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Texas up 46-44. Uconn will need to play well vs both teams.
 
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this is the foul trouble to Coates game. It's a problem as that hurts Carolina on the boards.

Cuevas still the weak link, but Tyasha Harris playing well.
 
MDoggie said:
Did Uconn recruit Holmes?
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Yes, but it was going to be very difficult to pry her out of Texas. It was always a very long shot to land her.
 
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Well to state the obvious. Size will be and issue for Uconn vs both these teams.
 
Texas still looks ponderously slow. And the fouls, I mean, a few were questionable but playing at home? I can see them losing by free throws alone in away games if this is a typical outing.
 
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Huge effort by Texas tonight, they played with a lot of heart. I'm super proud of the maturity and poise that Ty Harris plays with on both ends of the court. She made it extremely tough for McCarty to get off good shots and I think she's only going to get better as the season progresses
 
Wilson looks very good. South Carolina has a lot of good players, but they still don't have the team cohesion offensively. They do look threatening though.

Wilson reminds me a lot of Tina Charles in that she isn't the most efficient scorer, but she has a lot of good moves, great length and works hard. She is really effective 15 feet and in and is very difficult to stop going to her left. She is also noticeably much stronger and is able to play through contact. More than anything, she was playing with a confidence and swagger that I haven't seen exhibited by anybody else the season. During the game she knew she was the best player on the floor and worked her tail off all night to prove it.

Coates also looks more aggressive this year. She worked hard when she was on the court which wasn't always the case. I am still curious to see how she will do against Connecticut after such a dreadful showing last year. Her free-throw shooting looked much better too.

Davis and Gray both had average nights. Neither really stand out at all as most of the focus was on A'ja.

Cuevas didn't look bad in the limited minutes I saw, I actually think she is much improved for me you're ago. Not sure why she was in the doghouse tonight. She didn't play at all in the second half and wasn't chair and are clapping when her teammates were scoring points. Something might be brewing there.

Texas wasn't bad, but they look like a hodgepodge of players out there. You can tell all of their players have good talent and have a lot of upside, but they are far from a final four team at this point. I have felt similarly about them the last two seasons, so we will see how their season unfolds, but I think they will be a Sweet 16 or Elite Eight team again this year. I also think UCONN will scorch them when they play.
 
I thought Texas looked better than they had in previous outings. So. Carolina had to work to put them away later in the game. Sunday will be interesting....
 
I think Cuevas was out of the game because she was struggling guarding the ball and she wasn't getting the ball inside. Also she was 2/9 and being way too much of the offense while she was on the floor.

Staley already seems to view Harris as the better stopper and Harris is also better on the boards and I think is much less likely to insert herself as an offensive focal point - though she did have some finished there at the end.

It is inevitable that Harris wins that job, I think. That's two matchups away from home that Coach has turned to the freshman. I don't think Cuevas has shown enough improvement to make it too much of a hard choice.
 
Texas front court is pretty good. I do think the foul trouble Coates got into - lot of non-shooting fouls - allowed Texas to control the boards more than they otherwise would have.

Very solid team that could easily upsets some Final Four hopefully in the Sweet 16 or Elite 8.
 
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You have to give Texas their credit.That was the best they have looked this year.With a young team.I can't wait to see them in March.
 
MDoggie said:
Joyner Holmes is nice!
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It's why many recruiting services had her as #1 over Lauren Cox. I saw both play several times and was always impressed with her athleticism for a 6-3 kid. And yes. It was evident early she wasn't leaving the state of Texas.
 
That was a really good road win for a Texas team that pretty much gave them everything. That's probably the best Texas has looked so far this year... I had a feeling they were going to play us tough after having a few close losses, none of them being bad losses. South Carolina needed this road test.. a few of our players grew up a little bit tonight and A'ja Wilson showed everybody that she's not one dimensional... she can beat you in multiple ways.
 
Texas gave Miss St. 23 points from the charity stripe and then tonight they gave SCar 30. Nearly half their points from the foul line. SMH. Both SCar and Stanford had a player have a career night against Texas. They are gonna come out like gangbusters vs UConn... if they have any fight left in them anyway and I think they do.
 
Butler will play a key role vs Texas. Good or bad will be determined by Nat.
 
MDoggie said:
Butler will play a key role vs Texas. Good or bad will be determined by Nat.
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Better hope she can keep up with Lang.. she's not bad, at all. Runs the floor will, can face the basket, big and strong enough, good rebounder and aggressive. I'm very impressed with Lang after tonight...
 
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