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Pac 12 as we know it: 23-24 Season Outlook

Reypl21 said:
Your Beavs are my second favorite team! I hope they continue to upset some teams to end ultimate PAC 12 season. I wouldn't want to play them in the tourney.
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Which team is your favorite?
 
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LoTrader said:
GO BEAVS!
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They are so fun to watch. They play together, and they play like a veteran team. They never get too high or too low, and almost have like a next play/business approach to it. Down 7 with under 3 minutes and they just kept playing. TVO was great but everyone touched the ball and had moments. I hope Beers is ok.

Quick take on UCLA. I like how they played. Completely different team with Betts though I think Betts and UCLA took advantage of Beers being out. Cori Close tried everything. IDK if she over coached in the final 3 minutes. She took Dugalic out briefly. Then she took Betts out. Then she put Betts back in for the final defensive possession. I think it was the ball fake that kinda froze Rice but maybe if they went small with Jaquez and switched everything TVO isn't as open. Challenges of being a coach. In any event to me this isn't a bad loss for them. They looked more like the top 5 team that got off to such a great start.
 
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Such an impressive performance by Oregon State, and all the more impressive for having done it without Beers, who I hope is okay and can return soon.

I'm loving that OSU is giving a triumphant parting middle finger to all the ship-jumpers who left them on the outside looking in after this year.
 
3 way tie for 2nd place with Oregon St., USC and Colorado now. 2 games back of Stanford w/ 4 to play, would take a fairly big collapse by the Card to not win the final conference crown. Fitting I guess, since they've won most of them throughout the league's history.
 
Yikes! Washington is on a 6-game losing streak. Year 3 and sitting at 13-12 (3-11 in the conference).

Oregon Ducks. Tough to watch sometimes but I watch no matter what.
 
Timea Gardiner is a really fun player to watch. She has so much game on the offensive side. She's been stepping up and scoring at a higher rate and more consistently. She has a pro's game with the way she operates in the low post with her footwork and face up jumpshots. She makes in look so smooth. Excited to watch her and Beers develop! They are some of my favorites to watch. Oregon State is so good, I hope they make some noise in the tournaments.
 
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9 straight losses by Oregon, they're now dead last in the PAC. Yikes. I can't imagine Van Slooten or Gray will stick around next year unless there's a coaching change.
 
Reypl21 said:
Timea Gardiner is a really fun player to watch. She has so much game on the offensive side. She's been stepping up and scoring at a higher rate and more consistently. She has a pro's game with the way she operates in the low post with her footwork and face up jumpshots. She makes in look so smooth. Excited to watch her and Beers develop! They are some of my favorites to watch. Oregon State is so good, I hope they make some noise in the tournaments.
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Totally agree re: Gardiner, Beers, and OSU. I have begun watching most their games, and I really enjoy them (except when against Stanford!). I think they can go deep this year, but I think next year I expect them to be potential final four material.
 
bballnut90 said:
9 straight losses by Oregon, they're now dead last in the PAC. Yikes. I can't imagine Van Slooten or Gray will stick around next year unless there's a coaching change.
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Do either of them play center and are 6'4 and above? Just a random question from a WCBB fan.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Gray is a guard. Vanslooten might be 6-3 but I think she's more like a stretch 4 or combo forward than center.
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I had forgotten all about her at Oregon. Didn't she start out her freshman year strong and then suffer an injury?
 
bballnut90 said:
9 straight losses by Oregon, they're now dead last in the PAC. Yikes. I can't imagine Van Slooten or Gray will stick around next year unless there's a coaching change.
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I think Van Slooten and Gray stay in Oregon but you never know. I think, just from watching over the last 20 years of Oregon basketball, this year, like last year, the Ducks got the talent just the matter of getting that right talent. Coach Graves and his coaching staff just has to do a better job on skill development.
 
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triaddukefan said:
I had forgotten all about her at Oregon. Didn't she start out her freshman year strong and then suffer an injury?
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VanSlooten started and played very well and she suffered an injury.
 
JellyBean said:
I think Van Slooten and Gray stay in Oregon but you never know. I think, just from watching over the last 20 years of Oregon basketball, this year, like last year, the Ducks got the talent just the matter of getting that right talent. Coach Graves and his coaching staff just has to do a better job on skill development.
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I can't see them staying unless they Graves is gone. They are too good to be on the worst team in the PAC 12. Maybe they'll transfer closer to home.
 
Reypl21 said:
I can't see them staying unless they Graves is gone. They are too good to be on the worst team in the PAC 12. Maybe they'll transfer closer to home.
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VanSlooten would be an excellent fit for Ohio State (she’s from Toledo) to replace Mikulasikova should she decide to come back east.

Gray is from Ohio as well, actually. Wonder if they’ll stick together?
 
GoChips20 said:
VanSlooten would be an excellent fit for Ohio State (she’s from Toledo) to replace Mikulasikova should she decide to come back east.

