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JDuro said:
Hopefully the brace looks worse than the actual injury, but worse case scenario, we know Chloe still has a redshirt at her disposal. Her choosing not to use the RS as an early enrollee (like her little sister chose to do at UF), could end up being beneficial. Would save her the trouble of applying for a medical.
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I'm confused. What do you mean she has a redshirt at her disposal?
 
oldude said:
Back in January of 2023, I had tickets to a UConn game at the XL Center. My wife and I arrived early enough to see the player shoot around, before the actual structured pregame warmups. UConn had just signed and redshirted Jana El Alfy for the spring semester. She had, and still has, a beautiful shooting stroke, all the way out to the 3-pt line. She is the daughter of the HC for the Egyptian national team, having played basketball from age 3.

Needless to say, I was really excited as I watched Jana drain one 3 after another. Fast forward, after a missing the 23-24 season with an Achilles tear, Jana slowly but surely developed this past season to become a capable college Big. She took exactly 4 x 3-pt shots all season, making 1.
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I have no idea whether Okot will shoot threes in game or not, but the average person does not have any idea the chasm between scholarship player and even pickup run star, let alone 5th guy chosen at the Y.

I was student manager at a bottom of the conference D2 program and a pretty good pickup and intramural wing. On one of the gameday shootarounds, I challenged our freshman backup center, a guy who was pulled for shooting a jumper past 10 feet in a game, to a shooting contest. "Fine, but make it 3s." 😳

This is going to be easy! I went first, hit 5 out of 10, and was feeling so cocky I started running my mouth as he stepped up. I did not win.

Then the assistant coach yelled at him for taking shots he would never sniff in a game with another D2 player playing defense. and told him to get back to the paint.
 
Geew1992 said:
I'm confused. What do you mean she has a redshirt at her disposal?
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Just that. She can redshirt the season if her injury is season ending. She graduated from high school early to come to SC. Joined the ‘22-‘23 team her freshman year on December 13 and subsequently played these last two years. So she still can sit out a year if needed. Many feel she should have redshirted that first year so funny how it could work out.

Still, fingers crossed she will be good to go this season.
 
Chloe has played in 3 seasons. She does not qualify for a redshirt for that first season even though it was only a “half season.”

If she doesn’t play this season she would be eligible to red shirt this season and play in 2026:2027.

Her early entry has nothing to do with her eligibility. That freshman half season counts as a full season of eligibility used up
 
visitingcock said:
Chloe has played in 3 seasons. She does not qualify for a redshirt for that first season even though it was only a “half season.”

If she doesn’t play this season she would be eligible to red shirt this season and play in 2026:2027.

Her early entry has nothing to do with her eligibility. That freshman half season counts as a full season of eligibility used up
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This is what I thought. Thanks
 
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Alternatively, though not guaranteed, if she has to sit for half the season to heal, she may have a good argument for being granted another year of eligibility since she came into the program halfway through her freshman season and sat out the first semester of her senior years.

....lots of hypotheticals though, with no real information besides a picture.
 
Well, it was just announced that Kitts will be representing South Carolina at SEC media day along with Latson and Edwards.
 
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Surprised LSU isn’t one of her three finalists. No “birdie” from Dawn. Starting to feel like we are just a fancy hat on the table - again - and she’s gonna choose her hometown Auburn. We’ll see soon
 
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More awesome recruiting news today, South Carolina softball coach Ashley Chastain-Woodard able to secure a commitment from local midlands prospect Aspen Boulware, the #1 national prospect of the ‘27 class.



“The Gray Collegiate five-star infielder chose South Carolina over Oklahoma, Florida State, Georgia, Florida, and Texas Tech, and had offers from pretty much the entire country.”

www.on3.com

🥎 Staying home! Aspen Boulware, the No. 1 prospect in the country, commits to South Carolina!

Aspen Boulware, the No. 1 player in the country for the class of 2027, has committed to South Carolina softball.
www.on3.com www.on3.com

Aspen‘s father and uncle are former FSU football legends Michael and Peter Boulware. Her mom, formerly Jessica van der Linden, was an all-American softball player at FSU.
 
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I think talking about Chloe missing the season based on a photo of knee brace is just a little premature.
 
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Awesome! Does anyone know much about her game? I don’t but she looks like a prototypical sturdy SEC big.

Vukosa to UConn has felt like a fairly sound unofficial commitment to me, so getting some post power in this class is great.

We do need help at guard, ideally from two players, but I trust Dawn can find them in the portal if it comes to it.
 
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GoChips20 said:
Awesome! Does anyone know much about her game? I don’t but she looks like a prototypical sturdy SEC big.

Vukosa to UConn has felt like a fairly sound unofficial commitment to me, so getting some post power in this class is great.

We do need help at guard, ideally from two players, but I trust Dawn can find them in the portal if it comes to it.
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All I know is second-hand, but she is described as a C/F with similar build and athleticism as Boston. It looks like she does most of her work within 5 feet of the basket.

 
GamecockFam said:
All I know is second-hand, but she is described as a C/F with similar build and athleticism as Boston. It looks like she does most of her work within 5 feet of the basket.

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I watched some videos of her and my first thought was..."she plays exactly like Boston". Same build and the same moves around the basket. It's Boston 2.0.... geez...
 
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jumpstart said:
I watched some videos of her and my first thought was..."she plays exactly like Boston". Same build and the same moves around the basket. It's Boston 2.0.... geez...
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She definitely has the foundation, but what makes Boston great is her work ethic and basketball smarts, so we'll see if Andrews has that spark as well.
 
GamecockFam said:
She definitely has the foundation, but what makes Boston great is her work ethic and basketball smarts, so we'll see if Andrews has that spark as well.
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She was smart enough to pick South Carolina as a "big". 🤣
 
Prayin’ hard for Fagan. 🙏🏼🤞🏼

Hate seeing Okafor go to UCLA. Was really intrigued by her, not to mention the need she would have filled. 😞
 
Being a point guard and choosing Close over Staley is….. something.

Congrats! Is Fagan looking at UCLA too because I’m going to flip every table in my house if she also goes there.
 
SCGamecock said:
Being a point guard and choosing Close over Staley is….. something.

Congrats! Is Fagan looking at UCLA too because I’m going to flip every table in my house if she also goes there.
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Nope, but the other LA school is who you should be worried about regarding Fagan. Texas, SC, USC are her finalists and she seemed to form a good relationship with Jazzy Davidson and Saniyah Hall during U19.
 
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