LSU WBB in a nutshell..........

[Tngamecock]

So for the past 10 years, SC women's basketball is known for playing hard, tough, physical, defense and offense. It's done with class..........they help others up off the floor, they don't taunt when winning but choose to celebrate with their team and fans. Dawn does not allow taunting and disrespect. They play with excitement. There are other teams that do the same. TN, Ole Miss, Miss St, UConn to name a few. No matter the other tough team, you don't see us or them taunting and physically trying to throw dirty blows like they're in a street fight. Even in the toughest games, I've seen other players and ours talking and laughing with each other. We can argue foul calls all day, but it has been rarely, if ever, dirty.

Now comes Mulkey to LSU. I think somewhere she's confused her team into thinking tough, hard, physical means to hurt/taunt/intimidate the other players. I have watched them for two years, and they try to intimidate/taunt/elbow with intent to harm (instead of establishing position), and swinging at people who tie them up for a loose ball. It was evident last year at our place. They backed off after the game got out of hand and it was obvious they were out classed. Boston and our crew didn't take the bait. LSU continued this behavior with everyone else they played.

Reese kept saying at post game presser... "we don't fear South Carolina." No one asked them too. If you're nervous because you're playing a really good team, we've earned that respect. I'm sure many teams feel that way. We feel that way playing Bama in football. We don't put in our game plan to try and fight them and punch/pull hair to prove our "non fear."

This year, they got two high profile recruits along with a great freshman. They were odds on favorites to win the title again. The pressure was on and now they have celebrity status. They have taken taunting and elbowing to another level. They thought, as Ms Baltimore strong thinks, they would knock the hell out of us and we would be intimidated. It didn't work again since we are as tough and confident as it gets. One posters has already showed a video montage of just a few of Angel Reese's blatant attempts to injure KC or fight. KC has a bloody lip at the end prior to the shoving starting. It wasn't an accident. She should have kept her cool, but when refs let others knock the hell out of you in non basketball ways, hard to stay calm.

Ask yourself, why none of the other tough teams in our league play like LSU? Why doesn't UConn play that way? We are considered tough because we're winning. Everyone wants that problem.

Mulkey's press conference was despicable to say the least. About as classless as I've seen. Until yesterday, I thought she was mildly amusing. So everyone who is commenting about the headlines (the false ones especially), go actually watch with your eyes and look at the video facts. Mulkey was still taunting in the press conference..........listen to her comments making excuses about their short handedness. They had the same 5 starters they had during the regular season, and as bad as I hated it for the Pao player hitting her head, she wasn't going to beat us. She got taken out so many times during our first game for not being able to stay with us, yet her loss last night was the big excuse. Please oh please, we play LSU 10 times, we win 8 or 9. LSU lucked out we got beat by Iowa last year. We would have smoked them again. UT is better than LSU today.

Kim can run on back to her trailer park, cry about a big girl shoving a smaller girl (after smaller girl tries to act big), and whine about being short handed. I find it comical every team's excuse for losing to us is not being very deep. Newsflash, it's a 40 minute game so go get you some depth. Once LSU gets knocked out in the round of 32, we can all relax that the universe is back in alignment and Mulkey will be out of the news until next year.

My only regret is the internet idiots and media, who don't remotely know or report the story correctly, and try to make us out to be the bad guys like it was some brawl akin to the Palace Brawl years ago. The only thing that happened was two players shoved someone. Nothing else....but the nut jumping the press box made everyone panic. This whole thing lasted 10 seconds, yet the rumor swirl is infinite. They showed it on Fox & Friends this morning....thankfully Lawrence Jones said he's glad to see some excitement in the women's game and it wasn't much of anything so play on. That's the story.

 

[Cockburn]

So for the past 10 years, SC women's basketball is known for playing hard, tough, physical, defense and offense. It's done with class..........they help others up off the floor, they don't taunt when winning but choose to celebrate with their team and fans. Dawn does not allow taunting and disrespect. They play with excitement. There are other teams that do the same. TN, Ole Miss, Miss St, UConn to name a few. No matter the other tough team, you don't see us or them taunting and physically trying to throw dirty blows like they're in a street fight. Even in the toughest games, I've seen other players and ours talking and laughing with each other. We can argue foul calls all day, but it has been rarely, if ever, dirty.

Now comes Mulkey to LSU. I think somewhere she's confused her team into thinking tough, hard, physical means to hurt/taunt/intimidate the other players. I have watched them for two years, and they try to intimidate/taunt/elbow with intent to harm (instead of establishing position), and swinging at people who tie them up for a loose ball. It was evident last year at our place. They backed off after the game got out of hand and it was obvious they were out classed. Boston and our crew didn't take the bait. LSU continued this behavior with everyone else they played.

