 
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Kiah's line 3 fouls, 7 blocks, 9 points 14 rebounds 2 steals, 2 turnovers 26 minutes
 
With all due respect Mr.Rococo, I would agree IF your quote were amended to read as follows: "If there's one aspect that more than any other underlies the historic dominance of UConn, it's the GENO. I think HE is the single biggest advantage the Huskies have." Our conditioning is exceptional, but second to Geno.

My prediction? After the game, bars across the nation will be overwhelmed by the vast horde of UConn-haters drowning their sorrow.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
Checked out their game thread and there he was! Thought it only fair he gave us his real prediction.
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My real prediction is 68-64, Rocky. You can't fault me for trying to step back and be objective for a minute to consider a more likely outcome on my home board. In the nature of honesty, I did say hope twice in my OP and as fans we should all be passionate and follow our hearts to reflect the love for our respective schools. That same post finishes with the same prediction I gave here which is what I am sticking with. Go C0CKS!
 
scrooster said:
Dawn Staley's #1 USC Carolina Gamecocks ... the Lady-Gs 67, Geno's #2 UConn Huskies 63.

SCAR defense is better than y'all realize, plus our long range bombers get hot tonight, force y'all to come out and that leaves the bigs inside open for some easy 2s. We run the court very well and we've got too much depth for y'all to handle all night ... eventually your girls will fatigue.
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Seriously! USC's 3 best "long range bombers" shoot 47%, 38% & 36% from beyond the arc. UConn's 3 best from beyond the arc are 50%, 48%, & 46% plus another that shoots 42%.

And as a couple of others have pointed out, the UConn players are the best conditioned in the country, bar none.
 
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