Way to go, repeating information that has already been proved incorrect several times in this thread. Go look and see what DS Actually said, there are several links on this page alone.
2024-2025 WBB Team (2022-present)
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I was 4-3 last Sunday and though I did not post was 2-2 yesterday. This after going 6-1 the first three dates
Sunday-Monday picks
Gamecocks
@ A&M
Just too much, not expecting a blowout, but 10-15 sounds right.
Ole Miss@ UGA
UGA has slid off the end of the SEC world. Not playing well at all. Having trouble scoring, not a happy mix vs a tenacious OM D
Mizzou @ UK
Petty should return to dominant form against the smaller tigers and Scherr will surely not shoot 3-19 again. But it’s still not enough to beat Mizzou
Bama @ Auburn
Was Beginning to think both teams might be onto to something. Then war eagles choke away a victory vs Vandy and Bama decides that they only need to play one half. Bama gets the bounce back.
Vandy @ UT
I Think Vandy is better coached but UT has the edge in talent. For this game going with talent.
LSU vs Arky
LSU is caught looking ahead. Arky hits 15 threes. Poffenbarger is a monster on the boards. Dauda is a swatting rim protector. Taliah Scott is healed, plays, and pours in 30. Hey, those mushrooms are really good! Could I have some more? You know you want it to happen. It’s Arky, it could happen…. Not gonna happen
Miss St @ UF
Starkvillians pull their heads out of their backsides after a third quarter no show against UT. Regroup and beat the gators
Sunday-Monday picks
Gamecocks
@ A&MJust too much, not expecting a blowout, but 10-15 sounds right.
Ole Miss
@ UGAUGA has slid off the end of the SEC world. Not playing well at all. Having trouble scoring, not a happy mix vs a tenacious OM D
Mizzou
@ UKPetty should return to dominant form against the smaller tigers and Scherr will surely not shoot 3-19 again. But it’s still not enough to beat Mizzou
Bama
@ AuburnWas Beginning to think both teams might be onto to something. Then war eagles choke away a victory vs Vandy and Bama decides that they only need to play one half. Bama gets the bounce back.
Vandy @ UT
I Think Vandy is better coached but UT has the edge in talent. For this game going with talent.
LSU
vs ArkyLSU is caught looking ahead. Arky hits 15 threes. Poffenbarger is a monster on the boards. Dauda is a swatting rim protector. Taliah Scott is healed, plays, and pours in 30. Hey, those mushrooms are really good! Could I have some more? You know you want it to happen. It’s Arky, it could happen…. Not gonna happen
Miss St
@ UFStarkvillians pull their heads out of their backsides after a third quarter no show against UT. Regroup and beat the gators
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The top two players with the best blocks per game are from USC.
| BLOCKS | BLK |
|---|---|
1
K. CardosoSC | 2.9 |
1
A. WatkinsSC | 2.9 |
Point being, why did Coach Staley stick her nose into a game that she was not coaching in? She had no business responding to games other than Carolina's. She needs to focus on Carolina women's basketball...Give IOWA a rest.
Did she comment on any players in a negative way??? No. Did she question a coach’s decision or behavior??? No. Did she point out an egregious foul call that had been already pointed out by the TV commentators and various other sportscasters around the country??? Why by golly she did. Is she the only person who commented on this bad call catching any crap??? Why yes she is.
AND WTF? Give Iowa a rest? You are the only one talking about Iowa on a SC board AND the only one talking about SC on an Iowa board.
I just love the combined stat lines of our bigsThe top two players with the best blocks per game are from USC.
BLOCKS BLK 1
K. CardosoSC2.9 1
A. WatkinsSC2.9
especially Watkins and Kitts Watkitts combined
19.1 ppg on 54% shooting 13.5 Reb 3.5 blocks 2.5 assists
Oh, since this winlosetieorwhatnot keeps trolling me, let me inform you that I'm also on the UCONN board as well. Sometimes, I'm even on the UNC boards. Come to think of it, I'm on UT, UK boards as well...Ok so there you have it....you can now troll me there too.
