Women's basketball picked 7th in pre-season SEC poll...I think they finish higher

No pokey no care.

I am cautiously optimistic, but do not know enough about what the other teams are bringing to the table to judge where we will be. Also, hoping that new bigs will be able to replace and improve on Hyder's loss.(??}

I do think that we have the potential to be better than last year.

We need to improve our outside shooting. We need to improve paint play on both offensive and defensive ends from our bigs. These have been issues holding the team back over the last few years.

Hopefully, there is enough talent to go along with Moncrief- Louis, so this team can finish higher than the media picks them pre-season.

Just hope the coaching staff makes some solid in game adjustments.

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Also, hoping that new bigs will be able to replace and improve on Hyder's loss.(??}

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Hyder was a warrior, she just wasn't big. Only about 5'11.

Raven Farley is a freshman who is 6'4 and is expected to start...she is from NJ and can score and rebound. And Faustine Aifuwa who was hurt last year is expected to play a good bit. She is 6'5. Apparently she did well in the Italy tour and is practicing well.

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We need to improve paint play on both offensive and defensive ends from our bigs.

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I think this is the focus. Mitchell is 6'2 and will finally have some big help underneath.

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We need to improve our outside shooting

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I saw where Nikki said in an interview a few days ago that they would be a 3-point shooting team. Her niece Khayla Pointer, who is a freshman, apparently has good range. She may be the starting PG.

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do not know enough about what the other teams are bringing to the table to judge where we will be.

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South Carolina is still above everyone else....they lost a lot from their championship team from last year, but should still be above everyone else. Mississippi St also lost a few key players, but they return some of their core that got them to the finals. Missouri is going to be very good...they return almost their entire team from last year, and I think they were 4th. They have one player who scored like 35 on LSU last year who is back.

Beyond those 3, LSU, Tennessee, A&M, Kentucky, and Georgia are the next tier and LSU can beat any of those teams on any given day.

The schedule works out well....everyone plays everyone else once and there are 3 teams that you play twice. LSU only catches SC, MIss St., and Mizzou once each. We play A&M, Alabama, and Auburn twice.

Big year for the program....I hope they are up to it.

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She said Patterson had range and compared her game to Adrienne Webb but I doubt we'll be a 3 point shooting team. Hopefully just better than making 1 a game.

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Yeah I didn't mean to imply that we would turn into the Warriors...I would just like to average like 3-4 makes a game. Maybe that will open the inside up a little.

I am concerned with post play, we should be a little better this season. Talent level still isn't very good. We need someone else to step up besides Moncrief. Jackson needs to continue to also carry the load. Every team will force LSU to take jump shots from the perimeter. If we can't make outside shots, we are in for a bad season

The 2018 class isn't ranked nationally either. I still don't understand why we can't recruit any top players anymore

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If Tennessee had actual coaching they would be an elite 8 team for sure

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They lost DeShields...who was a great talent. I would be interested to see if this is "addition by subtraction" because apparently she was the ultimate head-case and team cancer.

Kentucky lost 2 All-SEC players in Epps and Akhator and their roster was thin last year. This year is a rebuild for them...but Mitchell is an elite coach. Georgia was young last year but figure to be better this year.