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Florida St @ Louisville - 1/21/18

Florida State did a really good job on Durr and their team’s ability to switch on screens was really good. They just don’t have the ability to produce points which is why this game was close. Jeff Walz allows Durr to do whatever she wants. Outside of her and Hines-Allen, it’s really not much to defend which is why I don’t get why Notre Dame loss so badly. UConn will do the same thing Florida State did to Durr or worse and have plenty of players capable of putting points on the board. I don’t think that will be a good game.
 
With Oregon’s loss to Oregon State if the committee was to choose today would they still be a 1 seed. I don’t like how they overhype this team so much. There’s a rematch today though and it’s on Oregon’s court, eager to see how it goes between the two.
 
Centerstream said:
Reflection of the opposition's quality as a team? Both losing teams were waaay overmatched "on paper". Were any of the other ranked teams in a similar position?
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Missouri also won all 4 quarters, but the game wasn't over at the time I posted. Yes SC, Cal, Duke, AZ St, Iowa, Rutgers, and UCLA. The only two games I'm not including are the two where both teams are ranked. Miss St @ TN and FL St at Louisville.
 
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DeeHusky said:
With Oregon’s loss to Oregon State if the committee was to choose today would they still be a 1 seed. I don’t like how they overhype this team so much. There’s a rematch today though and it’s on Oregon’s court, eager to see how it goes between the two.
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Im going with “no.”
 
Scoop said:
If someone predicted that Louisville would not break 50 today, would you have believed them?
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Probably not. Now if you told me Durr and Hines-Allen wouldn't score 50 points combined, that would be believable.
 
Plebe said:
#7 Oregon lost to Oregon State,
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Rematch coming up in about 40 minutes. How far should Oregon drop if they win today? Losing to a ranked team on the road isn't so bad.
 
FSU has lots of athletes but they make some of the worst decisions by a ranked team you will ever see. Louisville looks far better coached even if they played poorly today.
 
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DeeHusky said:
Florida State did a really good job on Durr and their team’s ability to switch on screens was really good. They just don’t have the ability to produce points which is why this game was close. Jeff Walz allows Durr to do whatever she wants. Outside of her and Hines-Allen, it’s really not much to defend which is why I don’t get why Notre Dame loss so badly. UConn will do the same thing Florida State did to Durr or worse and have plenty of players capable of putting points on the board. I don’t think that will be a good game.
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I think Holly, I mean Jeffrey, took the 2nd half off. L’ville was going nowhere with Asia and Myisha ineffective . Warlick panicked and rode them all the way to the end. Cards have a kid named Dunham that WAS a project that injects instant energy. He sat her the whole 2nd half when Hines Allen was nuetralized and playing worse as the game continued to slowly go off the rails. You could see this wasn’t ending well unless Asia and Myisha were pulled for a while. . Not sure if Jeffrey was still conscious though. He coached scared.
Maybe in post game he could pull the “trophy’s are for losers “shtick to deflect from him losing control of his team. Not Asia’s or Myishas fault. They should not have had that many minutes and needed the coach to do his job.
 
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Sluconn Husky said:
FSU has lots of athletes but they make some of the worst decisions by a ranked team you will ever see. Louisville looks far better coached even if they played poorly today.
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I was thinking the same thing when I was watching the game. I was expecting Samrau to yank the players after some of the very poor decisions but nope, she kept them in. I was astounded at the number of jump shots each team took and missed, and as noted earlier, This led to a remarkable number of rebounds. Neither team worries me.
 
DefenseBB said:
I was thinking the same thing when I was watching the game. I was expecting Samrau to yank the players after some of the very poor decisions but nope, she kept them in. I was astounded at the number of jump shots each team took and missed, and as noted earlier, This led to a remarkable number of rebounds. Neither team worries me.
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Neither team should worry you. Though that was a remarkable game last year UConn played against Fl State. That Brown pg on Fl State was remarkable. That was one of the best games of the year from a spectators standpoint. So close yet so far away. Damn you UConn
 
I knew there would be some sort of let down after that ND win. There goes that unbeaten 1 and 2 game I was hoping for.
 