I haven't been on an IOWA board in many months. You (winlosetieorwhatnot) trying to make me look bad is being noticed by others on the board. I'm getting personal messages from people who are saying this board is being highjacked by you and a couple of other posters.
Coach Staley needs to worry about our team ONLY!! Point Blank!!
Staley needs to realize young Catlin's Brand is already much bigger than hers!!!
I haven't been on an IOWA board in many months. You (winlosetieorwhatnot) trying to make me look bad is being noticed by others on the board. I'm getting personal messages from people who are saying this board is being highjacked by you and a couple of other posters.
Coach Staley needs to worry about our team ONLY!! Point Blank!!
Staley needs to realize young Catlin's Brand is already much bigger than hers!!!
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My gawd. Why in the hell do keep digging yourself a deeper grave?
Leave it alone...it chaps my arse way over here in the Philippines to even read your idiotic comments .
I've been a WBB fan for a bit and have never seen anyone post ludicrous comments as you have.
Find some joy!
Leave it alone...it chaps my arse way over here in the Philippines to even read your idiotic comments .
I've been a WBB fan for a bit and have never seen anyone post ludicrous comments as you have.
Find some joy!
Love the breakdown some of the regulars post before each game. Please do one for Texas A&M.
Thank you !!!
Thank you !!!
Refuting untruths is not trolling.
Trying to act like you do not know my name is 5th grade behavior.
Saying you receive messages complaining about me, well that’s just trafficking in unreliable and unsubstantiated gossip. It also shows that those posters are too immature to contact me directly. I am open to a private conversation through the site’s system at any point.
I don’t make you look bad, I simply point out what you say.
I too visit many other boards, but choose not to comment on them. Not my place, I simply want info or to get a feel for their mood.
Your comments about recruiting, race, Staley, playing time, and Kitts were not true and inflammatory at the very least. Others have used harsher words. You still have not backed down from those words. That is the lens that I and others view you and your words through on this thread at this point.
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Dawn made that comment to put refs on notice. It’s called freedom of speech and she can say whatever she wants. She doesnt want a poorly called game to cost us another national championship. Yes we still might have lost to Iowa but those calls against Aliyah put us on our heels and we were not able to recover.
And all this talk about Dawn doesn’t like Clark is BS. She won the Dawn Staley award. If Dawn did not like her I promise she would not receive an award in her name.
@winloseortie You are one of my favorite posters and I look forward to your pre-game analysis every week!
And all this talk about Dawn doesn’t like Clark is BS. She won the Dawn Staley award. If Dawn did not like her I promise she would not receive an award in her name.
@winloseortie You are one of my favorite posters and I look forward to your pre-game analysis every week!
Iowa fans are still moaning on social media about the officiating in the LSU game. They lost by 17! We have a much better case the officiating cost us because our game was actually close.
Pretty rich for a poster who is constantly simping for a player on another team to accuse posters who actually discuss Gamecock wbb of hijacking a thread on a Gamecock board.
Winloseortieordraw or whatever here is your quote:
"Your comments about recruiting, race, Staley, playing time, and Kitts were not true and inflammatory at the very least. Others have used harsher words. You still have not backed down from those words. That is the lens that I and others view you and your words through on this thread at this point."
My question that never got answered by you or anyone else had to do with look at all the top talent in NCAA women's basketball who are white never seemed to make it to Carolina. It begged the question. WHY? So then took it a step further to find out how many white girls in all of Dawn's years of coaching have started for her? (please answer that one for me). As best I can tell...ZERO
I never said Kitt was not talented and could not star at Carolina. When Bueckers, Clark, Brink, Van Lith hit the scene 4 or so years ago, you started to see the tide turn in that more white girls were starting to star in women's college basketball. There were folks, not just me, who started wondering why are we not seeing girls who look like us on our team. I was worried Kitt might become the token white girl. It made me wonder why, Haley Frank decided to do a U-Turn and go with Mizzou. Why did Riley Stack decide on Coastal Carolina instead of us? The common denominator is these are white girls.
