Non-Lady Vol Basketball News 2024-25

[Poultrygeist]

Watkins and Fulwiley are gone imo

Did you know these two grew up in Columbia as gamecocks and fans of Dawn Staley? They've been recruited by Dawn since middle school. They play in front of families and friends who attend every game. The local news and TV stations carry interviews with their family members who love and support Dawn Staley. Both young ladies have very lucrative deals through the Garnet Trust and Garnet Trust funds don't transfer to other schools. These ladies are highly invested in their community and hold basketball camps and workshops for youth in Columbia each summer. We all know about Dawn's success rate in getting her players into the WNBA and both of these are draft locks. Playing time is not an issue in Dawn's system as both receive huge national exposure. So what evidence do you have that these two would give up their hometown, family and community support to play elsewhere?

 

[superfly]

Did you know these two grew up in Columbia as gamecocks and fans of Dawn Staley? They've been recruited by Dawn since middle school. They play in front of families and friends who attend every game. The local news and TV stations carry interviews with their family members who love and support Dawn Staley. Both young ladies have very lucrative deals through the Garnet Trust and Garnet Trust funds don't transfer to other schools. These ladies are highly invested in their community and hold basketball camps and workshops for youth in Columbia each summer. We all know about Dawn's success rate in getting her players into the WNBA and both of these are draft locks. Playing time is not an issue in Dawn's system as both receive huge national exposure. So what evidence do you have that these two would give up their hometown, family and community support to play elsewhere?

Exactly....and Joyce is the same way. These are South Carolina girls who grew up in the metropolitan area around Columbia. None of them are going anywhere. Saxon and Amihere were bench players and they both got drafted. Coming off the bench at South Carolina is better than being a starter at most schools.

 

[superfly]

Yeah because Dawn is losing some to the portal…. but not playing Dauda is going to hurt her

She may lose a player to the portal, but she will offset that. You do realize that players will run to South Carolina to play for Dawn. There was a poll taken during the NCAA tournament a few years ago (I'm thinking 2023). The poll asked the players...."if you could play for any other coach rather than your own, who would you choose." Dawn got almost every players vote. Geno got a few and Mulkey got maybe 2 or 3. Dawn almost swept the poll.