Oregon St vs Baylor - 3/23/18

[Puppy Love]

Two thoughts...craptastic non conference schedule and apparent lack of conditioning.

 

[MSGRET]

Who's the next #1 Seed to fall Louisville or ND?

 

[oldude]

For some time I’ve been saying that Baylor has not beaten a good team outside of the state of TX. After losing to OSU in Lexington tonight that’s still true.

Perhaps now Kim will finally get the message and start scheduling tough OOC games on the road during the regular season.

 

[Mdoggie]

And maybe Oregon St. is underrated. They look VERY good.

They looked good. Very is a stretch.

 

[Plebe]

Well, at least Baylor accomplished its goal of not losing in the Elite 8 again.

 

[Shades]

Who's the next #1 Seed to fall Louisville or ND?

ND

 

[noirwestern]

Not impressed at all with Baylor. With their talent, they should have won by 20. Kim consistently does less with more. Why is she scared to play anyone nonconference?

What I don't understand is her reliance on trees when she's practically a lawn gnome and played circles around bigs in her playing years. If she could round up five seven footers I have no doubt she would do just that. That goes double for texas.

 

[DefenseBB]

Rueck will probably get a call from Tennessee, hopefully he doesn’t answer

He should but won’t cuz Fulmer will not fire Holly with a year left on her contract...

 

[Plebe]

What I don't understand is her reliance on trees when she's practically a lawn gnome and played circles around bigs in her playing years. If she could round up five seven footers I have no doubt she would do just that. That goes double for texas.

lol @ lawn gnome

 

[Wbbfan1]

I'm shocked . That's 6 straight years that Baylor hasn't made the Final Four. In Kim's 18 years at Baylor, she's only got her teams to the F4 3 Times. Seems like with the talent she's had, she should be competing with Geno with the number of consecutive F4's and possibly have 5 or more championships. She does have two Championships.

Jeff doesn't have to pull off another upset of the Century.

Kim has toned down her court side demeanor, but she still has a panic look when things aren't going right. She needs to find away to show calm when everything around her is going wrong.

Didn't understand not calling the shot clock violation at the end of the 3rd quarter. Probably didn't make a difference, but half court shots have been made before.

 

[Mdoggie]

There are some that say in Knoxville no man will coach Pat's team.

Let Pat rest. She earned it

 

[Vowelguy]

Rueck will probably get a call from Tennessee, hopefully he doesn’t answer

I HIGHLY doubt Tenn will hire a male coach.

 

[nwhoopfan]

He might get a call, but he was born & raised in Oregon & a graduate of Oregon State. With the Pac 12 becoming a powerhouse conference, he might want to stay home.

He loves coaching at OSU, and he's proved he can win there. It would take A LOT to pull him away.

 

[Charliebball]

Congratulations to Oregon State and those here who were true believers.......I wasn't one of them but as I said before, I'm sure happy they took Baylor out of the tournament.............Kim was out coached and her team were outplayed...............perhaps she will start playing a schedule that toughens up her players and sharpens her own in game skills...............the loss of Kristy Wallace can't be underestimated but Baylor had the size and skill to win this game but Oregon State had other ideas................,..now if Stanford and UCLA can do their part UConn will hopefully have a slightly easier path to the championship

 

[Bretski]

Well, at least Baylor accomplished its goal of not losing in the Elite 8 again.

Me: Bad mojo.

Also me:

 

[DEpup]

I think it was a product of not having Wallace on the court and Chou is not really fully back from her injury. The freshman PG was just not ready for 40 minutes of prime time.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Well UConn just jumped 3 % points - 77% probability. Oregon given a 5% shot at UConn. Course we have some business tomorrow.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Didn't understand not calling the shot clock violation at the end of the 3rd quarter. Probably didn't make a difference, but half court shots have been made before.

Embarrassment over not calling the foul on the shot maybe?

 

[Plebe]

I think it was a product of not having Wallace on the court and Chou is not really fully back from her injury. The freshman PG was just not ready for 40 minutes of prime time.

I strongly agree. Losing Wallace was a major blow to Baylor. It really strained the depth and stamina of the backcourt.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Let Pat rest. She earned it

I'm not being critical of Pat. I'm reporting what's being said about a hire to replace Holly.

 

[wbball novice]

Wow, just wow! OSU really knows how to close the deal, like in their conference championship game. Baylor certainly had a bad shooting night, and maybe the loss of Wallace's experience had an effect as well. Couldn't see to what extent Mulkey had to call the plays. Riveting game. If only UConn hadn't ruined women's basketball.

 

[sarals24]

Mulkey only made two final fours with Griner. Two. And only one NC. With Griner AND Sims. Just saying.

 

[Centerstream]

Who's the next #1 Seed to fall Louisville or ND?

Next? That implies that a 1 seed has already fallen...

 

[HuskyFan1125]

This is the first time I have watched Baylor for the full 40 minutes. As i was looking at their roster they only lose Cohen and Wallace to graduation. How in the heck is Mulkey going to keep all those players (particularly the post players) happy next season? 5 more freshman coming next season.

 

[Kevin G]

Two thoughts...craptastic non conference schedule and apparent lack of conditioning.

I kept saying to myself that Brown & Cox look winded