After comments made by Dawn, which she says frequently, "GIRLS WHO LOOK LIKE ME", or "LETS NOT RUN OVER THEM" (referring to the bad officiating done by black women at the NCAA tournament), she's seen as racist by a lot of people. (Even on this board). Some of the old posters on this board won't post on here anymore. I have conversations with them on the UCONN, IOWA and UT boards. This board has turned away from just being simply a place to talk about recruiting and game day fun to being a place where if people don't agree they are seen as racist, wrong, politically incorrect. This is a board for opinions and simple jabbing.
Some of the dozen or so folks who like to jab me about Catlin and my HUGE respect for need to understand why I am a HUGE fan. I started pulling for her when Bueckers was getting all the press but Catlin was single handedly carrying the load for IOWA. Bueckers was a show-off and Catlin was humble. Here are the main reasons I pull for (a girl who looks like me) to shine: 1) great family 2) chose to stay home and make her state proud 3) gives money back from her NIL deals to her community 4) speaks well when on camera (never makes herself look bad) 5) speaks well of other players and coaches, never degrading anyone unlike some of the LSU players 6) takes time out to sign autographs for the fans and even when playing at away venues she does the same 7) will be named the Dawn Staley award winner years in a row 8) created a brand at such a young age that will rival Jordan, Tiger Woods, the Williams Sisters' 9) sells out arenas where she and IOWA goes 10) gives away her sneakers to teammates, fans knowing those will be worth big bucks someday. This player comes from class and it's a refreshing change from hearing over and over about a player who comes from a single parent household who lives in a rat-infested home with very little of anything. It was nice at first to hear a heartwarming story till you hear it for the 100th time. I want to hear about people who are successful without hearing the background.
So I will unapologetically be me, I will continue to post my OPINIONS. I will continue to support excellence from players who excell on the basketball court and in life without the excuses.
"Your comments about recruiting, race, Staley, playing time, and Kitts were not true and inflammatory at the very least. Others have used harsher words. You still have not backed down from those words. That is the lens that I and others view you and your words through on this thread at this point."
My question that never got answered by you or anyone else had to do with look at all the top talent in NCAA women's basketball who are white never seemed to make it to Carolina. It begged the question. WHY? So then took it a step further to find out how many white girls in all of Dawn's years of coaching have started for her? (please answer that one for me). As best I can tell...ZERO
I never said Kitt was not talented and could not star at Carolina. When Bueckers, Clark, Brink, Van Lith hit the scene 4 or so years ago, you started to see the tide turn in that more white girls were starting to star in women's college basketball. There were folks, not just me, who started wondering why are we not seeing girls who look like us on our team. I was worried Kitt might become the token white girl. It made me wonder why, Haley Frank decided to do a U-Turn and go with Mizzou. Why did Riley Stack decide on Coastal Carolina instead of us? The common denominator is these are white girls.
After comments made by Dawn, which she says frequently, "GIRLS WHO LOOK LIKE ME", or "LETS NOT RUN OVER THEM" (referring to the bad officiating done by black women at the NCAA tournament), she's seen as racist by a lot of people. (Even on this board). Some of the old posters on this board won't post on here anymore. I have conversations with them on the UCONN, IOWA and UT boards. This board has turned away from just being simply a place to talk about recruiting and game day fun to being a place where if people don't agree they are seen as racist, wrong, politically incorrect. This is a board for opinions and simple jabbing.
Some of the dozen or so folks who like to jab me about Catlin and my HUGE respect for need to understand why I am a HUGE fan. I started pulling for her when Bueckers was getting all the press but Catlin was single handedly carrying the load for IOWA. Bueckers was a show-off and Catlin was humble. Here are the main reasons I pull for (a girl who looks like me) to shine: 1) great family 2) chose to stay home and make her state proud 3) gives money back from her NIL deals to her community 4) speaks well when on camera (never makes herself look bad) 5) speaks well of other players and coaches, never degrading anyone unlike some of the LSU players 6) takes time out to sign autographs for the fans and even when playing at away venues she does the same 7) will be named the Dawn Staley award winner years in a row 8) created a brand at such a young age that will rival Jordan, Tiger Woods, the Williams Sisters' 9) sells out arenas where she and IOWA goes 10) gives away her sneakers to teammates, fans knowing those will be worth big bucks someday. This player comes from class and it's a refreshing change from hearing over and over about a player who comes from a single parent household who lives in a rat-infested home with very little of anything. It was nice at first to hear a heartwarming story till you hear it for the 100th time. I want to hear about people who are successful without hearing the background.
