Lawson just said Jordin Canada is 2nd best pg in the country (after mo).
If, if , if, - the talent in the PAC 12 no longer flows exclusively thru Palo Alto, where VanDerveer had the pick of the litter for decades. She now has to scramble & compete for recruits like the rest of her conference. Oregon State was the class of the PAC 12 this year, and will likely be the top #2 seed when all is said and done. Which will likely put them in the Dallas bracket with Baylor.I've seen Oregon State maybe 3x this year. Offensively they run the same high post screen over and over allowing Wiesner or Wiese the option to shoot or pass. Over and over. Further, teams constantly seem to forget Wiesner is left handed allowing her to drive left and/or fouling her when she goes right. Ho-hum. UCLA is a glorified schoolyard dribbledribble guards create something team. Stanford at least plays a far more varied, creative offense. I think if Vanderveer had the talent this year they'd destroy this conference.
Embarrassing. The final was much closer, but still ....Beaver beat down. 44-17 at half.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not a Stanford fanboy by any means. I'm a Husky fan through and through. I just prefer the varied, versatile, prettier style of VanDerveer. To me it's a purer style of BB that promotes better all around players and looks better on screen. I enjoy watching coaches like Muffet McGraw, Jim Jabir, Doug Bruno, Courtney Banghart and Tara. I think if Jabir, Bruno and Banghart were able to draw recruits they'd be challenging UConn every year. Just my opinion.If, if , if, - the talent in the PAC 12 no longer flows exclusively thru Palo Alto, where VanDerveer had the pick of the litter for decades. She now has to scramble & compete for recruits like the rest of her conference. Oregon State was the class of the PAC 12 this year, and will likely be the top #2 seed when all is said and done. Which will likely put them in the Dallas bracket with Baylor.
Tara has never had the pick of the litter - she has only had the pick of the players that can get accepted to Stanford's really high entrance standards. What is happening right now is that Stanford has had a few classes of less talented players, though the next one looks pretty strong while (finally) more than one of the other Pac12 teams appear to be on an upswing in their recruiting and importantly their coaching. It has been a long time coming - Cal for a few years looked strong, and a few others have over the years not looked dreadful.If, if , if, - the talent in the PAC 12 no longer flows exclusively thru Palo Alto, where VanDerveer had the pick of the litter for decades. She now has to scramble & compete for recruits like the rest of her conference. Oregon State was the class of the PAC 12 this year, and will likely be the top #2 seed when all is said and done. Which will likely put them in the Dallas bracket with Baylor.
USC gave Oregon St. a much tougher game in the semis. Down by 5 with 3:20 left , they lost by 10. Sadie Edwards led USC with 20 points.