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Why would Stanford not be favored at home.?
I didn't realize unbeatable was the standard. Lol.I agree. South Carolina is not unbeatable.
Too many turnovers. Fordham do have a very experienced team. three seniors and two graduates in the starting lineup.Maryland didn't do much today to enhance Scar's win the other day by having to struggle to beat mid-major Fordham 83-76.
His point was valid potentially, although we did have to beat SEVERAL top seeds to get to the finals. Overall though, any of the top teams can beat each other on a given day.Easy now. Our trolls own this board
Some people here didn’t believe in Henderson until she became a giant slayer last year… they do this every year with SC. Before that, it was Ty and KiKi.. they weren’t “good enough”.. then they went off their senior season, just like Henny did.Teams do not hit a high percentage or get a lot of attempts from the three against SC. SC plays a tight man to man and athletic enough to switch at all positions including Boston. It is very hard to get 3s in the halfcourt set. You may get them in transition, but you usually don't get good looks in the halfcourt. Every time SC graduate a point guard, in the beginning of the season the naysayers think it is going to be a weakness. You are making a lot of assumptions off of 1 game.
Who else besides her would you consider flourishing against P5 teams ?Abby Myers appears to be another player transferring from a mid-major to P5 and flourishing.
A team would have to get hot and hit at least 21 three pointers ala Louisville vs Baylor the Shimmel era to have a chance at beating SC on a bad shooting night. Even on a bad shooting night they tend to get the rebound 95% of the time. Folks focus on their defense but the only way a team can beat SC in march is if they outrebound them which no team has been able to do in a while.Actually, good point. I guess I'm conflating certain games in which the opposing teams gets hot from 3 for a quarter or a half but it normally doesn't last for a whole game. Especially in some of those old Arkansas games over the years, that kept the game a little closer than they should be for a bit.
Hyperbole like this is why I think South Carolina is far over hyped this year. A team that is playing offense 4 vs 5 or sometimes even 3 v5 every time down the court is going to be easier to beat than you seem to realize.A team would have to get hot and hit at least 21 three pointers ala Louisville vs Baylor the Shimmel era to have a chance at beating SC on a bad shooting night. Even on a bad shooting night they tend to get the rebound 95% of the time. Folks focus on their defense but the only way a team can beat SC in march is if they outrebound them which no team has been able to do in a while.
I pretty sure that is not how it works.Maryland didn't do much today to enhance Scar's win the other day by having to struggle to beat mid-major Fordham 83-76.
They said win not ranking.I pretty sure that is not how it works.
South Carolina is already #1 and they beat Maryland. How could you possibly enhance a number 1 ranking?
I pretty sure that is not how it works.
South Carolina is already #1 and they beat Maryland. How could you possibly enhance a number 1 ranking?
They said win not ranking.
Quality of win factors in the ranking. Why else would you bring it up?What I said wasn't enhanced was the quality of the win. I said nothing about the ranking.
Quality of win factors in the ranking. Why else would you bring it up?
The number one ranked team team cannot be ranked higher than number 1.
There’s a thing called the NCAA tournament at the end of the season. Not sure you’ve hard about it. But the seed you based on the quality of wins and loses. So the quality of wins is regularly evaluated.Quality of win factors in the ranking. Why else would you bring it up?
The number one ranked team team cannot be ranked higher than number 1.
It's a good thing we don't do that then.Hyperbole like this is why I think South Carolina is far over hyped this year. A team that is playing offense 4 vs 5 or sometimes even 3 v5 every time down the court is going to be easier to beat than you seem to realize.
I still think they are a top 5 team and will got to the final four but, yea, this isn’t the take.