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Transfer portal part 2

TheFarmFan said:
Tara VanDerveer comes to mind. Or Geno. Or Scott Rueck. All three hop with the hippest. Ivey is plain Jane by comparison. :p
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LOL, however I don't consider them "hip hop" types. They're able to relate regardless of the generation.

sweetspot said:
I don't know what's weirder: calling players "hip hop types" or suggesting that Ivey, one of the most well-known young Black coaches in the sport, would out of touch with them.
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That's what made me ask the question. I didn't find the statement to be fair to Ivey or athletes in general.
 
Plebe said:
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I expected the clip from the Wedding Singer from you ;)

While Sugar Hill Gang are legends, I'm more of the late 80s/early 90s generation with classics like this being my go to track.

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jumpstart said:
Ivey seems very aloof. I don't think that is going to play well over the course of a season with these young girls playing for her. These girls are "hip hop" types and she just seems out of touch. Sometimes the most anticipated hires don't work very well.
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Ivey still has her core players there. The players that have transferred out so far were role players/tertiary options. ND was a 2 minute collapse from making it to the Elite Elite.
 
cancontent said:
Could you expand on what you mean here? What exactly is a "hip hop" type?
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The hip hop generation. You have never listened to hip hop ? I can't imagine Ivey getting down with those girls...lol....
 
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jumpstart said:
The hip hop generation. You have never listened to hip hop ? I can't imagine Ivey getting down with those girls...lol....
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Raised on it along with heavy metal, rock and roll, alternative, classical, country, house, R&B.............etc. The idea/assumption that Ivey couldn't relate from a "hip hop" level doesn't make sense nor is it fair because that is a blanket statement that doesn't do athletes or Ivey justice.

Not all athletes of this generation are "hip hop types". Second, hip hop has been around well before Ivey attended Notre Dame as an athlete herself. Being am an AC on ND's sidelines for as long as she has, she's also coached many "hip hop types" as you classify them, including one of my faves Natalie Achonwa. And if Ivey couldn't really "get down" with these athletes, how does it explain her ability to resonate with NBA players when she was an AC with Memphis?

If you want to say there could be a generational gap, that's fair, even though I think that's a stretch.
 
jumpstart said:
The hip hop generation. You have never listened to hip hop ? I can't imagine Ivey getting down with those girls...lol....
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jumpstart said:
The hip hop generation. You have never listened to hip hop ? I can't imagine Ivey getting down with those girls...lol....
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Hip hop is/was about much more than music but in any event, based on Ivey's age, she is probably in the original hip hop generation.
 
sivad40 said:
Ivey still has her core players there. The players that have transferred out so far were role players/tertiary options. ND was a 2 minute collapse from making it to the Elite Elite.
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It’s not that ND doesn’t have a core of very good players. Citron, Miles & Westbeld are very good. But after that the Irish are hoping that Mabrey is more consistent next year, that frosh Bransford has a real short learning curve and that oft-injured Marshall, their only potential post player, is finally healthy and ready to go.

With only 6 scholarship players projected for the roster currently, and absolutely no margin for error, ND is desperate for a couple of transfers to fill a looming void.
 
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Orangutan said:
Morris should have a robust market of suitors. Would like to see ND involved there but the starting guard spots are spoken for unless Ivey is willing to bench Mabrey and I don't see that happening.

Jenna Brown initially chose ND before de-committing. Wonder if the Cardinal to Irish grad transfer connection will continue.
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Gonna chalk this up as a "told ya so" after folks questioned whether ND would actually have interest
 
Orangutan said:
Gonna chalk this up as a "told ya so" after folks questioned whether ND would actually have interest
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Congrats I guess? I mean it’s not like she played ANY minutes at Stanford let alone any significant minutes. She’s a body at least but she’s also a guard which you seem fairly well stocked on with Miles, Citron, Mabry and Bransford.
You reed some size and 3 of them would help your cause a lot just to get you to 10!
 
DefenseBB said:
Congrats I guess? I mean it’s not like she played ANY minutes at Stanford let alone any significant minutes. She’s a body at least but she’s also a guard which you seem fairly well stocked on with Miles, Citron, Mabry and Bransford.
You reed some size and 3 of them would help your cause a lot just to get you to 10!
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I'm not saying she's good just that I was right, lol.

Forwards are a bigger need for sure but ND still needed a guard or two, having lost 3 from last year and only gaining Bransford until now.
 