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DallasBUFan said:
I see you Florida State! Now I think the true no.2 was proven today! Nice road win and upset for Florida State.
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Fl State played the best defense on Asia Durr so much so Asia was shell shocked the whole 2nd half
 
DeeHusky said:
Florida State did a really good job on Durr and their team’s ability to switch on screens was really good. They just don’t have the ability to produce points which is why this game was close. Jeff Walz allows Durr to do whatever she wants. Outside of her and Hines-Allen, it’s really not much to defend which is why I don’t get why Notre Dame loss so badly. UConn will do the same thing Florida State did to Durr or worse and have plenty of players capable of putting points on the board. I don’t think that will be a good game.
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Heck that’s easy after the fact of course. Notre Dame never tried to play defense the whole game. They got somewhat close, raised their arms to not foul and ran back down the floor after a basket was made. ND played real defensive basketball and said the heck with worrying about fouling and played some transition defense against Tennessee
 
Sluconn Husky said:
FSU has lots of athletes but they make some of the worst decisions by a ranked team you will ever see. Louisville looks far better coached even if they played poorly today.
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Including their coach. Letting them shoot a 3pt shot when they should have fouled with time running out was about as boneheaded a decision as you will see.
 
The competition almost always has their best game against UConn. Everybody wants to see the circus when it comes to town. In this case, they want to see the circus come crumbling down. Still haven't figured out why USF plays so poorly against UConn. That's a matter for another day, Monday, February 26, 2018.
 
chrissaran said:
The competition almost always has their best game against UConn. Everybody wants to see the circus when it comes to town. In this case, they want to see the circus come crumbling down. Still haven't figured out why USF plays so poorly against UConn. That's a matter for another day, Monday, February 26, 2018.
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I think teams like DePaul and USF which rely more on precision than athleticism are bad matchups with us. When our defense gets physical, precision teams cant rely on a few players to make something out of nothing.

By the way, USF is playing poorly against everybody lately and is quickly losing the status of robin to our batman. :(
 
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shizam said:
Heck that’s easy after the fact of course. Notre Dame never tried to play defense the whole game. They got somewhat close, raised their arms to not foul and ran back down the floor after a basket was made. ND played real defensive basketball and said the heck with worrying about fouling and played some transition defense against Tennessee
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Yep, I agree with the idea that if you handle Durr and Hines-Allen you can neutralize Louisville's offensive. However, ND didn't get close to stopping either of them let alone both.

I'm cautiously optimistic that ND has turned the corner defensively, but those two are still a bad matchup for ND's personnel or lack thereof.
 
Orangutan said:
Yep, I agree with the idea that if you handle Durr and Hines-Allen you can neutralize Louisville's offensive. However, ND didn't get close to stopping either of them let alone both.

I'm cautiously optimistic that ND has turned the corner defensively, but those two are still a bad matchup for ND's personnel or lack thereof.
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I think the shock of being undermanned caused ND to play too conservatively on defense to the point of paralysis because of concerns on fouling out. It seemed to me that MM came in with a game plan that this was going to be an offensive game and ND could beat Louisville in a shootout. I think they have since realized you cant abandon tough defense even if there is foul trouble. Just a hypothesis.
 
wallman said:
I am waiting for Muffets tweet that FSU are the best team in the nation :oops:
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Funny. I was surprised to hear her say that about Louisville. It's never a good idea to judge an opponent after your team just folded like a cheap suit.
 
Orangutan said:
I'm cautiously optimistic that ND has turned the corner defensively, but those two are still a bad matchup for ND's personnel or lack thereof.
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Why the optimism?
 
UConnCat said:
Why the optimism?
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I thought the defense looked much better in the 2nd half against Tennessee and against Clemson. Of course, one has to consider the opposition, but I think the players are more comfortable in their roles in the zone scheme that Muffet has been using and are doing a better job at getting hands in passing lanes and such.
 
Orangutan said:
I thought the defense looked much better in the 2nd half against Tennessee and against Clemson. Of course, one has to consider the opposition, but I think the players are more comfortable in their roles in the zone scheme that Muffet has been using and are doing a better job at getting hands in passing lanes and such.
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I'll have to pay attention the next time ND plays a good team. Over a beer after the Temple game a few of us Boneyarders were talking about the days when Notre Dame used to be a good defensive team. Those were the days of Novosel and Mallory.
 
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