Reese kept saying at post game presser... "we don't fear South Carolina." No one asked them too. If you're nervous because you're playing a really good team, we've earned that respect. I'm sure many teams feel that way. We feel that way playing Bama in football. We don't put in our game plan to try and fight them and punch/pull hair to prove our "non fear."

This year, they got two high profile recruits along with a great freshman. They were odds on favorites to win the title again. The pressure was on and now they have celebrity status. They have taken taunting and elbowing to another level. They thought, as Ms Baltimore strong thinks, they would knock the hell out of us and we would be intimidated. It didn't work again since we are as tough and confident as it gets. One posters has already showed a video montage of just a few of Angel Reese's blatant attempts to injure KC or fight. KC has a bloody lip at the end prior to the shoving starting. It wasn't an accident. She should have kept her cool, but when refs let others knock the hell out of you in non basketball ways, hard to stay calm.

Ask yourself, why none of the other tough teams in our league play like LSU? Why doesn't UConn play that way? We are considered tough because we're winning. Everyone wants that problem.

Mulkey's press conference was despicable to say the least. About as classless as I've seen. Until yesterday, I thought she was mildly amusing. So everyone who is commenting about the headlines (the false ones especially), go actually watch with your eyes and look at the video facts. Mulkey was still taunting in the press conference..........listen to her comments making excuses about their short handedness. They had the same 5 starters they had during the regular season, and as bad as I hated it for the Pao player hitting her head, she wasn't going to beat us. She got taken out so many times during our first game for not being able to stay with us, yet her loss last night was the big excuse. Please oh please, we play LSU 10 times, we win 8 or 9. LSU lucked out we got beat by Iowa last year. We would have smoked them again. UT is better than LSU today.

Kim can run on back to her trailer park, cry about a big girl shoving a smaller girl (after smaller girl tries to act big), and whine about being short handed. I find it comical every team's excuse for losing to us is not being very deep. Newsflash, it's a 40 minute game so go get you some depth. Once LSU gets knocked out in the round of 32, we can all relax that the universe is back in alignment and Mulkey will be out of the news until next year.

My only regret is the internet idiots and media, who don't remotely know or report the story correctly, and try to make us out to be the bad guys like it was some brawl akin to the Palace Brawl years ago. The only thing that happened was two players shoved someone. Nothing else....but the nut jumping the press box made everyone panic. This whole thing lasted 10 seconds, yet the rumor swirl is infinite. They showed it on Fox & Friends this morning....thankfully Lawrence Jones said he's glad to see some excitement in the women's game and it wasn't much of anything so play on. That's the story.

 

[The Coast is Clear]

So for the past 10 years, SC women's basketball is known for playing hard, tough, physical, defense and offense. It's done with class..........they help others up off the floor, they don't taunt when winning but choose to celebrate with their team and fans. Dawn does not allow taunting and disrespect. They play with excitement. There are other teams that do the same. TN, Ole Miss, Miss St, UConn to name a few. No matter the other tough team, you don't see us or them taunting and physically trying to throw dirty blows like they're in a street fight. Even in the toughest games, I've seen other players and ours talking and laughing with each other. We can argue foul calls all day, but it has been rarely, if ever, dirty.

Now comes Mulkey to LSU. I think somewhere she's confused her team into thinking tough, hard, physical means to hurt/taunt/intimidate the other players. I have watched them for two years, and they try to intimidate/taunt/elbow with intent to harm (instead of establishing position), and swinging at people who tie them up for a loose ball. It was evident last year at our place. They backed off after the game got out of hand and it was obvious they were out classed. Boston and our crew didn't take the bait. LSU continued this behavior with everyone else they played.

Reese kept saying at post game presser... "we don't fear South Carolina." No one asked them too. If you're nervous because you're playing a really good team, we've earned that respect. I'm sure many teams feel that way. We feel that way playing Bama in football. We don't put in our game plan to try and fight them and punch/pull hair to prove our "non fear."

This year, they got two high profile recruits along with a great freshman. They were odds on favorites to win the title again. The pressure was on and now they have celebrity status. They have taken taunting and elbowing to another level. They thought, as Ms Baltimore strong thinks, they would knock the hell out of us and we would be intimidated. It didn't work again since we are as tough and confident as it gets. One posters has already showed a video montage of just a few of Angel Reese's blatant attempts to injure KC or fight. KC has a bloody lip at the end prior to the shoving starting. It wasn't an accident. She should have kept her cool, but when refs let others knock the hell out of you in non basketball ways, hard to stay calm.

