Oregon St vs Baylor - 3/23/18

[Centerstream]

To all those saying that Baylor deserved a number 1 seed...Tsk Tsk

Has any 1 seed not ever lost their Sweet Sixteen game before? Or does being a 1 seed automatically qualify you for the Elite 8 and FF? I'm confused.

 

[HuskyNan]

lol @ lawn gnome

 

[Hayven]

Has any 1 seed not ever lost their Sweet Sixteen game before? Or does being a 1 seed automatically qualify you for the Elite 8 and FF? I'm confused.

Wasn’t Baylor a 1 seed when Shoni Schimmel and Louisville beat them?

 

[huskeynut]

Kim hasn't developed her team's offense. Its still dump it down to the bigs. No sense at all of an inside - out game. Baylor's guards may have speed, which is fine for fastbreaks, but does little in a half court set. The guards do not shoot well from 3. Until Kim makes some changes to her roster and offense, Baylor will continue to loose to teams like Oregon State.

 

[inthisopinion]

Assuming no major injuries UConn should win the title. Baylor's size up front was the most serious threat to UConn. The odds of MissSt beating them 2 straight times are too long. They have already shown superiority over the other major contenders still left. I don't think Oregon is on the same level as ND, Lou. & S.C. because they are unfamiliar with UConn and both Lou. & Stan.(@O.) beat them by dbl digits.

 

[nwhoopfan]

No argument on Rueck, I love him. But finally someone has to give some Kudos to Eric Ely. Who is that? He is the assistant coach that works with the bigs at OSU. 2 names from Freshman to Seniors, Ruth Hamblin and Marie Gulich. Major improvement from year 1 to year 4 for both. Love to see what he does next year with the 6'9" Aquino, a young lady from Paraguay who played HS in So Cal this year.

Absolutely. Amazing improvement from both of those players. In Addition to Aquino they have 6-6 Patricia Morris coming in next year. Maybe only a 3 star recruit, but considering Hamblin and Gulich were basically no star prospects, she could very well become a contributor down the road.

 

[ochoopsfan]

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He has a twin gnome at Oklahoma State, same school initials and colors.

 

[MSGRET]

Ashland Lost to Central Missouri 66 - 52. Their win streak is over.

 

[HuskyNan]

UConn had the original. RIP HuskyBill.

 

[ochoopsfan]

It's fairly apparent that some posters routinely get Oregon and Oregon St. confused on this forum.

Shouldn't be hard to distinguish Oregon from Oregon State. Both are Nike uniform teams. One gets a set of home and away jerseys, the other gets a different uniform for each day of the week

 

[Plebe]

Another fun factoid: Baylor's only 2 losses of the year came to Pac-12 schools.

 

[wbball novice]

UCLA lost in the P12 semifinals to Oregon.

I think I actually watched Oregon in the conference final -- Ionescu was awesome, floor design was plug ugly. I may have been thinking of an earlier conference game that went down to the wire and showed good closing skills -- UCLA & USC maybe.

 

[mhshuskies]

Baylor was the one I wasn’t sure about how we would fare against. Now I would say the matchup of the most concern would notre dameif they get that far.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I think I actually watched Oregon in the conference final -- Ionescu was awesome, floor design was plug ugly. I may have been thinking of an earlier conference game that went down to the wire and showed good closing skills -- UCLA & USC maybe.

They did play a lot of close games this year, including against UCLA and USC late in the regular season. Also won an overtime thriller against Oregon.


The Pac 12 title game, Oregon beat Stanford handily.


edited--if you were looking at the bizarre floor design on Oregon's home court, maybe it was 1st or 2nd round NCAA Tourney games? Pac 12 Tournament was at Key Arena in Seattle, where the Sonics used to play.

 

[BostonFan]

[
Marie Gulich had the game of her life tonight. Unguardable.

 

[BostonFan]

Typical Baylor. Kick them in the mouth & they don't respond. Team look shell-shocked the last 5 minutes. Totally outplayed in the 2nd half. A bunch of Baylor throw-up 3's made it closer than it actually was.

 

[MSGRET]

What does that say about Texas, they lost to Baylor 3 times. They must have had their best game against UConn.

 

[Plebe]

Another major shout-out is owed to Marie Gulich. I figured her to be a good but not great player this year, but she showed steady improvement throughout the season and is clearly finishing her senior year at an All-American level. One could argue that she outplayed Kalani Brown in this game.

 

[MSGRET]

Another fun factoid: Baylor's only 2 losses of the year came to Pac-12 schools.

Those were the ONLY 2 tough OOC teams that they played this year, and lost them both.

 

[donalddoowop]

Most teams play their best games against UCONN.

 

[Bayareahusky]

Great game to watch

 

[Vowelguy]

Most teams play their best games against UCONN.

Huh?

 

[nwhoopfan]

[
Marie Gulich had the game of her life tonight. Unguardable.

She played several games at that level this year.

 

[j66kicker]

PAC having a good night (except for Stanford, that is...)

 

[Charliebball]

Absolutely. Amazing improvement from both of those players. In Addition to Aquino they have 6-6 Patricia Morris coming in next year. Maybe only a 3 star recruit, but considering Hamblin and Gulich were basically no star prospects, she could very well become a contributor down the road.

Don't expect too much from Aquino too quickly................at least not the Aquino that I watched in high school in NJ................I'll be curious to see if she how much she has improved in a year.............she does run the court surprisingly well for a big person............

 

[BigBird]

At the start of the day, there were, I believe, maybe a half dozen teams in the tourney with front lines that could cause UConn major problems. Of those teams, one is out and it looks like another will be very soon. Good. Good.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Don't expect too much from Aquino too quickly......at least not the Aquino that I watched in high school in NJ......I'll be curious to see if she how much she has improved in a year...she does run the court surprisingly well for a big person..

Unfortunately w/ Gulich using up her eligibility and Grymek looking fairly limited, they really need either Aquino or Morris to be able to contribute right away.

 

[Vowelguy]

Unfortunately w/ Gulich using up her eligibility and Grymek looking fairly limited, they really need either Aquino or Morris to be able to contribute right away.

Could go guard-oriented lineup? At least with Corosdale at 6'3 and McWilliams at 6'2, they're not super small.

 

[LoTrader]

How about them Beavers! OSU played excellent defense tonight. OSU controlled the tempo tonight. OSU got contributions from all their players, offensively and defensively. Marie Gulich played great on offense, but, it was her defense that was amazing tonight. Marie changed Kalani's shots & anyone who came in the key. The Beavers got a HUGE lift from Taya Corosdale who played like a senior (she's a freshman). She rebounded, played excellent defense, and hit some monster 3's. All in all, OSU is playing with confidence. I don't think they are afraid of anyone right now. Louisville will be a tremendous challenge because they have shooters. Tennessee and Baylor did not have outside shooters. Thanks for everyone on this blog for recognizing Coach Rueck, and the excellent play by the Beavers thus far in the tournament.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Could go guard-oriented lineup? At least with Corosdale at 6'3 and McWilliams at 6'2, they're not super small.

Could be. Would be a major change for them. Much of their defense is based around having a lane clogger/shot blocker in the middle. Corosdale really isn't that. I wouldn't be surprised to see Grymek start early in the season, and then see how things evolve.