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[QUOTE="oldude, post: 5318205, member: 7511"]
I tend to agree with your assessment.  USC’s roster is something of a mess.  They are hopeful that RS-freshman Laura Williams is back and healthy from her knee surgery.  The only returning player with significant experience is Kennedy Smith.

In addition to all the outbound transfers, USC graduated 3 talented starters (Iriafen, Marshall & van Oelhofen) along with backup center Akunwafu.  Junior reserve guard Malia Samuels also returns.  There are 3 sophomores returning who played mop up minutes this past year: Iwuchuhwu, Forestier & Shamblin.

USC has 2 incoming freshmen, Davidson who is very good and a girl from Lithuania.  They also brought in 4 transfers: Jones, Mendes, Milton & Dunn.  I don’t know if any are “difference makers.”  UConn faced the 5’4” Jones from UCLA in the national semifinal.  Her stat line - 15 minutes, 0/1, 3 turnovers, 2 fouls.

Lindsay Gottlieb will have her work cut out for her next season.  If USC finishes in the middle of the pack in the Big 10 and makes it into the Big Dance it will be quite an accomplishment.
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