Ask yourself, why none of the other tough teams in our league play like LSU? Why doesn't UConn play that way? We are considered tough because we're winning. Everyone wants that problem.

Mulkey's press conference was despicable to say the least. About as classless as I've seen. Until yesterday, I thought she was mildly amusing. So everyone who is commenting about the headlines (the false ones especially), go actually watch with your eyes and look at the video facts. Mulkey was still taunting in the press conference..........listen to her comments making excuses about their short handedness. They had the same 5 starters they had during the regular season, and as bad as I hated it for the Pao player hitting her head, she wasn't going to beat us. She got taken out so many times during our first game for not being able to stay with us, yet her loss last night was the big excuse. Please oh please, we play LSU 10 times, we win 8 or 9. LSU lucked out we got beat by Iowa last year. We would have smoked them again. UT is better than LSU today.

Kim can run on back to her trailer park, cry about a big girl shoving a smaller girl (after smaller girl tries to act big), and whine about being short handed. I find it comical every team's excuse for losing to us is not being very deep. Newsflash, it's a 40 minute game so go get you some depth. Once LSU gets knocked out in the round of 32, we can all relax that the universe is back in alignment and Mulkey will be out of the news until next year.

My only regret is the internet idiots and media, who don't remotely know or report the story correctly, and try to make us out to be the bad guys like it was some brawl akin to the Palace Brawl years ago. The only thing that happened was two players shoved someone. Nothing else....but the nut jumping the press box made everyone panic. This whole thing lasted 10 seconds, yet the rumor swirl is infinite. They showed it on Fox & Friends this morning....thankfully Lawrence Jones said he's glad to see some excitement in the women's game and it wasn't much of anything so play on. That's the story.

Nice.

 

[Prestonyte]

Mulkey wouldn't know class if it hit right in the kisser.
Her post-game presser was exactly as expected and no surprise to those who cover WBB.
See below

Kim Mulkey crossed line with comments on LSU, South Carolina players fighting

While South Carolina coach Dawn Staley tried to lower temperatures after melee at end of SEC title game, LSU coach Kim Mulkey made matters worse

www.usatoday.com

Shannon Sharpe Blasts Kim Mulkey: She Needs To Be Held 'Accountable' For Her Comments

A lot of people weren't happy with the comments LSU head coach Kim Mulkey gave following the Tigers' on-court altercation with the Gamecocks of South

brobible.com

https://athlonsports.com/college-basketball/kim-mulkey-had-classless-postgame-remark-after-lsu-vs-south-carolina-brawl-

 

[Debo77]

I didnt read all that but did finish the 1st paragraph and I cant agree with any of it....that whole mess started yesterday because Watkins was taunting....which she has done on several occasions.....and ended with Cardoso committing assault....so please take off your Gamecock colored glasses and see it for what it is...not to mention just yesterday Fulwiley flashing the "too small' directly ay a player and flexed on another....thats tauntimg....and about the only player that helps anybody up is Kitts....but you make it sound like everybody all the time....please dont be like most on here and think Gamecocks can do no wrong

 

[Evilchicken]

Mulkey is trailer park trash. Her stupid Fat Tuesday outfits and over-boiled crawfish brain have worn us thin. Hopefully Dawn continues to chain that dumbA** to a float so we can all throw beads at her hard scrambled face.

 

[USMC1974]

Here’s the strange thing. Mulkey’s Baylor teams were very good , always competitive, and won several natties. They were not known as physical intimidators… they hustled, rebounded, played good defense, and could run the court. Griner was nowhere near the cheap shot artist that Reese is. So Mulkey didn’t bring this with her from Baylor. Then she comes to LSU, and Reese transfers from Maryland (which was a decent, well-coached team). My guess: Reese wasn’t getting the freedom at Maryland to play bully ball, and Mulkey was willing to green light it, because Reese has serious rebounding and defensive skills, and scores well in the paint. The NIL money sealed the deal. YMMV…

 

[Cock-o-plenty]

So for the past 10 years, SC women's basketball is known for playing hard, tough, physical, defense and offense. It's done with class..........they help others up off the floor, they don't taunt when winning but choose to celebrate with their team and fans. Dawn does not allow taunting and disrespect. They play with excitement. There are other teams that do the same. TN, Ole Miss, Miss St, UConn to name a few. No matter the other tough team, you don't see us or them taunting and physically trying to throw dirty blows like they're in a street fight. Even in the toughest games, I've seen other players and ours talking and laughing with each other. We can argue foul calls all day, but it has been rarely, if ever, dirty.

