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[TerpWomenFan]

SEC Honors: Westbrook didn't make first or second team. Granted the SEC selects 8 players while the Big 10 selects 10.

First Team All-SEC
Caliya Robinson, Georgia
Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
Maci Morris, Kentucky
Ayana Mitchell, LSU
Anriel Howard, Mississippi State
Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State
Sophie Cunningham, Missouri
Chennedy Carter, Texas A&M
Second Team All-SEC
Chelsea Dungee, Arkansas
Janiah McKay, Auburn
Crystal Allen, Ole Miss
Te'a Cooper, South Carolina
Tyasha Harris, South Carolina
Alexis Jennings, South Carolina
Rennia Davis, Tennessee
Mariella Fasoula, Vanderbilt
All-Freshman
Robyn Benton, Auburn
Blair Green, Kentucky
Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
Akira Levy, Missouri
Destanni Henderson, South Carolina
Victaria Saxton, South Carolina
Zaay Green, Tennessee
Brinae Alexander, Vanderbilt
All-Defensive
Janiah McKay, Auburn
Caliya Robinson , Georgia
Taylor Murray, Kentucky
Jazzmun Holmes, Mississippi State
Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State
Co-Coaches of the Year: Matthew Mitchell, Kentucky and Vic Schaefer, Mississippi State
Player of the Year: Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State
Freshman of the Year: Rhyne Howard, Kentucky
Defensive Player of the Year: Teaira McCowan, Mississippi State
6th Woman of the Year: Cierra Porter, Missouri
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Maci Morris, Kentucky

 

[TerpWomenFan]

ALL-PAC-12 (15 members)

NameSchoolPos.Yr.Hometown
Kristine Anigwe **** CaliforniaC/FSr.Phoenix, Ariz.
Maite Cazorla** OregonGSr.Las Palmas, Spain
DiJonai CarringtonStanford GJr.San Diego, Calif.
Ruthy Hebard ***OregonFJr.Fairbanks, Alaska
Borislava Hristova **Washington StateFR-Jr.Varna, Bulgaria
Megan Huff**UtahFSr.Federal Way, Wash.
Kianna Ibis **Arizona StateFSr.Omaha, Neb.
Sabrina Ionescu ***Oregon GJr.Walnut Creek, Calif.
Aari McDonaldArizonaGR-So.Fresno, Calif.
Michaela OnyenwereUCLAFSo.Aurora, Colo.
Mikayla PivecOregon StateGJr.Lynnwood, Wash.
Satou SaballyOregonFSo.Berlin, Germany
Destiny SlocumOregon StateGR-So.Meridian, Idaho
Alanna Smith **StanfordFSr.Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Kiana WilliamsStanford GSo.San Antonio, Texas

HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Erin Boley, ORE (R-So., F); Kennedy Burke, UCLA (Sr., G); Courtney Ekmark, ASU (R-Sr., G); Aleah Goodman, OSU (So., G); Aliyah Mazyck, USC (Sr., G); Amber Melgoza, WASH (Jr., G) ; Chanelle Molina, WSU (Jr., G); Mariya Moore, USC (R-Sr., G); Minyon Moore, USC (Jr., G); Alexis Robinson, COLO (Sr., G).
ALL-DEFENSIVE (5 members)


NameSchoolPos.Yr.Hometown
Kristine Anigwe **** CaliforniaC/FSr.Phoenix, Ariz.
Kennedy BurkeUCLA GSr.Northridge, Calif.
Aliyah Mazyck** USC GSr.Charlotte, N.C.
Aari McDonaldArizona GR-So.Fresno, Calif.
Minyon Moore** USC GJr.Hercules, Calif.
Alanna SmithStanford FSr.Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point): Quinessa Caylao-Do, COLO (Jr., G); Maite Cazorla, ORE (Sr., G); Kianna Ibis, ASU (F, Sr.); Lacie Hull, STAN (Fr., F); Katie McWilliams, OSU (Sr., G); Chanelle Molina, WSU (Jr., G); Kiana Moore, UTAH (Jr., G).
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM



