Kiki Iriafen to USC a Full Breakdown - Is a Super Team Forming in So Cal?

[@KH-vv6kr]

I like Kiki to USC , so excited to watch the season and it’s not here yet

[@yanimadeit]

USC about to be pretty good this coming season. Talia was a beast for oregon state

[@nathanhu3937]

Kiki, Kennedy, and Kayleigh replace three Ives to play along with Juju is a huge improvement. Kiki brings tier one athleticism and scoring skills in the PF position. Kennedy played on/off ball at will in HS and is a two way player who can guard 1-5. Kayleigh is very quick, can attack the rim, has good shooting ability, and is a fantastic passer. Avery brings depth since she can play on/off ball offense and play good defense.

[@buzzard6410]

I would rather she went to UConn (for selfish reasons). But honestly, this is a great fit as well. Going to USC instead of SC means that she will be a KEY piece of a puzzle vying for a championship. Instead of going to a team that has enough to win another chip as is. She will have a much better opportunity to showcase her talents with USC. Good for her! Big Fan!

[@Bigballer-r7d]

South Carolina vs Southern California in Cali what a match up!! Let's Go get it done ..

[@Nspirme]

This is an uneducated opinion.. so South Carolina does this and it’s fine? They lost all their seniors and many freshman and sophomore’s on the bench. And none of them transferred out. They got 2 needs. A 4 and a 1 to help develop on the freshman. Kennedy will start. And I’m sure all the freshman were brought into the discussion when making this decision. All the freshman coming in know that this team is being built on time players…and just want to win

[@torrinbianchi5283]

Not really? I think it’s a very reasonable thing to worry about😅

[@johnwilliams5446]

JuJu & Kiki 🔥🏀

[@toddb9311]

Yeah...just added von Oelhoffen too. Can Juju still get her ~30 shots a game?

[@VincentBaker-j1b]

To give those who aren't that familiar with Oregon State's roster an idea of how deep the Beaver's were before losing so many players to the portal; After Beers an Gardiner, Lily Hansford, Dominika Paurova and Donovyn Hunter ALL had a better field goal AND 3 point shooting percentage than von Oelhoffen. That's why I think von Oelhoffen is getting more credit than she deserves.

[@misterpatrick6126]

Wow: you really like to stir the pot, huh? The fact is: adding Kiki and TVO makes *any* team better- what coach wouldn’t welcome either or both? Plus: I’d think these highly-ranked freshman would welcome the opportunity two *play with* and *learn from* better, more experienced teammates- just as Kiki and TVO would embrace the chance to play with Juju Watkins!

[@back2sports]

Yes I do. No brainer to get them but yes do not think it will be a smooth ride but should be fun to watch

[@mysterylover9546]

Is it strange that I think JuJu will still be dropping 30 or more for multiple games? Like I legit think she’s going to come back better and stronger than last season. Not every rookie is going to adjust as quickly as JuJu did bc she’s a generational talent, so I think the freshman are mostly going to be coming off the bench and learning from the upperclassmen. JuJu is still going to be the center of this team, and they are going to learn to play around her and grow as a team. She’s just too much of a dominant player and I’m not going to underestimate her.

[@talonkarrde2578]

Oh, suddenly Woj is interested in Women's College BB. LMAO!

[@audriwilliams7943]

Right! 😂

[@audriwilliams7943]

This is great!!! I was hoping she would chose ND or USC. Man USC is turning into a real title contender

[@michaellawson7927]

It might be a good thing or a ball dominant distraction.

[@curtisjermaine962]

Nope the difference is Morrow and HVL came onto a team full of players they only watched play. Kiki is from the same city as half of USC's team is from. Talia is also a West Coast kid. Both studied USC in season as they were in the same conference and had to go up against. This in fact not an LSU or a Pao Pao situation at all. These kids know each other and the 7 freshmen(not 6) all came to help Juju and create a legacy at USC will replicate the legendary past

[@calvinh.4682]

The additions of Kiki Iriafen and Talia Oelhoffen would be huge gets for USC. In fact Kiki has posted her commitment to USC. However, I do agree with you that the incoming Freshman class could prove be an unnecessary complication. But I have a lot of faith in head coach, Lindsay Gottlieb. It will be difficult or not easy but I can see her pulling it off successfully too though. Well, we shall see.

[@AnthonyTomassi-y6j]

I disagree with you wholeheartedly if you can’t handle the team that goes 10 or 11 deep then you’re not much of a coach. I’m sure she is fine. She seems to be a pretty good coach. But let’s face it as Geno Auriemma once said you don’t win with bad players. They’re fortunate they have all these players. USC will be good and probably make final four but all of this talk about these teams, I hear no mention of Notre Dame With Miles coming back and Hildalgo they’ll have one of the best guards in the country picking up king from Marquette gives them one of the best shooters in thecountry. They also picked up a big in the portal. I am not a huge Notre Dame fan. Better put them in the mix with a healthy UConn USC South Carolina UCLA and a couple others I know I’m forgetting to mention.

