It has become obvious by some of her comments that they late season physcial play by other teams had shook Chloe's confidence. Teams have tried to start games quickly by being physical and going at Chloe when she on defense. Watkins solves that problem and thus they gamecocks are starting quicker and being able to deliver the first blow in terms of physcial play. Also this seems to be working for Chloe in coming in and being able to immediately get engaged in her offensive game.
Great observation! I’m so happy for Chloe!
3 starters collectively making one field goal! If you add AB to the list it was 4 starters going 3 for 24. Boston, 2-9, Beall 1-9, Fletcher 0-4, Saxton 0-2. Essentially Zia Cooke and our second string came within 4 points of beating Iowa last year. The loss will haunt us and that team for years. Almost 50 years ago I lost a conference championship on bad plays in crunch time. Even today, I vividly recall those bad plays.
Indiana is two different teams: a home team and a road team. I guess most teams are that way. Look at the difference between our two games against North Carolina this season. It seems especially the case with Indiana, though. They are undefeated at home, but they also have multiple 20+ point losses on the road.
She and Clark beat us on that pick and roll 4-5 times With Czinano rolling free to the hoop. They were dragging our post players out to the top of the key all game, we took the bait every time.
It’s her attitude for me just doesn’t seem like she’d and she was a package deal with Valdez, not even Binetti could help her be a starter.
I want to say that I don't have any inside knowledge on this. I heard some speculation it could be like a grades thing. So it wasn't exactly planned for her to be gone, just poor timing.
People are idiots. We have 10 total players, so in the blowout game our second five are playing. We can’t call off the dogs unless we just want to run the clock out every possession for a quarter and a half.Hail, Dawn Staley!
She started Watkins and in the 1st 4 seconds of the game, she was at the foul line. Love it! If you think your best lineup includes AW, then play that lineup from the beginning. Man, did they ever set the tone. And Chloe still came in relatively early and played her usual minutes. It's more about a mentality of playing with a sense of urgency. Oh, and no Walker until the 4th, despite being up 30+ minutes for most of the game. SW got plenty of minutes in 4th. Again, it's just about mentality.
btw, I saw some unc fan complaints about Dawn laying it on, but Feagin is pretty deep on our bench. She barely played in the first game.
She was forced to play point guard and that is not her position. With the limited draft picks she would be better served with coming back.
No, she is like Biden because she is a good person. Take your politics elsewhere.
The other half of the bracket opposite us is just brutal. Iowa, LSU, UCLA, UCONN, and So. Cal. Great for TV viewing.....should be fun!
Bless your heart. Joe is such a sweet man. Became a multi millionaire by serving the public.
Still amazes me we made it through the tournament in 2017 with 6-ish players (Freshman Kiki played a little. Mostly Cliney was our bench). Somehow A'ja was only in foul trouble in one game (FSU). I hate being at the mercy of the officials.
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