NameSchoolPos.Hometown
Lindsey Corsaro UCLAGIndianapolis, Ind.
Dre'Una EdwardsUtah G/FLas Vegas, Nev.
Dru GyltenUtahGRapid City, S.D.
Lacie HullStanfordFSpokane, Wash.
Cate ReeseArizonaFCypress, Texas


HONORABLE MENTION (receiving at least one point):

Taylor Chavez, ORE (Fr., G); McKenzie Forbes, CAL (Fr., G); Lexie Hull, STAN (Fr., F); Iris Mbulito, ASU (G, Fr.); Andrea Torres, UTAH (Fr., F); Peanut Tuitele, COLO (Fr., F).
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[Plebe]

How clever of the Pac-12. Withholding announcement of the POY, COY, FOY awards...

Pac-12 Networks is set to air the Women’s Basketball Awards Reveal on Tuesday, March 5, at 5 p.m. PT/6 p.m. MT. The yearly honors for Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, John R. Wooden Coach of the Year and Sixth Player of the Year will be announced on-air during the 60-minute show, which will feature live interviews with award winners.​

2018-19 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball All-Conference Teams Announced​

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It's rare that there are that many "no-brainers" on the all-conference list. By my reckoning, 12 of the 15 on this list were must-have picks. I'm mildly surprised that no player from USC made the cut, but the votes for Mazyck and the Moore sisters may have had a canceling effect.

 

[Vowelguy]

ALL-PAC-12 (15 members)
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# of players from Europe = 3
# of players east of Mississippi = 0

 

[Plebe]

I'm guessing this may have been discussed in the opening minutes (which I missed) of yesterday's broadcast, but USF disclosed the reason why Laura Ferreira has been out:

Prior to Monday’s game, Laura Ferreira, who last played Jan. 5 at Temple, announced via a team-released video the exact illness that has kept her away from basketball.​

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“I’m not playing right now because I had some [heart] palpitations before — while I was playing,” Ferreira said in the video. “The doctor took me out, I did a bunch of tests and, unfortunately, it showed [Ventricular tachycardia]. And the next step is to put a defibrillator on.​

 

[TerpWomenFan]

2018-19 All-ACC Team (as voted on by the league's Blue Ribbon Panel)
First Team
Haley Gorecki, Jr., G, Duke
Kiah Gillespie, Jr., F, Florida State
Asia Durr, Sr., G, Louisville
Beatrice Mompremier, Jr., F, Miami
Emese Hof, Sr., F/C, Miami
Kiara Leslie, Sr., G, NC State
Paris Kea, Gr., G, North Carolina
Arike Ogunbowale, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Jessica Shepard, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Tiana Mangakahia, Jr., G, Syracuse

Second Team
Janelle Bailey, So., C, North Carolina
Brianna Turner, Gr., F, Notre Dame
Jackie Young, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Taylor Emery, Sr., G, Virginia Tech
Regan Magarity, Sr., F, Virginia Tech


2018-19 All-ACC Team (as voted on by the league's head coaches)
First Team
Kiah Gillespie, Jr., F, Florida State
Asia Durr, Sr., G, Louisville
Emese Hof, Jr., F, Miami
Beatrice Mompremier, Sr., F/C, Miami
Paris Kea, Sr., G, North Carolina
Kiara Leslie, Gr., G, NC State
Arike Ogunbowale, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Jessica Shepard, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Tiana Mangakahia, Jr., G, Syracuse
Taylor Emery, Sr., G, Virginia Tech

Second Team
Kobi Thornton, Jr., G, Clemson
Haley Gorecki, Jr., G, Duke
Marina Mabrey, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Jackie Young, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Regan Magarity, Sr., F, Virginia Tech

All-ACC Freshman Team
Makayla Dickens, G, Boston College
Miela Goodchild, G, Duke
Valencia Myers, F, Florida State
Elizabeth Balogun, G, Georgia Tech
Elizabeth Dixon, F, Georgia Tech
Elissa Cunane, C, NC State
Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, F, Syracuse
Dara Mabrey, G, Virginia Tech

