#9 Washington St vs #8 South Florida - 3/21/21

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NCAA Tournament First Round
Mercado Region
San Antonio, TX - 9:30 PM ET
TV: ESPN2 (Kevin Fitzgerald, Christy Thomaskutty)

Video stream:
#9 Washington State vs. #8 South Florida (First Round) (NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament) | Watch ESPN (tvpli)

Audio:

Live Audio - Washington State University Athletics

Washington State University Athletics

wsucougars.com

Live stats:

South Florida 57-53 Washington State (Mar 21, 2021) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the South Florida Bulls vs. Washington State Cougars NCAAW game from March 21, 2021 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.

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[nwhoopfan]

Hey @DefenseBB , I'm pulling for Wazzu in this one, are you proud of me? Conference solidarity and all.

 

[Plebe]

Hey @DefenseBB , I'm pulling for Wazzu in this one, are you proud of me? Conference solidarity and all.

Wow you must really dislike South Florida. I can see @triaddukefan 's influence on you.

 

[Lorcan]

I’m hoping that Wazzu can continue to carry the banner for the PAC-12. Oregon State already showed just how tough the middle of the PAC can be.

Wazzu off to a decent start, 7-4

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wow you must really dislike South Florida. I can see @triaddukefan 's influence on you.

Nah, just indifferent to USF. Post season I just like the conference to look good.

 

[Plebe]

I’m hoping that Wazzu can continue to carry the banner for the PAC-12. Oregon State already showed just how tough the middle of the PAC can be.

Wazzu off to a decent start, 7-4

If OSU had exhibited its current form from the start of the season, they would not have been middle of the conference.

 

[Plebe]

Nah, just indifferent to USF. Post season I just like the conference to look good.

Okay, so basically you don't want Wazzu to reach the postseason since you root against them throughout the regular season. But once they get to the postseason you're all for them?

 

[Lorcan]

If OSU had exhibited its current form from the start of the season, they would not have been middle of the conference.

If Arkansas showed the same form as the UConn game all season, they would’ve won the SEC.

Sometimes it just takes time for a team to gel—and especially given some of the youth and new faces on Oregon State, understandable it took time.

As for rooting for teams? I think we all have teams in conference we love to root against, but come tourney, it makes our team look better if the PAC does well in the tourney.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Okay, so basically you don't want Wazzu to reach the postseason since you root against them throughout the regular season. But once they get to the postseason you're all for them?

That sounds weird when you put it like that.

They're a great story. First Tourney in 30 years, hard not to feel good for them. I wasn't sure they would get in, but since they are here they might as well have a good showing.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Perhaps I should inquire how fond some of our BY friends were of Central Florida while they were in the AAC, yet they might still root for them in the Tourney.

 

[Plebe]

That sounds weird when you put it like that.

They're a great story. First Tourney in 30 years, hard not to feel good for them. I wasn't sure they would get in, but since they are here they might as well have a good showing.

I'm a bit torn. I'll be happy for whichever team wins this one. I am a lifelong Kamie Ethridge fan so that makes it hard for me to ever root against her team.

 

[Plebe]

Perhaps I should inquire how fond some of our BY friends were of Central Florida while they were in the AAC, yet they might still root for them in the Tourney.

Not a lot of history there to go on. UCF just went to the NCAAs one time, two years ago, and I don't recall any other UConn fans getting too hopped up or shedding any tears when they lost to ASU in the 1st round. I was rooting for UCF but then again I don't fit the mold.

 

[Plebe]

If Arkansas showed the same form as the UConn game all season, they would’ve won the SEC.

Okay then I'll hold you to that principle as Oregon sets out to represent "the top" of the conference tomorrow

 

[Lorcan]

Okay then I'll hold you to that principle as Oregon sets out to represent "the top" of the conference tomorrow

I mean, Oregon, while finishing fourth is potentially playing without at least three starters. Oregon State really only meshed after the Covid pause and the arrival of Talia V.O, but sure, make any judgements you want!

 

[Plebe]

I mean, Oregon, while finishing fourth is potentially playing without at least three starters. Oregon State really only meshed after the Covid pause and the arrival of Talia V.O, but sure, make any judgements you want!

Ha okay so now there are mitigating factors. ٍSo the "middle" of the conference gets all credit for the OSU win but no one can hold it against the "top" of the conference if UO doesn't do well

 

[Plebe]

Back to regular programming:

I just realized that this game is being played in the Frank Erwin Center, where Kamie Ethridge became a Texas legend.

In building where her No. 33 is retired, Washington State's Kamie Ethridge leads Cougars into NCAA Tournament

It's where Kamie Ethridge manufactured many of her best memories as a basketball player.

www.spokesman.com

 

[Plebe]

USF with a huge 2Q, 25-14, to take the lead into halftime.

As Tsineke goes, they usually go. She leads all scorers with 12 on an efficient 5-9 (2-2 from 3).

C. Leger-Walker has 11 so far, but only 2-8 from the floor.

 

[nwhoopfan]

C. Leger-Walker has 11 so far, but only 2-8 from the floor.

She has not been efficient in most of their games.

WSU is offensively challenged, but usually their D is good enough to keep them in games.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Here comes the Cougs!

 

[nwhoopfan]

WSU erased a 9 point halftime deficit and briefly grabbed the lead. Midway thru Q3.

 

[nwhoopfan]

This announcer has his own unique approach on pronouncing Teder, haven't heard it that way all year. He makes it sound French.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Tied at 45 thru Q3.

 

[Plebe]

It just occurred to me that this must surely be the game that pits the two most geographically distant schools (Pullman WA to Tampa FL).

 

[nwhoopfan]

Down to the wire. USF up 1 w/ a minute left.

 

[SimpleDawg]

Ledger-Walker trying to cling on to that ball for dear life.

Can't have 3 possessions as badly played as Washington State's in those last 3.

 

[nwhoopfan]

57-53 USF final. Congrats to the Bulls.

 

[Plebe]

Well looky there! USF just beat a team that swept Oregon State this season!

Great win for José's team. It was great to see him choking up in the postgame interview, shows how much this team means to him. He's a solid classy guy.

 

[CompSci87]

One more upset I picked in my bracket that didn't quite happen.