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Message: [QUOTE="Cuango, post: 4734459, member: 3834"] Count me from Missouri on LSU! While they are obviously talented and more importantly, have a top 3 coach, I think the stars on that team are way overhyped! Reese, while feasting on overmatched, less talented opponents has not done so well against talented bigs. (We happen to have one, perhaps two talented bigs) Hailey Van Lith is not now and likely will never be a point guard. Some will say; let her play the two guard! Well first, she’s undersized, second she’s a poor shooter, she shot 41% overall and 29% on threes last season at Louisville, and finally, she doesn’t [B]want[/B] to play the two as she wants to prepare for the W where she will [B]have[/B] to play the one spot! She is also a defensive liability. Finally, we come to the third of the LSU triumvirate, Morrow. She, though admittedly a beast in the post, is undersized at 6’1”, let’s just say she likes the ball, shoots 42% overall, 25% from three, and 64% from the line. At her previous school she had trouble following her coach’s game plan as she would become infuriated with her teammates inferior talent and try to win the game single-handedly. (The other potential issue is the arrival of the #1 recruit, Mikayla Williams, a (by all accounts) truly gifted player in her own right. Will Mulkey be able to give her the minutes a #1 recruit of her stature usually expects without having issues with other, more established players like Flau’jae Johnson, Kateri Poole, and Sa’myah Smith?) I realize Morrow will have more talent surrounding her and that Kim will presumably not stand for it but let’s just say I have my doubts on this team’s ability to get through the season without facing issues arising from the “too many Alphas on one team” problem. Obviously, they are one of the best teams in the country and will be a threat to win almost every game they play but I think people are going a little overboard with the “unbeatable superteam” talk! Having ranted:rolleyes: about all that, I will concede that Mulkey is the (massive) wildcard here and just may be able to cut through these (imo) issues and get them to rise above their collective egos and meld together into a real team. If that happens, then they may well live up to the “unbeatable superteam“ moniker. [/QUOTE]

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