All-ACC Defensive Team
Danielle Edwards, Sr., G, Clemson
Simone Westbrook, Gr., G, Clemson
Emese Hof, Sr., F/C, Miami
Kiara Leslie, Gr., G, NC State
Brianna Turner, Gr., F, Notre Dame

 

[JDuro]

Texas A&M on the bottom half of SECT bracket making South Carolina's path back to the championship game on Sunday easier.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wow, there are a few Jr. in there but the top level talent in the ACC is almost entirely Sr. The conference is going to look VERY different next season.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Hmm, as far as USC goes I'd not have put T. Cooper on an all conference team at all.

I'd argue for Ty Harris being 1st Team.

Jennings is pretty borderline to me.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Texas A&M on the bottom half of SECT bracket making South Carolina's path back to the championship game on Sunday easier.

I'd actually looked at that game and considered it a good chance for a mild upset.

Seems like a third Miss State game is extremely likely now.

 

[Jmsdawg]

2018-19 All-ACC Team (as voted on by the league's Blue Ribbon Panel)
First Team
Haley Gorecki, Jr., G, Duke
Kiah Gillespie, Jr., F, Florida State
Asia Durr, Sr., G, Louisville
Beatrice Mompremier, Jr., F, Miami
Emese Hof, Sr., F/C, Miami
Kiara Leslie, Sr., G, NC State
Paris Kea, Gr., G, North Carolina
Arike Ogunbowale, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Jessica Shepard, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Tiana Mangakahia, Jr., G, Syracuse

Second Team
Janelle Bailey, So., C, North Carolina
Brianna Turner, Gr., F, Notre Dame
Jackie Young, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Taylor Emery, Sr., G, Virginia Tech
Regan Magarity, Sr., F, Virginia Tech


2018-19 All-ACC Team (as voted on by the league's head coaches)
First Team
Kiah Gillespie, Jr., F, Florida State
Asia Durr, Sr., G, Louisville
Emese Hof, Jr., F, Miami
Beatrice Mompremier, Sr., F/C, Miami
Paris Kea, Sr., G, North Carolina
Kiara Leslie, Gr., G, NC State
Arike Ogunbowale, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Jessica Shepard, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Tiana Mangakahia, Jr., G, Syracuse
Taylor Emery, Sr., G, Virginia Tech

Second Team
Kobi Thornton, Jr., G, Clemson
Haley Gorecki, Jr., G, Duke
Marina Mabrey, Sr., G, Notre Dame
Jackie Young, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Regan Magarity, Sr., F, Virginia Tech

All-ACC Freshman Team
Makayla Dickens, G, Boston College
Miela Goodchild, G, Duke
Valencia Myers, F, Florida State
Elizabeth Balogun, G, Georgia Tech
Elizabeth Dixon, F, Georgia Tech
Elissa Cunane, C, NC State
Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi, F, Syracuse
Dara Mabrey, G, Virginia Tech

All-ACC Defensive Team
Danielle Edwards, Sr., G, Clemson
Simone Westbrook, Gr., G, Clemson
Emese Hof, Sr., F/C, Miami
Kiara Leslie, Gr., G, NC State
Brianna Turner, Gr., F, Notre Dame

Kinda strange that the best team in the league, IMHO, has only one player making any all ACC team.

 

[Jmsdawg]

Texas A&M on the bottom half of SECT bracket making South Carolina's path back to the championship game on Sunday easier.

Bad news for Texas A&M. Hope she is ok for NCAA tournament.

 

[Centerstream]

I'm guessing this may have been discussed in the opening minutes (which I missed) of yesterday's broadcast, but USF disclosed the reason why Laura Ferreira has been out:

Prior to Monday’s game, Laura Ferreira, who last played Jan. 5 at Temple, announced via a team-released video the exact illness that has kept her away from basketball.​

​

“I’m not playing right now because I had some [heart] palpitations before — while I was playing,” Ferreira said in the video. “The doctor took me out, I did a bunch of tests and, unfortunately, it showed [Ventricular tachycardia]. And the next step is to put a defibrillator on.​

(I mean this as a sad face).

