Sunday 1/13 Games Thread (non-UConn)

[nwhoopfan]

Pac 12 POW predictions? Some good candidates, I'd say between Stanford's Smith, OSU's Pivec or Oregon's Sabally. Or maybe Huff from Utah.

 

[Plebe]

Pac 12 POW predictions? Some good candidates, I'd say between Stanford's Smith, OSU's Pivec or Oregon's Sabally. Or maybe Huff from Utah.

Will be Smith, Sabally or Huff. My pick is Smith.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Will be Smith, Sabally or Huff. My pick is Smith.

Why rule out Pivec? 21 points both games, high FG%, (14-21 combined for a guard!) carried them in the first half against UCLA and mostly responsible for opening the big lead in Q3 against USC. 7 rebounds each game. I'd say she stacks up evenly with the other 3.

 

[Ozzie1986]

Smith...
24pts, 11rbds, 5 blks vs UCLA
25pts, 6rbds vs Arizona State
20pts 14rbds, 7blks vs Arizona

 

[nwhoopfan]

Smith...
24pts, 11rbds, 5 blks vs UCLA
25pts, 6rbds vs Arizona State
20pts 14rbds, 7blks vs Arizona

Have to remove the UCLA game, it would be based on the games against the 2 Arizona schools. She's very worthy, but all 4 I mentioned are.

 

[Bigboote]

Sorry I haven't read the whole thread, but I just finished watching the second SECN game on DVR. I have to say:

It's a great day when Tennessee and Missouri are both upset!

 

[LoTrader]

Have to remove the UCLA game, it would be based on the games against the 2 Arizona schools. She's very worthy, but all 4 I mentioned are.

This will not be an easy decision. Stanford was the only team (of the 4 mentioned) that played on their home court. Looking at the stats for all 4, they should give the award to all 4.

 

[Plebe]

Why rule out Pivec? 21 points both games, high FG%, (14-21 combined for a guard!) carried them in the first half against UCLA and mostly responsible for opening the big lead in Q3 against USC. 7 rebounds each game. I'd say she stacks up evenly with the other 3.

Eh, these awards are not that nuanced. It's going to Smith; she's the one who stuffed the stat sheet the most in dominant wins over a higher level of competition (one ranked team and another team fresh off a win over a ranked team).

 

[Plebe]

This will not be an easy decision. Stanford was the only team (of the 4 mentioned) that played on their home court. Looking at the stats for all 4, they should give the award to all 4.

Stanford played at the Arizona schools.

 

[LoTrader]

Eh, these awards are not that nuanced. It's going to Smith; she's the one who stuffed the stat sheet the most in dominant wins over a higher level of competition (one ranked team and another team fresh off a win over a ranked team).

Probably correct. It really makes the award somewhat meaningless, because it could be proven that any one of these players (Smith, Pivec, Saboly, Huff) was most deserving.

 

[newfrontier]

Eh, these awards are not that nuanced. It's going to Smith; she's the one who stuffed the stat sheet the most in dominant wins over a higher level of competition (one ranked team and another team fresh off a win over a ranked team).

right you are.

Alanna Awarded POW - Stanford University Athletics

 

[nwhoopfan]

I have no beef w/ Smith getting the POW, was just pointing out there were several highly deserving players this week.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Player of the Week Freshman of the WeekNov. 12Kristine Anigwe, CALDre’Una Edwards, UTAHNov. 19Aari McDonald, ARIZDre’Una Edwards, UTAHNov. 26Kristine Anigwe, CALCate Reese, ARIZDec. 3Aari McDonald, ARIZPeanut Tuitele, COLODec. 10Megan Huff, UTAHDru Gylten, UTAHDec. 17Alanna Smith, STANDre’Una Edwards, UTAHDec. 24Sabrina Ionescu, ORELacie Hull, STANDec. 31Borislava Hristova, WSUAndrea Torres, UTAHJan. 7 Aari McDonald, ARIZDru Gylten, UTAHJan 14Alanna Smith, STANDre’Una Edwards, UTAH

Here's the POW so far this year. No OSU player yet. Utah is dominating the Fr. category w/ several different players winning.

 

[wallman]

She started out 3-3. Went way south after that. Good thing her buddies picked her up today.

Sure did. One of my pet peeves of Graves has been not utilizing his other players in the pursuit of stat padding.

 

[jonson]

Sure did. One of my pet peeves of Graves has been not utilizing his other players in the pursuit of stat padding.

Just out of curiosity, if you were a coach with only 3 guards on the active roster, and one of those a freshman, how would you handle the minutes in an away game against a team with a lot of speed and athleticism? The breakdown by minutes at USC on Friday (Ionescu, Cazorla, Chavez) was 35, 30, 26. and at UCLA on Sunday 37, 33, 11. What players didn't Graves utilize or utilize inadequately? (As you must know, the other reserve guard at Oregon is out indefinitely with a bad back.)