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JstVisiting said:
Of Stanford and UConn, we got the opponent we wanted. Bueckers doesn’t need anyone whispering in her ear “remember, you too are mortal.” Brea Beal will teach that lesson again, while UConn has no answer for Boston.
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I feel silly. I said Brea Beal would make Paige Bueckers look mortal while we pounded UConn inside while they had no answer.

But we pounded a UConn team with no answers inside while Destanni Henderson made Bueckers look mortal. My bad.
 
cancontent said:
A lot can be said about match ups, however many were saying the same about Stanford before they played UConn.
Maybe it's me, but this year, how teams match up hasn't had as much of an impact for the presumed favourites.

I'm not going to try to hazard a guess as to how these teams will play each other. I'm looking for a competitive, injury free game. Definitely rooting for Aaliyah but will also be happy for Amihere from as Canadian perspective. They've both gone through so much to get to this point.
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Aaliyah doesn’t have a strong enough game to battle SC. She’s UConns best on the glass and was no match for Boston. UConns posts couldn’t compete but that was expected
 
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Bigboote said:
Hats off to the Gamecocks. Most of us thought they’d need superior guard play to win, and that’s exactly what they did.

See you in the title game next year.
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Rough start, looked anxious, too many turnovers, unfortunately the Seniors didn’t show, had opportunities to close gaps which never materialized… and the refs didn’t give us any favors, but SC is good and athletic, hence the recruitment of Brady and Patterson.
 
Basket said:
What happened to Williams? Just when I started to think she was pretty good. She is a weird player. No leadership at all.
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I know it’s hard for some to hear, but her best games are always against lesser talent, never top teams. It’s been this way her sophomore-senior years. She did a little better this year but still same pattern (great against lesser teams, not so great against top teams).

I am optimistic to see where everyone grows next year, and glad the seniors are moving on to the next level. 2017-2018 HS classes have been head scratchers everywhere. The 2020-2021 classes have been killing it at the top all over the country!
 
Wow what a season. They got it done with defense all year. I know this team was far from the best team ever, but they are definitely in the conversation for the best defensive team of all time. So proud of the ladies of Gamecocks WBB!
 
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hoopsfan22 said:
Congrats to South Carolina! The better team won tonight. This is the new big rivalry game in WCBB, so we'll be seeing each other a lot in coming years at least until Geno hangs it up.
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Yeah, but I can’t hate South Carolina, kind of like Stanford. Mad respect to both, and games will be nail biters for the foreseeable future, but there’s no heat. A writer called UConn-Stanford a “civil rivalry “ and that includes So Carolina too
 
Congrats to SC. They looked like the hungrier team and were fully in control throughout. Boston was great per usual, but MOP should've gone to Henderson. She shut down Paige and carried SC offensively. Props to Dawn for shutting out doubters and anyone who questioned their offense (myself included). SC executed extremely well all weekend and proved they were solidly the best team in women's basketball this season. Congrats to the SC fans.
 
LwrcasefaN said:
With a day to prepare, UCONN is playing the same SC team they played earlier in the year. SC isn't. Everyone on UCONN looks noticeably different than even 2 months ago. I don't think Paige or Boston is what decides this game. It will be the players around them.
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In the 1st game, South Carolina won 73-57, or by 16 pts. In the Championship game, South Carolina won 64-49, or by 15 pts. So Connecticut DID improve from earlier in the season.......
 
bballnut90 said:
Congrats to SC. They looked like the hungrier team and were fully in control throughout. Boston was great per usual, but MOP should've gone to Henderson. She shut down Paige and carried SC offensively. Props to Dawn for shutting out doubters and anyone who questioned their offense (myself included). SC executed extremely well all weekend and proved they were solidly the best team in women's basketball this season. Congrats to the SC fans.
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Yeah, but after the 1st Quarter, when CT out-scored USC 19-13 to pull within 8, and I think shot 54% for the first half, it felt like a 0-0 game to me at the time. But we somehow persevered......
 
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bballnut90 said:
Congrats to SC. They looked like the hungrier team and were fully in control throughout. Boston was great per usual, but MOP should've gone to Henderson. She shut down Paige and carried SC offensively. Props to Dawn for shutting out doubters and anyone who questioned their offense (myself included). SC executed extremely well all weekend and proved they were solidly the best team in women's basketball this season. Congrats to the SC fans.
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I thought the MOP was for the entire final four. Henderson definitely was MVP tonight, but Boston was better if you factor in both games.
 
ConwayGmck said:
Yeah, but after the 1st Quarter, when CT out-scored USC 19-13 to pull within 8, and I think shot 54% for the first half, it felt like a 0-0 game to me at the time. But we somehow persevered......
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Agreed, but every time UCONN made a run SC countered and created separation. SC won all of the loose balls and their defense was smothering. It was a pretty dominant win from start to finish IMO.
 
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Just finished it. Wow, congrats SCAR, such a complete game. Three thoughts:

-What a difference two days make. Fudd and Williams were a non presence, and even Bueckers was of limited impact. SCAR did such a great job limiting the backcourt. Henderson, by contrast, played like a woman possessed. What a performance.

-South Carolina's length is incredible. I think at one point they had a lineup with no on shorter than 6 1. And UConn just doesn't have the athleticism among their guards to counteract it. The result? SCAR had more than twice as many rebounds as UConn, and UConn had half as many as in their game against Stanford.