 

[Plebe]

Today was the last day of power 5 conference play, with two final Big 12 contests. Texas pulled away late from TCU, 62-48, to secure the #3 seed in the B1G tourney. (A loss would've created a 4-way tie for 3rd with TCU, Kansas State and West Virginia.) Texas and TCU will now face off again in the 3/6 matchup on Saturday.

George Washington's season came to an end, somewhat mercifully, with a 61-49 loss to St. Joe's in the 1st round of the A-10 tournament. Not a banner season for coach Rizzotti. Her team finished 10-19 (7-9 A-10) and averaged just over 51 points per game, ranking 345th out of 349 D-I teams. Her team is fairly young, so let's hope next year is better.

 

[jonson]

How clever of the Pac-12. Withholding announcement of the POY, COY, FOY awards...

Pac-12 Networks is set to air the Women’s Basketball Awards Reveal on Tuesday, March 5, at 5 p.m. PT/6 p.m. MT. The yearly honors for Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year, John R. Wooden Coach of the Year and Sixth Player of the Year will be announced on-air during the 60-minute show, which will feature live interviews with award winners.​

2018-19 Pac-12 Women’s Basketball All-Conference Teams Announced​

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It's rare that there are that many "no-brainers" on the all-conference list. By my reckoning, 12 of the 15 on this list were must-have picks. I'm mildly surprised that no player from USC made the cut, but the votes for Mazyck and the Moore sisters may have had a canceling effect.

Pac 12 Player of the Year: Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon)
Defensive Player of the Year: Kristine Anigwe (Cal)
Sixth Player of the Year: Aleah Goodman (Oregon State)
Freshman of the Year: Dre’Una Edwards (Utah)
Coach of the Year: Kelly Graves (Oregon)

 

[Plebe]

Pac 12 Player of the Year: Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon)
Defensive Player of the Year: Kristine Anigwe (Cal)
Sixth Player of the Year: Aleah Goodman (Oregon State)
Freshman of the Year: Dre’Una Edwards (Utah)
Coach of the Year: Kelly Graves (Oregon)

All very deserving recipients.
Glad to see Edwards get FOY despite the late-season knee injury.

Pac-12 Announces Annual Women’s Basketball Awards

 

[triaddukefan]

Looking over these All Conference teams..... just goes to show you that no team loses good players to transfer like Maryland. Slocum, Leslie, Gillespie those States definitely benefited

Wow, there are a few Jr. in there but the top level talent in the ACC is almost entirely Sr. The conference is going to look VERY different next season.

 

[UConnCat]

Wow, there are a few Jr. in there but the top level talent in the ACC is almost entirely Sr. The conference is going to look VERY different next season.

Even more so if, as expected, the best junior declares for the draft.

 

[oldude]

Even more so if, as expected, the best junior declares for the draft.

I appreciate your insights. Are you at liberty to discuss the source of your prediction that Ms Young will be declaring for the WNBA draft rather than returning to ND for her senior year?

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Looking over these All Conference teams..... just goes to show you that no team loses good players to transfer like Maryland. Slocum, Leslie, Gillespie those States definitely benefited

Brenda is a great talent evaluator. Sometimes she need to do a better job of keeping her kids on campus.

 

[Dillon77]

Looking over these All Conference teams..... just goes to show you that no team loses good players to transfer like Maryland. Slocum, Leslie, Gillespie those States definitely benefited

Brenda is a great talent evaluator. Sometimes she need to do a better job of keeping her kids on campus.

Yes. Recruiting and Retention are different skill sets.

As you said, that's a lot of talent distributed across the US of A. But there's quite a bit in College Park. And the two fine freshmen had great seasons. And more talent coming in next year (Owusu, Miller, Masonius, etc.). Will see how the development and retention goes.

 

[Orangutan]

Durr with back-to-back ACC PoY awards. Turner with her 3rd DPoY award. Would have expected Wes Moore for CoY, but Butler is an excellent choice given the major turnaround that Clemson made this year.

