Sunday March 19 games

[nwhoopfan]

South Dakota St. did a nice job of battling back, but too big of a deficit to overcome.

Amoore hit some huge shots, but she also missed a ton. I thought she really hurt VT with her shot selection in the 2nd half. Also SDSU was swarming Kitley, but they did a poor job of trying to get the ball to her. She was invisible after halftime.

 

[azfan]

Kitties coach Barnes channelling Kim Mulkey?

 

[maple]

Arizona floundering. Or is MD just that good?

 

[nwhoopfan]

I totally jinxed Arizona. My bad.

 

[socal613ws]

after watching these 2 Vtech games yea it's safe to say they are definitely worthy of that 1 seed. Good for them, Kittley is a monster who is gonna cause chaos, her matchup vs Uconn bigs will be fun if happens.

 

[maple]

Parity in WBB?

Toledo and FGCU were the biggest upsets so far, but I don't think either were all that shocking.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Nice shout out by Bella Alarie. Gotta hope some WNBA team will find a roster spot for her this season.

 

[hoopsnloops32]

after watching these 2 Vtech games yea it's safe to say they are definitely worthy of that 1 seed. Good for them, Kittley is a monster who is gonna cause chaos, her matchup vs Uconn bigs will be fun if happens.

I thought Virginia Tech looked pretty bad in both games. Kittley is the smallest 6’5 player I’ve ever seen. They do have a strong core three but there is a big drop after that. If San Diego State was able to knock down their wide open point blank layups that would have been a close game all the way through.

I think Baylor and both potential sweet sixteen match ups are worse match ups for UConn and I’d be surprise if Virginia Tech made it past Tennessee.

 

[TC22]

Nice shout out by Bella Alarie. Gotta hope some WNBA team will find a roster spot for her this season.

She retired last year to persue other stuff. Is she pulling a Tom Brady?

 

[TC22]

I thought Virginia Tech looked pretty bad in both games. Kittley is the smallest 6’5 player I’ve ever seen. They do have a strong core three but there is a big drop after that. If San Diego State was able to knock down their wide open point blank layups that would have been a close game all the way through.

I think Baylor and both potential sweet sixteen match ups are worse match ups for UConn and I’d be surprise if Virginia Tech made it past Tennessee.

Va Tech won’t have a match for Rickea Jackson.

 

[hoopsnloops32]

Va Tech won’t have a match for Rickea Jackson.

And their length on the perimeter will make it really hard for their guards to shoot over. And Hollingshead will make Kittley have to play bigger than normal because that weak fadeaway won’t fly against someone that long.

 

[maple]

Michigan getting outplayed by Baylor EDIT: LSU (lol) right now.

Princeton keeping it respectable.

 

[HuskyNan]

Michigan getting outplayed by Baylor right now.

Princeton keeping it respectable.

LSU?

 

[maple]

LSU?

Oof. Yes, LSU. Thanks Nan.

 

[nwhoopfan]

She retired last year to persue other stuff. Is she pulling a Tom Brady?

Oof. My bad.

 

[socal613ws]

I thought Virginia Tech looked pretty bad in both games. Kittley is the smallest 6’5 player I’ve ever seen. They do have a strong core three but there is a big drop after that. If San Diego State was able to knock down their wide open point blank layups that would have been a close game all the way through.

I think Baylor and both potential sweet sixteen match ups are worse match ups for UConn and I’d be surprise if Virginia Tech made it past Tennessee.

so u thought a team that doubled their opponents was bad? Oof no wonder we get many people complaining after Uconn wins by only 8

 

[hoopsnloops32]

so u thought a team that doubled their opponents was bad? Oof no wonder we get many people complaining after Uconn wins by only 8

They won 72-60. How is that doubling up?

 

[CTGirl15]

Michigan getting outplayed by Baylor EDIT: LSU (lol) right now.

Princeton keeping it respectable.

Princeton fought back and is now only down 4 at the end of the 3Q!

 

[socal613ws]

They won 72-60. How is that doubling up?

sounds like a team trying to backdoor cover, other team didn't even cut it to single digits. Was total domination. I hope they get to the elite 8

 

[hoopsnloops32]

sounds like a team trying to backdoor cover, other team didn't even cut it to single digits. Was total domination. I hope they get to the elite 8

If UConn is there, so do I.

 

[nickp91]

Kenny Brooks effect! James Madison and now Virginia Tech

 

[maple]

Princeton has me hanging my head against the wall. So many missed buckets. They’d be leading by now otherwise. Sigh.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Flipside, Utah is a very good 3 point shooting team who can't hit a 3 today, they have a ton of TOs, and quite a few missed FTs, giving up a bunch of O boards...yet still leading the whole way. One could argue they should be ahead by a lot more.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Honestly, has anybody been better in the Tourney so far than Pili? Averaging 30 pts/ game shooting probably 80% from the floor, close to 10 reb/game, pretty darn stellar.

 

[maple]

Honestly, has anybody been better in the Tourney so far than Pili? Averaging 30 pts/ game shooting probably 80% from the floor, close to 10 reb/game, pretty darn stellar.

Well, let's compare just games today. Even just looking at these stats she near tops the charts. Obviously Clark gives her a good run for her money. (Ignore the MIN column for Pili, it's not updated yet on ESPN for some reason.) Updated.

Alissa Pili - Utah (vs. Princeton)

SPLITS	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	PF
This Game	1	34.0	28.0	10.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	61.5	33.3	84.6	3.0

Caitlin Clark - Iowa (vs. Georgia)

SPLITS	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	PF
This Game	1	40.0	22.0	3.0	12.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	35.3	40.0	85.7	3.0

Aliyah Boston - SCar (vs. USF)

SPLITS	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	PF
This Game	1	29.0	11.0	11.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	55.6	0.0	50.0	2.0

Sonia Citron - Notre Dame (vs. Miss State)

SPLITS	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	PF
This Game	1	40.0	14.0	5.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	5.0	16.7	0.0	71.4	3.0

Elizabeth Kitley - Virginia Tech (vs. SDSU)

SPLITS	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	PF
This Game	1	36.0	14.0	14.0	2.0	1.0	5.0	2.0	41.2	0.0	0.0	3.0

Diamond Miller - Maryland (vs. Arizona)

SPLITS	GP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	PF
This Game	1	36.0	24.0	6.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	4.0	57.9	33.3	33.3	3.0