Rickea Jackson transfers

[jbc021592]

Per Rickea’s Instagram story, she’s currently on a visit to Texas and reunited with Vic Schaefer.

 

[southie]

Per Rickea’s Instagram story, she’s currently on a visit to Texas and reunited with Vic Schaefer.

 

[Hayven]

Is Texas joining the SEC next year? Seems like she wants to stay in the SEC. So I wouldn’t surprised if she ended up in Austin

 

[southie]

Is Texas joining the SEC next year? Seems like she wants to stay in the SEC. So I wouldn’t surprised if she ended up in Austin

Not next season. At earliest, 2023-24.

 

[Stymie]

Not sure it would be a “ great fit” at UCONN.

 

[bballnut90]

Not sure it would be a “ great fit” at UCONN.

Definitely would be an overload of wings with Fudd, Ducharme and Patterson all back next year. Jackson is very talented but I don't think she'd make UCONN better. Sort of like how Cardoso really hasn't made SC better this season even though she was the top transfer last season.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Not sure it would be a “ great fit” at UCONN.

UCONN, Stanford, SC, and company already have bunch of great players. Some of us have scraps or nothing at all.

 

[baggerbob]

Definitely would be an overload of wings with Fudd, Ducharme and Patterson all back next year. Jackson is very talented but I don't think she'd make UCONN better. Sort of like how Cardoso really hasn't made SC better this season even though she was the top transfer last season.

Whoever advised Cardosa made a mistake, she will have wasted 2 years being at South Carolina sitting behind Boston.
Would have been better to have gone where she could have played.

 

[bballnut90]

Whoever advised Cardosa made a mistake, she will have wasted 2 years being at South Carolina sitting behind Boston.
Would have been better to have gone where she could have played.

Just made no sense from a logistical standpoint. She literally picked the 1 program in the country with a clearly superior player ahead of her. I don't doubt she'll improve big time under Dawn but she'll come off the bench until her senior season. Going to a place like Texas (or many other programs) just made so much more sense from a playing time/development standpoint.

 

[ucbart]

Just made no sense from a logistical standpoint. She literally picked the 1 program in the country with a clearly superior player ahead of her. I don't doubt she'll improve big time under Dawn but she'll come off the bench until her senior season. Going to a place like Texas (or many other programs) just made so much more sense from a playing time/development standpoint.

THANK YOU!!! I've been saying this since the day she left Syracuse. I love Cardoso as I'm sure most of you know. She used to come in my restaurant and she is just the sweetest and nicest kid you could ever meet.

She should have gone to LSU. Kim loves a transfer. Kim can coach bigs. It would've been the perfect place for her.

I'm not saying there is anything wrong with her choosing SC, but it just made 0 sense to me. Her and Boston don't coexist in the same way, just on a much lower scale, like Wilson and Cambage didn't mix well in Vegas. They clog up the lane too much.

 

[cancontent]

Just made no sense from a logistical standpoint. She literally picked the 1 program in the country with a clearly superior player ahead of her. I don't doubt she'll improve big time under Dawn but she'll come off the bench until her senior season. Going to a place like Texas (or many other programs) just made so much more sense from a playing time/development standpoint.

Wouldn't she have been facing a similar situation at Texas? With the exception of Lattimore, who committed in August when she decommitted from Syracuse, Texas was pretty deep at that position too.

 

[southie]

Wouldn't she have been facing a similar situation at Texas? With the exception of Lattimore, who committed in August when she decommitted from Syracuse, Texas was pretty deep at that position too.

Texas only had one returning starter at Center in senior, Lauren Ebo. Also, signed a JUCO who is still very raw.

Latasha Lattimore is tall, but is not a Center.

 

[cancontent]

Texas only had one returning starter at Center in senior, Lauren Ebo. Also, signed a JUCO who is still very raw.

Latasha Lattimore is tall, but is not a Center.

Gotcha. Agree that Lattimore was never coached/developed to be a centre. I was thinking more of Gaston and Ebo.

 

[DeeHusky]

Wouldn't she have been facing a similar situation at Texas? With the exception of Lattimore, who committed in August when she decommitted from Syracuse, Texas was pretty deep at that position too.

They are deep at the position, but they aren’t better than Cardoso. Boston is clearly better than Cardoso at this point in their games. At Texas and many other schools across they country she’d be starting.The schools I think of off the top of my head that’s she makes better because they have no true center or a lesser one are Kentucky, Maryland, UConn, LSU, and Texas.

 

[DefenseBB]

They are deep at the position, but they aren’t better than Cardoso. Boston is clearly better than Cardoso at this point in their games. At Texas and many other schools across they country she’d be starting.The schools I think of off the top of my head that’s she makes better because they have no true center or a lesser one are Kentucky, Maryland, UConn, LSU, and Texas.

