Leave Marina alone at your peril. I figured UConn fans would remember her good games @Uconn. Plus ND has that post tandem that are a huge handful. But I'm not sure Marina's rust will be gone by Sunday's game. And I'm a bit worried about Shepard, who didn't play on Friday night vs. Drake.
I did not see the video, but it sounds as if we better beware of Ogunbowale's elbows ,too.
As per schedule, December 2, 2018 at 1600 hours EST.
Thank you Fightin Choke for giving Oregon State the props they deserve. I was at the Notre Dame vs OSU game in Corvallis last year, and even though OSU played Notre Dame tough last year, I really was impressed how they played Notre Dame this year. I'm not the least concerned, because I know Rueck will have these kids ready come tournament time. Rueck just has to do 2 things: 1. Get Slocum's unforced turnovers to a minimum, and 2. Bring along 6'7" Patricia Morris over the next 90 days. OSU has a bunch of studs, who can all shoot, and will play great defense when it matters.
Notre Dame looks to have no more of a bench than UConn. Coombs is just as good as, if not better than, Gilbert and Prohaska. Nelson-Ododa and Camara are just as good as Patterson, Cosgrove, and Vaughn. Muffet just uses her bench more.
So shocked by Iowa's loss to FSU, who hasn't looked good at all this season. The Seminoles struggled against what appears to be a pedestrian Florida Gators team and then were soundly defeated by LSU (who lost to Tulane). In general, however, the ACC has looked strong (along with the PAC12), although certain teams that have been good in the past look much weaker (FSU and Duke). Of course, that has been balanced by other ACC teams looking a bit better. Clemson has impressed against South Carolina and Tennessee, so they may elevate to the middle of the conference. BC has a pulse and may rise from the basement as well. GTech and Pitt are a mixed bag; GTech defeated an overrated Georgia team but lost their opener @Houston, while Pitt has generally looked bad, but not as bad as usual (faint praise). Syracuse has looked good as well, taking Oregon down to the buzzer in Eugene. Of course Virginia has looked truly pathetic. By the end of December, we'll have a pretty good idea of the pecking order in the ACC.
Your opinion of the ACC is a bit too rosy. I'm not sure what evidence suggests that Pitt is any better than last year. They lost to Youngstown State and were beaten soundly by Big Ten cellar-dweller Wisconsin.
I thought I pointed out that Pitt was not good, only better than last season. I was impressed that they only lost to a pretty good UCF team by 3. Last season they finished 10-20, but maybe this season they will do worse? Perhaps I'm weighing that UCF game too heavily. I didn't assess every ACC team, and yes, Wake Forest looks terrible. I doubt they will match last season's 14-17 record. But I think BC is much better. It's true that their schedule has been very weak, but they have been destroying that competition, which says something. Their only game they did not win by at least 20 points was @Houston (64-57). Their Massey rating has climbed to 70th, which is great for them! Last season they finished ranked 212th in Massey.
Good question. I wasn't speaking so much to the cross-conference comparison, but rather the team-by-team analysis. All of the P5 conferences are a tossed salad of the good, the bad and the ugly, but I tend to agree with you that probably the Pac-12 and the ACC should end up ranking as the top two. But I don't believe the ACC is on the whole any stronger than last year. It seems to be a pretty even mix of improved teams and diminished teams.
Hmmm, maybe I got it confused with one that she missed in the 3rd quarter, when Oregon State was still clinging to a small lead? In any event, my apologies for the fault. All in all, Pivec was certainly a bright spot. Really Notre Dame deserves the credit for picking up their defense, chasing OSU's shooters off the 3-point line, and giving just enough help on the drives.
But ND isn't just going to stand still and not get any better over the next 100 days. They will be even more experienced 1-5, especially more experienced playing with each other. They should be "wicked good" by then.
Agreed that ND could be better, but they have all been playing together for quite some time. I hope OSU & ND meet again this season in the NCAA tournament.
I still have not seen these videos yet but let me get this one part of YOUR story straight; there was a video review of a kick to the head which was ruled "incidental"?
While in context to the game the non call doesn't matter, however in respect to Arike's behavior it does. The previous posts were in context to her behavior and dirty play not to the outcome of the game. From my perspective it boiled down to intent. She did hit Thropay in the head with her foot. When that happened the were both stationary on the ground and Arike moved her leg inward and hit Thropay in the head. Even the ND announcer mentioned it as a possible T. It was certainly possible that it was accidental rather than incidental ( incidental is within context of normal play but this was after the play was over). But It also was possible that it was on purpose. I believe the officials might have been somewhat swayed by the fact that that would have given her two T's and forced her ejection so they gave her the benefit of the doubt.