2025 SEC WBB tourney

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#202
Ok, LSU vs Texas tomorrow as well as SC vs OK. With FJ out for LSU I will take Texas in that one. Could still be tight. SC beat OK by 40 the first go around, I pick SC again but by a much closer margin. If I’m correct, which I may not be, it seems Texas and SC are headed for a collision course rubber matchup. Probably can flip a coin again to decide that one if it happens. Pushed into a corner I think I would go SC, but that is a tough call between two equal type teams. OK and LSU will have something to say about all that tomorrow.

It’s been a helluva season for the SEC, and WBB overall. TBH, my most vivid thoughts on this season so far are about a myriad of WBB events…..JuJu and USC, Hidalgo and ND, Betts and UCLA are some of the positive thoughts. Uconn blowing out SC at Columbia is a negative thought. UT beating UConn in Knoxville is a positive thought. Mostly though, the season was the most competitive I have witnessed in the 14 years I have followed closely, and that is a good sign for the game of WBB.

It was a good year for the sport. A year to build upon, and a year that will take another step forward towards the growth of this game of WBB that we all love to watch. And so many amazing young players enter the collegiate ranks every year now. I’m most interested in watching the new waves as they join college teams, but I keep my eyes on the players already here that are excelling.

It’s amazing how much this game has grown the past 4-5 years. 19 million people reportedly watched the women’s NC game last year on some venue. Hard to believe, but it outdrew the men’s championship game. Clark was a big part of it, but she helped usher in the new era.

”It is the first time the women's title game outdrew the men. It also was the second most-watched non-Olympic women's sporting event on US television. The Sunday afternoon game averaged 18.9m viewers on ABC and ESPN while UConn's 75-60 victory over Purdue in Monday night's men's final on TBS and TNT averaged 14.82m.”
 
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Hopefully it’s an all out showdown on display tomorrow at the SEC tourney semifinals!
I know Raven Johnson didn’t play a lot today but any time SC is on the court if they have Raven Johnson and Bree Hall I wouldn’t bet against them. Even when they aren’t scoring a lot of points they still can dictate the game in so many ways. Fulwiley was on another level today. I’m picking the Gamecocks to win the SEC.
 
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KnoxLikeUs said:
Hopefully it’s an all out showdown on display tomorrow at the SEC tourney semifinals!
I know Raven Johnson didn’t play a lot today but any time SC is on the court if they have Raven Johnson and Bree Hall I wouldn’t bet against them. Even when they aren’t scoring a lot of points they still can dictate the game in so many ways. Fulwiley was on another level today. I’m picking the Gamecocks to win the SEC.
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Fulwiley has skills that I haven’t seen in the women’s game before. She is still a bit inconsistent, but my Lord she does things that make your jaw drop.

Raven and Bree are the backbone of the SC defense, and also the leaders of the team, there is a place for those types on teams still.
 
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I hope South Carolina rolls Oklahoma.. Texas probably bests LSU with Johnson.


If the SEC Championship game is Texas vs South Carolina, hopefully a meteor hits the court around halftime.😜😜😜
 
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Fulwiley is a game changer. She brings excitement to WBB. You will see this next season at Tennessee. The Pauldo twins have been doing this in High School for 4 years. They’ve been on the court with Fulwiley (SC), Blakes (Vandy), and Miller (Rut) as a 5’6 backcourt and beat each of these players in HS. Get your popcorn ready.

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Fulwiley has skills that I haven’t seen in the women’s game before. She is still a bit inconsistent, but my Lord she does things that make your jaw drop.

Raven and Bree are the backbone of the SC defense, and also the leaders of the team, there is a place for those types on teams still.
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KnoxLikeUs said:
Fulwiley is a game changer. She brings excitement to WBB. You will see this next season at Tennessee. The Pauldo twins have been doing this in High School for 4 years. They’ve been on the court with Fulwiley (SC), Blakes (Vandy), and Miller (Rut) as a 5’6 backcourt and beat each of these players in HS. Get your popcorn ready.
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Raven Johnson and Bree Hall are playing winning basketball!
It doesn’t show up on the stat sheet.
SC in control. The SEC is picking up some heat got to make me a believer!

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Raven and Bree are the backbone of the SC defense, and also the leaders of the team, there is a place for those types on teams still.
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KnoxLikeUs said:
Fulwiley is a game changer. She brings excitement to WBB. You will see this next season at Tennessee. The Pauldo twins have been doing this in High School for 4 years. They’ve been on the court with Fulwiley (SC), Blakes (Vandy), and Miller (Rut) as a 5’6 backcourt and beat each of these players in HS. Get your popcorn ready.
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You are definitely consistent with your enthusiasm! I sure hope you're right, but I'm not going to put that kind of pressure on any of our freshmen right away. I don't care HOW dominant they are in high school, it'll be a huge adjustment having to learn an entirely new-to-them system with different rhythms -- and in the SEC.

I'm hopeful by the time league play starts next season the new players will be ready for The Gauntlet. I'm over-the-moon excited about this class coming in. I admit I don't follow high school ball and don't spend a lot of time watching highlight reels, but what I HAVE seen has me pumped. Like I said, I think even this vaunted class will have a steep learning curve, but I suspect they'll be up to the task.

Can't wait to see them next season! The staff really crushed it in getting these players to Knoxville. I'd want to play for Kim, too. Good stuff.
 
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Ya know, I wish some reporter would ask Texas and Oklahoma players, and maybe even some of their fans at the tournament, what they think about the SEC after Year One in the league. Do they still miss the Big 12? Are they happy to be in the SEC now?

I've wondered recently if the teams and their families and fans are proud to be in the SEC, or do they think it's overhyped?
 
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If Morrow is done, that would be the equivalent of when Tennessee lost Tamika Catchings before the NCAAT. The Lady Vols, I think, were going to be serious contenders for a national championship that season. And then *WHAM*. Still makes me sick.
 
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FYI: Tennessee Tech will apparently be going to the Big Dance. Seeing that made me wonder how many teams from the state of Tennessee will be in the NCAAT. There's usually an impressive number of 'em.

I see MTSU is the 2-seed in CUSA's tournament kicking off Tuesday in Huntsville. Belmont will be a top 4 seed in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament coming up next week in Evansville, Ind.

Of course Tennessee and Vanderbilt are dancing. Anyone else from Tennessee with a shot of getting an NCAAT invite?

Update: Chattanooga is playing in the SoCon final right now. At the half it's Chattanooga 21, UNC Greensboro 26. It's on ESPNU and ESPN+

You may want to check in just so you can see the most unusual name I can ever recall seeing in wcbb: Frode Flos van der Schans, Chattanooga's 6'4" post from Amsterdam, Netherlands.
 
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