SEC Preseason Media Picks

[militarydog]

I don’t think it will go down at all I just don’t think she will be the leading scorer or a big time scorer. I’m almost 100% sure she came back to raise her WNBA stock and if that’s true she will definitely need to improve that area of her game no matter how many shooters she can defer to. Danberry got a lot of looks because of the attention Howard and McCowan garnered. I’m interested to see if she can step into that go role for her team.

I understand your analysis. However I would say instead of J Danberry that C Bibby and A Espinoza-Hunter were more of the beneficiaries of T McCowan and to a lesser extent A Howard. J Danberry is incredibly quick and strong with an uncanny ability to get to a spot for a shot or layup. Her biggest issue is obviously her lack of range. Any consistent shot was barely out to the free throw line. She also wasn’t the best free throw shooter last season.
J Danberry’s role is part of a bigger question mark for MSU. Coach Schaefer was obviously looking for options at point with grad transfers (M Moore) and transfers (C Patterson) the previous season. In short, it’s obvious he has concerns whether M Taylor is ready for the full time point role. J Danberry’s best role would be working holes in the defense for a driving layup or on some type of back door pass. She can also get a fair amount of points off steals. If there is another player capable of running point then J Danberry could be an extremely dangerous scorer capable of averaging in the upper teens. However she may have to be more a primary ball handler and initiate the offensive sets.

 

[SimpleDawg]

Well it wasn’t I who said Miss St won’t have as many weapons. I do think Danberry is good and will be a big contributor and last season stats do add facts but she did play Alongside the second best front court in the country last year which made her job much easier. IMO teams will force her to shoot more from range than she’s used to. If she adjusts she could be one of the best in the SEC, if not I think Vic will defer to his younger players. I do think your statement is a bit premature, while Danberry had a better scoring average last year that doesn’t necessarily mean she will be better this year. A player that will turn everyone’s head this year is Destanni Henderson. Remember I said this, she’s going to make a lot of noise this year.

I will say Herbert Harrigan can be the best overall player in the SEC. She is the leading returning shot blocker and has the highest midrange percentage of any retuning bigs. The sky is definitely the limit for her.

Well, I think Henderson is speculation at best right now. Sure, a high recruit could freshman-sophomore leap any time, but she didn't stand out last year against MSU to me. (Though not a lot of minutes for sure) Not that I'm counting her out, but just you don't hear MSU fans bank on Myah Taylor for the same reason.

I don't think Danberry will necessarily be "better," but I think she'll have roughly the same production as last year. And I think it's also because I think she'll get more touches. Last year McCowan and Howard took it upon themselves to make plays often. Danberry..... did too and she was only 3rd option. Jackson is the only other player on our roster that I think will take it upon herself to create offense which is why Danberry has an even better chance of being better - not that she will be better just stating one reason is because of possibly more touches.

I also think Tysha Harris despite averaging more minutes than Danberry on a team without an alpha and average less points makes me think Danberry will have a better year than Harris next year. Even though Harris is definitely an assists machine.

I agree Harrigan can definitely be first team all-SEC, but yes I agree with bballnut that Dungee and Carter seem to average great numbers even with an incessant amount of minutes and shots. We'll see what happens when Harrigan gets 30 minutes per game, as I think that's what we need her to have in order to see how good she truly is. I'm a huge fan of Harrigan, btw and yes I see those blocked shots stats which are very good - but she doesn't take many 3s either. Only 20 more attempts than Danberry.


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[DeeHusky]

I don’t think it will go down at all I just don’t think she will be the leading scorer or a big time scorer. I’m almost 100% sure she came back to raise her WNBA stock and if that’s true she will definitely need to improve that area of her game no matter how many shooters she can defer to. Danberry got a lot of looks because of the attention Howard and McCowan garnered. I’m interested to see if she can step into that go role for her team.

