lsualum96

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Did LSU women even recruit her?

Signed with South Carolina from the French pro team, and she's a 6-7 monster who dunks. She starts with SC next semester.

Was LSU after her?

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We've more than likely focused more on Sara Okeke, than this young lady. Besides, Okeke worked her over in the FIBA tournament............

Okeke Wins MVP of the FIBA Tournament

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Well, I was hoping we might be able to still pull Robinson despite the fact that she would more than likely be coming off the bench her freshman season.................and more than likely the 2nd or 3rd player coming off the bench. Gone are the days when UConn and Tennessee would just stockpile the best players, even if they knew they wouldn't get significant minutes in their firs two seasons. Nowadays, kids want to play right away and that wasn't going to be possible here at LSU OR at UConn for that matter. So, essentially, we only got one recruit in this high school cycle. Normally that would be bad, but with all we have coming back next season, we're still in good shape!

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We’re doing women’s basketball commitment posts now?

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Where have YOU been?! :lol:

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Geno, Summitt, Staley… all tards?

23 national titles. They schedule marquee out of conference games. 1) you truly learn which players on your team you can trust. 2) the players learn by playing legit competition. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY 3) it grows the game., it gets eyeballs on the product. Look at this game thread, 4 posts about the game, about 5 asking about a player injury/suspension, and the rest us arguing over scheduling. Go look up the Duke game thread, it’s 8 pages of game discussion plus multiple threads started about the game.

Kim Mulkey has yet to win a SEC regular season title at LSU, and perhaps the charmin soft non conference schedule leads to that. Schedule a few better games in November or December and you might pick up an extra loss or two, but it might save you a loss or two in SEC play. And the NCAA selection committee might give you credit instead of under seeding the team each year.

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Everything you said above may, or may not be true. What I do know is that over the past ten years, Staley has won 3 NCAA titles, Kim has won two, and Geno has won one. So, what she's doing IS working. She has stated again........................and again............and again. She only cares about getting a top four seed for the NCAA tournament and getting two home games, so that they have a favorable road to the final four. Yes, it's possible she could have more SEC titles. But she is willing to use the conference season to prepare her team for the NCAA tournament. We don't have to like it...............but it is her philosophy.

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This. Plus it has been shown over the years that LSU has been penalized majorly for any loss. The committee frowns on it. We have been under seeded every single year minus Kims first year here. IMO Kim would have been to one more final four so far with a better non conference schedule. Unless you go undefeated LSU will not be a 1 seed. There is a huge advangtage making to the final four as a 1 seed.

I know Kim can do no wrong on here but IMO its an old school line of thinking that she needs to change. Obviously, I could be wrong.

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I understand what you're trying to say here. However, she has explained her scheduling philosophy ad nauseum in her press conferences. Yes, would we like to see her schedule a FEW more higher ranked teams, but it's really irrelevant because of the conference schedule they play. I know it's not what people want to hear, but she has stated this MANY times. In terms of NCAA seeding, she has also stated all she cares about is getting a top 4 seed so that they get two home games. That's it. So, if you're expecting her to schedule more tough games in November and December, because the "fans" want to see it.......................................it ain't gonna happen.

I think, rather than any of us continuing to question the scheduling, we should just enjoy these preseason games in anticipation for the REAL season to start. Other teams believe in scheduling VERY tough in the preseason, but not many of them.........save for UConn............have had more success than Mulkey's teams.

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I would agree. Initially it was Zakiyah Johnson. But I think as the season goes on, Johnson is going to start to struggle more because playing power forward is not her natural position. It IS Knox's natural position.

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Oh, that goes without saying. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if one of the teams currently in the top four, won't make the NCAA final four.

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Great breakdown lsualum96
Was encouraged by our paint players
Mikayla’s mid/long range game is unreal
Fulwiley needs to rein it in a bit. I like that she’s got that extra gear, but she needs to use it more judiciously.
FJ looked mediocre at times, great at times.
This team obviously won’t be a tough as nails D, so I’d like to see them take care of the ball better, much better.
I don’t know much about analytics, but I can’t imagine that was a very efficient 93 pts. That’s fine now, but will need to improve.

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I think this team will play good enough defense to beat just about every team. I don't think they'll be the type of defense that will hold teams to 60 ppg consistently, but they don't need to. Also, I thought they were pretty efficient offensively considering they shot 60% from the field and 45% from the three. But they could definitely have cut down on the turnovers tonight.

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This was a good win, but Duke had 5 losses coming in. Almost all against great opponents like South Carolina and UCLA, but losses none the less. They lost to UCLA by 30. They are coming off a loss to South Florida as well. This was our first test against a team with a heartbeat, but still plenty to clean up.

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I would agree, but they're still a good defensive team with talent, and this was on THEIR home floor. Last week South Carolina beat them 83-66 and we beat them IN Durham 93-77..................and that's with a slow start!

Things I liked..........................
-Joyner was VERY impressive on the block. THAT is the player I was expecting when she transferred in.

-Koval was doing a very good job protecting the paint. She didn't block a bunch of shots but, she altered a lot and was not very movable when she was down there.

-I LOVE Grace Knox's game! That is all

-Milaysia, looked good but had too many turnovers and too many crazy shots

-Mikaylah was on FIRE in the second half. Her jump shot is a thing of beauty

-Flau'je looked like she was trying too hard in the first half, but then got settled in the second. Then she caugh fire. She also had too many turnover though.

-Jada looks more and more comfortable. She's not spectacular like Milaysia, BUT she does NOT turn the ball over and her shot has come around.

This was the first game where I thought Zakiyah looked lost and a little overwhelmed...............................which you would expect from a freshman in a big game like this. Hopefully, she'll be fine moving forward.

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I'm not so sure Koval and Joyner can match up with Okot and Edwards, but they may not have to with the guard depth and talent we have.

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We actually have those already. They just need correct development and taught a winning scheme

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Exactly! There's no need to run out and collect a bunch of 5 star OL, if you don't have the coaches to develop them. We already have a bunch of those kids on this roster. Develop THEM first!