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They have the stuff that they should get to the final four, then it's a roll of the dice as far as matchups, health, and foul trouble.
They have 7, maybe 8. Scott was highly recruited and maybe her lack of PT is the reason she hasn't broken out.
We will be decent next year because of Holmes and McCowan, and hopefully Scott will become what is expected. Our big signee from The coast scored 69 the other night, but obviously she will be a freshperson. We got some freshpersons this year that need to step up quickly next year. But the Top 7 will be the group that can get us back to the Final 4 and I think we need to be a 1 seed to guarantee a chance. Those 3 seniors last year were solid players.
We will be decent next year because of Holmes and McCowan, and hopefully Scott will become what is expected. Our big signee from The coast scored 69 the other night, but obviously she will be a freshperson. We got some freshpersons this year that need to step up quickly next year. But the Top 7 will be the group that can get us back to the Final 4 and I think we need to be a 1 seed to guarantee a chance. Those 3 seniors last year were solid players.
Not an answer to your question, but they sure are fun to keep up with. We've got an amazing team in Starkville.
Yes, assuming Teaira stays out of foul trouble in the tournament. We have plenty of depth 1-4, and Campbell is good enough to spell McCowan so she can rest, but she would get exposed against UCONN or South Carolina if she had to play extended minutes.
We're deeper than that. We have the starting 5 plus Bibby, who should keep getting better during conference play; Holmes, who would start for all but a small handful of other teams; Campbell; and Danberry, who had only played in 3 or 4 games but should become a major contributor by the end of the year.
Next year, we'll also be relying on Bibby and Tate, who is redshirting this year.
The key, as has been said earlier is to get a 1 seed. Obviously UConn will be the overall one, but we need to be as close to them as possible to stay away from a gauntlet like we had last year. Washington, with the all time scoring leader, then Baylor, UConn and SC in succession. I considered those the three best teams in the country most of last year and we played them in a row. Incredible they made it to the NC game.
Big T is so much better at staying out of foul trouble, but it's going to happen somewhere. Likely vs a team with great post players. South Carolina, UT come to mind and then Baylor if we run into them. It helps tremendously that VV has become so efficient this year. Our best 4 players are as good as anybody except UConn.
I was so impressed with her maturity in accepting that that was the right decision considering the two in front of her. We are set at PG for a long time.
I don't believe in curses so I'll just say I expect a 20+ point win over Syracuse today. They're a solid program, but the 11-0 record is not remotely of the same quality as our 12-0.
The women really haven't had a letdown game yet except maybe Oklahoma State, but that was a function of a great player having a really great game for them. She got National Player of the Week the next game with 27 in a 15 pt win over UCLA. Had 35 and 10 on us and 29 vs Tenn.
Amyesha Williams is our downfall in the post. She was our depth there. Hope all is well with her but her absence will be a factor for us this season when T gets in foul trouble.
I believe we have the stuff to get there too...
Certainly lack depth at the 5 is a concern when we play elite competition. The Boss waiting at the end is of course UConn who is so incredibly talented and deep. Our strategy there has to be to stay out of their bracket and hope they draw another 'us' in the semis because they have a score to settle against us and I don't like the prospect of facing them in the tourney.
The team we owe a butt kicking or two is USC. We should be absolutely foaming at the mouth to play those gals. We lost to those game hens three times last year. Two of them for championships. First, we were treated to some home cooking at their place in the reg season and lost a heart breaker, then we blew a Q4 lead in essentially another road game to lose the SECT and then presented them a NC on a silver platter by knocking off UConn while utterly exhausting ourselves emotionally, physically and mentally in the process.
Certainly lack depth at the 5 is a concern when we play elite competition. The Boss waiting at the end is of course UConn who is so incredibly talented and deep. Our strategy there has to be to stay out of their bracket and hope they draw another 'us' in the semis because they have a score to settle against us and I don't like the prospect of facing them in the tourney.
The team we owe a butt kicking or two is USC. We should be absolutely foaming at the mouth to play those gals. We lost to those game hens three times last year. Two of them for championships. First, we were treated to some home cooking at their place in the reg season and lost a heart breaker, then we blew a Q4 lead in essentially another road game to lose the SECT and then presented them a NC on a silver platter by knocking off UConn while utterly exhausting ourselves emotionally, physically and mentally in the process.
I hope we get the SC demon out by beating them this year is Starkville. Much as I hate to admit it, they deserved it last year. We helped them out big time. Maybe they can repay it this year.
I’ve got three games on our schedule circled as possible losses barring a big surprise:
At Tennessee
At Missouri
South Carolina
Win two of those three and we are a slam dunk for a 1 seed. Win only one and we’ve still got a great chance.
We will never have a better chance to win the SEC than the chance we have this year.
At Tennessee
At Missouri
South Carolina
Win two of those three and we are a slam dunk for a 1 seed. Win only one and we’ve still got a great chance.
We will never have a better chance to win the SEC than the chance we have this year.
Helped them out?..
We practically gift wrapped the championship for them last year. Our team slew the dragon but were effectively killed in the process, leaving the chicken chicks only to step over our dead bodies to claim the crown.
I think had we had lost to UConn the husky women would have easily dispatched USC.
That is why it is a shame that such an epic game as MSU/UConn was not for all the marbles.
We practically gift wrapped the championship for them last year. Our team slew the dragon but were effectively killed in the process, leaving the chicken chicks only to step over our dead bodies to claim the crown.
I think had we had lost to UConn the husky women would have easily dispatched USC.
That is why it is a shame that such an epic game as MSU/UConn was not for all the marbles.
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Most National Champs get some help somewhere. We definitely helped SC out tremendously slaying UConn, but they had our number all year and were simply better than us. Kind of our matchup nightmare. I think we're better than them this year. It certainly didn't help that we played the highest seed possible in every game.
Looks like we beat UNLV pretty soundly yesterday, and play Syracuse (probably a tougher game) today in about 15 minutes, at 4:30. And there's no convenient way to watch the game.
That is the only weakness, depth in the post. You never know when someone will get in foul trouble.
I think its the best chance of a natty you guys have ever had in any sport.
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