South Carolina Preview and Game Thread

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10 points scored is our best quarter so far.

repeated turnovers in Q3 lead to UofSc on the break, turning the game from bad to worse.
 
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I’d usually agree but we play them almost every year and it’s always the same movie. Would rather build team chemistry against a similar or lesser opponent. The talent gap is too wide and the Heels can’t take much from an embarrassment like this on national tv.
They killed is one year, but we played them close the other three most recent games.
But not today.
 

7milesrivals

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Stop it. Do you even understand the role of assistants?

Assistant coaches are there to assist ,when they see that something that isn't working, they come in. Assistant coaches also are designed to help and develop players on and off the court. Assistant coaches dont just sit on the bench with her books or laptop and be silent
 

UNCBornandBred

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Seems like a while back posters were pleased with the conditioning and body transformations going on in the off season. Blanca looks like she's put on 20+ lbs.
She is doing herself a disservice. It’ll never be clear what type of player she could have been. I hope she can turn it around.
 

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I feel like issues are roster construction and too much loyalty to older players. Where does Carolina stack up with the ACC in terms of NIL?
 
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MacksBrownies

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Awkward Oh No GIF by CBC
 
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UNCH

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What has Kate Harpring even done? She has been one of the worse players. She shoots them out of every game.
 

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I feel like issues are roster construction and too much loyalty to older players. Where does Carolina stack up with the ACC in terms of NIL?
No way to actually know but some sites that claim to have some info say we are in the #20-#25 range nationally.



with that said, you can’t land Harpring, Ojo and Carter across two classes without some money. I wonder if our budget has increased recently?

It ispretty clear we are not going to bring in the top tier transfers, which is the most expensive aspect of recruiting. Doing well on the 2nd/3rd tier though

it is assumed we lost our starting backcourt in the portal due to money, based on where they landed.

in terms of player loyalty, 4 of 5 starters today were 1st year starters at UNC: freshman, Sophomore, Junior and sr transfer. The 5th returned from injury. first three off the bench were 2 transfers and another freshman. ( We can probably assume Toomey would have been a returning starter if healthy)
 
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Dscottp169

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Assistant coaches are there to assist ,when they see that something that isn't working, they come in. Assistant coaches also are designed to help and develop players on and off the court. Assistant coaches dont just sit on the bench with her books or laptop and be silent
And they do that, every huddle and dead ball. As they should!
 
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blueblood7

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We should be better than this. I didnt expect to win. But nothing has changed since the Davidson exhibition. Can we stop playing SC and embarrassing ourselves. Say what you want but the cupboad is not bare. We have talent that this coaching staff is unable to take any further than day one they step on campus. Not trying to bash, but I knew this outcome of our first two regular season games against relevant competition once I saw the exhibition game against Davidson. We need someone who can coach up bigs. Not one big knows how to play with her back to the basket. Akot what in the heck. Just go up with the shot already. She also needs to plant that behind in the paint. Enough of her trying to be a point guard already. Had high hopes for Burrows. But she is only a wide open three point shooter. Other than that just not fast or athletic enough against quality competition. Not sure what has happened to Kelly. Her shot is gone. Nyla just is not smooth with anything other than a wide open three at this point. Start Bofia let her learn on the fly. She has a bigger upside than Blanca. G White is the only one who looked physical enough to compete and make things interesting from her assignments tonight. Kate is trying to do waaaay to much. But again nothing different from day one. Assume coach has handed her the keys to do whatever she wishes. But I will give her some props. She the only I ever see fighting for a rebound consistently. I dont see her sticking around long. Alof of this is frustration over the HYPE coach herself put out there. Boy was she wrong. We sure could have used Grants ability to hit threes, Henderson's physicality in the paint, as well as Aarnesalo's ability to run the point. Maybe them three where on to something when they left. ( I also know Toomey is out and I do miss her. But she will just bring another big trying to play like a guard and drifting to much out the paint) The year is not over. But if this team can even get an ncaaa bid we better take it as a win. Unfortunately, even with the good luck in recruiting, being relevant on the national stage with a true chance to ever see a final four again I just dont see ever happening with this coaching staff. Hope they prove me wrong. But I also hope to win the lottery one day lol
 
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I’ll just say weicome to all who only come here when we lose. Is everything okay now? NO. We should never have throw this team into this gauntlet of a schedule. Let them meld. Some issues may not have a solution Such as strength and athleticism. But I believe we will get better and as usual it will be from defense.
 

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Hopefully the staff can use the next 7 games to iron out some things so that we will be competitive when we play LSU on 12/2.

Gabby White shows promise and is a competitor. I like that she has 2 more years after this one. We need Toomey back asap.
 
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3ptthreat

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personally I am just flushng this game as I would if we played UConn
Lets finish top 2 in the ACC
I would like to do the same and just move on. But i'm starting to worry about just finishing in the top half in the ACC - a somewhat typical concern.

Our shooting percentage will have to improve dramatically over the new few weeks for us to have a chance at top 3. Last season we had our troubles early in the season, but one thing we did do fairly well was shoot the ball - at least from deep.
 
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