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This was a key comment from DS and I'm sure corrections will be made and enforced. Losing a 22pt lead is a mental lapse by the team.
"When we build a lead, they think any shot is a good shot," Staley said. "We took some bad shots that led to easy buckets for them."
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"When we build a lead, they think any shot is a good shot," Staley said. "We took some bad shots that led to easy buckets for them."
Another win, but another nearly blown lead: Time for Gamecocks to worry?
For the second time in four games, South Carolina nearly blew a 20-point lead. The Gamecocks no longer look invincible. Is it time to worry?
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I don't think we can simply blame the officiating because Brink fouled out of the last game as well. She is constantly in foul trouble, including everytime we've played them. She managed to foul out last night with over 8 minutes left despite committing 0 fouls in the 1st half. She has to be smarter, which is strange thing to say about someone who attends Stanford.
But I will miss her, and her mom (does anyone else's mother attend games? ESPN is obsessed with her). Star players like Brink who play 4 years of college are the major reason that wbb is more enjoyable than the men's game.
If you haven’t watched the IU Postgame interview, you should. The culture we have in Columbia is amazing. Teri Moren is doing all the right things with her team. MacKenzie Holmes is a total class act. If my child said “Dad, I’m going to play at IU.” Of course I would be disappointed but I would also know she was going to a great place to grow as a player and just as important as a human being.
Fake news. We played 3 opponents in between Tennessee and Indiana. lolThis was a key comment from DS and I'm sure corrections will be made and enforced. Losing a 22pt lead is a mental lapse by the team.
"When we build a lead, they think any shot is a good shot," Staley said. "We took some bad shots that led to easy buckets for them."
Another win, but another nearly blown lead: Time for Gamecocks to worry?
For the second time in four games, South Carolina nearly blew a 20-point lead. The Gamecocks no longer look invincible. Is it time to worry?
To **almost** blow a 20+ point lead, you first have to build that lead. Another way of looking at it, we've lead nearly the entire time against UT, LSU, UNC and Indiana. I've complained the last 2 seasons about slows starts, so I'm pleased with how we're starting better. We would have lost yesterday if not for a +11 1st quarter.
Well, the coach did mention that she didn't agree with some of the fouls called on Brink, but she was quick to add that maybe Brink got away with a couple also, which I thought was good of her to say. She also thought that experienced people should have learned ways to stay in games. But her way of keeping the other girl available was sitting her for almost half the game.
I agree with you about the women's game. I hope to goodness it can be preserved that way. I still believe that the transfer structure needs to be addressed some more, but now it will require something revolutionary. .
I think it's like playing "Chicken" or Russian Roulette: you can't get away with those indefinitely.
I think the women's game is immune to "one and done" since there are so few roster spots in the WNBA. Also, NIL money helps to keep players in college.
I think transfers should be limited to one without sitting out. I know the argument is a normal student can transfer multiple times so it should be the same for student-athletes, but that's not how the world works. Transferring is not easy and definitely not multiple times for a regular student.
Bad example. Having a 20 point lead at the half puts the Gamecocks at 99% probability of winning not 1 in 6 AND we have a say in how we perform not just a spin of the wheel
This is true. If a "normal" student transfers colleges multiple times and across state lines, it probably means they are going to have to go to school an extra year or so to overcome the hassle of credits that fail to transfer with them.
lines are out for SC / Oregon St.
Cocks are a 14.5 pt favorite & O/U is 135
Cocks are a 14.5 pt favorite & O/U is 135
To Dawn's comment, when you build a 22pt lead, you don't stop doing the things that got you there and start playing playground basketball. I think she will be reemphasizing and enforcing the ''do what you've been trained to do'' mentality for the full game.
Everything Dawn Staley, Te-Hina Paopao, and Sania Feagin said Saturday
South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley and players Te-Hina Paopao and Sania Feagin met with the media to preview Oregon State.
Maybe not the best examples mathematically, but congruous to the extent that, when you do come up on the wrong end, you're out of business. We've actually lived through it multiple times already, in a favorable position strength-wise but coming up on the wrong end.
I agree with you brother DeutschRock, but I also believe we could had a much better lineup in there when Indiana made their run at us. Come on folks we are a much better team than Indiana to say we just won by four!! I know we tend to let our girls play through something sometimes, but please let’s have our five best offensive / defensive combinations on the floor! CDS, is still my favorite coach, but honestly I felt like we could have been coming home yesterday because of the personnel we had on the floor for Indiana to make their run!! Hell, we’re a +15 favorite,
At the end of the day no game from here on out is going to be a cakewalk. 
OSU will present a problem as they both have outside and inside presence at least on the offensive end.
also - Foul calls optional against LSU
I can say that if we face either of these teams down the road and this is how they play we will win handily.
South Carolina women's basketball's center of attention, Kamilla Cardoso
Whether it's a banked-in three or an assist, when South Carolina needs a basket in crunch time, Kamilla Cardoso has delivered.
Rough game. Within the span of five minutes, I saw a bloody nose and a player face down on the floor crying. Both injured players were wearing purple.
Predictions, odds, how to watch and listen: South Carolina vs. Oregon State
Predictions, odds, TV channel, web streaming, and radio options for the South Carolina-Oregon State NCAA Women's Tournament game.
South Carolina women's basketball: "We've got to speed them up"
On Sunday, South Carolina wants to run as much as possible against Oregon State and doesn’t care who knows it.
I saw on the ESPN ticker that Oregon State's -21 turnover margin was the worst margin by a winning team in a NCAA game since 2000. That's wild. We have to apply ball pressure tomorrow from the start and not let up.
As Inthough we should have done in the second half against Indiana. Coach should have put her press crew in the game to change the complexion and pace of play. The team became stagnant and she just needed to change their mindset to get them back in the flow. The team played on its heels the entire second half. She should not have to call set plates to get the ball to Cardosa. Raven has been the point guard long enough to call out a play. That is what Harris became as a second coach on the court. She knew how to get the team back in flow . The strateg has always been inside out .
Tennessee was supposed to have been the wake-up call. For them to have blown a 20+ point lead again so soon after doing so against Tennessee it’s concerning at the very least
I don't see how anybody could win a game like that at any level. It's spooky.
It's all set up. The NCAA and the networks get what they were hoping for.......an Iowa vs LSU matchup. They would love to see USC vs either one in the final as well!!
Simple. I tune my tv to WSB-TV channel 2.1 over-the-air, the ABC affiliate here in Atlanta.Predictions, odds, how to watch and listen: South Carolina vs. Oregon State
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If I was in Beaufort, it would be WCIV 36.2 Charleston. No need to pay for streaming.
Markeshia Grant: Basketball is a game of runs, and the Gamecocks are moving on
Former South Carolina women's basketball guard Markeshia Grant breaks down the Gamecocks' win over Indiana and previews Oregon State.
There's nothing in that article trying to sell you streaming.
Ok I need thoughts on today’s game. Do we feel this is a better match up for us than Indiana?
I think we do...they may be a team that has a little height on us overall....but they are going to have some difficulties moving that height down the court. To me, they are too methodical and S...L...O...W! I may be wrong, but I think we win by 15. I think our bench will be the key.
In the Notre Dame game, OSU'S big girl never left the paint, and I mean never. So the player she was defending was free to set screens anywhere on the court.
Very similar to how we played Hidalgo in the 2nd half of our game. She couldn't buy a bucket Friday. The loss was kind of on her, I hate to say.
Will Beers play the same today? Allowing Cardoso to set screens for our guards, unobstructed, seems like a big gamble. But Beers is too slow to defend on the perimeter. Something to watch early.