-it was striking to me how much better UConn was with some of its starters (Williams and Fudd) on the bench, and some bench players (Muhl, Ducharme, Westbrook) on the floor. After Bueckers, who briefly looked like she'd carry UConn on her back singlehandedly, the only other guard who impressed me was Ducharme, who really kept the motion moving on offense. Otherwise it was the bigs - ONO and Edwards - who made most of the offensive magic happen.
 
ConwayGmck said:
Yeah, but after the 1st Quarter, when CT out-scored USC 19-13 to pull within 8, and I think shot 54% for the first half, it felt like a 0-0 game to me at the time. But we somehow persevered......
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This reflects the growth in SC as a program… so many times I’ve watched good SC teams fold under the pressure of playing UConn during runs or before the game even began. But no more. There’s a certain relentlessness that’s becoming the program’s identity.

Seeing tonight and remembering the embarrassing blowout losses make it all so much more satisfying.
 
ConwayGmck said:
In the 1st game, South Carolina won 73-57, or by 16 pts. In the Championship game, South Carolina won 64-49, or by 15 pts. So Connecticut DID improve from earlier in the season.......
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Act like you've been there. AND I SAID...SC was the same team to prepare for...and nothing about whether UCONN or SC had IMPROVED. If I did....point it out.
 
SCGamecock said:
This reflects the growth in SC as a program… so many times I’ve watched good SC teams fold under the pressure of playing UConn during runs or before the game even began. But no more. There’s a certain relentlessness that’s becoming the program’s identity.

Seeing tonight and remembering the embarrassing blowout losses make it all so much more satisfying.
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Yep I always looked at SC as a team that would lose poise if they were pressured in a tight game against a good opponent. I wasn’t sold on their mental toughness or ability to execute under pressure. Wrong
 
SCGamecock said:
This reflects the growth in SC as a program… so many times I’ve watched good SC teams fold under the pressure of playing UConn during runs or before the game even began. But no more. There’s a certain relentlessness that’s becoming the program’s identity.

Seeing tonight and remembering the embarrassing blowout losses make it all so much more satisfying.
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I also believe it talks to the players' commitment to the culture Staley envisioned for the program. This 2019 class has had a national championship as their goal since setting foot on campus. Things may not have worked out initially, but they didn't lose sight. It's a great reminder for all of us that it's possible if you put in the work.
 
cancontent said:
I also believe it talks to the players' commitment to the culture Staley envisioned for the program. This 2019 class has had a national championship as their goal since setting foot on campus. Things may not have worked out initially, but they didn't lose sight. It's a great reminder for all of us that it's possible if you put in the work.
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I really see it as a 3 year journey in the making. In 2020 the post season was shut down due to Covid. We were ranked #1 in most polls and felt robbed of the chance to compete for a national championship. In 2021 we came up so close in the final four. But finally in 2022 we tasted victory! I feel like this win is as much for Ty Harris and Kiki Herbert-Harrigan as it is for the players who were on the court. The winning culture they helped build finally came to fruition yesterday! Go Gamecocks!
 
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UConn fans should be proud of this team, despite all the craziness that occurred this season they still found a way to make it to the finals which seemed impossible a few months ago.

I still think the matchup of these two teams was always going to favor SC this season and the only team that was going to beat SC without playing at their absolute best was Stanford. The defense and post play is a lot to handle and as long as SC didn't beat themselves there was highly likelihood that we would win the title.

This SC team looked so focused and poised going into the Final Four, that I was surprisingly calm leading into the Championship game. As I watched the first quarter it seemed so bizarre that the roles seemed reversed from the early UConn-SC series. SC didn't look scared of the moment and was able to get out to a decent lead early and was able to counter any runs that was made throughout the rest of the game. Overall it was good inaugural March Madness and I'm sure this experience will only fuel the fire both teams for next season.
 
GCKSFN4L said:
This SC team looked so focused and poised going into the Final Four, that I was surprisingly calm leading into the Championship game. As I watched the first quarter it seemed so bizarre that the roles seemed reversed from the early UConn-SC series. SC didn't look scared of the moment and was able to get out to a decent lead early and was able to counter any runs that was made throughout the rest of the game. Overall it was good inaugural March Madness and I'm sure this experience will only fuel the fire both teams for next season.
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Yep. SC handled UConn's runs just like UConn handled NCSU and Stanford runs. They didn't panic.
 
I think we need better sportscasters that actually knows what they are talking about. They don't know the players and obviously didn't see the game.
 
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Congratulations to Little Carolina. To celebrate the title, I'm thinking about heading to Bojangles for some Chicken Wings.;)

Really happy for Boston, especially how last year's Final 4 ended for her. Gotta feel great for Henderson to have her career end with a career high and a title. I've always been a Staley fan, so good for her to win #2.

To win a National Title and to win the Triangle Title in the same year :eek::eek::eek:
 
ConwayGmck said:
In the 1st game, South Carolina won 73-57, or by 16 pts. In the Championship game, South Carolina won 64-49, or by 15 pts. So Connecticut DID improve from earlier in the season.......
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So very classless. That's been one constant.
 
smh I was thinking five years ago... Little Carolina won the women's title and Big Carolina won the men's title the next day. Now.. it has happened again .... lawd hamercy
 
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