Lady dawgs vs USCe game thread

[starkvegasdawg]

We should compile a video of this travesty with the worst calls/no calls and send it to the SEC offices. Our league should be embarrassed to have officials like this on the payroll.

Just send em the game tape.

[CarolinaDawgs]

I want to formally apologize for attending this game, because everything that I like turns to absolute shit.

[maroonmania]

No we just have VV and a 20-0 record. Should be 21-0 . She is asked to do a lot and sometimes She doesn't.She had 16 rebounds and is a good defender. She definately helps more that she hurts.

Agree, every other trip down the floor seemed to be an isolation play to try and get her the shot. That is Coach Vic calling that, not Vivians.

[Cooterpoot]

Vivians rushes her shots a lot. Always has. She would go from a very good player to an incredible player if she'd learn to slow down the game at times.

[tcdog70]

She is an elite scorer when she takes good shots. She took a ton of off balanced shots, which led to her poor shooting. She totally forced the issue when there was no need in doing so. She definitely needs to learn a little patience and not press so much. She also needs to understand that 1 assist equals 2 or 3 points. Whenever she draws a double team, she's got to find the open person and trust her teammates to knock it down instead of taking some crazy off balance shot. Now if she's got an open look or an open lane to drive, she's got the green light every time.

I'm pretty sure Vic wants VV shooting and not passing. He knows that we are a great offensive rebounding team. So let VV shoot and the chances are we will rebound and score.If you notice sometimes we struggle when She doesn't shoot. We had several trip where we threw it away, would rather take a bad shot that have a turnover. Can't rebound a turnover.

[Bullmutt]

I'm pretty sure Vic wants VV shooting and not passing. He knows that we are a great offensive rebounding team. So let VV shoot and the chances are we will rebound and score.If you notice sometimes we struggle when She doesn't shoot. We had several trip where we threw it away, would rather take a bad shot that have a turnover. Can't rebound a turnover.

As much as I disliked the announcers last night, one of them did make a good point when she said VV almost always shoots the three or tries to drive to the hoop, when she would be better off in many cases to take the 10-12 ft. pull-up jumper, which she seldom seems to do.

[smootness]

Agree, every other trip down the floor seemed to be an isolation play to try and get her the shot. That is Coach Vic calling that, not Vivians.

Still doesn't make it a good play. It's incredibly hard to play a team like South Carolina and have a player take 16 shots and score 12 points.

[smootness]

She is an elite scorer when she takes good shots. She took a ton of off balanced shots, which led to her poor shooting. She totally forced the issue when there was no need in doing so. She definitely needs to learn a little patience and not press so much. She also needs to understand that 1 assist equals 2 or 3 points. Whenever she draws a double team, she's got to find the open person and trust her teammates to knock it down instead of taking some crazy off balance shot. Now if she's got an open look or an open lane to drive, she's got the green light every time.

But she takes a lot of bad, off-balance shots. In her career she has taken 1408 shots and scored 1475 points. That is some bad efficiency. She's at 39% shooting this year, 30% on 3's. That isn't close to elite.

[tcdog70]

Damn, wonder why she is a consensus All-SEC 1st teamer.? cause Smoot says She isn't Elite.You must be way smarter than all-the SEC coaches who think She is Elite, along with most sport writers. She is doing what her Coach is telling Her to do. And guess what-we are 20-1 with Her non-elite self leading Us.

[smootness]

Damn, wonder why she is a consensus All-SEC 1st teamer.? cause Smoot says She isn't Elite.You must be way smarter than all-the SEC coaches who think She is Elite, along with most sport writers. She is doing what her Coach is telling Her to do. And guess what-we are 20-1 with Her non-elite self leading Us.

I'm talking about nationally elite. There are not 8 elite players in the SEC. I'm not just trying to drag her down, I think we need her in ways. I just think we rely on her shooting too much, and she takes too many bad shots which makes us less efficient than we could otherwise be.

Ketara Chapel, with her 39 FGA, is the only player on the roster with a lower efficiency in turning shots into points, and among the 6 players who have taken more than 2 3's this year, Vivians' % is easily the worst on the team.

She is our most talented offensive player, unquestionably. And I think we really needed her the last two years to create offense at times because we didn't have enough elsewhere to generate points. But I think our team has advanced to the point now where we can score other ways, and I think we'd be better off if she took about 2/3 as many shots as she does, making sure they were good shots taken under control.

We are a great team, I'm not saying Vivians is keeping us from being a great team. I just think we could be even better with better offensive efficiency.

[tcdog70]

No shit, who wouldn't be better with better offensive efficiency . What kind of statement is that? You think we would be worse with better offensive efficiency? And plenty of People think She is Nationally Elite. You come off as a hater in this. Sure She could be better offensively but I'll take like She is. She has improved vastly on defense and rebounding since She set foot on campus. At the end of the Year there won't be any doubt who is Elite.