HVL is not a point guard. She is a shooting guard! What's the deal with forcing her to play the guard position!

@@ivansalazar5448 Does it matter? Can she guard SGs? No ... because many time Poa played 1 and HVL played 2 she was missing open shots. Even at 1 vs Iowa when missed open shots. LSU beat Iowa because Morris hit those open shots at PG. SC beat Iowa because Johnson hit those open shots at PG and when you make those shots it forces the opponent to guard you. Lets be real HVL struggled vs D2 schools. Did you see the Middle Tennessee St game she scored 4pts in the 4th quarter. She was benched because the MST PG ran by her and scored 10pts in the 1st quarter. I think HVL missed 3 shots and one was blocked underneath the goal. So stop fooling yourself like I was fooled I thought HVL was a better shooter according to her 19pts she averaged teh year before but it was because she played more minutes and any player in the country. I was hoping she would be a better shooter than Alexis Morris when I saw her training video, especially from 3 but I was wrong. You really think HVL can guard MK12? Can she guard and 2 on SC ... SEC you have to play D and thats at any position.

@@alphasports3743 yes her missing open shots really suck. I forgot who LSU was playing against in SEC where Poa did a half court pass to Reese and Reese did a back throw pass exactly to HVL, and then HVL missed that open shot… that could be their season highlight… Defense end, honestly she doesn’t have the size to defend other guards larger than her, and doesn’t have the fast foot work to defend guards faster than her. And it’s just college. So how can she guard someone like Plum in W… Keep trying and good luck to her…

@@YyyyJjjj17168 Savannah Wheeler 5'6, HVL 5'7 ... she had 10pts in the first quarter no wonder CC lit her up. I like HVL a lot but making 1-5 mil in NIL I thought she would do better.

I was thinking the SAME thing.

facts

Waltz told her she wasn’t allowed to play point guard on his team tho :/

It's good that Mulkey had her back!

@@ddgs07she plays sg

maybe shes accepted she isn't WNBA material and wants to have one last year before its over?

💯

because she's not going, best thing now is to lower the pressure, fix her game, collect a little Nil and most importantly have fun.

@@sp123 that's not why HVL and her father invested all that time and money going to Kobe Bryant's basketball camp...just for her to play women's college basketball (WCB) and that's definitely not why she transferred to LSU. Come'on ... I not buying that HVL only wanted to play WCB!

HVL should become an exotic dancer working the 'pole'.

Go h8 on someone else.

So?😂

It happens. Hopefully wherever she goes, she is successful.

let's be a little kinder. you're not her or in her shoes. she loves the game and is doing her best.

@@jeanettespicer9225 Who are you replying to?

@@usveteran9893who do you think

Oh oh. Somebody always keeps the race thing going. It doesn't seem to matter how good players are to some people

Not about race what he just said was cold heart truth. Easy to look good in weak ass ACC!

​@@Paul15. Where did they mention race?

@@Paul15. All the players mentioned are white, there no racial agenda in the post.

​​@@prettyuglyPaige, Clark & Cameron Brink are all white. That's why they were called Media Darlings in the initial comment. Haley Van Lith has a ghetto pass. That's why the initial comment says she doesn't belong

Yes

Huh😂

She gotta play south carolina too. Gamecocks gonna slaughter everyone next year fr

Playing LSU will be fun, as she can play her game at MSU but also have an opportunity to show LSU what she could do if allowed to play her game.

One more year , I have confidence she will do well

Is MS a college?

@@jackel99what duhhh they a college bro what

@@Lilquan2004 My sentiments exactly.

@@jackel99 Clown College

@@arthur-ri4zo Hey! I attended that college!

She'd barely get 10 mins./game at South Carolina. Dawn likes to use her bigs so you won't see many 3 guard lineups, and there's no way she'd get a ton of minutes over Paopao, Raven/Tessa Johnson, Hall, and Fulwiley.

If she had come in her freshman year, she would have been developed. Too late to come now as she won't get the playing time she needs. Miss. State is her best chance to play catch-up. I will say, Louisville does develop point guards and shooting guards. Jeff Walz didn't think HVL was a point, but definitely a shooting guard. He was right. In all honesty, she should have stayed there. I think her chances of going to the WNBA are slim, but she may get a chance to play overseas. I wish her well.

@@hj1466 This is correct

Agree with those above and add she is not a personality fit at SC. She would lose her mind with the low minutes she would be getting.

Me too. I am not going to kill this poor kid for taking a chance. It did not work out - such is life. Good luck to her.

Wow her with Geno would have been interesting. HVL at UConn would have been like JJ redick at Duke they hate that would have brought.

@@back2sports988 Caitlan Clark was also on that U19 team too with Bueckers but she seemed very quiet. It was HVL who kept going back and for with Bueckers that she might just take her up on that offer bc she enjoyed playing with her so much at that U19 Final which they won. Btw UCONN had offeedr HVL a scholarship too. Recently Caitlin Clark has gone public stating that she wanted to go to UCONN but they never approached her and how disappointed she was.

I hope so too

Don’t think she can rise like Dr Dunkenstein

South Carolina doesn't have room for her. She got her degree in three years at Louisville. Played one year at LSU. So 2024-2025 season (Covid year) is it for her. She needs to go somewhere where she will be able to play immediately and have a lot of playing time. Given that she has been trained under Purcell and the exit of four guards Miss. State would be a good fit for HVL. I wish her well, but I don't know if she will make it to the WNBA.

South Carolina already has their token.

@@arthur-ri4zo yes, but she can revive her career at South Carolina, some of these people in here is not leaders, thinkers, masterminds, because you never know what might happen during the season, word to the wise.

