LSU women’s bball first 5 sec games

Mulkey obviously realizes what she’s built and what she has with this team. Not only generational individual talent, but a very cohesive group that goes 11 deep or more. Bella Hines, Grace Knox, Zakiyah Johnson, and Richard could prove to be the best bench in WCBB.

FlauJay, Mikayla and Fulwiley can create their own shots in one-on-one matchups as good as anyone in the country. Then they have the beef in the post with Koval, Joyner and even the freshman Yarnovich…..and did I
Mention future All American Grace Knox? And they run the floor and PLAY SWARMING DEFENSE better than any team Mulkey has had at LSU. I’m buying Kim Mulkey stock in my portfolio.

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Mulkey obviously realizes what she’s built and what she has with this team. Not only generational individual talent, but a very cohesive group that goes 11 deep or more. Bella Hines, Grace Knox, Zakiyah Johnson, and Richard could prove to be the best bench in WCBB.

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All of this. And that 11 deep squad seems to be infinitely interchangeable. Not on the sense that they can each play all positions. Mor like It’s there are not just 2-3 combinations of players she can put in together. She can almost sub any of them at any time fir any player on the court and they will keep rolling.

Exactly. It seems like she’s been trying many different combinations of line ups. USCe is damn good too but I’d hate to be Dawn Staley this season trying to combat this gargantuan offense and defense.

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Mulkey obviously realizes what she’s built and what she has with this team. Not only generational individual talent, but a very cohesive group that goes 11 deep or more. Bella Hines, Grace Knox, Zakiyah Johnson, and Richard could prove to be the best bench in WCBB. FlauJay, Mikayla and Fulwiley can create their own shots in one-on-one matchups as good as anyone in the country. Then they have the beef in the post with Koval, Joyner and even the freshman Yarnovich…..and did I Mention future All American Grace Knox? And they run the floor and PLAY SWARMING DEFENSE better than any team Mulkey has had at LSU. I’m buying Kim Mulkey stock in my portfolio.

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Good post but I’ll be interested to see how much Mulkey sticks with playing this many players. If you watched the Duke game(our only legitimate opponent) we only played 8 players. IMO she should, even if it results in losses.

Looks like the toughest stretch of the season.
Interesting to see if Mulkey uses the bench as much as she’s been in non conference play .

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I want to see how much more competitive the Kentucky game is. Only Duke and La Tech have given any test so far. I feel good about the team though.

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I do too, I do wish we were a bit more battle tested but as I've said before that's Kim's M.O. and she's probably one of the 3 best women's coaches of all time so.....

In the National Championship Season2023, our 3pt shooting, in finals, was phenomenal. So….

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Then reality sets in when they start playing teams with a pulse.

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1 championship and 2 elite 8s is the reality, right?

Yes it was. Not necessarily a big deal if you get hot at the right time. Time this team has plenty of weapons and are capable of playing a multitude of styles. Can play halfcourt when needed. Calling card is definitely D, creating turnovers, and getting up and down in transition.