I predicted this a month ago. I had UCLA ranked 2nd and South Carolina ranked 4th for the reasons you stated. They don't have a dominant scoring center or a clear Alpha. Paopao is excellent (And a pro), but not someone who will give you 35 when you need it
Janiah Barker had only 2 baskets, but they were huge... Every time Carolina tried to make a run, a different Bruin stepped up and answered... This is a very deep, very confident UCLA team...
On Back 2 Sports match up video I said SC lose by either 14 or 15 points. The season is still early but I expect UCLA to be in the final four at the least.
I hate how much of this analysis was correct. Kitts and Raven were virtually useless on offense. South Carolina's outside game is the only reason UCLA didn't completely run away with this one, but for some reason there seemed to be an effort to force Paopao to drive inside rather than working the arc first, and the number of times a Bruin was wide open for 3 on the other end has me baffled on what the defensive strategy was for the guards.
I've said the same all season about UCLA. Their size and 3-point shooting is their advantage over South Carolina. And at half-time your overall analysis is spot on! UCLA is killing South Carolina 43-21
That’s nonsense… SCs game begins and ends or defense! This is the last time I’ll bring up Caitlin Clark when it comes to WCB. The LSUs, UConns, USCs, UCLA, (use to include Stanford and Tennessee) and SC Gamecocks are always comprised of McDonald all-Americans WCB players (or 4-star and above recruits!) whom normally are offensive oriented-that’s with the exception of SCs players-if you don’t or can’t play defense on a Coach Dawn Staley team (McDonald all-American or 4- or 5-star recruit you won’t play meaningful minutes.) Sorry I digressed…the differences between (CC…and we can include Larry Bird) is that both their basketball IQs were “chess like while their opponent’s-for the most part-played or plays checkers. Most important, they both were fundamentally sound turning their weaknesses (slow of foot, can’t or couldn’t jump…making them defensive liabilities…they compensated for these weaknesses by become exceptional passers, rebounders, and elite scorers.) But the one innate intangible they both possessed was the ability to make their teammates game better! Because like Bird at Indiana State and Caitlin Clark at Iowa-they were able to lead a team of regular players to the NCAA championship game! As the old proverbs goes…they were and are able to do more with less (their lack of athleticism) which forced them -consciously or subconsciously to do more with their basketball skills and IQs than their basketball peers because they did-what’s called a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) in the business world. Having coached U.S. Air Force women basketball, where I had each of my players do a SWOT analysis of their basketball skills so that they and our teams could compete to our maximum potential, which we did. Watching CCs and Bird’s play…I came or come to the unequivocal conclusion that they both did a SWOT analysis of their basketball game and identified their strengths and weaknesses and took the opportunity to honed their basketball game to get better (which Caitlin Clark is known for) thus becoming the assist and scoring threats we witnessed or are witnessing. But, one of the reasons that Norte Dam won…is the one truism in Sports…defense (that’s an employed good strategic defense [NDs] case forcing JuJu Watkins to her left into traps(thus forcing her to give up her dribble then collapsing back to covered the passing lanes) was an excellent example of scouting one’s opponents and implementing a game plan to neutralize an opponent’s main offensive player or players. I don’t believe Juju’s game will progress past being a scorer…because watching her play last season and the beginning of this season all I see is a scoring whose effort on defense is lacking. That’s what made Michael Jordan-the Basketball champion and icon he remains today…He was elite on both ends of the court.
Great Call! Man their entire offense is off it's still early in the season and I commend the Gamecocks for scheduling tough opponents. Their offense is missing Cardoso. Raven and Hall have been mia on offense. We will see if they can get going! Barker is a beast on this UCLA team.
@@maxpower247 Not one full court press or getting out in transition in sight, lol. Literally playing basketball like they still have Cardoso on the floor...smh.
UCLA this year is not only bigger, stronger, faster, more athletic... But also more depth and mentally much tougher... That sweet 16 loss last year has lit a 🔥 under UCLA ...
Londynn Jones was a difference maker with her 5/5 3pt shooting. Timea Gardiner had a tough shooting night. UCLA boat raced the Gamecocks. Your prediction of UCLA winning was correct but you got the details all wrong except maybe Elina Aarnisalo’s impact.
I also think this. I have ucla winning big ten sc winning sec notre dame winning acc and Iowa state winning big 12. However I think notre dame and ucla will be the championship match
If Raven Johnson continues to play perimeter guard and rain her missed 3s, it's gonna be a long afternoon for her. She has the handles and speed to be able to drive and draw fouls, so she needs to do that and let the real 3 point shooters get back out to the perimeter (where they are better threats).
I think SC is vulnerable to drop a game or two this season but don't know if UCLA is strong enough to be one of the teams to do it. Hopefully it will be a competitive (i.e. close) game.
Anything is possible these days. Ashland's dumb off-the-court move has a consequence, and this may be it. It's gonna come down to the X-factor it might be Barker for UCLA or the freshman Joyce Edwards for SC.
