You demean her. She's greater than McGuire. I'm surprised you would draw such a weak comparison.
2024-2025 WBB Team (2022-present)
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Del Sario is like a slow moving barge. She won’t play much. Excuse of fouls and being exploited as being out of shape. Cardoso runs a lot and Del Sario will need oxygen after 3 minutes
I only argued from a theoretical perspective, so I can argue whatever is theoretical.
Utah beats UCLA. North Carolina and Notre Dame have been playing well recently. Even with a loss at LSU, we could still be ranked #1 next week. I don't see another team with a strong case to be ranked ahead of us.
Don’t know but am researching. BTW we have a 34 home game SEC streak going. Before you ask Miss St was the last SEC team to beat us at home in the last game of the 2018-19 season. I also don’t know where that ranks in conference records.
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ASGR updated 2024 rankings
#1, #10 and #18
Thanks. It’s interesting what different services see and reassuring that our signees are seen in the same light.
For example one notable exception was Alivia McGill for UF 39 in ASGR and 16 in HoopGurlz.
Part 4
PF Aneesah Morrow vs Kitts/Watkins/Feagin
I admit I was not a big fan of Morrow’s when she entered the portal. I thought she would be a flop playing the three offensively and her biggest contribution would be her rebounding. She has played much better than I thought.
Well she doesn’t play the 3 she plays the 4 and is averaging 17 ppg and 11 reb in SEC play. She is shooting right at 51% but only 17% from 3pt. 80% of her baskets are scored from the paint. She is tenacious and aggressive in the paint both in rebounding and drives to the basket. If Kitts doesn’t block her out she could really hurt us on the O boards. Nonetheless she is still undersized and not a gifted jump shooter or 3 pt scorer.
On D she is a gifted rebounder but not a particularly good defender. She fouls quite a lot and is often in foul trouble.
I think Kitts will give her fits(I like that)from the high post on offense. She will be unable to defend Watkins or Feagin down low.
Kitts looks clumsy at times on D BUT she keeps her feet in front of the player she defends. She also understands her height advantage and very rarely bites on fakes. Watkins if disciplined will just shut her down. Both Watkins and especially Kitts have that dog in them when going to the glass. They will need all of it Thursday night.
PF Aneesah Morrow vs Kitts/Watkins/Feagin
I admit I was not a big fan of Morrow’s when she entered the portal. I thought she would be a flop playing the three offensively and her biggest contribution would be her rebounding. She has played much better than I thought.
Well she doesn’t play the 3 she plays the 4 and is averaging 17 ppg and 11 reb in SEC play. She is shooting right at 51% but only 17% from 3pt. 80% of her baskets are scored from the paint. She is tenacious and aggressive in the paint both in rebounding and drives to the basket. If Kitts doesn’t block her out she could really hurt us on the O boards. Nonetheless she is still undersized and not a gifted jump shooter or 3 pt scorer.
On D she is a gifted rebounder but not a particularly good defender. She fouls quite a lot and is often in foul trouble.
I think Kitts will give her fits(I like that)from the high post on offense. She will be unable to defend Watkins or Feagin down low.
Kitts looks clumsy at times on D BUT she keeps her feet in front of the player she defends. She also understands her height advantage and very rarely bites on fakes. Watkins if disciplined will just shut her down. Both Watkins and especially Kitts have that dog in them when going to the glass. They will need all of it Thursday night.
Ticket prices for the LSU-South Carolina women's basketball game soar over $2,000
Tickets for the LSU-South Carolina women's basketball game are very expensive on the secondary market.
Bring the big bucks
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Clackamas star Jazzy Davidson narrows down schools as recruitment heats up (koin.com)
Davidson says she has narrowed her focus recently though to help with the level of attention she’s getting. She is currently considering USC, UCLA, Stanford, Duke, South Carolina, LSU, TCU and Texas.
Davidson says she has narrowed her focus recently though to help with the level of attention she’s getting. She is currently considering USC, UCLA, Stanford, Duke, South Carolina, LSU, TCU and Texas.