And of those schools you mention, 3 of them have pedigree on coaching bigs, 2 of them do not....

 

[GoCardinal]

Just made no sense from a logistical standpoint. She literally picked the 1 program in the country with a clearly superior player ahead of her. I don't doubt she'll improve big time under Dawn but she'll come off the bench until her senior season. Going to a place like Texas (or many other programs) just made so much more sense from a playing time/development standpoint.

Idk, unless I’m misremembering her time at Cuse she looks like she’s regressed since last year? The fee times I’ve seen her in backup duty this season I wasn’t exactly impressed.

 

[ucbart]

Wouldn't she have been facing a similar situation at Texas? With the exception of Lattimore, who committed in August when she decommitted from Syracuse, Texas was pretty deep at that position too.

No-because she is better than all the Texas posts.

 

[bballnut90]

Idk, unless I’m misremembering her time at Cuse she looks like she’s regressed since last year? The fee times I’ve seen her in backup duty this season I wasn’t exactly impressed.

She hasn't looked as good as last year IMO but it seems like she's taking time to adjust as a backup. Dawn is excellent at developing players so I think she'll be very good in the next couple of years but she hasn't found her stride yet at SC.

 

[TC22]

She hasn't looked as good as last year IMO but it seems like she's taking time to adjust as a backup. Dawn is excellent at developing players so I think she'll be very good in the next couple of years but she hasn't found her stride yet at SC.

She's having to learn to play defense other than just blocking shots. It's been a strange year for Kamilla. She didn't come at the beginning of the summer for some reason (maybe finishing up classes at Syracuse) had a minor injury, then Covid, then gone for National team again, another injury (ankle) and then another injury (Shoulder). She's been banged up a bit and missed some practice time. I think next year you will see her at the 5 and Boston at the 4 more often. Hopefully she'll be here over the summer so she can get the full benefit of the strength program because we have one of the best. Dawn's staff can develop that position. Look at A'ja and Aliyah and even Alaina Coates and how they have improved over the course of their career.

The down side of our tough scheduling was we never really had a chance to work on getting some of the new players in the line-up to see what they can do. Hopefully Dawn will take that into consideration next year when we will have to replace our PG and Saxton.

Kamilla played on the same AAU team as Raven and Ashlyn Watkins (signee) and am pretty sure that was part of her decision.

 

[cancontent]

She's having to learn to play defense other than just blocking shots. It's been a strange year for Kamilla. She didn't come at the beginning of the summer for some reason (maybe finishing up classes at Syracuse) had a minor injury, then Covid, then gone for National team again, another injury (ankle) and then another injury (Shoulder). She's been banged up a bit and missed some practice time. I think next year you will see her at the 5 and Boston at the 4 more often. Hopefully she'll be here over the summer so she can get the full benefit of the strength program because we have one of the best. Dawn's staff can develop that position. Look at A'ja and Aliyah and even Alaina Coates and how they have improved over the course of their career.

The down side of our tough scheduling was we never really had a chance to work on getting some of the new players in the line-up to see what they can do. Hopefully Dawn will take that into consideration next year when we will have to replace our PG and Saxton.

Kamilla played on the same AAU team as Raven and Ashlyn Watkins (signee) and am pretty sure that was part of her decision.

I've thought the same and your points remind me of something commentators said during a game this season. I may phrase this wrong, but the gist was that the coaching staff thought she had to work get caught up to the rest of her team mates at that position. Syracuse's use of her in comparison to how South Carolina play their bigs is very different.

I believe she's in the right place for her long term development. Immediate playing time is great, but sometimes it's better to be the understudy for a bit.

 

[bballnut90]

She's having to learn to play defense other than just blocking shots. It's been a strange year for Kamilla. She didn't come at the beginning of the summer for some reason (maybe finishing up classes at Syracuse) had a minor injury, then Covid, then gone for National team again, another injury (ankle) and then another injury (Shoulder). She's been banged up a bit and missed some practice time. I think next year you will see her at the 5 and Boston at the 4 more often. Hopefully she'll be here over the summer so she can get the full benefit of the strength program because we have one of the best. Dawn's staff can develop that position. Look at A'ja and Aliyah and even Alaina Coates and how they have improved over the course of their career.

The down side of our tough scheduling was we never really had a chance to work on getting some of the new players in the line-up to see what they can do. Hopefully Dawn will take that into consideration next year when we will have to replace our PG and Saxton.

Kamilla played on the same AAU team as Raven and Ashlyn Watkins (signee) and am pretty sure that was part of her decision.

