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Predictions?
South Carolina 74 Iowa 62
SC athletic and balanced can slow Iowa, and Iowa will have no answer to SC offensive rebounding. Only chance Iowa has is to make a ton of three's and shoot overall high %.
I can't see any reason to disagree with you, i also see it the 70's for South Carolina.
SC big.
20+
Swarming d on Clark and rest of Iowa frazzles under the pressure.
I wish someone would challenge SC, especially since the whole BYU thing, but it isn't happening.
Just too many quality athletes in the SEC we see it in all the sports. That is not the Big10,
A 20 point SC win sounds about right, would like to see it closer but doubt we will.
Interesting difference in racial makeup.
Think that will add to it.
From a quick glance at their rosters they look like mostly regional teams. Seven SC players are from the south. Southern states have a higher than avg African-American population. 13 Iowa players are from the upper midwest/midwest.
Alan
Iowa only way has a chance is if Clark shoots the lights out, especially from the 3-point line. I heard something interesting about Iowa's team - the current starting five have started 90 games together, the most in all of college basketball. Not 90 total starts for them; 90 games where all five of them started together. There has to be a sense of cohesion among the group and probably contributes to some of Clark's assists. She just always seems to know where her teammates are going to be on the court.
I think South Carolina will win but whether it will be a blowout or a nailbiter depends a lot on Clark's performance.
* The only way Iowa has a chance
South Carolina easily. Their size is unmatched. Coach Dawn can REALLY REALLY RECRUIT!
Pretty soon she won't even need to recruit. The ladies will just want to go there, a la Aurioma and Saban. She's obviously a great coach and with ever increasingly great talent, she could steamroll people for years.
It'll be interesting to see if UConn can regroup and challenge them with Buckets and Azzi, and I know there's another really good lady there I can't remember her name, but they have to be able to stay on the court. Plus whoever they have in the pipeline already.
So the south is maybe 30% black? How does that get a team that is 90% black? Isn't that racism?
The black girls gonna win by a lot.
The SC woman are bigger and faster with lots of depth. They'll throw out 5 girls over 6 feet with a 6'7" center and 6'4" star player.
This is going to remind me of the Indiana St vs Michigan St Bird vs Magic game.
Bill Diesel wrote:
The black girls gonna win by a lot.
Warching how the TV announcers talk around the obvious is going on will be entertaining.
It's South Carolina's to lose. It's been done before but not likely this time. Biggest upset of the season, men or women if it happens.
Clark needs to be on target wrote:
Iowa only way has a chance is if Clark shoots the lights out, especially from the 3-point line. I heard something interesting about Iowa's team - the current starting five have started 90 games together, the most in all of college basketball. Not 90 total starts for them; 90 games where all five of them started together. There has to be a sense of cohesion among the group and probably contributes to some of Clark's assists. She just always seems to know where her teammates are going to be on the court.
I think South Carolina will win but whether it will be a blowout or a nailbiter depends a lot on Clark's performance.
I think it also depends on whether Martin, Marshall and Warnock could hit threes. I don't think Czinano will make more than a few FGs because Boston is such a good defender. So that part of Iowa offense is gone. The rest is either (1) Clark shooting from outside, (2) Clark driving to the basket, or (3) Clark finding her teammates open on the perimeter. Given SC's defense, I think #2 will also be limited. Their only chances of scoring are #1 and #3.
And they have to score a lot. Unlike other SEC teams, South Carolina can score a lot if they have to.