 

[Jmsdawg]

Thanks for sharing. There will always be a stigma between men and women college basketball. The thing that bothers me the most about the attendance of women college basketball is the students rarely attend the women games.

Obvious South Carolina, Tennessee, UConn, Notre Dame, Louisville and Baylor are exceptions to the rule.

One day someone will do a study on the gap in attendance between the men and women basketball teams in the Power 5 conferences plus UConn.

I believe WBB attendance at Mississippi State exceeds the men’s team. I have seen post on the Elite dawg message complaining about the lack of support for the men vs the women at MSST, most believe it is because the women’s team draws community support but the men’s team support is mainly students and they only come out for big games.

 

[biobioprof]

Bad news for Texas A&M. Hope she is ok for NCAA tournament.

I get the sense that @HuskyNan wants the discussion on the thread that was started on the injury moved here. So here's a reply to that thread that I didn't post there.

Texas A&M's Carter (finger) to miss SEC tourney

Carter, a sophomore guard, was hurt during the Aggies' victory Sunday against Arkansas, suffering a fracture to the little finger on her right (shooting) hand. She's had surgery and is expected to be evaluated in 10 days for a return to basketball activities, according to a release Tuesday from Texas A&M.

It was an open reduction and fixation, signaling a messy fracture. Ordinarily rehab cannot begin for the first 7 days post surgery. And study of recovery from such surgeries reveals:

" Before starting rehabilitation, although pain was minimal, the range of motion was severely restricted and there was considerable restriction in ability to work. Most of the recovery in range of motion, pain, strength, hand use and work participation occurred by Week 6, with smaller gains by Week 12 and Week 26. "

See Pattern of recovery after open reduction and internal fixation of proximal phalangeal fractures in the finger: a prospective longitudinal study. - PubMed - NCBI.

Yes, yes, but those studies involve mere mortals you say! Challenging road ahead hor Ms. Carter and the Aggies. A young talent with a great touch and a big career ahead better think long and hard before trying anything heroic.

Thanks for finding that article. I had posted about the injury news in the Sunday games thread yesterday. What gives us hope that they're not just blowing smoke about the recovery time is stuff like how Alabama QB Tua Tagovailoa was back in practice 2 weeks after ankle surgery.

I was curious about the study you posted, so I took advantage of my university access to the full text. As with most things involving human subjects, the study has limitations wrt the numbers. They started with 66 patients who were a mix of ages, male and female, which finger was broken etc. By the first assessment, at week 6, they had lost 10 subjects for various reasons (7 didn't show up, 1 was an inclusion error, 1 reinjured the hand, 1 withdrew). More fell by the wayside as the study went on. With those caveats:

The findings from this study have important clinical implications. First, within 1 week after ORIF, pain was low but the active range of finger motion was severely impaired. Therefore, rehabilitation that directly targets the loss of motion should be started early, rather than focusing on treating pain. Second, since most of the improvement in range of motion, pain, grip strength, hand activity and work participation occurred within 6 weeks of surgery using this regime, patients should be educated about the importance of maximizing their efforts in their early rehabilitation. This is particularly true for finger extension, since two-thirds were unable to completely extend the injured finger to the same extent as the uninjured side by 6 months.

In summary, range of motion was severely impaired, and participation considerably restricted, before starting rehabilitation. Most recovery occurred by 6 weeks, with smaller gains by 12 weeks and 6 months. Excellent outcomes were achieved, which provide a benchmark for the recovery in those who complete rehabilitation after ORIF of proximal phalangeal fractures.

I'm guessing that makes the difference if she does make it back for the NCAAs won't be superhuman patients, but rather the extent to which rehab will be managed differently than if one of us had the same injury and surgery.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

I believe WBB attendance at Mississippi State exceeds the men’s team. I have seen post on the Elite dawg message complaining about the lack of support for the men vs the women at MSST, most believe it is because the women’s team draws community support but the men’s team support is mainly students and they only come out for big games.

From TV it do seem like the MSST women team does very well. I think the SEC is better top to bottom for the women than it is for the men.