Yea, I think so too, but if she wants any chance of getting and staying in the league she need a consistent jump shot. The ONLY player that has gotten away with that is Alyssa Thomas

 

[bballnut90]

Rhyne Howard would probably be my pick for best overall player and Carter can be in the conversation as well. Davis is a good rebounder but she still isn’t assertive enough and Dungee is mainly a scorer. This may be my biased eye but MHH definitely has potential to be in that conversation with these players. She just has yet to put together a full strong season. She averaged 17 ppg and 2.9 bpg in the tournament last season and if she can keep a steady production like that I think she will be a force.

She definitely finished the year strong--I'll give you that. For the time being though, I don't think she belongs in the same conversation with those players. Especially if you're finding flaws with Rennia Davis and Chelsea Dungee who were far and away better contributors than MHH was a year ago.

 

[militarydog]

If Danberry plays PG for Mississippi State, she’ll be near the top of the league for assists per game as well. She averaged 3.5 APG in a role where she was mostly asked to score and Holmes was asked to facilitate, and was second in APG at 5.6, behind Taja Cole’s 7.0 APG.

I believe Vic wants her playing both PG and SG, so I think we’ll see her in both roles. She gives Vic a guard he knows can hang with Chennedy Carter and Ty Harris.

She was working a full time job, so I don’t believe her return had much to do with raising her WNBA stock.

She could average a lot of assists but she has a lot of areas that need to improve or she has to at least pay more attention for her to effectively fill the point position.
She had 125 assists last season but also 85 turnovers, 11 more than the next player and over 30 more than the one after that.
She only shot 63% from the free throw line. She took the third most attempts behind only T McCowan and A Howard.
Finally, she only took 5 three point shots and missed all 5.
She has elite speed and athleticism and good strength. To be a point she is going to have to almost be a completely different player. That is a lot to ask from a player in only one preseason. I’ll be interested to see how it all unfolds.

 

[DeeHusky]

She definitely finished the year strong--I'll give you that. For the time being though, I don't think she belongs in the same conversation with those players. Especially if you're finding flaws with Rennia Davis and Chelsea Dungee who were far and away better contributors than MHH was a year ago.

Agreed. For me it’s the eye test. MHH doesn’t have the talent that equates to those players imho. Whether she commits to consistently working hard or not she is not as equally talented as the top players in the SEC.

 

[SCspur]

I understand your analysis. However I would say instead of J Danberry that C Bibby and A Espinoza-Hunter were more of the beneficiaries of T McCowan and to a lesser extent A Howard. J Danberry is incredibly quick and strong with an uncanny ability to get to a spot for a shot or layup. Her biggest issue is obviously her lack of range. Any consistent shot was barely out to the free throw line. She also wasn’t the best free throw shooter last season.
J Danberry’s role is part of a bigger question mark for MSU. Coach Schaefer was obviously looking for options at point with grad transfers (M Moore) and transfers (C Patterson) the previous season. In short, it’s obvious he has concerns whether M Taylor is ready for the full time point role. J Danberry’s best role would be working holes in the defense for a driving layup or on some type of back door pass. She can also get a fair amount of points off steals. If there is another player capable of running point then J Danberry could be an extremely dangerous scorer capable of averaging in the upper teens. However she may have to be more a primary ball handler and initiate the offensive sets.

Totally agree with this. Based on the games I watched last season (especially Oregon) she got some good weak side looks because of the double and triple teams McCowan sometimes received. I do look for Jordan to have a great year for y’all though!

 

[SimpleDawg]

She could average a lot of assists but she has a lot of areas that need to improve or she has to at least pay more attention for her to effectively fill the point position.
She had 125 assists last season but also 85 turnovers, 11 more than the next player and over 30 more than the one after that.
She only shot 63% from the free throw line. She took the third most attempts behind only T McCowan and A Howard.
Finally, she only took 5 three point shots and missed all 5.
She has elite speed and athleticism and good strength. To be a point she is going to have to almost be a completely different player. That is a lot to ask from a player in only one preseason. I’ll be interested to see how it all unfolds.

I agree with you, militarydog - I don't think Danberry can play point guard either. She should not bring the ball up the court - we don't have enough sample size to know how she'll look if she has that extra task added to her.

