In their game highlights video there are seven highlights by UCONN, the losing team, and just one by our ladies, the winning team. ESPN is located in Connecticut — but come on ESPN — could you be a lot less biased in your highlights video!?

Hey everyone, hope you’re doing well. I dropped a big feature story today about how Dawn Staley develops point guards. I talked to her individually, several of her former point guards even going back to her time coaching before South Carolina and basically just tried to understand how she processes development at the position she used to play.

I had a lot of interview content with Dawn which did not make it into the final story, and I wanted to share it with the subscribers. We appreciate you guys a lot. Your subscriptions make things like traveling to Hartford last weekend possible, and definitely will help with our March Madness coverage.

Here is some exclusive content from my one-on-one with Dawn:

Dawn on Raven Johnson:
“I think Raven just plays. We’re up 20 or down 20, I think she’s going to make the same pass. I want to teach her a little bit more about situational basketball, but I just want her to play now. I don’t want to mess with her too much, I think I could get in her head a little bit.”

On Raven’s defense:
“Raven is all out pressure. In the beginning of the season she was all-out pressure. So we got her to slow down and just play with her feet, and then just be patient enough to wait until an [opposing] point guard is vulnerable to take chances like that. She’s gotten a lot better with it.”

“Raven’s got really long arms so she’s able to disrupt, knock the ball away, and get some steals. As the novelty wears off of the pressure that she applies, because you can get used to the pressure and you figure out other ways to combat that, then we’ll strategize for her once that point guard makes the adjustment.”

I also talked with Zia Cooke one-on-one for this, and she told me that she has been waiting four years to pull off a certain move in a game. I asked her about watching Dawn’s tapes from her playing days and if anything stood out, and she mentioned this:
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But when I asked Dawn about it she was joking that ZIa "couldn't pull that off" in a game and that if anyone on this team is likely to pull off some of her moves in the game, it's Johnson.

Here is the full story:

Live updates (from my couch) of South Carolina women's basketball at Auburn. Gamecocks have to take care of business tonight against the Tigers to set up the undefeated showdown against LSU on Sunday afternoon.

South Carolina's softball season starts tomorrow against 49ers. I guess the televised games will only have one camera angle until start of the conference play.

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First late game start for South Carolina this season.

Caleb and I talking all things Gamecock athletics live. Come ask questions if you're around!

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Is it really gonna hurt to watch acouple 0 3's ona cold Sunday?

I'll have live updates and thoughts for any of you staying up on this Tuesday night.

Rhames, Upshaw and A. Rose

Carrying weapons and obstruction of justice

Fresh off the Kyrie Irving Trade, the Mavericks had an extra roster spot available and added Silva on a Ten Day. Has gotten some run against the Jazz and scored a jump hook over Walker Kessler (Auburn).

Many thanks to Dr. Gray and Cardoso for their efforts.






Also still laughing at Geno

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The entire 2023 SEC recruiting class is broken down on Rivals:

Almost tip-off…

Greetings from Hartford, Connecticut.

Let's Go.

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Shouldn’t have any effect on his commitment to South Carolina.

He is on a Two-Way contract with the Dallas Mavericks now and has gotten some PT in their game against Golden State. Hit a couple of shots. One of them was a 3. 5 Points in about 10 minutes of play.

South Carolina needs to bring home the beacon.

It is about to get cold and the set backs are

1. The electric bill will increase

2. When it gets this cold I start my car at least twice a day. I have a garage, but I still go out and start my car in the morning and evening and let it run for 10-15 minutes so the battery does not die and this increase my gas usage.

3. Once it is minus five degrees or colder i have to put booties on my German Shepherd when going outside and he hates wearing them.

I like where I reside because it is low crime area and really only experience three to four months of warm weather (I hate the damn hot as hell weather) a year, but these extreme cold snaps are a grind.

Sat 28​

-6°/-18°
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5%
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-5°/-20°
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Thu 02​

-6°/-20°
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Sat 04​

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