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JDuro said:


Looking to working toward being a physician one day. Program with a great med school would be pretty ideal.
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This is really not a surprise. Littleton transferred to SC from TX two years ago with a good deal of fanfare. She averaged only 11.6 mpg her first season at SC and then 9 mpg this past season. In the championship game she played just 1 minute, with zeros across the board on the stat sheet. The grass isn’t always greener.
 
oldude said:
This is really not a surprise. Littleton transferred to SC from TX two years ago with a good deal of fanfare. She averaged only 11.6 mpg her first season at SC and then 9 mpg this past season. In the championship game she played just 1 minute, with zeros across the board on the stat sheet. The grass isn’t always greener.
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And originally committed to the other USC before ending up at Texas.
 
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oldude said:
This is really not a surprise. Littleton transferred to SC from TX two years ago with a good deal of fanfare. She averaged only 11.6 mpg her first season at SC and then 9 mpg this past season. In the championship game she played just 1 minute, with zeros across the board on the stat sheet. The grass isn’t always greener.
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I doubt her decision will have much to do with basketball. She is trying to pursue a medical degree so she is probably looking for a free year of grad school while she pursues her dream of becoming a doctor. I don't get the impression that she is looking to increase her exposure on the basketball court. I think she would have stayed if South Carolina could offer what she was looking for.

I also don't like your "the grass is always greener" comment. I get the impression that she loved her time here. I don't think you understand her situation at South Carolina because your comment is way off base...
 
JDuro said:


Looking to working toward being a physician one day. Program with a great med school would be pretty ideal.
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Or maybe a post-bac. I didn't go to med school, but from everything I heard from my friends who did, M1 didn't sound like the kind of year you can miss 1/3 of class for road games...
 
GamecockFam said:
I doubt her decision will have much to do with basketball. She is trying to pursue a medical degree so she is probably looking for a free year of grad school while she pursues her dream of becoming a doctor. I don't get the impression that she is looking to increase her exposure on the basketball court. I think she would have stayed if South Carolina could offer what she was looking for.

I also don't like your "the grass is always greener" comment. I get the impression that she loved her time here. I don't think you understand her situation at South Carolina because your comment is way off base...
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Grass is always greener rarely applys to grad transfers IMO. Even if it is basketball related, who can blame her for wanting to take on a bigger role elsewhere after winning a championship? When Natalie Butler transferred into UCONN and then grad transferred to a program where she could be a star, no criticized her or her decision. The same mentality should be granted for Littleton (or any other grad transfer IMO.)
 
GamecockFam said:
I doubt her decision will have much to do with basketball. She is trying to pursue a medical degree so she is probably looking for a free year of grad school while she pursues her dream of becoming a doctor. I don't get the impression that she is looking to increase her exposure on the basketball court. I think she would have stayed if South Carolina could offer what she was looking for.

I also don't like your "the grass is always greener" comment. I get the impression that she loved her time here. I don't think you understand her situation at South Carolina because your comment is way off base...
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In 2 seasons at TX, Littleton averaged better than 24 mpg. In 2 seasons at SC she averaged less than half that amount, including the aforementioned 1 minute of PT in the national championship game. More than anything else, players want to play.

As for med-school, SC has a med school. If she loved her time so much in Columbia, why not remain there?
 
bballnut90 said:
Grass is always greener rarely applys to grad transfers IMO. Even if it is basketball related, who can blame her for wanting to take on a bigger role elsewhere after winning a championship? When Natalie Butler transferred into UCONN and then grad transferred to a program where she could be a star, no criticized her or her decision. The same mentality should be granted for Littleton (or any other grad transfer IMO.)
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Nat’s father was a Naval Academy grad who worked in foreign affairs for the federal government. George Mason, where Nat transferred as a grad student, had an outstanding graduate program in international affairs. After getting her degree, Nat was able to line up an internship in Brussels in her chosen field while also playing basketball professionally in Belgium.
 
GamecockFam said:
I doubt her decision will have much to do with basketball. She is trying to pursue a medical degree so she is probably looking for a free year of grad school while she pursues her dream of becoming a doctor. I don't get the impression that she is looking to increase her exposure on the basketball court. I think she would have stayed if South Carolina could offer what she was looking for.

I also don't like your "the grass is always greener" comment. I get the impression that she loved her time here. I don't think you understand her situation at South Carolina because your comment is way off base...
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She may have loved her time in SC, love her team, love being a national
champion, and still be disappointed that she didn't get to play more. However,
if she is seriously considering med school, it probably is more of a life decision than basketball decision. She may transfer to a school in the state she wants to go to med school in to establish residency. Being in state increases chances of admission and has lower tuition at many schools.
 
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