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bballnut90 said:
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.
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Cuevas-Moore wasn't playing the way Dawn wanted her to - aka, she was taking too many shots and not getting her teammates involved. Dawn is from Philly - it's her way or the benchway. I think you guys may be somewhat familiar with coaches from the City of Tough Love. I'm entitled poetic license - right?
 
Shot selection by UT was less sensible in the second half. How many games are lost because of this? I'd guess quite a few.
 
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Texas wins or looses on the play of their guards and so far this year that play has been less than stellar.......let's hope UConn doesn't catch them when they snap out of it
 
SCGamecock said:
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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Lang started off last year looking really good and then had some sort of injury that slowed her down the rest of the season. She never regained her confidence. She is a very good player. And I had said before the season started that I expected Holmes to be the FOY and that she was much more prepared to play college ball than Cox just because of her athleticism. She had some wild shots that didn't draw iron last night but make no mistake that she is going to be a load to handle by the end of the season once she settles in and adjusts to the college game.
 
I flipped back and forth between MD-UL and TX-SC. Destiny Slocum and Khalia Charles both looked good for the Terps. If those two play well w Jones and SWK that team could be in Dallas. Joyner Holmes also showed flashes of good play along with some head scratching moments. Wilson has shaken any doubt of her status as a great player after last night. She was the best player in both games and could be NPOY.
 
HuskyFan1125 said:
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.
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Cox is not even in the same class as Holmes as a college player, imo. Cox at this point in her career is soft and misses too many close in shots. Reaching her potential could be slowed because of the two big players playing ahead of her. How much quality playing time will she get this season if the other two keep playing well?
 
donalddoowop said:
Cox is not even in the same class as Holmes as a college player, imo. Cox at this point in her career is soft and misses too many close in shots. Reaching her potential could be slowed because of the two big players playing ahead of her. How much quality playing time will she get this season if the other two keep playing well?
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I have to agree. When I first saw Cox play in high school I made a statement that I thought she would be a good college player but not a true program changer. IMO, she is going to struggle the rest of the season as she has to get stronger before she can handle the inside game at the college level. And no matter who the player is, it would be hard to displace Brown and Mompremier. They are both having great sophomore campaigns and will only get better. And Cave is a player that Mulkey has great confidence and she is going to continue to get playing time as a back-up at the post.
 
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easttexastrash said:
I have to agree. When I first saw Cox play in high school I made a statement that I thought she would be a good college player but not a true program changer. IMO, she is going to struggle the rest of the season as she has to get stronger before she can handle the inside game at the college level. And no matter who the player is, it would be hard to displace Brown and Mompremier. They are both having great sophomore campaigns and will only get better. And Cave is a player that Mulkey has great confidence and she is going to continue to get playing time as a back-up at the post.
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Hey you got 3 solids right there, don't need to get greedy :)
 
easttexastrash said:
I have to agree. When I first saw Cox play in high school I made a statement that I thought she would be a good college player but not a true program changer. IMO, she is going to struggle the rest of the season as she has to get stronger before she can handle the inside game at the college level. And no matter who the player is, it would be hard to displace Brown and Mompremier. They are both having great sophomore campaigns and will only get better. And Cave is a player that Mulkey has great confidence and she is going to continue to get playing time as a back-up at the post.
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It is the only reason I sort of questioned Cox's choice - on a team without the returning front line of Baylor, she would be in the fire learning, at Baylor she gets run out at the back end of games when the play is generally pretty chaotic and not a lot of serious learning is happening. Hopefully Kim is running her ragged in practices.
 
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