ACC 2024-25 Season

[VA Huskie]

Point well taken re Lattimore! I'm concerned about Duke's lack of height and rim protection this season, but it won't be a huge problem until the NCAA Tournament. Still, having athletic length could've helped us this season.

We had a solid game plan for Kymora, but we can say the same thing about other P4 teams against her. She typically hasn't done well against P4 teams this season, Clemson and Wake games notwithstanding. I do think that this is more of a Mox issue than a Kymora issue, however.

Thank you for your thoughts on UVA's recent coaching history. The two ADs (Littlepage and Williams) involved in those three HC hires aren't scrutinized nearly enough when it comes to evaluations of the current state of UVA women's basketball, and I'm not sure how much Alexis's largesse will offset the damage that has been brewing since 2011. They should be NCAA-bound at some point, but I'm not seeing much of a title threat even with that infusion of cash.

That's awesome re your son!

Well, Duke certainly looked great tonight against Cal! Don’t know if Duke just had a horrible game against UVA or UVA had an unusually good game vs Duke.
I think Alexis’ $$ will make a difference. I was at a pregame discussion with one of UVA’s coaches on Sunday and she basically said that they had no $$ prior to his gift. She indicated that for some of the players we’d like to recruit that’s a nonstarter.

Interestingly, when Debbie was still UVA’s coach I told the asst athletic director that they needed to keep their eye on Shea Ralph. He said “she’s on our list” when Debbie leaves.

My son got his PhD from Duke. He’s still a huge men’s bb fan, but roots for UVA women.

 

[VA Huskie]

They may struggle more than they should (given their record and team composition) on these East Coast trips.

I still think they're a good team, but I'm not buying the Top 16 NCAA seed talk.

Elsewhere, Virginia Tech is trying to sink their NCAA chances with a loss to lowly UVA tonight. They made Latasha Lattimore look like A'ja Wilson.

Lowly UVA is 3-3 in the ACC and outplayed Duke for 3 quarters.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Whatever happened to SMU in the second half of their game against Pitt carried over today with North Carolina. Scored 33 total, only 1 quarter w/ double digit scoring. Last 6 quarters--0, 10, 6, 8, 8, 11. My goodness that is putrid!

edit--Utsby had 18 rebounds, but I suppose there were a lot of rebounds to be grabbed w/ SMU shooting 12-62 (19%)

 

[WBBTakeover]

Lowly UVA is 3-3 in the ACC and outplayed Duke for 3 quarters.

They still lost, though.

Zero ranked wins for UVA. Losses to Wyoming, Washington State, Boston College (at home), and Auburn (also at home). NET near 100. WBIT bound.

 

[nwhoopfan]

One player from SMU shot 1-19 from the floor. How do you not glue that player to the bench at some point during the game? She also contributed 6 TOs and 4 fouls. She probably broke the formula for advanced metrics.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Well, Duke certainly looked great tonight against Cal! Don’t know if Duke just had a horrible game against UVA or UVA had an unusually good game vs Duke.
I think Alexis’ $$ will make a difference. I was at a pregame discussion with one of UVA’s coaches on Sunday and she basically said that they had no $$ prior to his gift. She indicated that for some of the players we’d like to recruit that’s a nonstarter.

Interestingly, when Debbie was still UVA’s coach I told the asst athletic director that they needed to keep their eye on Shea Ralph. He said “she’s on our list” when Debbie leaves.

My son got his PhD from Duke. He’s still a huge men’s bb fan, but roots for UVA women.

As I mentioned after the UVA game, Latasha Lattimore would start for us. She's long and athletic (even if she's a little out of control). We don't have a 6'4 like her on our roster. She was a mismatch against us (until we made our adjustments) and a huge mismatch against a VT team that is tiny inside (they likely win tonight's game with one or both of Wake Forest's starting posts).

Shea Ralph would've been a great move to make after the unmitigated disaster that was Tina Thompson, but Carla Williams was not making that decision (I'm guessing you talked to Craig Littlepage about Shea). I was REALLY hoping for Coach Yo, but she wasn't taking a pay cut to clean up the UVA mess after cleaning up the mess in Oxford.

Alexis' gift may help--to keep certain players from leaving. One of them would be a great fit for a team like Maryland (which rebounded well after a down year by their standards) or Tennessee (another ranked team that needs athletic bigs), which is why the players may need an incentive to stay. I can't see it making a difference in bidding wars against the teams ranked, say, 11-20 (which is where UVA is trying to get)--especially since those teams will have had the track record of recent success that UVA lacks. If it comes down to UVA versus Duke for a 6'4-6'5 athletic big and both teams can offer immediate PT and $$, how many are choosing UVA?

 

[CAbballfan2]

Well, Duke certainly looked great tonight against Cal! Don’t know if Duke just had a horrible game against UVA or UVA had an unusually good game vs Duke.
I think Alexis’ $$ will make a difference. I was at a pregame discussion with one of UVA’s coaches on Sunday and she basically said that they had no $$ prior to his gift. She indicated that for some of the players we’d like to recruit that’s a nonstarter.

Interestingly, when Debbie was still UVA’s coach I told the asst athletic director that they needed to keep their eye on Shea Ralph. He said “she’s on our list” when Debbie leaves.

My son got his PhD from Duke. He’s still a huge men’s bb fan, but roots for UVA women.

Duke had a horrible 2 game swing. Tonight, they looked like the team they were in early non conference play.

 

[VA Huskie]

Yo

They still lost, though.

Zero ranked wins for UVA. Losses to Wyoming, Washington State, Boston College (at home), and Auburn (also at home). NET near 100. WBIT bound.

u really know how to hurt a guy, don’t you…
I do think we’re getting better though.

 

[VA Huskie]

As I mentioned after the UVA game, Latasha Lattimore would start for us. She's long and athletic (even if she's a little out of control). We don't have a 6'4 like her on our roster. She was a mismatch against us (until we made our adjustments) and a huge mismatch against a VT team that is tiny inside (they likely win tonight's game with one or both of Wake Forest's starting posts).

Shea Ralph would've been a great move to make after the unmitigated disaster that was Tina Thompson, but Carla Williams was not making that decision (I'm guessing you talked to Craig Littlepage about Shea). I was REALLY hoping for Coach Yo, but she wasn't taking a pay cut to clean up the UVA mess after cleaning up the mess in Oxford.

Alexis' gift may help--to keep certain players from leaving. One of them would be a great fit for a team like Maryland (which rebounded well after a down year by their standards) or Tennessee (another ranked team that needs athletic bigs), which is why the players may need an incentive to stay. I can't see it making a difference in bidding wars against the teams ranked, say, 11-20 (which is where UVA is trying to get)--especially since those teams will have had the track record of recent success that UVA lacks. If it comes down to UVA versus Duke for a 6'4-6'5 athletic big and both teams can offer immediate PT and $$, how many are choosing UVA?

Actually I talked with a guy named John Oliver - Littlepage’s top assistant. But it was well before Tina.
You’re really down on coach Mox, but I’m still unsure. This is the first year where most of the players were brought in by her and fit her style. But she still doesn’t have anywhere near the overall talent that the better schools have. My hope is that the $$ will allow her to bring in more of that talent. But we’ll see.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Yo

u really know how to hurt a guy, don’t you…
I do think we’re getting better though.

I'm not trying to, though.

There is improvement being made by the Hoos, as the last two weeks would indicate.

 

[DallasDomer]

Duke had a horrible 2 game swing. Tonight, they looked like the team they were in early non conference play.

Sarcasm or what am I missing?