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Message: [QUOTE="jdote33, post: 4731058, member: 11252"] On the S.C front, I'm a little torn. I'm with you in that I don't think it's as easy as "We got Cardoso playing big minutes now" to fill the Boston void. Boston's WNBA numbers (basically 15 and 8 plus a block and a steal a game) as a 22 yr old that had another season of eligibility, tells you how special she is/was. She's an offense, and a defensive anchor by herself. In the semifinals, as well as Cardoso played, she still had some issues with the screen and role vs Iowa. So I think to be high on SC, you have to be high on their depth chart (1-8) and they're not as proven. Like, if we are doing which team has the best player in this poll granted, I think South Carolina may be 3rd. However if we are just matching up teams across the country, there may be 10 plus teams who's top player is better than SC's top player. I know bball is a team game, but then I look at last year tourney, and just many tournament runs, and it often comes down to who is the best player on the court. On the other had, in terms of the respect SC gets (the poll bears this out currently) I think it's because SC is kinda on a decade run. They've only lost more than 5 games in two seasons over the past 10 years. So they are a program that can lose a player and bounce back, although one of those high loss seasons came after losing Wilson. [/QUOTE]