Games Jan. 6-12

[Plebe]

CMU and Ohio going down to the wire. Two point game.with 3:00 to play.

I messed up in my earlier post where I said Buffalo was playing CMU. Buffalo is surprisingly down double digits to Toledo

 

[Plebe]

Barn burner in Athens. Central Michigan got a game winning 3 from Gabrielle Bird, who had 17 points and 11 rebounds off the bench. She was 5-8 from 3.

Cece Hooks had 27 for Ohio. Micaela Kelly had 21 for CMU, just shy of her season average.

 

[Plebe]

Maybe it's always been this way, but I've really been noticing it lately. Seems like in MCBB there are ranked teams playing just about daily, but in WCBB it's condensed into a handful of days during the week.

I think it's been that way a while. Thursday and Sundays are the heaviest days, with Sunday being especially dense. The ACC, SEC and Big Ten play the vast majority of their games on those two days. The Pac-12, as you know, is mostly Fridays and Sundays with occasional exceptions. The Big 12 leans more toward Wednesdays and Saturdays with some Sundays as well.

 

[Plebe]

Holly Warlick is doing color commentary on the Rider-Quinnipiac game right now.

Rider has quietly put together a 9-2 record and currently leads Quinnipiac by 15.

Stella Johnson of Rider is the top scorer in D1 with an amazing 28 ppg.

 

[Lorcan]

Rider just improved to 1-15 all time against Quinnipiac behind Stella Johnson's 25 points. Fantastic win for them as they improve to 3-0. Next up? The Battle for the MAAC against Marist.

 

[Plebe]

Rider just improved to 1-15 all time against Quinnipiac behind Stella Johnson's 25 points. Fantastic win for them as they improve to 3-0. Next up? The Battle for the MAAC against Marist.

Johnson scored 25 despite going 0-3 from 3 and 3-6 on FTs. (She's usually an 84% FT shooter.)
But she was 11 of 16 on 2-pointers, and she also had 7 rebounds and 3 steals.
And she got strong scoring support from Mobley and Favre, who were a combined 33 points on 15-27 shooting.

They said this was the first ever ESPN-featured game at Rider. It was "little kids" day, so the energy and noise level in the small-ish Rider gym was high.

Quinnipiac's run of 5 consecutive Metro Atlantic championships is coming to a screeching halt.

 

[Lorcan]

Johnson scored 25 despite going 0-3 from 3 and 3-6 on FTs. (She's usually an 84% FT shooter.)
But she was 11 of 16 on 2-pointers, and she also had 7 rebounds and 3 steals.
And she got strong scoring support from Mobley and Favre, who were a combined 33 points on 15-27 shooting.

They said this was the first ever ESPN-featured game at Rider. It was "little kids" day, so the energy and noise level in the small-ish Rider gym was high.

Quinnipiac's run of 5 consecutive Metro Atlantic championships is coming to a screeching halt.

So it seems, an off year for Quinnipiac, a resurgence from Poughkeepsie, and a new MAAC power in Rider? It's interesting that Stella has continued to find ways to score even though she's something like 3-20 from downtown in her last four games. A slump of sorts from there, but I have confidence that she'll pick it up moving forward.

 

[Plebe]

So it seems, an off year for Quinnipiac, a resurgence from Poughkeepsie, and a new MAAC power in Rider? It's interesting that Stella has continued to find ways to score even though she's something like 3-20 from downtown in her last four games. A slump of sorts from there, but I have confidence that she'll pick it up moving forward.

There was a fun halftime segment about Stella becoming Rider's all-time scoring leader and an interview with Rider's former scoring leader. Even though Warlick isn't a particularly good analyst, in this interview you could really see some of her interpersonal skills that never came through in her press conferences.

It appears the two battles between Rider and Marist (1/16 and 2/11) may decide the MAAC regular season title. But Quinnipiac may come around in time for the MAAC tournament. They were missing their leading scorer Shaq Edwards in the past 3 games.

 

[Lorcan]

There was a fun halftime segment about Stella becoming Rider's all-time scoring leader and an interview with Rider's former scoring leader. Even though Warlick isn't a particularly good analyst, in this interview you could really see some of her interpersonal skills that never came through in her press conferences.