Looking at the LSU game:
Right now, Carolina's defense is on fire. We are holding teams to under 30% shooting from the field. Absolute best in the nation, without question.
Our offense is in the conversation for best in that nation. It's debatable. I can say with confidence it's a top 5 offense.
So this team is unbeatable, right? Not so fast. As Pat Summit once said, “Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.”
Now, some may counter by pointing out that we crushed Iowa on the boards last year and lost. That would be true. I would counter, though, by pointing out Iowa didn't win a national championship either. LSU did. They could rebound last year, and they can rebound this year. You have to respect their ability to rebound and understand that can be a great equalizer. In addition, in this game, they are at home.
You often hear the announcers mention we lead the nation in rebounds per game. Yes, that's true, but it is a bit misleading. When teams are shooting under 30% against us, there are A LOT of rebounds to be had. Our defensive rebounding rate, however, is only 54th in the nation (we were 6th in the nation last year). Certainly respectable, but keep in mind that LSU leads the nation in offensive rebounding rate. Mulkey knows her team needs to win the rebounding battle to win this game. She will emphasize this to them, for sure.
All that being said, I think Carolina wins if Cardoso stays out of foul trouble. She rebounds 25% of all defensive rebounding opportunities. And when teams can get an offensive rebound, the put-back is not automatic. A lot of teams pull the ball back out because Cardoso (and Watkins) are blocking machines. Just can't see a scenario where LSU can dominate the paint with Cardoso in the game. I'm not saying Cardoso will dominate, but she doesn't have to. I think we can win with minimal points production from her. We just need her to stay out of foul trouble and on the floor to help control the defensive glass. The Utah game was unnecessarily close because she picked up 3 offensive fouls. I don't want her to be passive on offense, but she needs to be smart. No fouls on that end. It will help that Reese probably won't flop like the Utah gal, but if she does, the officials won't buy it. I don't think. **fingers crossed**
More about the defense: Watkins and Cardoso are 1 and 2 in the nation in player defensive rating and defensive win share per 40 minutes. They are the main reasons our 2 point defense has been so amazing. A&M normally shoots five 3's a game; they attempted 22 against us. Coulibaly tried to play her normal game and drive to the basket, but Cardoso and Watkins both blocked her in highlight reel fashion. The rest of the team just seemed to settle for 3's after that. I can't see LSU falling into that trap. They are committed to scoring in the paint.
She's not much talked about now, but Sa'Myah Smith was a big loss for the Tigers. If she were playing, that would push Reese to the 4 and Morrow to the 3. Those two would have a significant physical advantage over Kitts and Hall on offense. On defense, Smith would give them more height and more fouls against Cardoso. Mulkey will play Del Rosario some, I'm sure, but she's still raw.
I'm glad our team will have an opportunity to play in that environment on Thursday. It will help prepare us for the post-season, which is ultimately more important than a win or loss.
Right now, Carolina's defense is on fire. We are holding teams to under 30% shooting from the field. Absolute best in the nation, without question.
Our offense is in the conversation for best in that nation. It's debatable. I can say with confidence it's a top 5 offense.
So this team is unbeatable, right? Not so fast. As Pat Summit once said, “Offense sells tickets, defense wins games, rebounding wins championships.”
Now, some may counter by pointing out that we crushed Iowa on the boards last year and lost. That would be true. I would counter, though, by pointing out Iowa didn't win a national championship either. LSU did. They could rebound last year, and they can rebound this year. You have to respect their ability to rebound and understand that can be a great equalizer. In addition, in this game, they are at home.
You often hear the announcers mention we lead the nation in rebounds per game. Yes, that's true, but it is a bit misleading. When teams are shooting under 30% against us, there are A LOT of rebounds to be had. Our defensive rebounding rate, however, is only 54th in the nation (we were 6th in the nation last year). Certainly respectable, but keep in mind that LSU leads the nation in offensive rebounding rate. Mulkey knows her team needs to win the rebounding battle to win this game. She will emphasize this to them, for sure.