Is Henderson for sure going pro? SC's roster next year is interesting....they're overloaded in the post and have a ton of guards/wings that struggle shooting. Competition for playing time will still be brutal at the 4/5 spots even if Saxton leaves. There's Cardoso, Feagin, Amihere and Watkins essentially competing for 1 spot on the court, plus the 10-15 minutes Boston sits.

Backcourt play is also a big question mark if Henderson leaves. Johnson was highly touted but is coming off an ACL and is unproven, Cooper is an incoming freshman who might be playing the point. Not a terrible situation, but not ideal either. Cooke returns at the 2 but isn't a facilitator (under 2 assists per game) and has struggled shooting throughout her career. Beal at the 3 is great defensively but isn't a big offensive threat. And then for other options you have athletic guards in Feagin, Hall, and Russell but all of them have struggled scoring this year. I'm guessing several of these players will grow and improve production with more playing but looking ahead to next year, SC's backcourt looks like a potential weak spot with the freshmen struggling to adjust and Cooke having an off year.

 

[TC22]

I've thought the same and your points remind me of something commentators said during a game this season. I may phrase this wrong, but the gist was that the coaching staff thought she had to work get caught up to the rest of her team mates at that position. Syracuse's use of her in comparison to how South Carolina play their bigs is very different.

I believe she's in the right place for her long term development. Immediate playing time is great, but sometimes it's better to be the understudy for a bit.

Exactly. She and Dawn both said as much. Kamilla said she didn't mind sitting and learning from Aliyah. Kamilla's offense is getting a pass or rebound right at the basket and putting it back in. She's very raw.

 

[shiverz45]

Is Henderson for sure going pro? SC's roster next year is interesting....they're overloaded in the post and have a ton of guards/wings that struggle shooting. Competition for playing time will still be brutal at the 4/5 spots even if Saxton leaves. There's Cardoso, Feagin, Amihere and Watkins essentially competing for 1 spot on the court, plus the 10-15 minutes Boston sits.

Backcourt play is also a big question mark if Henderson leaves. Johnson was highly touted but is coming off an ACL and is unproven, Cooper is an incoming freshman who might be playing the point. Not a terrible situation, but not ideal either. Cooke returns at the 2 but isn't a facilitator (under 2 assists per game) and has struggled shooting throughout her career. Beal at the 3 is great defensively but isn't a big offensive threat. And then for other options you have athletic guards in Feagin, Hall, and Russell but all of them have struggled scoring this year. I'm guessing several of these players will grow and improve production with more playing but looking ahead to next year, SC's backcourt looks like a potential weak spot with the freshmen struggling to adjust and Cooke having an off year.

I see SC getting a grad transfer or 1 year point guard in the portal for insurance for Raven. Rivers was the actual backup point during the SEC season and I thought she did a solid job when she was out there . She is tall and can see the court well. Besides her athleticism, I was impressed with her passing from the position.

 

[TC22]

Is Henderson for sure going pro? SC's roster next year is interesting....they're overloaded in the post and have a ton of guards/wings that struggle shooting. Competition for playing time will still be brutal at the 4/5 spots even if Saxton leaves. There's Cardoso, Feagin, Amihere and Watkins essentially competing for 1 spot on the court, plus the 10-15 minutes Boston sits.

Backcourt play is also a big question mark if Henderson leaves. Johnson was highly touted but is coming off an ACL and is unproven, Cooper is an incoming freshman who might be playing the point. Not a terrible situation, but not ideal either. Cooke returns at the 2 but isn't a facilitator (under 2 assists per game) and has struggled shooting throughout her career. Beal at the 3 is great defensively but isn't a big offensive threat. And then for other options you have athletic guards in Feagin, Hall, and Russell but all of them have struggled scoring this year. I'm guessing several of these players will grow and improve production with more playing but looking ahead to next year, SC's backcourt looks like a potential weak spot with the freshmen struggling to adjust and Cooke having an off year.

Henderson is a projected first rounder so I'm pretty sure she will go. There will be some retooling of our starting line-up - that's for sure. Bree Hall is a scorer and reminds me a lot of Tiffany Mitchell. Slasher, good outside shot, good defender. She's actually been our most productive freshman. Saniyah Rivers is going to be another good one and the game is slowing down some for her, but she was hindered at the beginning of the year from a nose break/concussion and then Covid. She really didn't get going until right before conference play. We will go through some growing pains at the beginning of next year but have the chance to be even better as this second #1 recruiting class grows up. If we stay healthy and don't have major transfers out SC will again be in the thick of things. You never know - Dawn may bring in a transfer guard, depending on how much our roster turns over. We have 5 Srs and with the Covid year 4 of them could be back. The only one who has no eligibility left is Grissett.

 

[Geew1992]

When you come here to see if Jackson picked a team and y’all talkin about Cardosa who’s already on a team