S.C. Gamecocks 2023 off season

[triaddukefan]

Hailey Van Lith jumped up to my #1 want on the wishlist. We would jump back into the national title talk if we added her. A starting 5 of Johnson - Van Lith - Hall - Feagin - Cardoso would be lethal!

 

[bballnut90]

Hailey Van Lith jumped up to my #1 want on the wishlist. We would jump back into the national title talk if we added her. A starting 5 of Johnson - Van Lith - Hall - Feagin - Cardoso would be lethal!

She fills the spot but I don't see her as the right fit personality wise for SC. She strikes me as a more of a "me" than "we" player based on some comments she's made.

 

[ThatCG1801]

 

[FormerCTrez]

Hailey Van Lith jumped up to my #1 want on the wishlist. We would jump back into the national title talk if we added her. A starting 5 of Johnson - Van Lith - Hall - Feagin - Cardoso would be lethal!

@GamecockFan, you guys have not left the “national title talk” discussion at all.

 

[ThatCG1801]

@GamecockFan, you guys have not left the “national title talk” discussion at all.

Sure feels like it. Reading social media it's like we never even happened.

 

[FormerCTrez]

Sure feels like it. Reading social media it's like we never even happened.

That’s why I only read the “Boneyard Newz”. And, truth be told, I don’t have any other social media access! Sounds weird, but it’s the truth!!

 

[JDuro]

Love Coach Fred. He’s a hoot and a half. Players love him. Sad to see him leave but very happy for him. Always wondered why a program hasn’t looked at Dawn’s staff for hires. Big loss. Going to need a new bigs coach. Will be interesting to see who they get. Will it be a former Gamecock player or coach like Asia Dozier, Nikki McCray, Cynthia Jordan, etc?

 

[ThatCG1801]

Love Coach Fred. He’s a hoot and a half. Players love him. Sad to see him leave but very happy for him. Always wondered why a program hasn’t looked at Dawn’s staff for hires. Big loss. Going to need a new bigs coach. Will be interesting to see who they get. Will it be a former Gamecock player or coach like Asia Dozier, Nikki McCray, Cynthia Jordan, etc?

Has Nikki's health rebounded? I haven't heard much since she left State.

Asia would be pretty cool as an alum but jumping from HS coaching to the stage that South Carolina is on is a big, big one.

No doubt Dawn whomever Dawn hires will be awesome, though. Complete and total trust in her for sure.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Has Nikki's health rebounded? I haven't heard much since she left State.

Asia would be pretty cool as an alum but jumping from HS coaching to the stage that South Carolina is on is a big, big one.

No doubt Dawn whomever Dawn hires will be awesome, though. Complete and total trust in her for sure.

NMP spent the last season with Rutgers so she is still coaching.

Nikki McCray-Penson - Women's Basketball Coach - Rutgers University Athletics

Nikki McCray-Penson finished her first season as an assistant coach on the Scarlet Knights' women's basketball coaching staff in thr 2022-23 seaspm. McCray-Penson came "On

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[FormerCTrez]

NMP spent the last season with Rutgers so she is still coaching.

Nikki McCray-Penson - Women's Basketball Coach - Rutgers University Athletics

Nikki McCray-Penson finished her first season as an assistant coach on the Scarlet Knights' women's basketball coaching staff in thr 2022-23 seaspm. McCray-Penson came "On

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Happy that she’s feeling, and doing much better.

 

[ThatCG1801]

NMP spent the last season with Rutgers so she is still coaching.

Nikki McCray-Penson - Women's Basketball Coach - Rutgers University Athletics

Nikki McCray-Penson finished her first season as an assistant coach on the Scarlet Knights' women's basketball coaching staff in thr 2022-23 seaspm. McCray-Penson came "On

scarletknights.com

Heck if I know how I missed that but I whiffed on it like the worst air ball imaginable.

 

[HuskyNan]

Sure feels like it. Reading social media it's like we never even happened.

We live in a “what have you done for me lately“ period.

Just wait until you see all the LSU clips on ESPN next year. It will be like South Carolina is 10 years removed from winning anything

 

[GamecockFam]

@GamecockFan, you guys have not left the “national title talk” discussion at all.

Well, I feel we have the players to be in the national title discussion but I think having an elite guard with some experience would push us from the fringe talk to right in the thick of it.

 

[SEbluebood]

She fills the spot but I don't see her as the right fit personality wise for SC. She strikes me as a more of a "me" than "we" player based on some comments she's made.