All that being said, I think Carolina wins if Cardoso stays out of foul trouble. She rebounds 25% of all defensive rebounding opportunities. And when teams can get an offensive rebound, the put-back is not automatic. A lot of teams pull the ball back out because Cardoso (and Watkins) are blocking machines. Just can't see a scenario where LSU can dominate the paint with Cardoso in the game. I'm not saying Cardoso will dominate, but she doesn't have to. I think we can win with minimal points production from her. We just need her to stay out of foul trouble and on the floor to help control the defensive glass. The Utah game was unnecessarily close because she picked up 3 offensive fouls. I don't want her to be passive on offense, but she needs to be smart. No fouls on that end. It will help that Reese probably won't flop like the Utah gal, but if she does, the officials won't buy it. I don't think. **fingers crossed**
More about the defense: Watkins and Cardoso are 1 and 2 in the nation in player defensive rating and defensive win share per 40 minutes. They are the main reasons our 2 point defense has been so amazing. A&M normally shoots five 3's a game; they attempted 22 against us. Coulibaly tried to play her normal game and drive to the basket, but Cardoso and Watkins both blocked her in highlight reel fashion. The rest of the team just seemed to settle for 3's after that. I can't see LSU falling into that trap. They are committed to scoring in the paint.
She's not much talked about now, but Sa'Myah Smith was a big loss for the Tigers. If she were playing, that would push Reese to the 4 and Morrow to the 3. Those two would have a significant physical advantage over Kitts and Hall on offense. On defense, Smith would give them more height and more fouls against Cardoso. Mulkey will play Del Rosario some, I'm sure, but she's still raw.
I'm glad our team will have an opportunity to play in that environment on Thursday. It will help prepare us for the post-season, which is ultimately more important than a win or loss.
Just got back from the game. Just to let you know I admonished all the students before they stormed the court, “PLEASE LOOK
OUT FOR Caitlin Clark!”
OUT FOR Caitlin Clark!”
I saw video on Twitter that the girls in attendance were in the storm … I bet Dawn didn’t like that 
If you noticed all the UK players made a mad dash for their Lockeroom with 5 seconds left. We will be fined by the SEC tomorrow. Rushing the floor is not good or safe.
Well there you go stealing Part 6. Excellent, Excellent points, thank you.
They were sent to the lockerroom by Cal early as an experienced coach knows what to do when you are obsviously going to lose. The coaches stayed and shook hands with our coaches as has been done by numerous teams on the men's side. The whole drama about the Caitlyn Clark collision was over the top and upon further review of the contact in slow motion, sufferable. But I digress.
Somehow our team managed to avoid the ''practice flop'' during the rush.
Would have been funny to see MJ do a copy-cat imitation ''Catlin Collision'' for laughs.
I expect to lose this game… first and foremost Cardoso just flat out owns Angel, and she really erases a lot of what Kim wants to do with her offense. We don’t really have anyone to matchup on defense w Cardoso either. Obviously the bench is a huge advantage for y’all too. For us to win we basically have to outshoot y’all, get Cardoso in foul trouble, get to the FT line, and create steals/turnovers… now I will say HVL, Mikaylah and Flajuae are good enough shooters to pull this game off… I just ultimately will believe Cardoso owns Angel and that’s too big of an advantage to overcome. Last year I was pretty clear I thought we had a good chance to win the title because iowa was a bad matchup for y’all, but thought iowa was a good matchup for us.. but y’all would’ve crushed us and won the title. So… should be a great game and environment.
Not going to lie that scared me at first too.I saw video on Twitter that the girls in attendance were in the storm … I bet Dawn didn’t like that
I was seated 6 rows behind the UK bench, there was no mad dash, they walked slowly to the locker room with their heads down in disbelief. They showed no anxiety or worry about the crowd.
Dawn's countdown to 600 career wins is officially on. She is currently at 591 total (419 -106 / .798 winning % at SC)
#592, come on down Thursday night
#592, come on down Thursday night
Here's a preview of the LSU game from my favorite WBB Youtube Channel. The creator is a UCONN fan, but he's objective about WBB and informed about teams besides the Huskies.