Now comes Mulkey to LSU. I think somewhere she's confused her team into thinking tough, hard, physical means to hurt/taunt/intimidate the other players. I have watched them for two years, and they try to intimidate/taunt/elbow with intent to harm (instead of establishing position), and swinging at people who tie them up for a loose ball. It was evident last year at our place. They backed off after the game got out of hand and it was obvious they were out classed. Boston and our crew didn't take the bait. LSU continued this behavior with everyone else they played.

Reese kept saying at post game presser... "we don't fear South Carolina." No one asked them too. If you're nervous because you're playing a really good team, we've earned that respect. I'm sure many teams feel that way. We feel that way playing Bama in football. We don't put in our game plan to try and fight them and punch/pull hair to prove our "non fear."

This year, they got two high profile recruits along with a great freshman. They were odds on favorites to win the title again. The pressure was on and now they have celebrity status. They have taken taunting and elbowing to another level. They thought, as Ms Baltimore strong thinks, they would knock the hell out of us and we would be intimidated. It didn't work again since we are as tough and confident as it gets. One posters has already showed a video montage of just a few of Angel Reese's blatant attempts to injure KC or fight. KC has a bloody lip at the end prior to the shoving starting. It wasn't an accident. She should have kept her cool, but when refs let others knock the hell out of you in non basketball ways, hard to stay calm.

Ask yourself, why none of the other tough teams in our league play like LSU? Why doesn't UConn play that way? We are considered tough because we're winning. Everyone wants that problem.

Mulkey's press conference was despicable to say the least. About as classless as I've seen. Until yesterday, I thought she was mildly amusing. So everyone who is commenting about the headlines (the false ones especially), go actually watch with your eyes and look at the video facts. Mulkey was still taunting in the press conference..........listen to her comments making excuses about their short handedness. They had the same 5 starters they had during the regular season, and as bad as I hated it for the Pao player hitting her head, she wasn't going to beat us. She got taken out so many times during our first game for not being able to stay with us, yet her loss last night was the big excuse. Please oh please, we play LSU 10 times, we win 8 or 9. LSU lucked out we got beat by Iowa last year. We would have smoked them again. UT is better than LSU today.

Kim can run on back to her trailer park, cry about a big girl shoving a smaller girl (after smaller girl tries to act big), and whine about being short handed. I find it comical every team's excuse for losing to us is not being very deep. Newsflash, it's a 40 minute game so go get you some depth. Once LSU gets knocked out in the round of 32, we can all relax that the universe is back in alignment and Mulkey will be out of the news until next year.

My only regret is the internet idiots and media, who don't remotely know or report the story correctly, and try to make us out to be the bad guys like it was some brawl akin to the Palace Brawl years ago. The only thing that happened was two players shoved someone. Nothing else....but the nut jumping the press box made everyone panic. This whole thing lasted 10 seconds, yet the rumor swirl is infinite. They showed it on Fox & Friends this morning....thankfully Lawrence Jones said he's glad to see some excitement in the women's game and it wasn't much of anything so play on. That's the story.

Fox & Friends? God help us.

 

[Psycock]

Dawn handled this thing with class and common sense. Mulkey handled it with a chip on her shoulder and a neck that appears to be a shade of red.

 

[USMC1974]

Another odd thing… Dawn’s former players, Geno’s former players, and Tara’s former players all gravitate back to campus to watch games and cheer on the current players. Watching KM’s Baylor teams for years in Texas, I never got the feeling her former players held her in the same high esteem that the players of those other teams held their coaches.

 

[Deleted11512]

 

[Gamecock Vet]

I didnt read all that but did finish the 1st paragraph and I cant agree with any of it....that whole mess started yesterday because Watkins was taunting....which she has done on several occasions.....and ended with Cardoso committing assault....so please take off your Gamecock colored glasses and see it for what it is...not to mention just yesterday Fulwiley flashing the "too small' directly ay a player and flexed on another....thats tauntimg....and about the only player that helps anybody up is Kitts....but you make it sound like everybody all the time....please dont be like most on here and think Gamecocks can do no wrong

The Gamecocks weren’t entirely perfect here but LSU started the altercations at the end and LSU played dirty all game much more than USC! Get off of your high horse and either quit posting or shut up because you sound like an ignorant idiot!!

 

[mickray]

Women play basketball?

 

[bayrooster]

TL;DR

 

[LonghornsGamecocks]

I didnt read all that but did finish the 1st paragraph and I cant agree with any of it....that whole mess started yesterday because Watkins was taunting....which she has done on several occasions.....and ended with Cardoso committing assault....so please take off your Gamecock colored glasses and see it for what it is...not to mention just yesterday Fulwiley flashing the "too small' directly ay a player and flexed on another....thats tauntimg....and about the only player that helps anybody up is Kitts....but you make it sound like everybody all the time....please dont be like most on here and think Gamecocks can do no wrong

I largely agree

Refs could have called way more fouls on both teams all night. The Fulwiley "too small" could have been a technical. The Angel Reese hair pull on Cardoso should have been a flagrant foul.

