A prediction against UConn perfection

[ed4ourgirls]

Nolan predicts that Baylor will go 13-5 in the Big 12. Judging from the way they hung
with UConn and their 16 point win at West Virginia (a team that has already beaten
Iowa St., Okla. St., and Texas), I would think it more likely that Baylor would
run the table 18-0 than go 13-5.

 

[DobbsRover2]

Nolan predicts that Baylor will go 13-5 in the Big 12. Judging from the way they hung
with UConn and their 16 point win at West Virginia (a team that has already beaten
Iowa St., Okla. St., and Texas), I would think it more likely that Baylor would
run the table 18-0 than go 13-5.

Yeah, well again it is the RPI formula that predicts Baylor would have 5 conference losses. By Nolan's NPI index, it's likely that Baylor would be picked to go 17-1, with a loss to OKSU projected. Baylor already has the road win at WVU, which would have been the other likely loss.

 

[phil sampieri]

Right, but you're not taking into account the fact that you can't play your normal game, especially defense, when you have 3 or 4 fouls on you.

Thanks, I failed to mention how that changed how many minutes our 2 best had play a lot more careful and play less minutes. Imagine this ,
in the last 15 minutes Baylor had 2 baskets and 4 in the first 5 minutes.

 

[cohenzone]

Right, but you're not taking into account the fact that you can't play your normal game, especially defense, when you have 3 or 4 fouls on you.

The 3rd foul on Dokson wasn't a flop, it was a bad call. There was contact on the play but it should have been called on the Baylor kid. . Hartley had 3 first half fouls and I don't think any were the result of flops. The last 2 weren't, I don't remember the first. Her 3rd foul was just plain a bad play by her. It wasn't a flop every time a Baylor kid had contact with a UConn player Really, watch the replay and you'll see how few plays involved flops that caused a foul call on UConn. Our shooting had much more to do with how close the game with plus we didn't control that Jones(?) kid. We made Sims look totally out of control.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

A regular season loss <snort snort> Good one.

 

[Goodgood]

The thing is, the number of flops as opposed to the number of flops that got fouls called on UConn are not the same thing. It was hardly a major reason why the game was close. In the second half, UConn had something like 3 or 3 fouls total called on them, and the game tightened up anyway.

Doesn't matter how many calls were made in the second half. You cannot play real defense when you have 2 or 3 fouls right then and there at the beginning of the game. It is like playing with one arm tied behind your back and it set the tone for the whole game. The damage has already been done.

 

[Bigpetunia]

The Baylor game was much closer than it should have been, mainly because we missed a boatload of shots we usually make. Flops, to whatever extent they occurred, played no part. On the other hand, our D played mostly great, especially in the final "quarter" of the game, allowing them only six points in ten minutes. As for L'ville, I just don't see it at all. They are hugely overmatched against us.

 

[reno tony]

91 90 89 88 87 86 85 84 83 82 81 80 79 78 77 76 75 74 73 72 71 69 68 RUTGERS 66 65 64 63 62 61 59 58 57 56..... I think you get my opinion.