So I will unapologetically be me, I will continue to post my OPINIONS. I will continue to support excellence from players who excell on the basketball court and in life without the excuses.
Back to Gamecocks wbb....A&M's defense legitimately belongs in the top tier of defenses we've played alongside Duke and North Carolina. They also rebound well, especially at home. They are going to be fired up, so they will make scoring difficult.
Their offense, however, has been inconsistent. They scored 15 points in the 2nd half of the game against Georgia. I know that's just one game, but against Carolina, most teams will score closer to their worst performances than their best. Taylor mentioned the need to get Cardoso away from the basketball. Lauren Ware is a good defensive big but no threat from any distance from the basket. So I suppose they intend to have her set screens on the perimeter, mostly for Endyia Rogers. It will be much easier to defend the pick-and-roll when the screener isn't a threat to step out and shoot the 3, like Frank from Mizzou.
In general, A&M has not shot well from 3. As I pointed out before the last 4 teams to beat us -- Iowa, Kentucky, Mizzou, Stanford -- could all shoot the 3 well. A&M just doesn't fit the mold of a team that beats us. Doesn't mean it won't be a competitive game though. Ole Miss took us to overtime last year. The Aggies scored 66 in their home win against Auburn. If they have a good day Saturday, they may score 66. Can they hold us to 65? North Carolina held us to 65; no one else has held us under 73.
Watch the rebounding. A&M has to win that battle to win the war, imo.
Their offense, however, has been inconsistent. They scored 15 points in the 2nd half of the game against Georgia. I know that's just one game, but against Carolina, most teams will score closer to their worst performances than their best. Taylor mentioned the need to get Cardoso away from the basketball. Lauren Ware is a good defensive big but no threat from any distance from the basket. So I suppose they intend to have her set screens on the perimeter, mostly for Endyia Rogers. It will be much easier to defend the pick-and-roll when the screener isn't a threat to step out and shoot the 3, like Frank from Mizzou.
In general, A&M has not shot well from 3. As I pointed out before the last 4 teams to beat us -- Iowa, Kentucky, Mizzou, Stanford -- could all shoot the 3 well. A&M just doesn't fit the mold of a team that beats us. Doesn't mean it won't be a competitive game though. Ole Miss took us to overtime last year. The Aggies scored 66 in their home win against Auburn. If they have a good day Saturday, they may score 66. Can they hold us to 65? North Carolina held us to 65; no one else has held us under 73.
Watch the rebounding. A&M has to win that battle to win the war, imo.
Some people are ashamed to be white. It’s perfectly ok to pull for players simply because they look like you. Nothing wrong with white pride, unless it’s your source of ignorant comparisons. While I’d like to see more white superstar WBB players, I’m extremely proud of Dawn and our team. Matter of fact, I love our coach and what she’s accomplished. I dont think she’s racist, as much as I think she wants to see young black women excel—I got no problem with that!
Still not impressed with Cardoso.
Great points. I don't know why any white person would be ashamed to be white. I don't know why anyone would be ashamed to be who they are. Everyone will have their own opinion of whether Dawn is racist or not. I could care less. I think what she has accomplished is great!!! I agree she wants to see black girls excel. I want to see girls who look like me excel too, at my alma mater in basketball. We are a state university where you see folks from many different backgrounds. I just want our women's basketball team to reflect that as well. That is all.
I love Cardoso. I hope she stays another year!!!
Thanks! Hit a lot of great points
Joni Taylor’s teams are always grounded in D. You win comfortably and it still feels like you played poorly and everyone is in the training room sore and achy. They do not play dirty but every rebound, screen, cut to the basket and loose ball is contested.
