They also will be playing 3 programs who played in the NCAAT last season - Clemson, Indiana, and S. Dakota.Kudos - that’s a respectable OOC (unlike most of your fellow SEC schools) - Maryland, Dayton, Baylor, Duke, UConn!
Respectable is an understatement. That is an awesome and challenging OOC. Kudos to Dawn and that set of games is harder than the SEC schedule with Maryland, Clemson, Indiana, Purdue, Duke, Baylor, South Dakota and UConn. Baptism by fire for those freshman. Hey Vic, take a long hard look and maybe learn something.Kudos - that’s a respectable OOC (unlike most of your fellow SEC schools) - Maryland, Dayton, Baylor, Duke, UConn!
Much agreed. This will end up being easily a top 5 nonconference SOS and will give South Carolina a top 3 overall SOS. Two Final Four teams from last year, another team who will likely be top 10, several NCAA tournament teams and other top 100 teams. Plenty of other coaches (ahem) would use a young roster as an excuse to go Cupcake City in the scheduling. Not Dawn.Respectable is an understatement. That is an awesome and challenging OOC. Kudos to Dawn and that set of games is harder than the SEC schedule with Maryland, Clemson, Indiana, Purdue, Duke, Baylor, South Dakota and UConn. Baptism by fire for those freshman. Hey Vic, take a long hard look and maybe learn something.
Is SC’s much better than theirs was last year? They look pretty similar to me.
18-19: Clemson, Maryland, Oregon State, Drake, Dayton, Baylor, UConn, and Temple
19-20: Clemson, Maryland, Indiana, South Dakota, Dayton, Baylor, UConn, and Temple, Duke
Almost all the same teams except Oregon State and Drake, who were replaced by a pair of weaker teams Indiana and South Dakota. Last year’s SOS was #10 per Massey, but I guess the SEC is likely to be stronger this year to help that?
Clemson will be better, SD is better than Drake, Temple should be better, Indiana (should be very good this year) being added over some of the lower ones from last year more than offset the Oregon State game. Not so sure how good the SEC will be vs. the other P5’s as PAC12 is clearly #1, ACC is clearly #2, after that it could be close between the Big10 and SEC. Despite Baylor being a beast, Texas still has Karen leading them (or not leading them) with the rest of the conference just not ast good relational to the other conferences 3, 4, 5, 6 place teams.Is SC’s much better than theirs was last year? They look pretty similar to me.
18-19: Clemson, Maryland, Oregon State, Drake, Dayton, Baylor, UConn, and Temple
19-20: Clemson, Maryland, Indiana, South Dakota, Dayton, Baylor, UConn, and Temple
Almost all the same teams except Oregon State and Drake, who were replaced by a pair of weaker teams Indiana and South Dakota. Last year’s SOS was #10 per Massey, but I guess the SEC is likely to be stronger this year to help that?
Drake beat South Dakota last year and they return their two leading scorers and will add Kierra Collier, and then later on will add Grace Berg. I see them as better than South Dakota, but that may just be my opinion.Clemson will be better, SD is better than Drake, Temple should be better, Indiana (should be very good this year) being added over some of the lower ones from last year more than offset the Oregon State game. Not so sure how good the SEC will be vs. the other P5’s as PAC12 is clearly #1, ACC is clearly #2, after that it could be close between the Big10 and SEC. Despite Baylor being a beast, Texas still has Karen leading them (or not leading them) with the rest of the conference just not ast good relational to the other conferences 3, 4, 5, 6 place teams.
The SEC is bunched in the ranking range of 8-12 with SC, Texas A&M, MSU, KY and maybe Arkansas. Tenn could be interesting if KJH can get chemistry to harness the talent, however they would still only be a 20-25 range team at best.
Than usual. ND is always up there with having a tough OOC. I was comparing it to their past schedules. But you're right, it's not cupcakey at all when you compare to some other schools.Doesn't look too cupcakey? MSU, UCONN, South Dakota State, Tennessee, DePaul, South Florida. Far less cupcakey than a lot of P5 programs, including my OSU Beavers.
Doesn't look too cupcakey? MSU, UCONN, South Dakota State, Tennessee, DePaul, South Florida. Far less cupcakey than a lot of P5 programs, including my OSU Beavers.
I am all for piling on MM even if the premise is flawed. So if you are going to impugn this OOC compared to others you would do well to qualify how the past OOC’s were stronger as to be honest (and fair -ah gawd I’m gonna vomit) this is a very good schedule and if others were harder I really want to hear who was on it.More cupcakey than usual, but understandable
I'm too lazy to look - I do have like 10 years of every team's results on a spreadsheet - but I have to point out that for years, Notre Dame has consistently had the toughest looking (without digging deep) OOC schedule except for UConn. One year a few years back, they played 5 P5 teams in the OOC, and no other team except UConn (like 6 or 7) and Rutgers (3) scheduled more than 2 that year. Things have improved across the board since then, but it is indicative of the poster's point.I am all for piling on MM even if the premise is flawed. So if you are going to impugn this OOC compared to others you would do well to qualify how the past OOC’s were stronger as to be honest (and fair -ah gawd I’m gonna vomit) this is a very good schedule and if others were harder I really want to hear who was on it.
The pairings for the Victoria Invitational were released last month, and it looks like Mississippi State will have at most one high-quality opponent (they might play Stanford or Syracuse, but not both).Well it depends on the bracket. Maybe it will be Stanford getting stuck w/ 2 throwaway games and only 1 quality opponent.
If you look at the TN roster, they have one player under 6' (5'8" guard). If Coach KJH can get the height to play defense, they should be in the game. I don't see TN playing the "get it into the big girl" offense on a regular basis. Believe it or not, there will be TN 3 point shots taken.Umm, no. MM always figures out a way to score and while I am pleasantly surprised by what you have posted on Coach KJH, that roster is still devoid of quality passing and shooters. Ms Davis aside, where is the scoring going to come from? Plus it’s at ND, my money is on MM...sorry
The pairings for the Victoria Invitational were released last month, and it looks like Mississippi State will have at most one high-quality opponent (they might play Stanford or Syracuse, but not both).
To me the most interesting game. Is the game at Notre Dame. Given the the ND roster looks like this year. I think that's a winnable game.