Also, I think it's best she gets the ball from somewhere closer to the basket than where a point guard typically starts to initiate the play......which is closer to midcourt than the 3-point line. She shouldn't create the play from midcourt, she should create it from closer to the arch... less time for a defender to bring a body over, or adjust.

Michael Jordan was so much better because he was always getting the ball from Dennis Rodman's rebounds and winning loose balls. Defenses didn't have enough time to adjust to Jordan making his first move which resulted in a lot of points. I think Danberry benefits for the same reason, that she should get the ball a lot from Taylor so defenses don't have enough time to adjust. Give Danberry half a second to observe the defense not quite ready yet and it's an easy layup.

Danberry should definitely be 2 guard, imo. Regardless of how much of a better player than Taylor she is. Also, I should point out Taylor had only 9 turnovers in conference play. She had 3 times as many during nonconference play.... 27. Sure, she might've gotten a little bit less minutes by conference play, but I truly think it's a product of her improving in that aspect rather than minutes reflecting her stats. I think Myah is ready. She won't be perfect, but I don't think she'll look egregious most of the year. At worst just non damaging. However, if she reverts back to Taylor at the beginning of last year, we don't really have a lot of other options. But I saw in the Texas A&M game, and those Napoli games that she even outplayed Holmes. She was asked to do a lot against A&M too, so yeah.... I'd say I'm ready for her to be our starting point guard. I'm actually glad Minyon Moore decided to go to Oregon because this lack of Myah Taylor has been a deprivation for MSU fans for the last 2 years now.


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[militarydog]

I agree with you, militarydog - I don't think Danberry can play point guard either. She should not bring the ball up the court - we don't have enough sample size to know how she'll look if she has that extra task added to her.

Also, I think it's best she gets the ball from somewhere closer to the basket than where a point guard typically starts to initiate the play.which is closer to midcourt than the 3-point line. She shouldn't create the play from midcourt, she should create it from closer to the arch... less time for a defender to bring a body over, or adjust.

Michael Jordan was so much better because he was always getting the ball from Dennis Rodman's rebounds and winning loose balls. Defenses didn't have enough time to adjust to Jordan making his first move which resulted in a lot of points. I think Danberry benefits for the same reason, that she should get the ball a lot from Taylor so defenses don't have enough time to adjust. Give Danberry half a second to observe the defense not quite ready yet and it's an easy layup.

Danberry should definitely be 2 guard, imo. Regardless of how much of a better player than Taylor she is. Also, I should point out Taylor had only 9 turnovers in conference play. She had 3 times as many during nonconference play.... 27. Sure, she might've gotten a little bit less minutes by conference play, but I truly think it's a product of her improving in that aspect rather than minutes reflecting her stats. I think Myah is ready. She won't be perfect, but I don't think she'll look egregious most of the year. At worst just non damaging. However, if she reverts back to Taylor at the beginning of last year, we don't really have a lot of other options. But I saw in the Texas A&M game, and those Napoli games that she even outplayed Holmes. She was asked to do a lot against A&M too, so yeah.... I'd say I'm ready for her to be our starting point guard. I'm actually glad Minyon Moore decided to go to Oregon because this lack of Myah Taylor has been a deprivation for MSU fans for the last 2 years now.


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I’m not saying or at least I wasn’t trying to say that I didn’t think J Danberry can be the point. What I attempted to say was that a lot has change for her to effectively play point.

 

[SCspur]

Well, I think Henderson is speculation at best right now. Sure, a high recruit could freshman-sophomore leap any time, but she didn't stand out last year against MSU to me. (Though not a lot of minutes for sure) Not that I'm counting her out, but just you don't hear MSU fans bank on Myah Taylor for the same reason.

I don't think Danberry will necessarily be "better," but I think she'll have roughly the same production as last year. And I think it's also because I think she'll get more touches. Last year McCowan and Howard took it upon themselves to make plays often. Danberry..... did too and she was only 3rd option. Jackson is the only other player on our roster that I think will take it upon herself to create offense which is why Danberry has an even better chance of being better - not that she will be better just stating one reason is because of possibly more touches.