He made a video breaking down LSU's loss to Auburn that was spot on. He pointed out that Auburn's strategy was to not double Reese and, instead, maintain pressure on LSU's guards. Of course, that is how we always play defense, regardless of the opponent. Hopefully, a good sign.
He also did a breakdown on Sarah Strong's recruiting that was interesting. UCONN may not have a scholarship to give, unless Geno gets creative, which I'm sure he would for her. He also talks about Strong's desire to play like Magic Johnson, so not necessarily wanting to be a low-post player.
As for the LSU game, he suggests that LSU go small when, or if, they sub Angel Reese. I guess if someone watched the Mizzou and Utah games that isn't a bad idea. However, Hayley Frank is probably the ideal 5 to play against Cardoso. On offense, she is a legitimate threat to hit the 3, pulling Cardoso WAY far from the basket; on defense, she is an accomplished flopper. Pili is also a threat from 3. She wasn't asked to guard Cardoso in our game, though. I don't know...not sure Morrow quite fits the bill. She could pull Cardoso away from the basket, but not to the 3 point line. And defensively, she would be giving up a lot of height.
He also makes the point that I mentioned in an earlier post that we are playing with house money. Win or lose, our goals are still in place. A loss by LSU and they are probably out of the race for the regular season SEC championship. A loss may even cause Mulkey to reconsider playing HVL at point. Yeah, I kind of like her there. I suspect they might be better with Williams and Poa running the point.
He made a video breaking down LSU's loss to Auburn that was spot on. He pointed out that Auburn's strategy was to not double Reese and, instead, maintain pressure on LSU's guards. Of course, that is how we always play defense, regardless of the opponent. Hopefully, a good sign.
He also did a breakdown on Sarah Strong's recruiting that was interesting. UCONN may not have a scholarship to give, unless Geno gets creative, which I'm sure he would for her. He also talks about Strong's desire to play like Magic Johnson, so not necessarily wanting to be a low-post player.
As for the LSU game, he suggests that LSU go small when, or if, they sub Angel Reese. I guess if someone watched the Mizzou and Utah games that isn't a bad idea. However, Hayley Frank is probably the ideal 5 to play against Cardoso. On offense, she is a legitimate threat to hit the 3, pulling Cardoso WAY far from the basket; on defense, she is an accomplished flopper. Pili is also a threat from 3. She wasn't asked to guard Cardoso in our game, though. I don't know...not sure Morrow quite fits the bill. She could pull Cardoso away from the basket, but not to the 3 point line. And defensively, she would be giving up a lot of height.
He also makes the point that I mentioned in an earlier post that we are playing with house money. Win or lose, our goals are still in place. A loss by LSU and they are probably out of the race for the regular season SEC championship. A loss may even cause Mulkey to reconsider playing HVL at point. Yeah, I kind of like her there. I suspect they might be better with Williams and Poa running the point.
LSU Part 5
Flau’jae Johnson vs Hall or Paopao
LSU proclaims itself a super team with 5 superstars. Johnson is a very good player, but superstar??? I think her rap celebrity status over inflates her production on the court. In last year’s game against us she was totally overwhelmed, 00 points 1 rebound in
11 minutes. Mulkey never even played her in the second half.
Johnson is averaging 11 pts and 5 Rebs in SEC play. She is also averaging 4 fouls per game! She disappeared in the Colorado and UVA games offensively and had, you guessed it, 4 fouls in both. Some of that is due to just plain aggressive play but it’s also poor defense. She is a 34% 3 pt shooter. You can’t ignore her, but she is not great.
I’m not sure who she will guard, Hall or Paopao? I can forsee her over aggressive D leading to drives to the basket and/or busted rotations.
On the offensive end her threat is in transition, drives to the basket and her being yet another player who rebounds well. Paopao should be up to this defensive challenge
Flau’jae Johnson vs Hall or Paopao
LSU proclaims itself a super team with 5 superstars. Johnson is a very good player, but superstar??? I think her rap celebrity status over inflates her production on the court. In last year’s game against us she was totally overwhelmed, 00 points 1 rebound in
11 minutes. Mulkey never even played her in the second half.