[@edlearned460]

USC is indeed a SUPERTEAM. Joining South Carolina & UConn superteams. Who gets the 2025 Natty will b governed by injuries and coaching. Dawn & Geno have the advantage on the latter. Gottleib still looking for Natty #1.

[@GhostPepperMeg]

WAITING FOR YOUR VIDEO ON CHEN TO UCONN. I DONT GET it at all!! Too guard heavy imo! But hey, I’m no Geno either lol. Speak of the devil 😈, when do you think G will retire? He turned 70 this year I believe.

[@back2sports]

Video is up. Don't really get Chen to UConn either. I was.jusr reading.about Geno heart issue thinking the same thing. Not sure how much he has left.

[@tayluc777]

Her and Rayah Marshall 🔥

[@BillyBobCooter]

Super teams don't bode well in the tourney, ask LSU. Trojan freshman class has 7 recruits (i think) plus returnees and now Kiki. This is going to be ugly just like LSU was mulitple players without PT and mass transfer exodus at seasons end, count on it.

[@toddb9311]

Agree, Kiki's going from a team that runs a triangle/Princeton type offense to one that looks like a jail-break. And Kim did call this year's team selfish. Have to share the ball to win championships.

[@jessicagreen8883]

South Carolina is a super team.

[@BillyBobCooter]

@@jessicagreen8883 a Super team is comprised of multiple "high level" transfers brought in for a run. SC is a super because they have been built the right way through high school recruits.

[@jessicagreen8883]

@@BillyBobCooter the two best players on the team are transfers, Cardoso and Pao Pao. So they are a super team.

[@BillyBobCooter]

@@jessicagreen8883 Trying to explain to an ignorant person such as yourself is waste of time. Blocked.

[@toddb9311]

ESPN has been giving Juju a tongue bath, calling her NCAAW's best returning player. Kiki is better and it isn't even close; jump shot, jab step and finishes with either hand. Good gosh, she roasted ISU's Crooks. Talia's 3 point shooting needs to improve and coach is going to have to deal with some egos. And Gardiner to UCLA? Woohoo!

[@VincentBaker-j1b]

As a UCLA fan, Kiki to Southern Cal really hurts. She's a great player, but as I've said before, Talia von Oelhoffen is inconsistent. I won't care if von Oelhoffen goes to Southern Cal. Von Oelhoffen had the best game of her life against the Bruins, but really, Oregon State had Timea Gardiner, Raegan Beers and a great supporting cast that propelled them to most of their victories: Von Oelhoffen, not so much.

[@audriwilliams7943]

I hadn’t watched enough games to know if she’s inconsistent. Of the ones I did watched, when she’s on she’s ON. She will be a good addition

[@VincentBaker-j1b]

@@audriwilliams7943 Look, I'm not saying von Oelhoffen isn't a decent player. I'm just saying that of the Oregon State players in the portal, she'd be maybe my fourth or fifth pick.

[@emilymortiboy3526]

BACK2SPORTS I CALLED THIS

[@dlrichardson56]

idk what makes lindsey gotlieb so good, cuz watching them down the stretch i didnt see that. It will possibly get worse next year. Too many bad shots, too much 1 on 1 play, didnt seem to be a very disciplined team. None of this is directed at JUJU btw.

[@back2sports]

Took Cal to a final four & got USC to elite 8 with JuJu and a lot of stuff. & has rebuilt the program pretty fast. Not bad IMO

[@audriwilliams7943]

I see your point and hope they establish an offense with more team play instead of Juju Iso ball. Although it got them quite far this past season haha 😂

[@dlrichardson56]

@@audriwilliams7943 it did get them pretty far bcuz juju is amazing. But when they ran into uconn who if anything is a disciplined team 1st, the poor shot selection was the death of USC. The fact that they got so far had more to do with JUJU. Seems like lindsey is taking the coach Cal approach....we are just going to out talent you this year or at least try to.

[@Sydney12997]

@@dlrichardson56I think she’s going to change though this season with the amount of talent they have

[@calvinh.4682]

Btw Back to Sports Caitlyn Chen has committed to UCONN today. You won’t get Caitlyn Chened😂

[@back2sports]

One down .one to go? Beers to Sooners or UConn?

[@calvinh.4682]

I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it is Beers to UCONN!!

[@audriwilliams7943]

@@calvinh.4682I think Bears chooses UConn

[@TheDisruptiveOne]

South Carolina and USC are officially on a collision course. I am interested to see how Kennedy smith fits here. I think her a juju are pretty similar. Can they actually play together? Will smith get frustrated on the bench? Also curious to see how the move to the big 10 affects usc and ucla.

[@tn2567]

'25 final 4: Cocks Conn USC ND it'll be the most talented final 4 you'll see in a minute.

[@ZamarionAnglin]

I feel they could end up being as good as south carolina if they could get the freshman on accord with everyone else or they could be overhyped like lsu were this pass season

[@svpst1]

Guaranteed 50 points a game in the bag when the score is still 0-0.

