02-07-2021, 07:53 PM
(02-07-2021, 04:57 PM)CompSci87 Wrote: South Carolina plays UConn Monday. That may give the voters a little extra urge to rank them #1/#2. Whether they do or not, it's a big game!
It was a very good game all around. And no the fourth quarter was not a letdown as it was all bench players. For a lot of the fourth quarter it was Van Gytenbeek, Jump, Lacie, Emma-Nnopu and Jerome. That's not a lot of offense as it's mostly Van Gytenbeek and Jump who will shoot the ball, everyone else isn't much of an offensive threat. And Jerome is not a very good post defender so Utah's bigs went to town a bit. But that is to be expected when you have your entire bench in. Those players work really hard in practice and deserve game time when it's a blowout.
Contrast this with say UConn who keeps their starters in during blowouts and they can pad their stats. Jones and Brink were both well on the way to 20+ points and 10+ rebounds. While I do wish our star players would get more recognition, Tara's way keeps the entire team motivated and protects against needless injuries in garbage time.