As an SC I have to agree, we haven’t been a cohesive team this season. I also am really worried about Raven, I think it’s mental. Hopefully she is ok and will find her groove again.
You said it yourself rotation, rotation, rotation Watkins may not be in shape to go 30 minutes. Fulwiley has to stay on the court for more than 20 minutes. UCLA 81 SOUTH CAROLINA 77 Foul trouble will foil South Carolina.
I disagree I think mentally it's the same UCLA team from last year. Lay wit Da Butta is going to kill them, and please don't forget about Tessa. I know Raven is playing horribly, but I think the other guards can carry them. The bigs for SC is going to have to put in a group effort. I"m going with SC!!!
U can't predict the future dawn will have her team ready gamecocks will have Bettis running! Lot and cause she's going to want to block the ball we can see that ur Noth going 4 my gamecocks I believe in my gamecocks when we Qin then what I will say???
We just gonna skip the Gamecocks beat this same team last season by 30 and that there is a bench on each side...that of which is all 5 stars for SC. He didn't mention stamina. Unless Betts can run full speed for 40 minutes, ucla is I trouble.
Max…..yo ass was right!!!! 😂😂😂 Salute brother
Here after UCLA dismantled South Carolina.
I predicted this a month ago. I had UCLA ranked 2nd and South Carolina ranked 4th for the reasons you stated. They don't have a dominant scoring center or a clear Alpha.
Paopao is excellent (And a pro), but not someone who will give you 35 when you need it
Congrats! Great call! Loved your analysis 🏀
I was at the game. Everything you said (Except Londynn Jones) came to pass
Janiah Barker had only 2 baskets, but they were huge... Every time Carolina tried to make a run, a different Bruin stepped up and answered... This is a very deep, very confident UCLA team...
Don’t b worried y’all. They have flaws and we have defense. May the best team win! #gamecocks
On Back 2 Sports match up video I said SC lose by either 14 or 15 points. The season is still early but I expect UCLA to be in the final four at the least.
Great call
i can't believe you were right! Spot on!!!!
I hate how much of this analysis was correct. Kitts and Raven were virtually useless on offense. South Carolina's outside game is the only reason UCLA didn't completely run away with this one, but for some reason there seemed to be an effort to force Paopao to drive inside rather than working the arc first, and the number of times a Bruin was wide open for 3 on the other end has me baffled on what the defensive strategy was for the guards.
I've said the same all season about UCLA. Their size and 3-point shooting is their advantage over South Carolina. And at half-time your overall analysis is spot on! UCLA is killing South Carolina 43-21
Should be a good conTEST….for BOTH teams….😏
That’s nonsense… SCs game begins and ends or defense!
This is the last time I’ll bring up Caitlin Clark when it comes to WCB. The LSUs, UConns, USCs, UCLA, (use to include Stanford and Tennessee) and SC Gamecocks are always comprised of McDonald all-Americans WCB players (or 4-star and above recruits!) whom normally are offensive oriented-that’s with the exception of SCs players-if you don’t or can’t play defense on a Coach Dawn Staley team (McDonald all-American or 4- or 5-star recruit you won’t play meaningful minutes.)
Sorry I digressed…the differences between (CC…and we can include Larry Bird) is that both their basketball IQs were “chess like while their opponent’s-for the most part-played or plays checkers. Most important, they both were fundamentally sound turning their weaknesses (slow of foot, can’t or couldn’t jump…making them defensive liabilities…they compensated for these weaknesses by become exceptional passers, rebounders, and elite scorers.)
But the one innate intangible they both possessed was the ability to make their teammates game better! Because like Bird at Indiana State and Caitlin Clark at Iowa-they were able to lead a team of regular players to the NCAA championship game!
As the old proverbs goes…they were and are able to do more with less (their lack of athleticism) which forced them -consciously or subconsciously to do more with their basketball skills and IQs than their basketball peers because they did-what’s called a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) in the business world.
Having coached U.S. Air Force women basketball, where I had each of my players do a SWOT analysis of their basketball skills so that they and our teams could compete to our maximum potential, which we did.
Watching CCs and Bird’s play…I came or come to the unequivocal conclusion that they both did a SWOT analysis of their basketball game and identified their strengths and weaknesses and took the opportunity to honed their basketball game to get better (which Caitlin Clark is known for) thus becoming the assist and scoring threats we witnessed or are witnessing.
But, one of the reasons that Norte Dam won…is the one truism in Sports…defense (that’s an employed good strategic defense [NDs] case forcing JuJu Watkins to her left into traps(thus forcing her to give up her dribble then collapsing back to covered the passing lanes) was an excellent example of scouting one’s opponents and implementing a game plan to neutralize an opponent’s main offensive player or players.
I don’t believe Juju’s game will progress past being a scorer…because watching her play last season and the beginning of this season all I see is a scoring whose effort on defense is lacking. That’s what made Michael Jordan-the Basketball champion and icon he remains today…He was elite on both ends of the court.
