Monday (3/11 games)

[Vowelguy]

Iowa St hanging tough - tie game

 

[MSGRET]

South Dakota St. rolled today and it looks like South Dakota will be joining them shortly in the Summit League title game. Should be battle between those two, might be fighting for only 1 Tourney berth.

South Dakota State is a 6 seed and South Dakota is a 7 seed. If either of these are not in and Tenn is then it is a shame that the committee would reward a team seeded as an 11 over a 6 and 7.

 

[eebmg]

Former LV Middleton having another excellent game breathing non-holly air.

 

[Vowelguy]

State just 2-12 from 3. If they can get a few of those to go down in the 4th ....
though no doubt Baylor's D has something to do with the %

 

[nwhoopfan]

South Dakota State is a 6 seed and South Dakota is a 7 seed. If either of these are not in and Tenn is then it is a shame that the committee would reward a team seeded as an 11 over a 6 and 7.

Plebe said both are locks, I'll take his word for it.

 

[Plebe]

Iowa State giving Baylor a stiff challenge. Whatever happens here, they've pretty much sewn up their hosting spot, I'd say.

Middleton having a great game. She's not known for her scoring but she had a season-high 24 yesterday vs. Texas and already 18 today.

Baylor's defense is just so tough. Their offense can be choppy at times but that defense erases a lot of offensive flaws.

 

[eebmg]

Baylor finally clamping down hard. up 59-46 with 5' left

 

[Vowelguy]

7-3 end of 3rd qtr and then 19-5 fourth quarter does it

 

[eebmg]

FOX network doing a better and more complete job covering the B12 celebrations. I know ESPN+ and less conflicts in programming but a bit jealous.

It will take quite an effort to knock Baylor out.

 

[Plebe]

Yeesh. 9 Big 12 tournament titles in the past 10 years for Baylor. It's like Stanford in the Pac-12 in the 1990s and 2000s.

 

[eebmg]

Yeesh. 9 Big 12 tournament titles in the past 10 years for Baylor. It's like Stanford in the Pac-12 in the 1990s and 2000s.

With Aston "mismanaging" her talent and OU completely off the rails, Baylor will not have much competition for the next decade.

 

[nwhoopfan]

It's like Stanford in the Pac-12 in the 1990s and 2000s.

Apparently they've won 13 of the 18 conference tournaments and have been in the title game 16 times. It's almost as if you can't have a Pac 12 Championship game w/out them.

 

[Plebe]

Summary: Another very "chalk" day all around. For all the talk of parity, there haven't been any major surprises since Arkansas beat SC and Washington beat Oregon St. (I don't consider Arkansas over A&M a major surprise due to the absence of Carter.)

[Edit to add: One notable mid-major upset in the Mountain West quarterfinals: #7 San Diego St (14-17, 7-11) upset #2 New Mexico (24-6, 14-4) in overtime. Tough loss for the Lobos, but they are virtually guaranteed a WNIT bid if they want it.]

Winners in bold below:

Championship games:
MAAC: Quinnipiac (1) vs. Marist (3)
AAC: UConn (1) vs. UCF (2)
Big 12: Baylor (1) vs. Iowa St (2)

Big East semifinals:
Marquette (1) vs. Georgetown (4)
DePaul (2) vs. Creighton (6)

Summit League semifinals:
South Dakota St (1) vs. Oral Roberts (4)
South Dakota (2) vs. North Dakota (6)

Horizon League semifinals:
Wright St (1) vs. IUPUI (4)
Green Bay (2) vs. Youngstown St (3)

WCC semifinals:
Gonzaga (1) vs. St. Mary's (4)
BYU (2) vs. Pepperdine (3)

 

[biobioprof]

With Aston "mismanaging" her talent and OU completely off the rails, Baylor will not have much competition for the next decade.

If you go back a decade, we were in as many B12 tourney finals as anyone other than Baylor ... and we’ve been in the SEC for the majority of that time period.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Congratulations to Baylor on a great regular season and winning the Big 12 tournament!

Special group they got this year! Love this picture.

 

[Undercovervol]

Great game between Baylor and Iowa State. Former lady vol showing what she can do. Holly totally missused her while she was at TN. Baylor too dominate inside and on defense for most teams. Notre Dame matches up well with them though.

 

[donalddoowop]

People can say what they want about Baylor being number one. Imo, Notre Dame is the best team playing now and would beat Baylor. Baylor can't score with them and have lost in recent years with outstanding talent to teams with lesser talent. I believe UConn has the best chance of beating ND, that is, if UConn can make it to the FF. A team with accurate three point shooters and a little height, would make it hard for Baylor to win.

 

[Bayloralum]

People can say what they want about Baylor being number one. Imo, Notre Dame is the best team playing now and would beat Baylor. Baylor can't score with them and have lost in recent years with outstanding talent to teams with lesser talent. I believe UConn has the best chance of beating ND, that is, if UConn can make it to the FF. A team with accurate three point shooters and a little height, would make it hard for Baylor to win.

Notre Dame is very good but Baylor has one of the best defenses in the country! I also don’t think turner and shepherd can keep up with cox and Brown! Cox can do everything like shepherd! I also think Didi Richards can shut down arike! The only person I’m worried about on Notre dame’s team is Jackie young! But hopefully Baylor and Notre Dame will get to play in the tournament

 

[triaddukefan]

People can say what they want about Baylor being number one. Imo, Notre Dame is the best team playing now and would beat Baylor. Baylor can't score with them and have lost in recent years with outstanding talent to teams with lesser talent. I believe UConn has the best chance of beating ND, that is, if UConn can make it to the FF. A team with accurate three point shooters and a little height, would make it hard for Baylor to win.

I would love to see a ND-Baylor matchup. I just watched ND for 3 days in person....... and Im not sure anyone is beating them the way they are playing currently. Wanted to see them in a rematch with Miami, but alas... Syracuse went off on them Friday morning. Looks like I will be seeing Baylor play in person in a few weeks. Really looking forward to that.

 

[DallasBUFan]

If you go back a decade, we were in as many B12 tourney finals as anyone other than Baylor ... and we’ve been in the SEC for the majority of that time period.

Yea, but just like everyone else y'all didn't win very many.

 

[DallasBUFan]

People can say what they want about Baylor being number one. Imo, Notre Dame is the best team playing now and would beat Baylor. Baylor can't score with them and have lost in recent years with outstanding talent to teams with lesser talent. I believe UConn has the best chance of beating ND, that is, if UConn can make it to the FF. A team with accurate three point shooters and a little height, would make it hard for Baylor to win.

Difference is ND doesn't play good defense. You put a good defensive team on them and all those points will become a lot harder. Baylor can score and has the better defense. If they played it would be a good game, but I could see BU pulling it out.

 

[PoppaBear]

I'd love to see a ND - BU matchup too. Baylor's smothering defense versus Notre Dame's high octane offense. I think the difference might be whether Baylor can stop the Irish transition game or not.

 

[DallasBUFan]

I'd love to see a ND - BU matchup too. Baylor's smothering defense versus Notre Dame's high octane offense. I think the difference might be whether Baylor can stop the Irish transition game or not.

But Baylor has transition game also....so can the Irish stop Baylor's?

 

[UConnCat]

The thinking was that the way to beat ND was to keep them out of transition and force them to score in the half-court. ND said fine, we’ll just crash the boards and grab 20+ offensive boards. It seemed like some of ND’s best offense this weekend was their 2nd and 3rd shots. Baylor’s size would certainly counter some of that offensive rebounding. Still, Baylor scored in the 60s last night with no made 3s and in the 60s against UConn. That may not be enough against certain opponents. Will be fun to watch.