Gray is from Ohio as well, actually. Wonder if they’ll stick together?
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Perhaps VanSlooten would transfer to the school that her older sister played for. :cool: They desperately need players with size.



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triaddukefan said:
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Wow. Addition by subtraction? To whom is she directing shade? Nnaji? Gilbert? Who’s to blame for the awful hotels and the mixed up food orders? Can’t imagine the respective home teams have any responsibility for that. U of A Athletic Dept administration perhaps? The same AD that must be under pressure to reduce costs because the entire university recently discovered a major budget shortfall? Complaining about foul calls? That’s a Bay Area problem? Whining not a good look Adia. Good luck in the Big 12.
 
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jake0414 said:
Wow. Addition by subtraction? To whom is she directing shade? Nnaji? Gilbert? Who’s to blame for the awful hotels and the mixed up food orders? Can’t imagine the respective home teams have any responsibility for that. U of A Athletic Dept administration perhaps? The same AD that must be under pressure to reduce costs because the entire university recently discovered a major budget shortfall? Complaining about foul calls? That’s a Bay Area problem? Whining not a good look Adia. Good luck in the Big 12.
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1) Addition by subtraction can apply to a lot of things, not just players. She speaks of simplifying things for the team and it's working for them offensively and defensively. Sometimes players don't grasp certain concepts coaches try to introduce and when things are simpler, they execute better.

2) Shade is based on how you perceive her words. I didn't take it that way as per my comments in point one.

3) It's not a Bay area problem. That part doesn't make any sense. However, coaches complain about calls all the time. How is this a bad look for Coach Barnes when this is done by everyone?
 
cancontent said:
1) Addition by subtraction can apply to a lot of things, not just players. She speaks of simplifying things for the team and it's working for them offensively and defensively. Sometimes players don't grasp certain concepts coaches try to introduce and when things are simpler, they execute better.

2) Shade is based on how you perceive her words. I didn't take it that way as per my comments in point one.

3) It's not a Bay area problem. That part doesn't make any sense. However, coaches complain about calls all the time. How is this a bad look for Coach Barnes when this is done by everyone?
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The one statement "tough foul calls" is nothing compared to what Walz did, but he got Louisville a $20,000 fine. What she said might get a 2¢ fine. That was nothing.
 
cancontent said:
1) Addition by subtraction can apply to a lot of things, not just players. She speaks of simplifying things for the team and it's working for them offensively and defensively. Sometimes players don't grasp certain concepts coaches try to introduce and when things are simpler, they execute better.

2) Shade is based on how you perceive her words. I didn't take it that way as per my comments in point one.

3) It's not a Bay area problem. That part doesn't make any sense. However, coaches complain about calls all the time. How is this a bad look for Coach Barnes when this is done by everyone?
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1. Point taken. Arizona had to simplify with the shorter roster that resulted from both injuries and unexpected departures and perhaps she didn’t direct any criticism towards any players.

2. You didn’t perceive Adia’s comments as shade. I may be incorrect but I obviously did.

3. Sorry Adia openly states she happy she doesn’t have to play in the Bay Area again because of unpleasant things that happened on the trip. She opens with bad food and bad hotels and moves on to the refs. Yes coaches complain about calls all the time but they conveniently forget about missed calls that went their way. I’ve never heard of a coach complain about accommodations and seemingly attribute it to the road location. On top of that they won both games In spite of all the bad stuff. Congrats to the shorthanded team for coming together.

I enjoy watching Adia’s press conferences. I find her comments direct, well reasoned and she avoids platitudes. I haven’t seen the media session the SBNation writer reported on and perhaps he/she slanted or overemphasized Adia’s comments. Nevertheless Adia’s comments, as reported, are whining in my book.
 
jake0414 said:
1. Point taken. Arizona had to simplify with the shorter roster that resulted from both injuries and unexpected departures and perhaps she didn’t direct any criticism towards any players.

2. You didn’t perceive Adia’s comments as shade. I may be incorrect but I obviously did.

3. Sorry Adia openly states she happy she doesn’t have to play in the Bay Area again because of unpleasant things that happened on the trip. She opens with bad food and bad hotels and moves on to the refs. Yes coaches complain about calls all the time but they conveniently forget about missed calls that went their way. I’ve never heard of a coach complain about accommodations and seemingly attribute it to the road location. On top of that they won both games In spite of all the bad stuff. Congrats to the shorthanded team for coming together.

I enjoy watching Adia’s press conferences. I find her comments direct, well reasoned and she avoids platitudes. I haven’t seen the media session the SBNation writer reported on and perhaps he/she slanted or overemphasized Adia’s comments. Nevertheless Adia’s comments, as reported, are whining in my book.
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My response focused on your comment with respect to fouls and the Bay area comment. I took the section I put in bold to mean that you questioned whether she believed the calls made against them only happened when in the Bay area.
 
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