Max got the INSIGHT🎉🎉
UCLA winning this one your right !!
Great Call! Man their entire offense is off it's still early in the season and I commend the Gamecocks for scheduling tough opponents. Their offense is missing Cardoso. Raven and Hall have been mia on offense. We will see if they can get going! Barker is a beast on this UCLA team.
You stop this negativity right now!!!! 🥴
You may be right, but I feel like UCLA is still a work in progress. SC will beat them with their speed, imo.
Speed definitely kills
Not in this game, Dawn never gave Lay another chance, there goes your speed.@maxpower247
@@maxpower247 Not one full court press or getting out in transition in sight, lol. Literally playing basketball like they still have Cardoso on the floor...smh.
Well, that comment didn't age well. UCLA clearly held their own when it came to speed.
UCLA this year is not only bigger, stronger, faster, more athletic... But also more depth and mentally much tougher... That sweet 16 loss last year has lit a 🔥 under UCLA ...
You called it ...wow.
This might be the game of the year.
Londynn Jones was a difference maker with her 5/5 3pt shooting. Timea Gardiner had a tough shooting night. UCLA boat raced the Gamecocks. Your prediction of UCLA winning was correct but you got the details all wrong except maybe Elina Aarnisalo’s impact.
This is aging wonderfully right now
It is haha
I also think this. I have ucla winning big ten sc winning sec notre dame winning acc and Iowa state winning big 12. However I think notre dame and ucla will be the championship match
If Raven Johnson continues to play perimeter guard and rain her missed 3s, it's gonna be a long afternoon for her. She has the handles and speed to be able to drive and draw fouls, so she needs to do that and let the real 3 point shooters get back out to the perimeter (where they are better threats).
Im sorry but I disagree with you this wasn't a upset this was pretty much a beat down
True. I had UCLA ranked higher this year. South Carolina has no star to match Lauren Betts
Hopefully we can stop pretending Chloe Kitts and Raven Johnson are WNBA prospects now.
Chloe Kitts is definitely a WNBA prospect. Probably at least a firs round draft choice.
They'll both do good in the pros. The wnba is not as tough as it was back in the day anyway.
I feel like this could be an upset but I'm still not sure about uclas guard play. I think this game comes down to whose guards perform the best
Well, you got the end results right, but you totally missed on Londynn Jones and you didn't mention Gabriella Jaquez.
Great call ✅
No, you've not lost your mind, sir. UCLA played better ball. Dawn's got to figure out her post players, none are as good as Kamilla.
I think SC is vulnerable to drop a game or two this season but don't know if UCLA is strong enough to be one of the teams to do it. Hopefully it will be a competitive (i.e. close) game.
Either way I expect it to be close
@@maxpower247I am happy to have been wrong. Wasn't close but I love a good upset.
lol i was casually listening at one point when you took the chicago sky shot came...but the bench unit better listen and get the ball to milla
Anything is possible these days. Ashland's dumb off-the-court move has a consequence, and this may be it. It's gonna come down to the X-factor it might be Barker for UCLA or the freshman Joyce Edwards for SC.
As an SC I have to agree, we haven’t been a cohesive team this season. I also am really worried about Raven, I think it’s mental. Hopefully she is ok and will find her groove again.
It definitely feels more mental. I hope she’s able to turn it around, especially considering she might enter the draft.
Gamecocks start slow this season every game and we can look at 3 of our starters so why not let bench start?
Lauren Betts will drop double doubles
Max, C’mom man, Why you tryin to jinx the Gamecocks?!
Don’t do us like that no more.
My bad 😂😂😂
You know ball.
Max is this u? Or does ya brother help wit the videos
Qow good job
You said it yourself rotation, rotation, rotation Watkins may not be in shape to go 30 minutes. Fulwiley has to stay on the court for more than 20 minutes. UCLA 81 SOUTH CAROLINA 77 Foul trouble will foil South Carolina.
I disagree I think mentally it's the same UCLA team from last year. Lay wit Da Butta is going to kill them, and please don't forget about Tessa. I know Raven is playing horribly, but I think the other guards can carry them. The bigs for SC is going to have to put in a group effort. I"m going with SC!!!
As an SC fan, I definitely understand your chose. I’m still rocking with them to pull it off somehow.
You called it
Make another vid right after the game with an apology if you’re wrong..
Valid
Welp…
U can't predict the future dawn will have her team ready gamecocks will have Bettis running! Lot and cause she's going to want to block the ball we can see that ur Noth going 4 my gamecocks I believe in my gamecocks when we Qin then what I will say???
Right,SC have size with tac and walker at 6'5 and 6'6 that dude don't know what he's talking about
We just gonna skip the Gamecocks beat this same team last season by 30 and that there is a bench on each side...that of which is all 5 stars for SC. He didn't mention stamina. Unless Betts can run full speed for 40 minutes, ucla is I trouble.
Yeah, I think she played like 34 minutes.
Now come back to this comment please
These teams didn’t play last year.