 

[Hobcawcreekcock]

So for the past 10 years, SC women's basketball is known for playing hard, tough, physical, defense and offense. It's done with class..........they help others up off the floor, they don't taunt when winning but choose to celebrate with their team and fans. Dawn does not allow taunting and disrespect. They play with excitement. There are other teams that do the same. TN, Ole Miss, Miss St, UConn to name a few. No matter the other tough team, you don't see us or them taunting and physically trying to throw dirty blows like they're in a street fight. Even in the toughest games, I've seen other players and ours talking and laughing with each other. We can argue foul calls all day, but it has been rarely, if ever, dirty.

Now comes Mulkey to LSU. I think somewhere she's confused her team into thinking tough, hard, physical means to hurt/taunt/intimidate the other players. I have watched them for two years, and they try to intimidate/taunt/elbow with intent to harm (instead of establishing position), and swinging at people who tie them up for a loose ball. It was evident last year at our place. They backed off after the game got out of hand and it was obvious they were out classed. Boston and our crew didn't take the bait. LSU continued this behavior with everyone else they played.

Reese kept saying at post game presser... "we don't fear South Carolina." No one asked them too. If you're nervous because you're playing a really good team, we've earned that respect. I'm sure many teams feel that way. We feel that way playing Bama in football. We don't put in our game plan to try and fight them and punch/pull hair to prove our "non fear."

This year, they got two high profile recruits along with a great freshman. They were odds on favorites to win the title again. The pressure was on and now they have celebrity status. They have taken taunting and elbowing to another level. They thought, as Ms Baltimore strong thinks, they would knock the hell out of us and we would be intimidated. It didn't work again since we are as tough and confident as it gets. One posters has already showed a video montage of just a few of Angel Reese's blatant attempts to injure KC or fight. KC has a bloody lip at the end prior to the shoving starting. It wasn't an accident. She should have kept her cool, but when refs let others knock the hell out of you in non basketball ways, hard to stay calm.

Ask yourself, why none of the other tough teams in our league play like LSU? Why doesn't UConn play that way? We are considered tough because we're winning. Everyone wants that problem.

Mulkey's press conference was despicable to say the least. About as classless as I've seen. Until yesterday, I thought she was mildly amusing. So everyone who is commenting about the headlines (the false ones especially), go actually watch with your eyes and look at the video facts. Mulkey was still taunting in the press conference..........listen to her comments making excuses about their short handedness. They had the same 5 starters they had during the regular season, and as bad as I hated it for the Pao player hitting her head, she wasn't going to beat us. She got taken out so many times during our first game for not being able to stay with us, yet her loss last night was the big excuse. Please oh please, we play LSU 10 times, we win 8 or 9. LSU lucked out we got beat by Iowa last year. We would have smoked them again. UT is better than LSU today.

Kim can run on back to her trailer park, cry about a big girl shoving a smaller girl (after smaller girl tries to act big), and whine about being short handed. I find it comical every team's excuse for losing to us is not being very deep. Newsflash, it's a 40 minute game so go get you some depth. Once LSU gets knocked out in the round of 32, we can all relax that the universe is back in alignment and Mulkey will be out of the news until next year.

My only regret is the internet idiots and media, who don't remotely know or report the story correctly, and try to make us out to be the bad guys like it was some brawl akin to the Palace Brawl years ago. The only thing that happened was two players shoved someone. Nothing else....but the nut jumping the press box made everyone panic. This whole thing lasted 10 seconds, yet the rumor swirl is infinite. They showed it on Fox & Friends this morning....thankfully Lawrence Jones said he's glad to see some excitement in the women's game and it wasn't much of anything so play on. That's the story.

Great post! I don’t wander over to FGF much, glad I did to read this, you’re spot on. Mulkey’s trying to create a Miami football mystique from the 1990’s where everyone was intimidated. That only gets you so far, as LSU has now found out with three consecutive losses to USC!!!

 

[RUMMENIGGE]

I largely agree

Refs could have called way more fouls on both teams all night. The Fulwiley "too small" could have been a technical. The Angel Reese hair pull on Cardoso should have been a flagrant foul.

Should have been removed from game. While she was pulling hair with left hand her right elbows strikes Tessa Johnson in the face.

