Yeah, that was a huge win for Purdue over Illinois. I can see a strong six getting into the tournament. Possibly seven or eight teams. A lot just depends on the rest of the season and how teams do in the Big Ten tournament.
Michigan looked rough against Maryland. Maryland's press just took Michigan apart and they never recovered. Great win for Maryland. Not sure what is up with Michigan.
Yeah, those articles are slightly misleading. I think the program is still trying to find their true identity and the culture is still developing. They have talent on the Michigan roster. They just have to believe that they can do it as a unit.
Per #1, Michelle Sidor was asked to switch over from shooting guard to point guard this season and was working on it, according to multiple write-ups and posts I've read. Then, she promptly got injured. Don't know if she would've done well enough to start, but even offering some degree of relief to Brown would've helped.
Yeah, Michigan needed a game like this.
Just got lucky that things worked out so February will be some exciting basketball for the Big Ten and its fans.
I don't know about luck. Iowa, Indiana, Ohio State, Maryland and Michigan were preseason #1 through #5 as picked by the Big 10 coaches. Seems the schedulers knew exactly what they were doing.
100%, they know casual fan interest peaks at the end of the season and they want good games for TV for that reason. It was the same way last year with 5 of Iowa's last 7 games being against Maryland, Indiana x2, and Michigan x2. Iowa @ Rutgers would have also been an exciting game during that stretch, but that game was scheduled before it was known just how bad of a dumpster fire Rutgers was gonna shape up to be last season.
Sellers is going to need to reign herself in a bit for this one. She can't afford to get into foul trouble in this game for Maryland to win in my opinion. If she's guarding Clark, Clark will look to take advantage of her aggressiveness.
Both Sellers and Miller can't get into foul trouble. Especially Miller. The winner of the game probably will not be decided between Miller, Sellers, Czinano or Clark (but Clark could explode for 40 points, Czinano too because the Terps have NO inside presence). I think the secondary players will decide this game. Myers, Briggs and Alexander could be huge for the Terps.
Hope nothing too serious with the lower leg injury.
Crazy to imagine two players accounting for that many points
Watched that game. Illinois was dumbfounded by the zone defence Michigan ran last night. Found it somewhat surprising. Their guards a crazy creative when driving to the basket. They figured out how to attack the gaps too late to help them stay in the game.
Yeah, it was an interesting game. From the play of both teams. I am sure Illinois has some plays to handle zones. I was impressed with Michigan and their shooting. This was one of their better shooting games.