[@forwork2601]

Sc got the wrong players. Should have targeted Beers and Timea Gardner

[@User_xxCqqA]

4 or 5 star freshmen and existing players going to powerhouse school and building superteam will bring back WCBB to obscurity. Superteams are booooooring asf. Please know that you can carve your own path, be confident in your own skill and do not skip the grind coz it will only make you better.

[@cinquebleuu9408]

I was hoping this Kiki with JuJu. Anybody and I mean anybody but UConn.

[@jeromedanielson4422]

Yeah cuz then it would be over..see what they did with an injured-riddled team, nobody expected that. However, they just got Sarah (Stronger) Personally I don't think they need KIKi at all! Just heard they got Chen out of the portal, UConn will be stacked! UCLA had no answer for Kaitlyn Chen!

[@VincentBaker-j1b]

@@jeromedanielson4422 What are you talking about, UCLA had no answer for Kaitlyn Chen? UCLA beat Princeton and Kaitlyn Chen. Do your homework.

[@00126601528]

I agree why would you want her to go to UConn? she would get well-coached prepared for the WNBA and be a better player then she is already.. she went to USC because it's close to home. And it's a great team

[@politicallil7060]

Oh please not the super team again 😂...now if she had went to SC ooo wee

[@JamesofFlatbu5h]

WOJ BOMB 💣

[@asssdsguhrvffegv]

Southern cal doesn't have a point guard😅

[@scalum28]

WE do now ✌🏽

[@curtisjermaine962]

We literally have 4 of them now

[@asssdsguhrvffegv]

@@curtisjermaine962 please don't believe the hype for southern cal.

[@curtisjermaine962]

@@asssdsguhrvffegv Sound like you are a kid hiding under his covers hoping the monster you see is not real 😂

[@asssdsguhrvffegv]

@@curtisjermaine962 curtis your just delulu 🤣 its a free country be delulu in peace. But I will come back during the season to remind you.🤭

[@jeangrey5952]

LSU loss because Angel Reese was playing on one leg, they would have won if she never got hurt.

[@nathanhu3937]

LSU lose because the coach doesn’t assign their best guard to Caitlin Clark. SC has the correct matchup. Dawn Staley uses Raven Johnson instead of Te-Hina to guard Caitlin Clark. I think LSU and SC are the two most talented teams in the 2024 NCAA. But Kim Mulkey gets distracted by the media too much.

[@AnthonyTomassi-y6j]

She played just fine it’s not like she was limping all over the place on the leg. Didn’t seem to bother her in the post very much. I agree with the guy who says LSU put the wrong player on Clark. Matter of fact Mulkey screwed up big time trying to make HVL point. Pao probably handles that better than HVL. Keep HVL at the point where she averaged 18 pts a game for Louisville in a pretty tough ACC conference. Pretty funny all these LSU fans that were saying UConn was just making excuses because they had at times 7 players not playing due to injury. One or 2 players go down with LSU and they would have won if they were available. Got news for you LSU got outplayed by Iowa plain and simple period!!! Mulkey got out coached period. Iowa did this with possibly there best guard besides Clark hurt and on the bench. Something to be said about the revenge factor. That and Clark was out of her mind hot in the game.

[@feliciamoore9786]

@@nathanhu3937Agreed. However, Flaujae was averaging 20+ points in the tournament, so I think Coach Mulkey needed her more for offense than defense. I believe she didn’t want Flaujae to tire out. Case in point, Raven Johnson did ok, but check the stats. She only scored 3 points the entire game. Luckily for South Carolina, they have enough arsenal to score points, that Raven was not really needed for her offense, whereas LSU, not so much. Like I’ve said before, last year, in the championship game, Alexis Morris kept Caitlin Clark to 30 points, same as Raven. Both prevented the massive points CC would have acquired by keeping CC to 30 points, compared to LSU & her scoring 41 points in the elite 8. Also, Alexis Morris scored 21 points. So, last year, LSU needed those points from Alexis, whereas SC didn’t need the points from Raven Johnson. Defense on Caitlin was their main objective obviously.❤

[@jeangrey5952]

@@AnthonyTomassi-y6j I’ve watched every game she played and she wasn’t moving the same and didn’t have the lift at all.

[@AnthonyTomassi-y6j]

@@jeangrey5952 lift who you kidding she never has had lift. If you watched every game you would know that. Look Iowa was a better team on that day and it would not have made a damn bit of difference. Watch the game and watch her post moves not much of a difference before or after the injury. She was moving pretty damn good. I get it your a fanatic. I didn’t care who won the game Iowa or LSU didn’t care either way. Watch her foot work underneath there was barely a difference looked to me like the ankle had warmed up and did not have a chance to stiffen up much at all she was moving around underneath pretty well. Makes no difference they lose anyways. Mulkey can take the full blame for the loss. Should of had a quicker more mobile player on Clark. Stupid non move by the coach.

[@Michael-ok6ln]

Talia isn’t that good tbh

[@audriwilliams7943]

Interesting take

[@00126601528]

I think you're absolutely right, I don't think great players make a great team. By the way Caitlin Chen committed to UConn