Yes she's struggled this season, but she's not horrible. Most on the board know I'm not her biggest fan but LSU's offence isn't a good fit for her at all.
SDW maybe should have stayed at Duke, as you said elsewhere. The stats suggest improvement at LSU, but I think those may be misleading given how weak Kim’s early season schedule was. And judging from today’s TCU-Texas A&M game, I worry about Hailey Van Lith’s improvement too. It may not be as substantial as appears. She had some brilliant stretches today, but also several absurd ones too.
They usually play "Sympathy for the Devil" when they play you guys, so that will do. You need sympathy after they get through with you.....If y'all need me to provide DJ services at your next home game, just let those in charge know. Just provide gas money, lodging at the Hyatt Place, ,and free meals and I will do it, Warning, I wont be playing any Waylon Jennings or the Statler Brothers or whatever music y'all are used to hearing.
And this is what makes South Carolina a unique team: a dozen really talented players who buy into the concept of sharing the ball on offense and playing hard, physical defense.
Yes it HAS worked for them - thus far. bUT it did not appear to have worked well this last recruiting cycle. ( based upon recruit rankings) Geno did not sign normal UConn level recruits. SCar signed only one recruit again perhaps not of the usual level.
Not sure there’s a lot of NIL money in WBB, except at a very few schools (Texas can print money). I think some schools recruit successfully off of their pedigree. Geno can point to his past players in the WNBA and his many natties… heck, you could populate an entire wing of the Hall of Fame with his former players. I suspect some players transfer out of programs because their parents think that minutes on the court in games is more important than actual player development, and the parents are often not impartial when it comes to evaluating their own kids.
So true! Some kids want to be the super star of their team, some want to be the home town hero, some see dollar signs (I think several schools offer a good bit of money), and some just want a championship however they can contribute. It is much different these days in the recruiting world.
Having the most good players works for most coaches.
It's getting worse.
Just bad decision making in 4th Q, not fatigue.
Bad decision making late in the game is often times a result of fatigue. Not always, but some times.
How can they be fatigued with that deep bench?
When she figures out that better shot selection and decision making will earn her minutes, she’s going to be an All American. I thought she’d make that jump this year but it hasn’t happened yet.
I think she’s figured it out and then tonight happens. MiLaysia is a very talented player but doesn’t have a very high BB IQ. You can tell she was the only player on her team that was good, that they blew out everybody, and her coach let her do whatever she wanted. Talaysia Cooper was the same. She was 5/21 tonight. Very talented but not very smart when it comes to how you win games. Saniya Rivers was the same way.
I was worried about this game from a fatigue standpoint because I knew we gave it our all against LSU and typically teams have off nights after big games. This felt a little like a trap game since fatiguing the opponent is part of Tennessee's strategy.