It appears the two battles between Rider and Marist (1/16 and 2/11) may decide the MAAC regular season title. But Quinnipiac may come around in time for the MAAC tournament. They were missing their leading scorer Shaq Edwards in the past 3 games.

Fairfield is still perfect in conference play, but it's stunning that Rider and Marist are the only two teams in the MAAC with a winning record overall. Then again, I'm not a fan of the Southern Conference with just one team with a winning record in Texas Southern. Wowza.

There was a really important win for Western Kentucky today, who will really need to start putting some wins together if they hope to win a conference title as they knocked off UAB. It's an odd sight to see the inaptly named Hilltoppers near the bottom of the hill.

 

[triaddukefan]

My Blue Devils, and Panthers tip off at 6pm.... with my Spartans tipping off at 7pm . Obviously they didnt consult with me when setting the game times this season

 

[Plebe]

Fairfield is still perfect in conference play, but it's stunning that Rider and Marist are the only two teams in the MAAC with a winning record overall. Then again, I'm not a fan of the Southern Conference with just one team with a winning record in Texas Southern. Wowza.

There was a really important win for Western Kentucky today, who will really need to start putting some wins together if they hope to win a conference title as they knocked off UAB. It's an odd sight to see the inaptly named Hilltoppers near the bottom of the hill.

The Southern Conference? Texas Southern is in the SWAC.

C-USA feels like a bit of a jumble, with a handful of teams that look like they could win the conference.

 

[Plebe]

FSU having another one of its uninspired days, trailing at home by 4 to Georgia Tech.

Miami-Louisville is underway, but Mompremier is out with injury.

 

[triaddukefan]

My Panthers ventured up the Mountain and got handed a 76-60 loss at the hands of UNC-A. I got a feeling the Big South regular season title won't be decided until the final weekend of the season.

 

[Plebe]

My Panthers ventured up the Mountain and got handed a 76-60 loss at the hands of UNC-A. I got a feeling the Big South regular season title won't be decided until the final weekend of the season.

But things are looking good for your Spartans, laying the wood on that juggernaut that is ETSU.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Georgia Tech leading FSU in the 4th

 

[nwhoopfan]

Looking like #1, #9 and #11 going down tonight.

 

[triaddukefan]

Wake Forest is 3-1 in the conference for the first time since their Coach was a Freshman at Wake .... .. thats 32 years

 

[Crazyhorse]

FSU got taken to the woodshed tonight. I am not even mad, GT straight up kicked FSUs arse.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Not that it matters much but Tennessee is taking Ole Miss to the woodshed. 69-26 thru Q3, ouch.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Coming into the game St. Mary's was a 1/2 game up on GU in the WCC standings (4-0 vs. 3-0). That will likely be changing. GU up 39-12 approaching halftime. Outside of the Zags I think the WCC is basically Big West or Big Sky level this year, they collectively took a big step backwards.

 

[nwhoopfan]

84-28 Tennessee final. How bad is Ole Miss?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Northwestern beats Minnesota on the road 56-54, Gophers fall to 1-3 in conference. Northwestern is 3-1. So is Nebraska. Michigan St. also off to a 1-3 start.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Northern Arizona up 112-105 over Sacramento St. in 2 OT. Plenty of scoring in this one!

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

84-28 Tennessee final. How bad is Ole Miss?

Losses to New Orleans, Pitt and SE Missouri, although they beat a selection of those sort of teams as well.

0-3 in the SEC.

I'm thinking awful.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

I think it's been that way a while. Thursday and Sundays are the heaviest days, with Sunday being especially dense. The ACC, SEC and Big Ten play the vast majority of their games on those two days. The Pac-12, as you know, is mostly Fridays and Sundays with occasional exceptions. The Big 12 leans more toward Wednesdays and Saturdays with some Sundays as well.

That nails it. On a wider scale, most of the lesser conferences play on Saturday as well, and some out west on Wednesdays. Monday and Tuesday are the "dog days" - Monday of course gets a few "Big Monday" games, but they are the slow days.