 

[BftCocks09]

So for the past 10 years, SC women's basketball is known for playing hard, tough, physical, defense and offense. It's done with class..........they help others up off the floor, they don't taunt when winning but choose to celebrate with their team and fans. Dawn does not allow taunting and disrespect. They play with excitement. There are other teams that do the same. TN, Ole Miss, Miss St, UConn to name a few. No matter the other tough team, you don't see us or them taunting and physically trying to throw dirty blows like they're in a street fight. Even in the toughest games, I've seen other players and ours talking and laughing with each other. We can argue foul calls all day, but it has been rarely, if ever, dirty.

Now comes Mulkey to LSU. I think somewhere she's confused her team into thinking tough, hard, physical means to hurt/taunt/intimidate the other players. I have watched them for two years, and they try to intimidate/taunt/elbow with intent to harm (instead of establishing position), and swinging at people who tie them up for a loose ball. It was evident last year at our place. They backed off after the game got out of hand and it was obvious they were out classed. Boston and our crew didn't take the bait. LSU continued this behavior with everyone else they played.

Reese kept saying at post game presser... "we don't fear South Carolina." No one asked them too. If you're nervous because you're playing a really good team, we've earned that respect. I'm sure many teams feel that way. We feel that way playing Bama in football. We don't put in our game plan to try and fight them and punch/pull hair to prove our "non fear."

This year, they got two high profile recruits along with a great freshman. They were odds on favorites to win the title again. The pressure was on and now they have celebrity status. They have taken taunting and elbowing to another level. They thought, as Ms Baltimore strong thinks, they would knock the hell out of us and we would be intimidated. It didn't work again since we are as tough and confident as it gets. One posters has already showed a video montage of just a few of Angel Reese's blatant attempts to injure KC or fight. KC has a bloody lip at the end prior to the shoving starting. It wasn't an accident. She should have kept her cool, but when refs let others knock the hell out of you in non basketball ways, hard to stay calm.

Ask yourself, why none of the other tough teams in our league play like LSU? Why doesn't UConn play that way? We are considered tough because we're winning. Everyone wants that problem.

Mulkey's press conference was despicable to say the least. About as classless as I've seen. Until yesterday, I thought she was mildly amusing. So everyone who is commenting about the headlines (the false ones especially), go actually watch with your eyes and look at the video facts. Mulkey was still taunting in the press conference..........listen to her comments making excuses about their short handedness. They had the same 5 starters they had during the regular season, and as bad as I hated it for the Pao player hitting her head, she wasn't going to beat us. She got taken out so many times during our first game for not being able to stay with us, yet her loss last night was the big excuse. Please oh please, we play LSU 10 times, we win 8 or 9. LSU lucked out we got beat by Iowa last year. We would have smoked them again. UT is better than LSU today.

Kim can run on back to her trailer park, cry about a big girl shoving a smaller girl (after smaller girl tries to act big), and whine about being short handed. I find it comical every team's excuse for losing to us is not being very deep. Newsflash, it's a 40 minute game so go get you some depth. Once LSU gets knocked out in the round of 32, we can all relax that the universe is back in alignment and Mulkey will be out of the news until next year.

My only regret is the internet idiots and media, who don't remotely know or report the story correctly, and try to make us out to be the bad guys like it was some brawl akin to the Palace Brawl years ago. The only thing that happened was two players shoved someone. Nothing else....but the nut jumping the press box made everyone panic. This whole thing lasted 10 seconds, yet the rumor swirl is infinite. They showed it on Fox & Friends this morning....thankfully Lawrence Jones said he's glad to see some excitement in the women's game and it wasn't much of anything so play on. That's the story.

The only thing I’ll disagree on is our “taunting.” Now, taunting and jawing might not exactly be the same thing, but we have some girls who like to talk a little bit…..I don’t have a problem with that whatsoever, but some might see that as a form of taunting. Also, both Fulwiley and Raven were shown giving Van Lith the “too small” gesture yesterday. And that most definitely is taunting.

 

[BftCocks09]

I didnt read all that but did finish the 1st paragraph and I cant agree with any of it....that whole mess started yesterday because Watkins was taunting....which she has done on several occasions.....and ended with Cardoso committing assault....so please take off your Gamecock colored glasses and see it for what it is...not to mention just yesterday Fulwiley flashing the "too small' directly ay a player and flexed on another....thats tauntimg....and about the only player that helps anybody up is Kitts....but you make it sound like everybody all the time....please dont be like most on here and think Gamecocks can do no wrong

Taunting and shoving are two very different things. Not here for a debate about whether taunting is ok or not, but I will say that the physical contact was not started by us. Cardoso certainly took it too far, but to put this on Watkins for talking a little junk is pretty dumb I think.