I also wonder if she can play defense at the level required by Dawn?

 

[visitingcock]

Is Betts’s ready to back up Cardosa for a year? PT seems to have been her (and her family’s) problem at Stanford but could she be satisfied with the same role Cardosa played when she transferred here as a sophomore? I could see her as a 15 minute backup to Cardosa her first year but is that enough?

Is the $25,000 minimum wage enough for her?

According to the Cardboard, her mom has expressed on social media that she would prefer her daughter play for a black female coach.

We were in her 9 “finalists” before she committed to Stanford.

 

[TC22]

I also wonder if she can play defense at the level required by Dawn?

Let’s be real….the remaining players are ALL going to test Dawn’s defensive requirements. Better get some shooters..

 

[SCGamecock]

I think Donarski is a better fit for SC than Van Lith but I’d take whoever we can get at that spot.

If I’m being realistic, we may not land either (fletcher caught us all off guard last season), but I’d be shocked if Dawn didn’t bring in an experienced guard. I just hope she can score, we don’t need a Nelly Perry this year. Really good player, but this team just lost over 70% of its offense.. no defensive specialist.

 

[JDuro]

Would love one of those Oregon guards, Te-Hina Paopao or Endyia Rogers, to pair up with Raven. Prolific scorers, shot 42.4% and 38.7% respectively from behind the arc. Social media assumed Rogers to LSU when she pulled out of the draft but didn’t immediately go in the portal. Now that she is in it, maybe her recruitment is opened up. She’s from Dallas and Paopao is a Cali girl.

 

[SCGamecock]

Twitter is assuming every recruit that enters the portal will end up at LSU. So I’m taking these rumors with a grain of salt.

I’m sure some will, but sheesh.

 

[SCGamecock]

Would love one of those Oregon guards, Te-Hina Paopao or Endyia Rogers, to pair up with Raven. Prolific scorers, shot 42.4% and 38.7% respectively from behind the arc. Social media assumed Rogers to LSU when she pulled out of the draft but didn’t immediately go in the portal. Now that she is in it, maybe her recruitment is opened up. She’s from Dallas and Paopao is a Cali girl.

We did recruit her heavily out of high school, so there is a relationship there. I’d expect SC to reach out.

 

[darrell]

Twitter is assuming every recruit that enters the portal will end up at LSU. So I’m taking these rumors with a grain of salt.

I’m sure some will, but sheesh.

LSU is the new flavor of the month.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Twitter is assuming every recruit that enters the portal will end up at LSU. So I’m taking these rumors with a grain of salt.

I’m sure some will, but sheesh.

Who exactly? Rogers clamor is mostly because she is long time best friends with Reese. Hailey Van Lith due to her prior recruitment process. LSU will probably not land either... Outside of that we aren't exactly front runners/viable options for anyone.

SC will land some very strong prospects from the portal like they always do under Dawn. SC will have a lot of talent on the team for next year but no doubt she will try to get a more proven body or two to help as well

Paopao would be really good if she were to go to SC. Just curious if she is interested in leaving the west coast/PAC.

 

[SCspur]

Dawn, Lisa, and Jolette are all now following Morrow on Twitter. I’m 100% sure they’re after her hard. If she visits SC these next few weeks I will feel even better. I know some of you have reservations about her, but if our staff is all in I think we should be as well!

 

[GeauxTime]

Twitter is assuming every recruit that enters the portal will end up at LSU. So I’m taking these rumors with a grain of salt.

I’m sure some will, but sheesh.

I wouldn't put too much emphasis on that. LSU's WBB team are the national champs, so it's only natural that they will be the current hot topic to talk about. Certain portal athletes are only being mentioned as "LSU bound" due to friendships with current players and/or prior recruitment efforts of the coaching staff. Nothing is ever a guarantee because no one had saw Angel Reese coming to LSU after her announcement, yet here we are a year later. We all know Dawn will have her girls primed for another run next season. We've seen the poll from the Sweet 16 teams, by a landslide, several players cited her as their coach of choice if they weren't on their team. SEC WBB is on the rise right now and with Texas and OU joining the party after the next full athletics season, it'll get even more interesting.

 

[JDuro]

Dawn, Lisa, and Jolette are all now following Morrow on Twitter. I’m 100% sure they’re after her hard. If she visits SC these next few weeks I will feel even better. I know some of you have reservations about her, but if our staff is all in I think we should be as well!

My reservations are gone after looking in to her and thinking how she’ll fit in. I would be excited to get her if they bring her into the nest.