Yeah I agree. I don’t think we need another skinny post doing fade always ? Let’s get some true big girls soon GA
Put $ on NC State at your own peril...
South Carolina will be an intriguing team to forecast in 2020. While it may sound unusual to say Boston, one of the most dominating players in college basketball, still has potential for growth, at times she appeared to be playing with less than 100% of her skills. Unclear if she will return next year with more motivation of if the new players will be able to help to expand her performance. While I still put UConn on the top of my list, these are scary thoughts.
I think experience in teams will play a big role, not sure who has more veterans Uconn or SC and still don't count out Stanford
South Carolina has everybody eligible to come back. Everybody except maybe LeLe Grisset who was out of the tournament. She has the Covid option of coming back for her fifth year. Four super frosh coming in so we will have much more depth
While I agree.... I still want a 6'7" player at UCONN... or two... Imagine 2 6'7" + players inj at the same time... ....
Normally, I would agree with a proposal that "usual suspects" will rise to the top as favored final four contenders, but the wholly unexpected emergence of Arizona this year--as well as the very liberalized transfer possibilities— will make it a much more open field. Kind of exciting actually. Of course, I exempt UConn, but more final four contenders will add some spice to our gals' pursuit of dominance.
Staley took a program that was a bottom feeder and turned it into a national power destination. She doesn't need your adoration...lol....she is doing just fine.
The exception...not the rule...but I agree it's good for WBB..
I would agree. You cannot promise what you don't have.
she said it because she knew what talent she had obviously when she was having bad years she probably doesn't say this, but she knows she's building a jauggernaut and every yr their recruiting gets better and better.
Actually, wasn't it Aja who promised Dawn a National Championship rather than the other way around?
I agree you good post.
Forget Maryland, couldn’t even beat Missouri State.
Did she say which championship....they have two SEC tournament championships and an SEC regular season championship. I would think it unwise to promise anything that depends on others to accomplish. She may have said "I promise you can" if she was referring to the talent. Things are often taken out of context so I am not sure what she actually said.
Nope, Patterson and Brady neutralizes Betts with their athleticism (though UConn did recruit Betts). Stanford can't play Betts and Brink together as twin towers and lose the versatility offered by the rest of the roster.
South Carolina will have more experience and so will Stanford compared to UConn, although Dorka, the transfer from OSU made it a little less so. I guess Geno wanted more options in the post and more options in playing style after being stuck to limited options because of a shallow roster.
The two main advantages of that height is rim protection and rebounding potential. However, someone like an active, quick and athletic post player like Patterson is an excellent counter (just remember Gabby Williams at 5'11" and what she did....now finally getting more comfortable in the pros). Geno doesn't want to be stuck to playing one style of play with limited options from the bench like he has been since Stewie and her class left. I believe he wants to be equipped with different players he can deploy for a style that best counters any opponent. That means, he won't rely on any one player to do the job even it is Paige or Azzi in the backcourt or any of the frountcourt players he has assembled. Different opponents may require a different combination of players of the floor to counter as well as having the ability to change the tempo of the game.
Aren't they supposed to play during the regular season, this time in Columbia? One of them would at least have one loss by season end.
Especially in the playoffs where guard play is most important.
