Non UConn College WBB News

[UConnCat]

As controversial as Shepard's waiver was, it certainly was not a quick process. ND waited for months then was asked to submit additional documentation and then waited several weeks more. Either Staley is being misled or this thing was somehow fast-tracked.

(I know you likely know this. I'm just riffing).

BTW, not that I need to say this but Staley isn't pulling any punches here. She's saying that the Turner injury was a factor in the NCAA's decision on Shepard and she's expecting her team's injury situation to be a factor in the Cooper decision. She is throwing a gauntlet down and daring the NCAA to rule against this request. Her antennae is up for any perceived slight or any perceived advantage that some other program might get over hers.

 

[Plebe]

BTW, not that I need to say this but Staley isn't pulling any punches here. She's saying that the Turner injury was a factor in the NCAA's decision on Shepard and she's expecting her team's injury situation to be a factor in the Cooper decision. She is throwing a gauntlet down and daring the NCAA to rule against this request. Her antennae is up for any perceived slight or any perceived advantage that some other program might get over hers.

Staley should add in that the NCAA really needs to make Cooper eligible because it will make the SC-Tennessee games popcorn-worthy drama.

If you thought Tennessee was chippy with Texas, wait till we see how they'll be toward Cooper.

 

[Orangutan]

BTW, not that I need to say this but Staley isn't pulling any punches here. She's saying that the Turner injury was a factor in the NCAA's decision on Shepard and she's expecting her team's injury situation to be a factor in the Cooper decision. She is throwing a gauntlet down and daring the NCAA to rule against this request. Her antennae is up for any perceived slight or any perceived advantage that some other program might get over hers.

I was going to go off on that and the writer's sarcastic "it may just be coincidental" but then I thought better of it

I wonder if she's a bit bitter than ND won the game earlier this year (and that Shepard's presence and Cooper's absence surely contributed to that result).

 

[Orangutan]

Staley should add in that the NCAA really needs to make Cooper eligible because it will make the SC-Tennessee games popcorn-worthy drama.

If you thought Tennessee was chippy with Texas, wait till we see how they'll be toward Cooper.

I am (to quote my favorite tv show) a messy bench who loves drama, so I'll admit it.

I'd love to see Cooper with a breakaway layup and Nared chasing her down from behind.

 

[Plebe]

I am (to quote my favorite tv show) a messy bench who loves drama, so I'll admit it.

I'd love to see Cooper with a breakaway layup and Nared chasing her down from behind.

Westbrook seems to have baptized herself as the "dirty player" who picks up technicals and I suspect she'll do Nared's bidding.

Well, her and Mercedes Russell both. Russell will be doing her patented illegal hip check on the high ball screen which she somehow got away with all game against Texas.

 

[Orangutan]

Westbrook seems to have taken on the "dirty player" persona and I suspect she'll do Nared's bidding.

Well, her and Mercedes Russell both. Russell will be doing her patented illegal hip check on the high ball screen which she somehow got away with all game against Texas.

You mean the one that took out Ariel Atkins and was supposedly perfectly legal? Yeah, I was not a fan.

 

[SCspur]

You mean the one that took out Ariel Atkins and was supposedly perfectly legal? Yeah, I was not a fan.

Especially when she looked at Atkins running after Nared then stopped on purpose so she could run into the back of her. That was disgusting!

 

[Plebe]

You mean the one that took out Ariel Atkins and was supposedly perfectly legal? Yeah, I was not a fan.

That one as well, but I was thinking more of this type of screen, which she does routinely:

 

[Orangutan]

That one as well, but I was thinking more of this type of screen, which she does routinely:

Yeah, that's an offensive foul all day. Or at least it ought to be.

 

[Rocket009]

Looks like the SC waiver application for Te'a Cooper is in the hands of the NCAA. It will be interesting to see how they judge this.

Gamecocks take next step in Te’a Cooper eligibility process

 

[UConnCat]

I wasn't aware of Dawn's tweet on the day the Shepard decision was announced.

Staley did not specify what other cases she was talking about, but it seems likely she is referencing forward Jessica Shepard, who transfered from Nebraska to Notre Dame this past offseason and was granted a waiver to play just before the season began. On the day Shepard’s waiver was approved, Staley sent out a cryptic tweet asking the NCAA “what goes into approving and disapproving” waivers.

Good question. At least others won't be in the dark if Cooper's waiver request is granted.

 

[Geew1992]

Especially when she looked at Atkins running after Nared then stopped on purpose so she could run into the back of her. That was disgusting!

She also had a grimace after.

 

[SCspur]

She also had a grimace after.

Not to mention the Vol fans started chanting while she was on the ground! That was totally classless!

 

[donalddoowop]

Especially when she looked at Atkins running after Nared then stopped on purpose so she could run into the back of her. That was disgusting!

That was smart and legal.

 

[Charliebball]

Raoul on Twitter

 

[AnotherVolFan]

That was smart and legal.

Whew!!! I started to lose hope there for a second. I can’t even fathom how many times I’ve seen players screen in the backcourt that way!

 

[stwainfan]

McCarty makes starting five.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

We won't have him to kick around anymore....

 

[Charliebball]

University of Oregon MBB & WBB Hit With NCAA Notice of Allegations. Who knows what the eventual outcome will be.

 

[Charliebball]

Current college seniors and their WNBA draft chances

Senior Watch: Season of Giving - WNBA.com - Official Site of the WNBA

 

[Plebe]

We won't have him to kick around anymore....

The "mouth of the south" -- certainly an apt nickname.

I wonder what happened. He seemed so in love with the sound of his own Twitter voice.

 

[Charliebball]

The "mouth of the south" -- certainly an apt nickname.

I wonder what happened. He seemed so in love with the sound of his own Twitter voice.

haha...........and I thought he just banned me

 

[stwainfan]

 

[Carnac]

Especially when she looked at Atkins running after Nared then stopped on purpose so she could run into the back of her. That was disgusting!

Whether it was disgusting or not depends on one's point of view. I was watching that game live. The "pick" was not called because the Tennessee player was not moving or leaning when Atkins ran into her. She simply stopped, and Atkins ran into her. Picks are legal if you set them properly. That one was set properly. It's part of the game. As you know, picks are run in every game, at every level throughout the season. This pick just happened to be set in an area of the floor where players don't expect them to be, and Atkins never saw it.

 

[Carnac]

It would not surprise me if Westbrook and Megan Walker were BOTH selected as All-Americans by the end of their JUNIOR year. Westbrook is good now. If you can't see it, you're not watching. Because she starts, she'll get starter's minutes and thereby improve leaps and bounds by the end of the season in spite of Warlick.
The players around her will help mature her game and decision making. I made the same prediction about Brianna Turner (Notre Dame) during her freshman year because I saw the same raw talent in her that I see in Westbrook. I was wrong. She was named an AA the next year.