Johnson is averaging 11 pts and 5 Rebs in SEC play. She is also averaging 4 fouls per game! She disappeared in the Colorado and UVA games offensively and had, you guessed it, 4 fouls in both. Some of that is due to just plain aggressive play but it’s also poor defense. She is a 34% 3 pt shooter. You can’t ignore her, but she is not great.
I’m not sure who she will guard, Hall or Paopao? I can forsee her over aggressive D leading to drives to the basket and/or busted rotations.
On the offensive end her threat is in transition, drives to the basket and her being yet another player who rebounds well. Paopao should be up to this defensive challenge
I watch and like his videos. I believe he’s a UConn fan but he definitely know his women’s bball. however, he seemed mostly concerned with Cardoso & Lay’s impact. KC is a given and MF is an x-factor. If she plays like she did against Texas A&M, it will be a long night for them. However, i don’t recall him mentioning Pao pao or Hall’s three point efficiency this season, which I feel will play a big part. If we’re making threes and scoring inside and out, that is going to put a lot of a pressure on LSU, perhaps speed them up more than usual. If that’s the case, fatigue & turnovers may become an even bigger factor for them second half .
keys for me :
1/ weather the early hype/crowd enthusiasm
2/ get Pao & Hall involved - would love for Pao to hit a few early - those makes are crowd silencers
3/ Rebound
3/ don’t throw the ball away all night
I was initially a little worried about the matchup, but everything else being equal, I think we roll and win by 10-15 points.
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Joyce, Maddie McDaniels & Sarah Strong on same team
Here is an interesting take on LSU offense and HVL. It comes at the 5 minute mark. They speculate that HVL is being deliberately ignored by the other players in LSU Offense
The main thing of this game that concerns me is the officiating. I know it is all to be equal but we all know Kim Mulkey and her insane rants seem to intimidate some Refs. That leads to more fouls on other team. If this game is officiated down the middle, I think it is close for 2 1/2 quarters and then our depth of talent takes over and we win as said by 10-12. However, if it is officiated like the Iowa game last year and Cardossa and Watkins are made completely ineffective inside, then Reese and Morrow will have a field day and it will be a long, long night. Kitts and Feagin will have to play best games of season at that point and we will have to nail the three ball.
I hope it is all equal as it is really two very, very good teams playing and all would love to see who is the better one. I cant stand Mulkey but she somehow always puts together a good team on the floor. However if we get going early and put stress on them and for sure her, she may lose her mind and get a technical at some point. I think she feels more pressure in this game than Dawn does.
LSU averages 22 made FT’s per game, 10 more than SC. They have attempted over 600 (lead the nation by a mile) and we have attempted 300. Hopefully, as you said, this does not come into the hands of an uneven officiating crew. But with a home court advantage, plus a disparity of 10 points per game from the FT line, this one could be tight. Need for LSU starter(s) to get some foul trouble imo, they are obviously very thin to begin with.
I think Williams from LSU will be one of the tougher players to contain tomorrow, Hall will need to be ready defensively when she guards her. PaoPao guarding Johnson needs to be watched also, as FJ knows how to get to the rim. As stated above, Kitts and Watkins should be able to neutralize Morrow, Watkins especially.
I think Fulwiley might have a big game matchup wise, and she seems to like the big game atmosphere. Raven will likely shutdown HVL effectively, and if Williams is guarding Hall than Breezy will get her shots. Cardoso will do just fine once again against AR as long as she does not get in foul trouble, which is possible in that environment. All together I like SC’s chances in this one even in the hostile environment. Just hope it doesn’t come to FT shooting at the end of the game, that is a scary thought.
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Looking at it from the other side, in conference play we foul the least of any team. LSU is 9th. So there shouldn't be a big foul discrepancy between the two teams. If the officials call it tight on both teams, a war of attrition favors us.
Still amazes me, and I thought 2020 team had good numbers 
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