March 17 Non-UConn games thread

[nwhoopfan]

FGCU has been attacking off the dribble all game and Mizzou can't stop it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

FGCU up 13, 5 1/2 minutes left.

 

[nwhoopfan]

It seems like in most of these upsets (men's games too), the underdog stays aggressive all game long. None of this running clock stuff. Keep doing what you were doing that gave you the lead in the first place. Maybe coaches from the power conference schools could learn something from that. Stall ball seems almost guaranteed to make the lead dwindle away.

 

[nwhoopfan]

2 Missouri starters have fouled out. 74-61 4:51 left.

 

[nwhoopfan]

UCLA wins 71-60. Not very impressive showing for the Bruins.

 

[Plebe]

UCLA wins 71-60. Not very impressive showing for the Bruins.

UCLA has developed a habit this year of limping through underwhelming wins against lesser opponents.

I really think their multiple narrow losses to the stronger teams have undermined their confidence. The back-to-back overtime losses in Oregon were gutting and they haven't seemed to respond well.

 

[Plebe]

It's really amazing the Karl Smesko of FGCU hasn't been snatched up by a Power 5 suitor. I understand he was interviewed for (and perhaps offered?) the USC job but still. Very few mid-major coaches have had the kind of sustained success he has.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Arizona St. wins 73-62.

 

[Vowelguy]

"[fgcu player] literally put the team on her back" - Dan Hughes, I think

No, Dan, unless she's Hercules, she did not literally put the team on her back.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Cunningham landed awkwardly on an off balance 3, now she's limping.

80-70 w/ 21 seconds left. Day 2 has been quite a bit more interesting than Day 1.

 

[nwhoopfan]

"[fgcu player] literally put the team on her back" - Dan Hughes, I think

No, Dan, unless she's Hercules, she did not literally put the team on her back.

Dow could probably carry a couple of her teammates on her back.

 

[Plebe]

"[fgcu player] literally put the team on her back" - Dan Hughes, I think

No, Dan, unless she's Hercules, she did not literally put the team on her back.

This is, for me, the most amusing misuse of the English language.

Other favorites of mine, actually heard:
— "I was literally on pins and needles."
— "I was literally glued to every page."
— "I literally died laughing."

 

[Blueberries]

Who on earth is the second person calling the Nicholls and MSU game? I can't understand a darn thing being said.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Who on earth is the second person calling the Nicholls and MSU game? I can't understand a darn thing being said.

Pretty sure it's Tamika Catchings. She has hearing loss. It is distracting though.

 

[toadfoot]

2 Missouri starters have fouled out. 74-61 4:51 left.

This is what happens when an SEC team draws an officiating crew that adheres to the rules regarding freedom of movement. Missouri was exposed as the fraud they've been all year.

 

[stwainfan]

Who on earth is the second person calling the Nicholls and MSU game? I can't understand a darn thing being said.

Tamika Catchings is on commentary.

 

[Blueberries]

She seems to have insightful things to say, but she's mumbling so much its a challenge to decipher what is being said. Unfortunate. Now I can't grab another beer or I'll really miss what she's saying.

 

[nwhoopfan]

This is what happens when an SEC team draws an officiating crew that adheres to the rules regarding freedom of movement. Missouri was exposed as the fraud they've been all year.

I didn't watch much SEC hoops this year, but I gathered several of the teams are overly physical on defense.

 

[Vowelguy]

This is what happens when an SEC team draws an officiating crew that adheres to the rules regarding freedom of movement. Missouri was exposed as the fraud they've been all year.

Fraud?
They beat Quinnipiac, Cal, South Carolina, and Tenn this year. They also were 1 of just 2 teams to score within 5 points of Miss St during the regular season.

They did, however, seem to wither down the stretch.

 

[Vowelguy]

“Seeding is never accurate in middle seed games. “.
Not true at all.
I don’t have the stats in front of me but in the women’s draw, the higher seeded team wins overwhelmingly.

In 6 vs 11 games, #6 has won 66 and lost 26 (72%).

 

[toadfoot]

I didn't watch much SEC hoops this year, but I gathered several of the teams are overly physical on defense.

I get both the SECN and the PAC12 networks, but generally the PAC12 games were too late, so I mostly saw SEC games except for UConn. The SEC style of defense is predicated on inhibiting freedom of movement. Bump the cutter here, hip check the ball handler there, put a shoulder into the player running the baseline. Don't knock them down, just slow them down. Last year's final 4 was officiated like an SEC game and it was not a shock that the 2 finalists from last were South Carolina and Mississippi St. and that the 2 teams that lost in the semi finals were teams that excel at freedom of movement. I detest that type of basketball. Basically rugby with a round ball.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I think USC (West Coast version) plays a bit of that SEC style of defense, and I agree, I hate it. Kinda seems like gaming the system. You are daring the refs to call 50 fouls against you in a game. They won't do it, so you get away with A LOT!

 

[toadfoot]

Fraud?
They beat Quinnipiac, Cal, South Carolina, and Tenn this year. They also were 1 of just 2 teams to score within 5 points of Miss St during the regular season.

They did, however, seem to wither down the stretch.

Quinnipiac got beat worse by MSU than Missouri. They also lost to Princeton and got annihilated by OSU.
The fact that they beat South Carolina and Tenn says a lot more about the overall quality of the SEC than it does about Missouri.

 

[Plebe]

Pretty sure it's Tamika Catchings. She has hearing loss. It is distracting though.

I can hear her just fine, and she has great commentary. One of the all-time legends of the game.

 

[toadfoot]

I think USC (West Coast version) plays a bit of that SEC style of defense, and I agree, I hate it. Kinda seems like gaming the system. You are daring the refs to call 50 fouls against you in a game. They won't do it, so you get away with A LOT!

Exactly right!