It's quite feasible, given the schedule and the competition, that Brazil may have its spot clinched after its 2nd game on Feb. 10. Brazil only needs to avoid finishing last in the group of 4, and Germany is the heavy underdog in the group. If Brazil wins its first 2 games against Australia and Serbia, or if Brazil goes 1-1 while Germany goes 0-2, then the Feb. 11 game will be irrelevant. I'm sure this is where the "game time decision" would come in.
I posted about this in the Gamecocks regular season Part 2 thread. Brazil’s 2nd game versus Serbia Sat, Feb 10 tips off at 8pm local time, 6pm EST. The game will end at approximately 10pm local/8pm EST Saturday night. If Cardoso flies commercial airlines there is no way for her to get to Columbia in time for tipoff at 2pm EST Sunday afternoon. The flight distance from Belem, Brazil to Columbia, SC is 3,235 statute miles. If Cardoso travels home via charter then, assuming the charter plane has sufficient range, she could conceivably get to Columbia in 6-7 hours of flight time plus the time on either end to get from the Stadium to the airport, clear customs on both ends and travel to the arena. She’d have to be exhausted by then and would seemingly be at risk of injury. Not to mention the cost of the charter flight. I find it unlikely she plays Brazil’s second game and plays against UConn.
Let's be honest here, she "tore up " a team decimated by injuries not really gloat worthy
Not gloating, just stating facts about how her presence could be missed for this matchup. She was a huge part in turning the game around for SC last season. SC’s depth should carry them in the front court but if Watkins has an off night or gets into foul trouble, the post defense suddenly becomes a lot thinner than it would’ve been with Cardoso.
A South Carolina fan complaining about losing a player temporarily while she plays for her national team is just adorable.
Respectfully I think this is more of a read the room situation. Losing your top scorer and rebounder to national team obligations to a Connecticut-pro audience who every year loses 3-4 impact player due to no fault of their own injuries is a lop-sided juxtaposition at best.
No I am suggesting that complaining about the loss of a player on a Connecticut website at best seems tone deaf and at worst seems like a preemptive excuse regarding our upcoming matchup.
Uconn has 2 bigs and they don't usually play on the floor at the same time, both of which are playing out of position. You could show up blind folded with hands tied behind your back and escape with an easy win. The match up is too much for this UConn team.
We have 1.5 (I don’t really feel like Ice is ready but at this rate she’s going to have to be) game ready bigs. “Only three” that seems like an abundance
I’m out.
I don't blame you... This argument about who has it worse off is ... odd.
I agree here, I am giving context on why the reaction is the reaction, all respectfully. I think we are having a free and open discussion now, right? Given how unlucky UConn has been in recent years with even having bodies on the court not receiving any adverse reaction to this topic here would be odd.
Like real estate location matters. Getting on a Connecticut board to whine about having one player temporarily out instead of having two starters and two key bigs out for the season is, to put it mildly, tone deaf. But to add to that "well, since we are temporarily missing one of our bigs, you guys might have a shot at beating us" is just being an ass.hole, in my humble opinion, and out of character with the vast majority of South Carolina fans who stop by.I don't blame you... This argument about who has it worse off is ... odd.
How so? South Carolina is a terrible match up for UConn with or without Cardoso, especially on the road. UConn can only win again small, slower teams as Geno has implied. That’s not South Carolina.