 

[Debo77]

The Gamecocks weren’t entirely perfect here but LSU started the altercations at the end and LSU played dirty all game much more than USC! Get off of your high horse and either quit posting or shut up because you sound like an ignorant idiot!!

you're either blind or stupid....Ill go with the latter

 

[Cackmandu]

Angel was told to keep Cardoso from setting up under the basket by any means necessary, I rewatched the game tonight and it was obvious from the get go, Cardoso was banging as well just trying To hold her ground, it looked like Cardoso got the better of her to me and if she could have made more of those put backs the gane would not have been so close early!

 

[Debo77]

I largely agree

Refs could have called way more fouls on both teams all night. The Fulwiley "too small" could have been a technical. The Angel Reese hair pull on Cardoso should have been a flagrant foul.

Ive heard several complain the refs didnt call enough fouls and its their fault it started.....I for one like when the refs let them play....I have turned a few womens games this year because they cant play 20 seconds without a whistle....a ref shouldn't have to call a certain amount of fouls to get the players to play with sense....they should appreciate the refs letting them play and not keep pushing the limit until they force the refs to blows whistles....Fulwiley SHOULD have received a tech.....if refs started handed out techs more often then maybe that nonsense would stop

 

[Debo77]

I largely agree

Refs could have called way more fouls on both teams all night. The Fulwiley "too small" could have been a technical. The Angel Reese hair pull on Cardoso should have been a flagrant foul.

and I would think they didnt see the hair pull or would have called it

 

[Debo77]

Taunting and shoving are two very different things. Not here for a debate about whether taunting is ok or not, but I will say that the physical contact was not started by us. Cardoso certainly took it too far, but to put this on Watkins for talking a little junk is pretty dumb I think.

if Watkins would not have charged at her she dont throw the half elbow and Cardoso doesn't get involved...putting it on Watkins is pretty smartI think

 

[USCEDGE]

I largely agree

Refs could have called way more fouls on both teams all night. The Fulwiley "too small" could have been a technical. The Angel Reese hair pull on Cardoso should have been a flagrant foul.

But she would have been ejected because of the earlier intentional foul so I guess the refs just looked the other way. Would not be surprising since they did it the entire game anyhow.....


And FYI there are no flagrant fouls in the women's games anymore. According to the rule book, fouls of that type are now referred to as "disqualifying" fouls for some unknown reason. Must have something to do with being "woke."

 

[BftCocks09]

if Watkins would not have charged at her she dont throw the half elbow and Cardoso doesn't get involved...putting it on Watkins is pretty smartI think

Nope. There’s a stark difference between verbal altercations and physical. The person who turned it physical was Johnson. Cardoso definitely went too far with the physicality but someone talking trash isn’t a legitimate reason to excuse Johnson making it physical.

Not to mention I think saying she “charged” her is a little much. She got in her face.

 

[BftCocks09]

Ive heard several complain the refs didnt call enough fouls and its their fault it started.....I for one like when the refs let them play....I have turned a few womens games this year because they cant play 20 seconds without a whistle....a ref shouldn't have to call a certain amount of fouls to get the players to play with sense....they should appreciate the refs letting them play and not keep pushing the limit until they force the refs to blows whistles....Fulwiley SHOULD have received a tech.....if refs started handed out techs more often then maybe that nonsense would stop

I’m sorry but you’re terrible at making arguments. You literally just contradicted yourself in the same post. You started out by saying it’s not the refs fault and he girls should be able to handle themselves, but then you end the post by saying if the refs would call technical fouls things like the “fight” wouldn’t have happened. So which one is it? Is it in the refs hands to prevent these types of things or not?

 

[CockyGirl]

Flaujea tried to push Breezy minutes earlier after Breezy banked a shot in. She was a ticking time bomb. LSU dishes it out more than any other team I’ve seen. If you dish it you better be able to take it and clearly Flaujea couldn’t take it.

 

[YankeeRooster]

Women play basketball?

Asks the guy in a WBB thread……

 

[YankeeRooster]

 

[Tngamecock]

I didnt read all that but did finish the 1st paragraph and I cant agree with any of it....that whole mess started yesterday because Watkins was taunting....which she has done on several occasions.....and ended with Cardoso committing assault....so please take off your Gamecock colored glasses and see it for what it is...not to mention just yesterday Fulwiley flashing the "too small' directly ay a player and flexed on another....thats tauntimg....and about the only player that helps anybody up is Kitts....but you make it sound like everybody all the time....please dont be like most on here and think Gamecocks can do no wrong

I am so sorry…my bad. I thought I had watched LSU players start all the taunting crap for about 3 games now……Watkins only talks back after someone does it to her. I don’t care if she told Johnson to stick it in her ear…..it was well deserved by that point.

And I said KC should have refrained and should have been ejected. Sure I wish she had taken the Boston approach. But I understand.