I also think Tysha Harris despite averaging more minutes than Danberry on a team without an alpha and average less points makes me think Danberry will have a better year than Harris next year. Even though Harris is definitely an assists machine.

I agree Harrigan can definitely be first team all-SEC, but yes I agree with bballnut that Dungee and Carter seem to average great numbers even with an incessant amount of minutes and shots. We'll see what happens when Harrigan gets 30 minutes per game, as I think that's what we need her to have in order to see how good she truly is. I'm a huge fan of Harrigan, btw and yes I see those blocked shots stats which are very good - but she doesn't take many 3s either. Only 20 more attempts than Danberry.


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Henderson was SEC all freshman, lead all freshmen in 3P FG % and averaged 16.5 ppg in a crucial 6 game SEC stretch for SC last year. She only played the last 5 minutes in the Miss St. vs SC game last year but she was a reason for the 4th quarter comeback. You will witness her more often this season for sure.

Harris averaged 18.5 PPG and 4.4 APG last season against Miss St so I think you might be selling her short here. Danberry could very well average more points but Harris isn’t inept on the offensive end.

 

[SimpleDawg]

Henderson was SEC all freshman, lead all freshmen in 3P FG % and averaged 16.5 ppg in a crucial 6 game SEC stretch for SC last year. She only played the last 5 minutes in the Miss St. vs SC game last year but she was a reason for the 4th quarter comeback. You will witness her more often this season for sure.

Harris averaged 18.5 PPG and 4.4 APG last season against Miss St so I think you might be selling her short here. Danberry could very well average more points but Harris isn’t inept on the offensive end.

Well, I had no idea she had that streak because I don't watch SC vs Ole Miss or SC vs Florida. But yeah like I said, I just don't think you can call her a key contributor until we see how she responds to her new role. But yes, I agree with you that she's currently on path. Only problem is that she shares a backcourt with Harrigan and Harris - so is she going to make the starting lineup?

And yes, I was well aware Harris always torches MSU. I was gonna say that maybe Holmes is more efficient than Harris but not as dangerous as Ty because of how well she plays against MSU. You always feel like it could've been a different game (in the national championship game too in 2017... though maybe Cuevas-Moore made a bigger difference in that game because William obviously struggled with Cuevas Moore on her) without her in the lineup. But I'm just saying overall I prefer Danberry and think she'll have a better year. Though I certainly wished we saw the Danberry in the postseason that we saw in the regular season.

 

[SCspur]

Well, I had no idea she had that streak because I don't watch SC vs Ole Miss or SC vs Florida. But yeah like I said, I just don't think you can call her a key contributor until we see how she responds to her new role. But yes, I agree with you that she's currently on path. Only problem is that she shares a backcourt with Harrigan and Harris - so is she going to make the starting lineup?

And yes, I was well aware Harris always torches MSU. I was gonna say that maybe Holmes is more efficient than Harris but not as dangerous as Ty because of how well she plays against MSU. You always feel like it could've been a different game (in the national championship game too in 2017... though maybe Cuevas-Moore made a bigger difference in that game because William obviously struggled with Cuevas Moore on her) without her in the lineup. But I'm just saying overall I prefer Danberry and think she'll have a better year. Though I certainly wished we saw the Danberry in the postseason that we saw in the regular season.

Henderson will likely start with Harris. Herbert Harrigan is a forward.

 

[bballnut90]

I agree with you, militarydog - I don't think Danberry can play point guard either. She should not bring the ball up the court - we don't have enough sample size to know how she'll look if she has that extra task added to her.

Also, I think it's best she gets the ball from somewhere closer to the basket than where a point guard typically starts to initiate the play.which is closer to midcourt than the 3-point line. She shouldn't create the play from midcourt, she should create it from closer to the arch... less time for a defender to bring a body over, or adjust.

Michael Jordan was so much better because he was always getting the ball from Dennis Rodman's rebounds and winning loose balls. Defenses didn't have enough time to adjust to Jordan making his first move which resulted in a lot of points. I think Danberry benefits for the same reason, that she should get the ball a lot from Taylor so defenses don't have enough time to adjust. Give Danberry half a second to observe the defense not quite ready yet and it's an easy layup.

