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If we're elite, building a resume by blowing out dogs and then wilting against real competition is no more comforting than when our men do it. At least our women won that foulfest against OU, but we clearly have issues. I'm not crediting SC's defense with making us shoot as poorly as we have. Give Preston some run in the third. 

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2 minutes ago, WJC88 said:

Booker needs to sit some and Lee needs to see the court more. I hate that in the two big games Vic has shortened his bench so much.  Let Preston get some run.  

Yes I hate how he does that. I don’t understand how you see what other players have if you don’t throw em in there

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8 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

Is Booker on mushrooms?

Not sure, but there's reason to ask. I'd sit her for a bit and see if we do any worse.

I totally get why we'd want Chavez (duh), but we'd better find some interior players who bring much more to the table. Against the best teams a vertical above 6" would help. 

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29 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

The biggest difference in the teams is quickness.  We do look slow compared to them.  That said, having your two best player actively destroying possessions kills any chance you had.

Quickness is indeed our kryptonite, especially on the interior. When you don't have it, you tend to lose to teams who do.

As poorly as we played, SC didn't blow us out with their pace. They were sloppy at times but still ran their sets, made open shots, defended ferociously and rebounded our dozens of bad misses. You just can't be weak against them. Sadly, that's what we were from the start. 

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Looking at the stats, South Caroline didn’t beat us so much as we beat ourselves with poor shooting. 28% from the floor ain’t gonna get it done. Vic needs to play Preston more. I know Maddie is a warrior, but everyone has days where things don’t go right. This was one of those days for her. 

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54 minutes ago, 86txex said:

Looking at the stats, South Caroline didn’t beat us so much as we beat ourselves with poor shooting. 28% from the floor ain’t gonna get it done. Vic needs to play Preston more. I know Maddie is a warrior, but everyone has days where things don’t go right. This was one of those days for her. 

Teams who can and have depth have learned to knock her around.

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7 hours ago, 86txex said:

Looking at the stats, South Caroline didn’t beat us so much as we beat ourselves with poor shooting. 28% from the floor ain’t gonna get it done. Vic needs to play Preston more. I know Maddie is a warrior, but everyone has days where things don’t go right. This was one of those days for her. 

It’s not like I’m writing an AA off or something, but Booker has yet to have a big game against a title contending opponent.  She needs to show up against one of those before she proves herself to be Jeff Bagwell. 

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40 minutes ago, ClubWhatever said:

She might need a sports shrink.  She is airballing layups.

Booker reminds me of Joyner Holmes at times. Both were 5 star recruits and play with effort, but they’re prone to bricking a bunch of layups. I think Booker playing point last season helped with her body control (Joyner was notoriously out of control too often), but she still plays hero ball a bit too much. When her shot is clearly off like yesterday, Vic needs to go through another player for offense because Book is going to keep shooting otherwise 

 

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19 hours ago, 86txex said:

Looking at the stats, South Caroline didn’t beat us so much as we beat ourselves with poor shooting. 28% from the floor ain’t gonna get it done. Vic needs to play Preston more. I know Maddie is a warrior, but everyone has days where things don’t go right. This was one of those days for her. 

Yep,  poor shooting negates the stats.

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"We had 28 more shots, we had 14 more offensive rebounds, we forced 22 turnovers, and we got beat (by) 17. You can raise your hand if you've ever covered a team that had those stats because I don't think anybody's ever covered that, men or women," Schaefer said. "What I just said, it's crazy."

https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/longhorns/womens-basketball/2025/01/12/texas-vs-south-carolina-game-score-sec-womens-basketball/77480158007/

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