I hate Taliyah got away. But, Micah Ojo and Ryan Carter are coming in next season so we are good.
I loved her hustle though.
I loved her hustle though.
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Boy, I really wished so would have stayed but I do get it and understand. Who did Clemson play today?
Good for her though. CB wasn’t playing her, so I can’t blame her for going somewhere else. She was too good to sit as much as she did. (IMO)
She played behind a two 2nd team All-ACC players at the 4 & 3 (Harris and Nivar). The bigger surprise was that she could not clearly beat out Hull and Queiroz for the lion's share of back-up minutes; the three of them split pretty evenly. The all played between 10 and 12 MPG, but Taissa slightly trended up as the season wore on while Taliyah trended down.
if she had stayed, she would have certainly had to win that same competition, but she would have likely started today. That is my guess at least, because of her clear upside. I do think she will be a really good player. Odds are we would have not recruited one of Clardy or Burrows if she had remained on the roster.
That was her decision not to fight for it, given that the two starters were gone. the opening was there.
This game is also about money now. It is not hard to imagine that Clemson was willing to throw more money at her than we would. Not because we misjudged her talent, but because we have significantly more mouths to feed than Clemson does right now (quality players already in the fold.) There is only so much money you will allocate to probably the 5th or 6th best player, whereas at Clemson she will be top 3. I would assume both schools have similar resources.
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She probably could have started for us this year if she would have stayed, worked on her game, and fought for it. I agree totally with 3397Char.
I really hated to see Taliyah leave, so much potential. But as we all know now, CB is defense 1st, 2nd and 3rd. There were games last year where TH got totally lost on defense and was taken out as soon as possible. I suspect that is one reason she did not play more. But you know she could have improved in that and I would have loved for it to be here.
And down goes UConn. WBB is tough, lots of good players on several top teams.
Michigan is talented and has a great coach. Subpar performances from Strong and Quinonez for UConn. Popovic looked very good though.
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I hated to see her leave as well. Looks like she will play a lot of minutes for Clemson this year. 30 minutes in the first game vs Radford (15 and 6) and 37 minutes vs ETSU tonight (10 and 2).
there was a discussion in the preseason whether Michigan, LSU and/or dook really belonged in the conversation as a top team on par with the top 3 (UofSC, UConn & USC) or if there was a clear separation. Michigan just made the claim of "yes. Yes we do."
I was a big fan of Henderson. 3397 and I will disagree, but CB has her favorites. Henderson has the body, motor, and athletic ability to play at the next level. The others coming off the bench with similar minutes do not. I honestly think she has more upside than Brooks if given the same minutes.
I agree Michigan is good but to have SS have 3 fouls at the beginning of the game makes you wonder about some home cooking. Duke is known for doing that same tactic at Duke where they get your best player on the bench within the first five minutes of the game. SS is a very smart player. I did not see the very beginning of that game, but when I finally saw it. There was a whole lot of time left in the first half and the announcer stated that SS had 3 quick fouls. It makes you wonder if that was by design.
Yeah that was subpar for Strong because she was on the bench with 3 fouls in the first half. Those fouls happen very quickly. SS is a smart player and I know she would not pick up three quick fouls unless the referees were calling nip picking fouls against her. I know that happen to my son one time.
I admit Michigan is a very good team; however, it was kind of strange to see SS have 3 fouls at the beginning of the game and she has to sit out. I do not know if those fouls were nip picking fouls because SS is a very smart player and she is a junior now. She did not have that kind of foul trouble her freshman and sophomore years, so it makes you wonder if there was some home cooking calls being made against her.
Insane how good Sivka is for Kentucky. 32 points with 5 min left….. she’s the 2025 1st Rd draft pick that elected to stay overseas and play pro ball that is now eligible to play NCAA ball- insane.
Sivka looks great. Kenny Brooks struck gold with this one.
The 6-5 players all play well together and are all good perimeter players.
Technically she is a professional playing college ball. No knock on her but it is what it is. How old is she right now? I know she cannot be the same as the freshman coming in that are 17 to 18 years of age.
Sivka will be 21 later this month. Her class on the KY roster is still listed as TBD 
following the new 5in5 rules I believe she should be a 3rd year with 2 years of eligibility remaining after this year.
the lesson here is that Kentucky pays better than a WNBA developmental contract.
following the new 5in5 rules I believe she should be a 3rd year with 2 years of eligibility remaining after this year.
the lesson here is that Kentucky pays better than a WNBA developmental contract.
Jasmine Nivar with a nice game tonight off the bench for Florida State. She transferred in from Campbell this year.
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Clemson staying in the game with SC. Down 13 in the 3rd. Defending SC much better than we did. Henderson plays the 4 for Clemson.
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