Will this year's freshmen Bigs rival last year's guards?

[Conway]

I may be wrong, but I believe Adhel Tac will become an important piece for the Gamecocks late in the season.

 

[visitingcock]

I may be wrong, but I believe Adhel Tac will become an important piece for the Gamecocks late in the season.

Maybe “late” as you said, The question early will be “ who picks up the defensive assignments fastest? Dauda who is a proven shot blocker but new to the system? Sania who is well schooled in the defensive system! Or Tac, a true freshman with only a summer/fall of practice?

 

[darrell]

As a biased Gamecock fan, I really think that Joyce Edwards should have been the #1 player in this class and I don't understand why she moved from #2 to #3 in the rankings. Take the most recent FIBA tournament as an example. Edwards started over Strong and was named the tournament MVP.

I wouldn’t say the FIBA tournament is a good measuring stick because Sarah played limited minutes coming off a leg injury she sustained in the Chipotle Nationals.

Joyce is really good, but Sarah’s 3-level scoring and ability to run an offense is most certainly why she was ranked #1 at almost every outlet.

Stewie & A’ja was a great comparison, but I’m more inclined to compare them, respectively, to Candace Parker & Sylvia Fowles.

 

[Steelerone]

I don’t see Strong playing much for UConn next season. Maybe 5-10 minutes per game. Geno played a 4 guard line-up successfully last Year and it takes bigs longer to adjust to the college game. I see Sarah as behind Jana, Ice, Ayanna and Aubrey when she gets healthy to play the big in a 4 guard rotation.

Koval and Edwards seems the most likely to have a big impact on their teams.

He was almost forced to go with a four guard lineup. If Strong is in the same category as Collier and Moore, and several coaches believe she is, then she will definitely be in the starting line-up.

 

[Conway]

Looking at all the post season tournaments where Joyce Edward’s was named the MVP, every one she participated in, how could she drop from 2 to 3? Has someone seen an explanation as to why she fell in the rankings?

 

[visitingcock]

Looking at all the post season tournaments where Joyce Edward’s was named the MVP, every one she participated in, how could she drop from 2 to 3? Has someone seen an explanation as to why she fell in the rankings?

So she would be ranked the same as Aliya Boston.

 

[Steelerone]

I don’t see Strong playing much for UConn next season. Maybe 5-10 minutes per game. Geno played a 4 guard line-up successfully last Year and it takes bigs longer to adjust to the college game. I see Sarah as behind Jana, Ice, Ayanna and Aubrey when she gets healthy to play the big in a 4 guard rotation.

Koval and Edwards seems the most likely to have a big impact on their teams.

Are you serious. The number one strong forward in the nation's high school and she's picked a school with dire need of rebounding and she's only going to be playing five or ten minutes a game. How about twenty five or thirty?