Of course I don’t love hearing about the rule breaking, but Dawn adapting reminds me of Ray Tanners first Natty. He admitted they he was against his team being silly in the dugout. He was all business but then realized he had to let his players be themselves.
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I think she pretty much cleared the air about the dismissal. Lateness to practice, missing team meals, missing classes and ignoring text messages. There is only so much Coach can tolerate and still claim to have standards. Touch calls are made to save the program.
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The dismissal was about a specific event in practice that had nothing to do with lateness, texts, classes or missing breakfasts. Much beyond those things
I had heard about some off the court stuff other than what she discussed but not on the court stuff. She just could jot adapt. That is a shame because she oozed athleticism.
What professional wrote that lead and released it to the world?
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No surprise that Cardoso is tops, I didn't expect that large of a margin, though. Get her the ball!
(It should be noted that her scorer would be significantly higher had she played against PC)
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Oh -- if only games were won on paper! Great information, however. Even our subs are well represented in this list/ranking.
Don't know who wrote the headline. Are you suggesting that the lead is inappropriate?
The author of the story has good credentials and is:
Chantel Jennings is The Athletic's senior writer for the WNBA and women's college basketball. She covered college sports for the past decade at ESPN.com and The Athletic and spent the 2019-20 academic year in residence at the University of Michigan's Knight-Wallace Fellowship for Journalists. Follow Chantel on Twitter @chanteljennings
OM has a recent history of giving coaches second chances. Beard in men's basketball. Durkin in football. Now Hilsman who resigned at Syracuse under allegations of mistreating players.
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You have somewhat overreacted. Look at it. I was not referring to the substance. To be clear, I make typos, especially when using a cellphone. I often have to go back and correct them on this board; I'm an old man who doesn't see very well. But I expect something released by professionals to be clean.
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I expect a somewhat close first half, but believe S.C. wins tonight by 12 or more, emphasis on more. Call it 74-61 SC, don’t think the game will ever be truly in doubt. SC will own the paint. NCSU’s guards will be a big problem size wise for PaoPao, hope she never has to guard James or Rivers, mismatch in both cases. But unless NCSU shoots lights out from three (on the season they are not a great 3pt shooting team, realize James is on fire in tourney), they don’t have enough fire power for this game. I do worry about PaoPao defensively in this game, but Lay and Tessa can help with that. Our Guards will have issues getting threes off in this game due to their length and athleticism in the backcourt. I expect a lower scoring game as evidenced by my score prediction.
Need Cardoso/Feagin/Watkins to stay in the paint and not get drawn out too far, their guards can slash. This is the type of game where Watkins and Feagin can play well at the 4 spot and Kitts also. Cardoso should have her way. If Rivers finds her stroke from outside for this game (she is still a below average shooter but has games where she is on) it might get interesting. James has been shooting almost 20% above her season average on threes in the tourney, that should see some leveling out.
Need Cardoso/Feagin/Watkins to stay in the paint and not get drawn out too far, their guards can slash. This is the type of game where Watkins and Feagin can play well at the 4 spot and Kitts also. Cardoso should have her way. If Rivers finds her stroke from outside for this game (she is still a below average shooter but has games where she is on) it might get interesting. James has been shooting almost 20% above her season average on threes in the tourney, that should see some leveling out.
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Stanford's guards were pretty bad defensively all season, so they were no match for NC State's guards. Texas had better defensive guards, but they definitely missed Rori Harmon. I expect our guards to play better than those two teams on the defensive end. If there is any concern, it's on the offensive end: will our guards take care of the ball?, take good shots?, look to get the ball inside?, etc.
Well with Sarah Strong announcing tomorrow on ESPN and Lawson's decision to stay at Duke, she will announce for Duke.
It seems Strong was holding off until she knew Lawson was staying at Duke. I could be wrong, but I believe it will be Duke. My hope is that she would pick UCONN.
It seems Strong was holding off until she knew Lawson was staying at Duke. I could be wrong, but I believe it will be Duke. My hope is that she would pick UCONN.
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She's 3-8 shooting. We've done a good job on her. Need to take care of the ball on offense.
Can’t ask for a better 3rd quarter 
4 FTs for the entire game for a post dominant & transition team
SOUTH CAROLINA-NC STATE BOX SCORE: https://go.gamecockcentral.com/nc-s...ens-college-basketball-box-score-april-5-2024
SEASON STATS: https://go.gamecockcentral.com/on3/south-carolina-gamecocks-womens-basketball-stats
SEASON STATS: https://go.gamecockcentral.com/on3/south-carolina-gamecocks-womens-basketball-stats
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Great info, indeed. The stats didn't lie: Cardoso has been ballin' this whole tournament.
Business was successfully transacted. No points from the Wolfpack bench if I read the box score correctly. That's glaring. Our team dealt the ball tonight, some of the best play of the season in that third quarter. One last thing: people of my vintage couldn't have stood getting knocked out by N.C. State - IYKYK - so I'm elated.
I start from the perspective of a man who has been a Gamecock fan for more than 63 years AND had previously developed a lot of ACC-rivalry-hatred sensibilities. My mindset is shaped by all of it - but necessarily stems from living through that era.Vintage? you mean ilk....
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