Ware and Barker give them size enough to defend and rebound in the post with very little help. Coulibaly and Jones are 6’0” and can defend and rebound. Rogers was PAC 12 DPOY. They do anything to muck up an offense and push it late into the shot clock.
LSU was the only SEC team to be successful offensively against them. Two stats stood out. They out rebounded A&M by 10 but teams were even on O rebounds. LSU had 20 more ft attempts 32 to 12 than A&M. Barker fouled out, Ware had 3 and M. Johnson, their only other big, had 4 in 8 minutes. I think this was equal parts bad individual defense, LSU is so aggressive going to the hoop and the refs tend to reward this.
A&M in their SEC games excluding UT turned it over an average of 19 times per game. Not good. They also shoot under 30%from 3pt land.
A&M was 12-1 in OOC, but scratch the surface and it’s a Mulkey schedule. They lost to the best team they played, a 9-8 Purdue squad. A&M was my pick to finish 4th maybe even third in the league. They had their worst game of the year vs LSU and then their best against UT.
I really second what @DarkCock said in they we are just a bad matchup for them.
My issue with some of your comments are these few realities. I work on the field during football games for the past 20 years and with that get to see every players who makes an official or unofficial visit to our school. I will have you know that Paige Beuckers visited us on an unofficial visit her junior year along with Azzi Fudd. So did Samantha Brunelle. We also had Ashley Barker to visit form Alabama. Also Blanco who recently committed to UNC from next years class visited and was recruited heavily by Dawn. All of these top players are white, so Dawn has definitely tried to recruit the best players whether they were white or black. It just so happens that these players have chosen to play elsewhere by their choice. Also I will have you know that many of these players to include Clark were on USA junior national teams coached by Dawn and for which she had influence in their selections.
Lastly, I have never once considered any of our baseball teams to be coached by a racist, even though they for many years have had little to 0 in some years african american representation. Where is the great concern there for the reflection of all. Just saying. Make the same impassioned plea for the baseball team, or gthe swimming team or our golf teams. All of these teams could have your same passion, just in another direction.
We're on a WBB site. but thanks for your response. I've said all I'm going to say in my thesis earlier.
I created this site to be fun, talk about recruiting and some ribbing on gameday. That's it. Now go and have some fun and enjoy the rest of your night...
Well you started this whole supposition, so I decided to provide some real context to "Your" topic. I will have an enjoyable night as I always have and look forward to seeing Dawn and her outstanding team tomorrow.
On another topic … someone on the boneyard stated they heard Sarah Strong is wanting to play the 3 in college. If that is the case I would think we would have a better shot with her. Hope Dawn can get her on campus!
I definitely think most teams will place her at the 4 just due to her size. Especially UConn who's often lacking size inside and I definitely don't see LSU doing it based on Mulkey's history.
perhaps she’ll pay a visit to the CLA for the UConn game …
IF, IF, IF that is true…… it could drastically change our chances. We need a 3. Watkins could play the 3 defensively but not offensively. Strong clearly could play it in the offensive end. Can Strong play defense on the perimeter?? especially against smaller and quicker players??
I would think she would need to reshape her body. I think she has the ball handling skills but would still need to improve them.
You're a little to obsessed with race for some reason. It doesn't matter, and your ego won't let it go.
Watching Iowa Vs OSU. Iowa is much quicker and transition offense is dismantling OSU in open court. 41-36 Iowa 4 minutes left in second
45-43 Iowa at half. Clarke getting all the calls as per usual. Even got away with an obvious push off. She is a great talent but the egregious nature of officiating truly takes away from the game of basketball as a whole.
Aliyah Boston is doing a great job as an analyst. What a great representative of the Gamecocks and USC Academics. She just looks at home in the booth as well as the basketball court.
These officials have made some egregious errors on calls for both sides. This game deserves better officials. They seem to be behind the pace of play . Really bad calls
I love Clarkes vision and passing . She sees all the angles and controls the game with the ball in her hands. I have seen some phenomenal passing