​@@arthur-ri4zo Stop it.. ✋🏿

​@@arthur-ri4zoYou are such a casual. Chloe Kitts was a 5 star recruit and an excellent ballplayer. SHE'S WAY BETTER THAN NIKA MUHL, with her big forehead. She's got a fivehead. Would've been MVP of the national championship game if not for foul trouble. Casual

Duke! Where defense is demanded! If you can't defend at an elite level, you don't play for Kara Lawson. MS needs scoring, and they'll take her defensive shortcomings for some offensive production.

Indiana 😮

I should watch Nolan Ryan pitch to learn how to throw 100mph

I don't think should would have been drafted if she would have gone in the draft. And if she did get drafted 2nd or 3rd round she was going to get cut for sure. Overall, I think she really just wants to prove she can play well and think this is her best chance for that.

@@back2sports988bro did you watch the games. How can you say it’s on Mulkey? HVL is too slow and going back to the same league

She is not a point gaurd. She is a small shooting guard. Not quick enough to be a point guard.

​@@back2sports988 I agree. The odds are stacked against her to make it in the W at the next level. The best she can hope for is to ball out next season and hope the additional roster spots that open up by way of expansion will allow her to make a team. She may have to go overseas to prove herself.

​@@sgaudet42tigersIt was on Kim Mulkey. Van Lith is 6 inches shorter than Caitlin Clark, so Kim Mulkey puts Hailey Van Lith as the primary defender on Clark 🤔. I would've transferred too

Sounds about right, but instead they should stand in front of a mirror.

Goofy comment.

@@iamgreatnow7218 pervy comment too.

nope. she needs to stay right there in the sec and spend the summer working her azz off! what good does it do her to go play in a cupcake conference? the best thing that happened to her was going to lsu and getting a wakeup call! she found out what her real weaknesses were--now go fix what you can! challenge yourself. get out there and play with those girls who exposed you all season!

Beautifully stated!

or she did not want to go back to Louisville

She needed coaching that involved coaching not a peacock strutting sidelines,. Mulky had zero plan for hvl,or the team. Mulky used her and taught her shaaaaaaaaait. She need to do speed drills,lose weight,and hit some weights. Shoot a 1000 buckets 6 day a week. One year with total focus and hard work she can improve and change for better and get drafted higher. It's work.

well all that is left is Poa - all the other guards from last season are gone!

LSU screwed up not getting Hagemann from Michigan state. That was the obvious player for them to go for.

Yeah mulkey weird, i wldnt want play for her. Has there been any successful PG that went to the league under her tutelage? Alexis morris was good but she had difficulties w/the coach too

Some of is on Mulkey but HVL also was never going to magically transform into a great PG in one year. She doesn’t have the vision. I think for some reason HVL underestimated how difficult it was going to be to turn herself into a point guard for one of the best teams in the country. Anyone who watched her play at Louisville knew this was never going to work.

Well, she moves around like a power forward, hard to play PG 😂

Hailey played shooting guard. She doesn't have court vision like kim and can't pass like kim. And she only had one year with her.

Wow

No. Here is the thing, this story is so interesting. Could have easily stayed at Louisville taken shots and do her thing. Instead transferred to LSU and likely knew that would make her the bad guy. Then humbled in public when it did not work out. And now trying to figure it out & seems like a hell of a lot of people rooting against her. Just find the whole thing very interesting.

​@@back2sports988 It wasn't a criticism by any means. I also think the story itself is very interesting. She has a large following, so of course simply in terms of absolute numbers, there will be many haters and supporters. It's not clear what the proportion of haters and supporters is though. I think HVL is way better than what was demonstrated this past year at LSU. One thing that always caught my attention watching LSU games and highlights is that every time the ball is in the post or paint, there are always double or triple teams on the bigs. And yet they rarely kick out to HVL. In my opinion, this single detail, if implemented would have made them so much better and potentially unstoppable. She is a very good shooter, but her shots this year were mostly off the dribble going towards the paint. The bigs would force things, and I think the entire dynamic reflects badly on Mulkey's coaching ability.

Honestly, I think that even if you replaced HVL with Caitlin Clark on that team, assuming that the system is the same, I don't see Caitlin performing much better as point guard. Sure, she would score because she has much higher confidence and gren light than HVL and would shoot from far out. But her assists would be way down. The system and big-centered-culture is the problem at LSU. The players and the ball don't move in a continuous dynamic and this is true both in the half court and in transition. It's also why their success is no indication that their bigs will succeed at the next level. They rely a lot on brute force. Now of course, nothing is absolute. Flaujae is definitely a demonstration of high-level finesse-based skill. The sort that succeeds at the next level.

Yep. Think I know what my next video is - HVL runs from SEC

no one wants to deal with the drama there. or the stankface coach. can you imagine the eggshells those girls have to walk on when dealing with her? its 2024, go play for a coach that'll pull the best out of you and uplift you rather than chew you out and berate you and never put you in a game for every little tiny mistake you make! i cant wait to see the lineup and d2 and d3 players that end up on this roster come may!

yes it is - so - so sad. my keyboard is wet from crying as I type this reply

Obviously, you do, because you watched the video.

Well, she took her shot, it's what she wanted but sometimes things don't work out. Is that a big mistake? or at least you don't spend the rest of your life wishing you had tried but didn't.

Ring Chasing. She took Louisville to the Final Four. Didn't need to transfer to LSU

She transferred for all the wrong reasons, chasing championship, doesn’t make great players. Anyway good luck to her.