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Crooks has a very nice little fall away / turn around shot that she utilized a ton this season to shoot over Ayoka Lee for example. She kept leaving it short yesterday the couple times she tried it. Even so I thought she could have gone to it a few more times to get a cleaner look at the basket. However, I think she was being coached to take it up strong. While she got stuffed several times, she succeeded at getting Brink and Iriafen into early foul trouble. This had a major impact on keeping ISU in the game. Ultimately Crooks fouled Brink out of the game without Brink making much of a positive impact on the game which was huge. Iriafen was able to stay more disciplined in the 2nd half, and her career night offensively won them the game.
 
undersized said:
I personally thought she was telling the player guarding Emily Ryan -- think it was Agara? -- not to help off of her on defense. Ryan had just been left open for three because Agara had stayed in the post to help deny the entry pass to Crooks.
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Ryan had a phenomenal game, but I thought the Stanford defense on her was often poor. One in particular that stood out. She already had 25 points or so. A Stanford defender went under a screen, leaving her wide open to drill a 3. Why in the world would you do that?
 
nwhoopfan said:
Ryan had a phenomenal game, but I thought the Stanford defense on her was often poor. One in particular that stood out. She already had 25 points or so. A Stanford defender went under a screen, leaving her wide open to drill a 3. Why in the world would you do that?
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There also were times Stanford seemed content in allowing her to dribble around while setting up the offence. When they were guarding her closely, they were much more effective. Ryan has been called for offensive fouls several times this year. Stanford was able to draw a couple last night. Thought they would continue to do so.
 
Sweet 16
Min-Max Teams

PAC 3-6
ACC 2-4
SEC 2-3
B12 2-5
BiG 0-2
Oth 0-3
 
Didn't watch, but from glancing at score board doesn't appear Notre Dame had much trouble with Ole Miss. Hidalgo, Citron and Westbeld matched Ole Miss' scoring just between the 3 of them. Add in Ole Miss turned it over 22 times and it's lights out.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
What are you doing? You have apparently usurped my jinx powers.
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Maybe you’re like the wonder twins.

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I did a good job of refraining from posting until it was over. Now we can officially start the annual "Wait til next year" festival for Tennessee. I almost bought in this year. They did nearly beat South Carolina. Who am I kidding, I still didn't think they would get far in the Tourney. What's the confidence level in Coach Harper? Just about to turn the corner? Just needs another year or 2 or 3?
 
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Harper is safe here in Volunteer Land. I'm just glad we beat UT as I started getting texts right before Kamilla made the 3 point shot in the SEC tournament. A lot of crow was eaten in that 3 minute window....

NC State has to be the shocker so far in the tournament. I did not think they would get this far. Congrats to them. I like their coach....He seems to do more with less...Is that accurate? I don't keep up with ACC women's basketball.
 
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TN-Gamecock said:
Harper is safe here in Volunteer Land. I'm just glad we beat UT as I starting getting texts right before Kamilla made the 3 point shot in the SEC tournament. A lot of crow was eaten in that 3 minute window....

NC State has to be the shocker so far in the tournament. I did not think they would get this far. Congrats to them. I like their coach....He seems to do more with less...Is that accurate? I don't keep up with ACC women's basketball.
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I hope Harper does get it turned around personally. Always liked her.

Not sure why State is a shocker, the Pack is a 3 seed. Now preseason State was unranked but at this point I think State’s a known commodity. Your assessment of Wes Moore is correct I’d say. He historically has had teams that are greater preforming than the sum of their individual parts.

Good luck to Coach Harper’s and the Vols next year.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Didn't watch, but from glancing at score board doesn't appear Notre Dame had much trouble with Ole Miss. Hidalgo, Citron and Westbeld matched Ole Miss' scoring just between the 3 of them. Add in Ole Miss turned it over 22 times and it's lights out.
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I don't think anyone did, lol.

My favorite part of March Madness is soaking up all the reaction after a big win. Not much reaction after a Monday matinee where the victorious team controlled the game throughout!

Funny how quickly all those Ole Miss upset picks turned into "Ho hum, 2 seed wins comfortably".

(Of course, I was at work, so I couldn't watch either :oops:)
 
LETTERL said:
Not so fast, my friend. Late February/early March NC State has reappeared.
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Congrats on the win! May late February / early March NC State remain through next weekend. ;)
 
TheFarmFan said:
Congrats on the win! May late February / early March NC State remain through next weekend. ;)
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We'll get our first taste of the new conference rivalry between Stanford and NC State in the Sweet 16. These two programs haven't met since December of 1994.
 
That's like the 3rd time I've seen Rickea carry and the team still loses. Feel bad for her and Kellie Harper. It's a shame Horston, Jackson and Key were not healthy and didn't play a lot together. I heard they don't have much of a recruiting class coming in. I guess they'll be in the portal. I know they also got Cooper from SC that had a red shirt year.
 
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LETTERL said:
We'll get our first taste of the new conference rivalry between Stanford and NC State in the Sweet 16. These two programs haven't met since December of 1994.
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I'm excited! NC State has had some amazing post-season performances in recent years and it'll be fun to get a preview of a hopefully-budding new rivalry. =)
 
Except for the Notre Dame game...these second round games have all been full of drama! And I mean that in a good, exciting way!
 
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Sweet 16
Min-Max Teams

PAC 3-6
ACC 3
SEC 2
B12 2-4
BiG 1-2
Oth 1-3
 
Now now now, there's not going to be stealing any accomplishments from other conferences before teams even land in their new homes.
 
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