Danberry should definitely be 2 guard, imo. Regardless of how much of a better player than Taylor she is. Also, I should point out Taylor had only 9 turnovers in conference play. She had 3 times as many during nonconference play.... 27. Sure, she might've gotten a little bit less minutes by conference play, but I truly think it's a product of her improving in that aspect rather than minutes reflecting her stats. I think Myah is ready. She won't be perfect, but I don't think she'll look egregious most of the year. At worst just non damaging. However, if she reverts back to Taylor at the beginning of last year, we don't really have a lot of other options. But I saw in the Texas A&M game, and those Napoli games that she even outplayed Holmes. She was asked to do a lot against A&M too, so yeah.... I'd say I'm ready for her to be our starting point guard. I'm actually glad Minyon Moore decided to go to Oregon because this lack of Myah Taylor has been a deprivation for MSU fans for the last 2 years now.


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I think the A/TO is due to lack of minutes rather than improved play for Taylor rather. She had a good A/TO in conference (16:7) but only played 154 minutes, most of which I'm guessing were in garbage time. Not the best sample size. She also shot 9-35 from the floor (26%) and 3-16 from deep (18.8%). Not sure how much can be read into those numbers. I'm hoping she's a lot better than I'm expecting her to be but we shall see.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

When Henderson got playing time she was great offensively. Then she had that bad day at Kentucky and Staley gave Cliney her minutes. That was so very frustrating to me.

Herbert Harriman is a four, not a guard so that's no playing time issue. Henderson should step into some of BCM's minutes and seems to me she will be more productive with them.

I'm not sure how continuing to compliment Rickea Jackson as one of my two favorite players in the class (Horston being the other) and predicting her as NFOY was an insult, but whatever.

I do not think anyone at Carolina is going to average a ton of points this year. Should be pretty balanced scoring.

 

[bballnut90]

Henderson was SEC all freshman, lead all freshmen in 3P FG % and averaged 16.5 ppg in a crucial 6 game SEC stretch for SC last year. She only played the last 5 minutes in the Miss St. vs SC game last year but she was a reason for the 4th quarter comeback. You will witness her more often this season for sure.

Harris averaged 18.5 PPG and 4.4 APG last season against Miss St so I think you might be selling her short here. Danberry could very well average more points but Harris isn’t inept on the offensive end.

Harris really struggled offensively in almost every other game against a ranked team, so not sure you can read much into 18ppg since it's a 2 game sample size. She is capable offensively but isn't an efficient scorer. Sort of a toss up at this point between her and Danberry for who will be a bigger factor/contributor to their team. Both are going to be immensely important for their experience as much as anything else.

Henderson had a great stretch (where she averaged 12.8ppg over 6 games, not 16.5) but was a non-factor pretty much the rest of the season. Take out that stretch and she averaged just 3.7 ppg last year on 28.8% FG and 31.5% 3pt. I think we'll witness her more this year but she'll need to take a MASSIVE leap in order for her to turn heads like you suggest.

 

[DaBball]

I think Mingo-Young for Mississippi State has a chance to be really special too. Strong, athletic combo-guard, though she has endured multiple knee injuries.

I watched her against Destanni Henderson at a HS holiday tournament in Naples, FL, and Mingo-Young was really impressive (she was the better player in that specific game and outplayed Henderson). Her ranking dropped drastically after multiple ACL injuries.

I’m excited to see more Henderson. When she’s a senior running the show with Cooke as a junior, it’ll be scary.

 

[SimpleDawg]

@bballnut90 - I think having 9 turnovers in conference play is definitely more an indication of improvement than lack of minutes to say. Though yes I agree with you that her offense is not that good. But then I guess she doesn't need to have good offense on a team with Bibby, Jackson, Scott, Espinoza, and Danberry. It's not uncommon for a Vic Schaefer player to gradually improve through the course of the year. And for them to look completely different one year to the next. Though Taylor has a real tall task to handle, because we don't have anyone else that can be a starter just yet so I hope she doesn't revert back to freshman inconsistencies. But i don't think she just suddenly stopped having those 4-6 turnover games just because she got slightly less minutes. Vic really practices turnover drills.

