First Day of Games (11/7/)

[Bigboote]

South Dakota State faded down the stretch against Creighton. Lauren Jensen was great in the second half. Creighton’s victory against the Jacks will give UConn a better SoS.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Well, Washington put some points on the board, something they couldn't do last year. Beat Utah Tech 87-74. Not sure what that tells us. And that was with a paltry 8-32 from behind the arc. Lehigh transfer Emma Grothaus impressed me. 14 pts/11 rebounds thru Q3, then for some strange reason sat out almost the entire 4th quarter.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I should add that Baylor transfer Trinity Oliver didn't really catch my eye last year, but she led the Huskies w/ 18 tonight and looked good. Two of the Fr. guards got extended minutes--Ladine and Stines. They looked solid.

Utah Tech was pesky. Dawgs went up 14 or 15 several times, and UT always got it back to a manageable margin again.

 

[Plebe]

South Dakota State faded down the stretch against Creighton. Lauren Jensen was great in the second half. Creighton’s victory against the Jacks will give UConn a better SoS.

This is a significant win for Creighton. Overcame Myah Selland's 22 points. Jensen was nothing less than amazing.

Selland is in her 6th year. She was on SDSU's 2018 Sweet 16 team as a freshman, got a waiver for her 2019-20 season-ending injury, played the "freebie" COVID year in 2020-21.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Oof, Oregon St. barely escaped with a 1 point win against Hawaii. They do have 2 potential starters out currently.

 

[Plebe]

Oof, Oregon St. barely escaped with a 1 point win against Hawaii. They do have 2 potential starters out currently.

Which starters are out?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Which starters are out?

Bendu Yeaney and Timea Gardner. I'm assuming 1 or both would've started if they were available.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Angel Reese is my new favorite player.

Let's see how she does against Tennessee and South Carolina.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Let's see how she does against Tennessee and South Carolina.

I mean sadly the entire LSU squad can’t show anything because of that schedule

Reese did go 20/10 against her lone matchup vs SC last year. But she is the least of LSUs worries if they want to go far. It’s the others outside of her and Morris who need to prove themselves

Needs to work on free throws

 

[Floridaduck]

In case I didn’t hint around enough last season there was a reason I was not upset by the transfers of Parrish, Scherr, and Watson. All the best to them … nice people. But…cohesion, respect, and camaraderie are so much part of the culture of a successful team.

I like this years group. Back to playing Oregon ball after a couple of so so years. They will be fun to watch.

 

[GoldenGophs]

The youngsters played great today.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Osborne might not be quite ready to take a supporting role at UCLA just yet. 20 pts/9 reb/5 assists in their season opener. Rice had 12 pts/7 assists. Have Bessoir and Maskiwech ever both been healthy at the same time? I'm thinking no.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Kiki Iriafen will be a good one for Stanford

 

[nwhoopfan]

When is San Diego St. gonna stop trying to drive on Brink? She has 6 swats midway thru Q3.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Kiki Iriafen will be a good one for Stanford

That whole Fr. class from last year just didn't get a lot of time on the floor, I think we'll be seeing a lot more of all of them. Demetre and Bosgana both hit a pair of 3's in the first half.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Emma-Nnopu got the start, but I could see either Nivar or Lepolo replacing her soon. Both have so much more upside.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Yeah, that whole "Stanford doesn't have a PG" thing. Forget about that. Her name is Lepolo.

edit--how about 11 assists and 0 TOs in her debut, not bad

 

[nwhoopfan]

Great to be watching WBB!

This one is going down to the wire, must be a nail biter.

edit--NAU down 1 w/ the ball, 14 seconds left.

 

[nwhoopfan]

NAU had 3 shots in the last 20 seconds, couldn't get one in. First 2 were good looks that rimmed out, the last was an absolute prayer.

 

[UCFKnights]

Doesn't tell me much but UCF beat Winthrop 72-32 today. I missed most of the game unfortunately but glad they took care of business in game 1.

 

[CompSci87]

Emma-Nnopu got the start, but I could see either Nivar or Lepolo replacing her soon. Both have so much more upside.

I think that's likely.

 

[eebmg]

South Dakota State faded down the stretch against Creighton. Lauren Jensen was great in the second half. Creighton’s victory against the Jacks will give UConn a better SoS.

Creighton dug in hard on defense in the last 3+ minutes. Great 3pt shooting and excellent player movement. Definitely a real top 20 team. They will be pretty tough. If they had some size.

 

[ochoopsfan]

Wait, Fairfield loses Lou Lopez to UConn and another player goes out and scores 36 points for Fairfield in their opener!
Callie Cavanaugh, a Grad student scored 36 points(highest total of all D1 yesterday) plus 7 rebounds in the Stags win over Brown.

 

[Jmsdawg]

I mean sadly the entire LSU squad can’t show anything because of that schedule

Reese did go 20/10 against her lone matchup vs SC last year. But she is the least of LSUs worries if they want to go far. It’s the others outside of her and Morris who need to prove themselves

Needs to work on free throws

LSU was impressive. I realize the opponent was a nobody but for a first game the team chemistry was much better than I expected. IMO, LSU will be a force in WBB this season!

 

[Jmsdawg]

Creighton dug in hard on defense in the last 3+ minutes. Great 3pt shooting and excellent player movement. Definitely a real top 20 team. They will be pretty tough. If they had some size.

Creighton’s Coach impressed me, he kept that team together in a hostile environment. Definitely, top 20 in my opinion.