Wbbfan1
And That’s The Way It Is
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I agree with this, Wilson should watch some Anthony Davis highlights, she can be a strong face up 4, take a few post players off the dribble in the high post, but I can't see her playing at the 2 or even the 3.Every time I read about Wilson being some kind of guard hybrid I wonder if the person writing it actually watched her play. Wilson may think she has guard skills but I don't. While watching her at the FF this year it was hard imagining her bringing the ball up court against any guards like Moriah, L Allen, T Mitchel, C Williams and others like that and I don't see it. Forget about guarding any of those players. Any decent guard would eat her alive. Put her in the paint and give her the ball and we are talking a whole different player. She gave Stewie some fits and I have to respect her for that. She is an excellent player with the potential to become an elite player. Her rematch with Stewie should be a good one.
This year 10 out of their 15 players were from either North Carolina or South Carolina. I don't think you can remain an elite team unless you're able to recruit Nationally. They are a deep team but in the next two years they lose 7 players off their roster due to graduation. To remain an elite team they have to get Top 5 recruiting classes in 2016 and 2017.
With USC, I think UConn is the only team worthy of being classified as "elite"..... USC I do not feel qualifies for this distinction.... they have a good team yes,.... but for an "elite" team (the definition of course being clearly separate from the rest of the field) to be mired in struggles with Duke, UNC, KY..... just doesn't seem to me to be worthy of being classified as a noble effort
Judging by comments on this board during this time last year and just before last season started, USC didn't deserve top 10 ranking, didn't deserve the #1 seed in the 2014 NCAAT and shouldn't deserve a #1 seed in the '15 NCAAT, and most likely will be a sweet-sixteen team again. They ended up having the shot in their hands - which they missed - that would have had them playing UConn for the national title this past season.
This part of the article is false:
" Why hasn’t Staley signed another top recruiting class? Because she doesn’t have to.
This part of the article is a confusing:
"Wilson could play in Welch’s power forward location or play as a hybrid guard."
Um... did you even bother reading it? Obviously not.lol.
Did you even bother to read the thread you linked? Read my above post again (or, for the first time), and tell me how it's dis-proven by your linked thread....
Not to win the championship next year! get to the final will be an improvement from this year and at the same time keeping the improvement streak alive. If they win the championship the next year, the NCAA improvement streak will die...If the next step is to win the championship, then I would say yes, but in a year or two. I completely forgot about Jatari White (regarding my post on the "Toughest Opponent" thread). She absolutely tore up the NC high school ball last year. Other than that, they have the talent to take the next step
lol.
Did you even bother to read the thread you linked? Read my above post again (or, for the first time), and tell me how it's dis-proven by your linked thread....
Judging by comments on this board during this time last year and just before last season started, USC didn't deserve top 10 ranking, didn't deserve the #1 seed in the 2014 NCAAT and shouldn't deserve a #1 seed in the '15 NCAAT, and most likely will be a sweet-sixteen team again, at best. They ended up having the shot in their hands - which they missed - that would have had them playing UConn for the national title this past season.
Coates and Wilson are two very talented and young players. They were the team's #2 & #3 scorers, and #1 & #2 rebounders, basically only playing half a game every game. Now they will step into starting roles and get more minutes. White was almost as highly regarded as Wilson was coming out of the 2014 class, but injury and illness (and depth at her position) limited her minutes and development. She will be the top post player off the bench to spell Coates, and should have a substantial impact to the team if she can average up to 15-20 minutes per gm. Cuevas showed flashes of her talent, and her speed is a definite weapon to be developed, but IMO she played too rushed even for her own quickness, which resulted in wildness at times. Something that definitely can be improved upon this off-season.
Welch's natural rebounding abilities and tough physical play will be missed: her scoring & rebounding was diminished this season with all the freshmen talent getting minutes, but when she was needed to step up she always did and knew what to do. That leadership will be missed. USC will have 5* SG Duckett and 4* G/F Cliney ready to take bigger roles on the team - they will almost be like incoming true freshmen, since they contributed so little last season. Cliney in fact will be a red-shirt freshman. So the depth was so that even though both were a part of the roster, they will make it seem as if we got 3 incoming players to take the place of the 3 out-going ones...
Ah. So i had them at #6. So literally every UCONN poster who offered an opinion had them in the top 6. And clearly you completely missed the point anyway. Can't discuss with someone who is that closed minded.LOL, didn't know you were a Lady Vols fan:
That was on the first page....
Your knowledge base is that of a fan who only lives inside the bubble of their own favorite team's history, and think every other program has had the same opportunities and just failed. In 2013-2014 USC was a team that had 0 5* players, 1 McDonald's All-American player (as a freshman), and a total of Five (5) players rated above 3*. Reaching the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAAT was once a novelty for even their head coach. By most rating services USC had a top-25 SOS for '13-'14. No, they did not deserve a #1 seed for the NCAAT that year, but they've been trashed on here for playing a NAIA-type cupcake schedule - as if they played the AAC conference - when truth was although they didn't play a TOP FIVE schedule strength, their schedule strength wasn't bad at all. This past season, USC's schedule was actually rated above UConn's by most online services....