@SCspur @Gamecockfan77 - I really like that 1-2-3 G/SF trio of Henderson, Harrigan, and Harris. We should just call them the H sisters. HHHH if we add Herbert Harrigan's double Hs.

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[Jmsdawg]

I think Mingo-Young for Mississippi State has a chance to be really special too. Strong, athletic combo-guard, though she has endured multiple knee injuries.

I watched her against Destanni Henderson at a HS holiday tournament in Naples, FL, and Mingo-Young was really impressive (she was the better player in that specific game and outplayed Henderson). Her ranking dropped drastically after multiple ACL injuries.

I’m excited to see more Henderson. When she’s a senior running the show with Cooke as a junior, it’ll be scary.

I agree with you in regards to Mingo-Young. I believe she will be to Myah what Jazz was to Morgan, I.e., a PG substitute more than adequate for the position. I hope Mingo-Young gets enough playing time early so by the time we play SC and A&M, PG will be a strong point for MSST rather than a concern.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Harris really struggled offensively in almost every other game against a ranked team, so not sure you can read much into 18ppg since it's a 2 game sample size. She is capable offensively but isn't an efficient scorer. Sort of a toss up at this point between her and Danberry for who will be a bigger factor/contributor to their team. Both are going to be immensely important for their experience as much as anything else.

Henderson had a great stretch (where she averaged 12.8ppg over 6 games, not 16.5) but was a non-factor pretty much the rest of the season. Take out that stretch and she averaged just 3.7 ppg last year on 28.8% FG and 31.5% 3pt. I think we'll witness her more this year but she'll need to take a MASSIVE leap in order for her to turn heads like you suggest.

The 6 game stretch represents a period where she got extended playing time and South Carolina opened up its offense. The other periods reflect a true freshman playing behind two seniors and Cooper in limited playing time.

Henderson was a top 10 recruit and the #1 pg recruit in the country. Somehow I suspect you would be less incredulous if she wore a different uniform.

But you don't average 16 pts a game over 6 conference games with those shooting lines unless you have a lot of ability.

It wouldn't be a massive anything for her to average in double figures with BCM out of the picture.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Herbert -Harrigan is a four.

 

[LoTrader]

Herbert -Harrigan is a four.

And a talented 4.

 

[Boxerpups4me]

you can go watch the 2019 ladies mcdonalds all american game in its entirety on youtube and it was fun to watch. the east had 3 south carolina players that started and also horsten from tennessee. the west had rickea jackson. all these players were very impressive to watch. i think south carolina is in great shape after watching those three play. beal, to me, looked the most impressive of the three. cooke seemed a bit out of control, but can get to the basket with ease and has tons of talent. boston looked good under the basket as well. horsten look awesome too. she has so much length. her defense will really help tennessee this season. rickea jackson can do it all..she reminds me a bit of rennia davis as well..cant wait for the season to start

 

[DefenseBB]

I think the Lady Vols are underrated. They'll finish 3rd or 4th the lowest.

Bahhahah! That’s a good one! They have improved simply by dumping Holly but let’s not get silly. They did lose Westbrook and Collins so they will be young. While the SEC isn’t as strong as some prior year iterations, Kentucky, Auburn, Arkansas should all be good. A great season for them would 6th. That said, Vanderbilt has to cut Stephanie White loose if these poll comes close to be accurate. The amount of money spent, the poor results, poor recruiting and frankly poor coaching show they mad a very poor choice.

 

[stwainfan]

Tennessee has a exhibition game on the 29th. We can get our first look at this year's team.

 

[militarydog]

Mississippi State had their Maroon Madness this past Friday night for the men’s and women’s teams. Everything was fairly scripted in a pep rally style but they did have a three point contest (won by A Espinoza-Hunter) and an abbreviated Maroon vs White scrimmage. Some notes include that both C Bibby and P Taylor. The sample size regarding either player was really too small to gauge recovery although other than a knee brace C Bibby moved very well. J Danberry played point guard for her team. Again it was stretching it to call it a true scrimmage.
There will be an official Maroon vs White scrimmage Thursday that is open to the public. Further word is all four freshmen (R Jackson, J Hemingway, J Mingo-Young, and A Matharu) are pushing hard for playing time.

