Oregon St vs Louisville - 3/25/18

[j66kicker]

I know Geno says he'll play anyone but I'm not so sure UConn wants to schedule Baylor in the next few seasons......they have so much talent coming in I'm not sure that Kim can screw it up.....

I think that would be a good reason to schedule them if they're up for it, and I think Geno might agree. Not to say that he likes to lose, but he does value the utility of a regular season OOC loss. He's talked about this in the past - I think he's all but said that he wanted last year's team to lose one or more of its games in the season to help them build for the rest of the year.

Moot point, isn't it? Don't we play in Waco next season?

 

[Centerstream]

Moot point, isn't it? Don't we play in Waco next season?

According to the thread: 2018-2019 Schedule Nearly Complete

Home games: DePaul, Ohio State, South Carolina, Seton Hall, Vanderbilt

Road games: California, Notre Dame, Baylor, Louisville, Oklahoma, St. Louis

Paradise Jam three-game tourney in Virgin Islands against yet unknown opponents

Source: Jim Fuller

This was posted by @Sluconn Husky, Jan 3, 2018

 

[Charliebball]

Moot point, isn't it? Don't we play in Waco next season?

gotta point there...........

 

[Kevin G]

Fuerhing seems dirty to me

Thought the same thing.

 

[Plebe]

Why does Gulich's name have two dots over the u like they just showed on ESPN?

Language nerd alert:
It's called an umlaut.

A Tale Of Two Dots — The History Of The Umlaut And The Diaeresis

 

[Plebe]

Maybe but it you have to note that the only reason Oregon St was even playing today is because Kim Mulkey and Holly Warlick are terrible coaches.

I would say that the main reason was because Rueck is a great coach.

 

[Plebe]

Congrats to Walz and Louisville. Their consecutive throttles of the Pac-12 would score pretty high on the Richter scale. Part of what's great about watching the Huskies is that it means watching beautiful basketball. ND is watchable for that reason too. Louisville played very watchable basketball today.

Also enjoyed the handshake line--with both coaches hugging and complimenting opposing players they know. And players doing the same.

Walz now has taken Louisville to the Final Four three different times with three completely different rosters. Without comparing his doing so to the accomplishments of others, that's quite an impressive feat for a coach in his 11th year. Well done.

Walz and Louisville seem to have finally emerged from the swamp of relative mediocrity in which they've been mired ever since he started raking in blue-chip recruiting classes about 5 years ago.

When Louisville has played well this year, they've been scary good. I don't think any team in the country, UConn included, has played as devastating a game as Louisville played in its home game against Notre Dame. And Louisville has simply been dominant this weekend in demolishing two of the best-coached teams in the country, in Stanford and Oregon State.

However, Louisville has also looked very beatable at times, most recently in the earlier rounds of the ACC tournament.

If Mississippi State gets past UCLA (as I think they should), I think a Miss St-Louisville game has the makings of an amazing national semifinal.

 

[Bama fan]

Language nerd alert:
It's called an umlaut.

A Tale Of Two Dots — The History Of The Umlaut And The Diaeresis

Gulich,mit einem Umlaut

 

[nwhoopfan]

I've been laying low most of the day. Congrats to Louisville for advancing to the Final 4 and for a dominant performance today. Tough end to the season, but OSU has a lot to be proud of. Sorry to see the last of Gulich in the orange and black, she's been fantastic. I think w/ this game and the halftime score of MSU-UCLA, it's demonstrating that the Pac 12 had some very good teams, but not elite teams. Still holding out hope for Oregon on Monday.


edited--Looks like UCLA battled in the 2nd half to keep the score respectable.

 

[willtalk]

As I always say Basketball is a game of Timing and Match ups. It appears that both Oregon St. and UCLA would have matched up better with each others opponents. Not being able to handle ball pressure has been Oregon States Bete Noir all year and it killed them today. That alone with their shots not dropping. UCLA on the other hand had very little shot at dealing with McCowan and to stop them it begins with keeping her off the O boards.