 

[Tngamecock]

Fox & Friends? God help us.

Sorry, Don Lemon was not on CNN to give us the real news

 

[Tngamecock]

I largely agree

Refs could have called way more fouls on both teams all night. The Fulwiley "too small" could have been a technical. The Angel Reese hair pull on Cardoso should have been a flagrant foul.

I have said I do not like the too small bs. Angel, Reese and LSU are the queens of that and it had already been done numerous times by them during that game and all previous games. She was just giving it back to them. Maybe you should try watching the full games

 

[Tngamecock]

The only thing I’ll disagree on is our “taunting.” Now, taunting and jawing might not exactly be the same thing, but we have some girls who like to talk a little bit…..I don’t have a problem with that whatsoever, but some might see that as a form of taunting. Also, both Fulwiley and Raven were shown giving Van Lith the “too small” gesture yesterday. And that most definitely is taunting.

So ask yourself, who started the too small taunt? Reese did it numerous times last year and both games this year. Our girls never did that to them and had enough so they started. So you obviously don’t watch the whole game and didn’t see LSU do it numerous times. It started last year. Now if you want, we can agree that I think the referees should call a technical for that. That would cause it to stop. I can’t stand it from either team, let’s stop trying to make it out like MF is the only one that did that

Ive heard several complain the refs didnt call enough fouls and its their fault it started.....I for one like when the refs let them play....I have turned a few womens games this year because they cant play 20 seconds without a whistle....a ref shouldn't have to call a certain amount of fouls to get the players to play with sense....they should appreciate the refs letting them play and not keep pushing the limit until they force the refs to blows whistles....Fulwiley SHOULD have received a tech.....if refs started handed out techs more often then maybe that nonsense would stop

 

[The Reel Ess]

They saw the game was nearly lost and tried to goad our girls into a brawl, which, even if it did not win them the game, would affect us in the tourney. Plain old sour grapes. In a small way it worked. No Cardoso for the first round. Were I coach Staley I would request the league review the game to see if any of their players warrant a first round suspension.

 

[Deleted11512]

They saw the game was nearly lost and tried to goad our girls into a brawl, which, even if it did not win them the game, would affect us in the tourney. Plain old sour grapes. In a small way it worked. No Cardoso for the first round. Were I coach Staley I would request the league review the game to see if any of their players warrant a first round suspension.

It was going on from the beginning. They had a clear objective from the tip: beat the hell out of KC down low. She was catching elbows to the face, having her hair pulled, etc…Early in the game you can see Reese saying “all f’n day” right after she slams into KC. What KC did was uncalled for, but I get it. And if I were DS I wouldn’t say a damn thing to her about it except to play smarter and move on.

Also, there’s a funny video floating around X where Mulkey is praising Reese for retaliating against a smaller player in defense of her teammate. Everything about that program is trash, and shouldn’t be any more than an afterthought for us.

 

[BftCocks09]

So ask yourself, who started the too small taunt? Reese did it numerous times last year and both games this year. Our girls never did that to them and had enough so they started. So you obviously don’t watch the whole game and didn’t see LSU do it numerous times. It started last year. Now if you want, we can agree that I think the referees should call a technical for that. That would cause it to stop. I can’t stand it from either team, let’s stop trying to make it out like MF is the only one that did that

Your direct quote is that Dawn does not allow taunting. I don’t care who started it, but that is a contradiction to your original statement. Once again, I don’t have a problem with taunting one way or another, but it simply doesn’t jive with what you originally said. Unless you want to revise that statement that Dawn doesn’t allow our players to “start the antics.”

 

[LonghornsGamecocks]

FYI there are no flagrant fouls in the women's games anymore. According to the rule book, fouls of that type are now referred to as "disqualifying" fouls for some unknown reason. Must have something to do with being "woke."

I didn't know this. But I think "disqualifying" is a more descriptive adjective than "flagrant." Clearly identifies the penalty and implies the seriousness

 

[LonghornsGamecocks]

Ive heard several complain the refs didnt call enough fouls and its their fault it started.....I for one like when the refs let them play....I have turned a few womens games this year because they cant play 20 seconds without a whistle.

I agree, let them play for the most part. 1980s-90s NBA refereeing styles FTW.

 

[Debo77]

I’m sorry but you’re terrible at making arguments. You literally just contradicted yourself in the same post. You started out by saying it’s not the refs fault and he girls should be able to handle themselves, but then you end the post by saying if the refs would call technical fouls things like the “fight” wouldn’t have happened. So which one is it? Is it in the refs hands to prevent these types of things or not?

there's a difference in calling ticky tack common fouls and techs.....I'll explain it to you if you like