 

[Boxerpups4me]

there are several ways tennessee can compete for a conf title this season. the first was get rid of holly..check.

secondly, cut down on the unforced turnovers and play more in control.

horsten has to have an all freshman like season. she is lengthy and can give tennessee a really good defensive boost and she can score points in a hurry.

massengill, kk, and burrell will have to improve signifigantly

rennia davis HAS to be more consistent, especially after the loss of westbrook. to many times she completely disappeared last year

all in all, 2020 has been a recruiting bust for kelly harper. sigining a 144 ranked player wont get it done in the sec. she needs to make a statement THIS season and finishing sixth wont get it done. time will tell

btw at least break the losing streak to alabama geez

 

[Dwilliams02]

Bahhahah! That’s a good one! They have improved simply by dumping Holly but let’s not get silly. They did lose Westbrook and Collins so they will be young. While the SEC isn’t as strong as some prior year iterations, Kentucky, Auburn, Arkansas should all be good. A great season for them would 6th. That said, Vanderbilt has to cut Stephanie White loose if these poll comes close to be accurate. The amount of money spent, the poor results, poor recruiting and frankly poor coaching show they mad a very poor choice.

Tbh losing Westbrook n Collins isn't as bad as everyone makes it. As long as Their freshman can come to play early. I expect Zay Green to make a huge jump. She's already a great defensive guard. Long as her offense translates. She'll be one of the best in the conference by March. If UCLA's
KK show up. That'll be scary. New coach. Still have experience on the team. Davis has to show she can lead the team consistently.. a lot bashed Westbrook but she showed up more than Davis. Butb Talented new players. They have one of the better teams in the conference on paper. But time will tell with Harper coaching. If she gets this talent Playing at a high level. It's hard to beat Tennessee. I'm an LSU fan btw.

 

[DefenseBB]

there are several ways tennessee can compete for a conf title this season. the first was get rid of holly..check.

secondly, cut down on the unforced turnovers and play more in control.

horsten has to have an all freshman like season. she is lengthy and can give tennessee a really good defensive boost and she can score points in a hurry.

massengill, kk, and burrell will have to improve signifigantly

rennia davis HAS to be more consistent, especially after the loss of westbrook. to many times she completely disappeared last year

all in all, 2020 has been a recruiting bust for kelly harper. sigining a 144 ranked player wont get it done in the sec. she needs to make a statement THIS season and finishing sixth wont get it done. time will tell

btw at least break the losing streak to alabama geez

I guess I just don’t see the “generational talent” in Horston that all Tenn fans do. She is not Breanna Stewart who can make such an immediate impact, heck eve Stewie struggled until the BE Tournament and NCAAT in her freshman year and she was 6’4” so I just don’t see Jordan as that capable as a freshman (yes potentially as a Sophomore to Senior assuming KJH is a legitimate coach)
The Tenn team is young and inexperienced AND will require Davis to step up immensely in leadership and maturity. Rennae is certainly capable but it takes 5,6 or 7 other players to compete at a high level to succeed. I don’t see them placing in the top 5 of the SEC this year.

 

[DeeHusky]

I guess I just don’t see the “generational talent” in Horston that all Tenn fans do. She is not Breanna Stewart who can make such an immediate impact, heck eve Stewie struggled until the BE Tournament and NCAAT in her freshman year and she was 6’4” so I just don’t see Jordan as that capable as a freshman (yes potentially as a Sophomore to Senior assuming KJH is a legitimate coach)
The Tenn team is young and inexperienced AND will require Davis to step up immensely in leadership and maturity. Rennae is certainly capable but it takes 5,6 or 7 other players to compete at a high level to succeed. I don’t see them placing in the top 5 of the SEC this year.

They definitely are Top 5 SEC if she can coach. They have the talent, that’s just the bottom line.

 

[stwainfan]