Sunday March 19 games

[maple]

This was both a pathetic showing from Stanford and a great job by Ole Miss.

Rebels absolutely deserved to win.

 

[bballnut90]

Well that was unexpected. Congrats to Ole Miss.

 

[broooce]

Down goes Stanford, Down goes Stanford!

 

[Hayven]

we’ll know Haley Jones’ decision in 48 hours

 

[Newfie]

Stanford certainly didn’t look like a number 1 seed. Wow.

 

[socal613ws]

Instead of ppl complaining about Stanford being a 1 seed, it should be why was Ole miss an 8 seed. Shoulda beaten SC in Oxford, they can beat Iowa too

 

[oldude]

Watching Stanford go down, I don’t think they made or even took a shot outside of 5’ during the entire 2nd half vs Ole Miss. Credit to MS for a great win. But you can’t win without guard play or outside shooters, and Stanford had neither.

 

[PJCLaw]

54-49 to Ole Miss!! Beware UCONN! Do NOT take Baylor lightly!!

 

[msf22b]

I could write the same critique as before
Only it was Stanford this time, throwing the ball away
again and again in the last minute or so.

That's a #1?
(was)

 

[bballnut90]

The SEC underachieves in the tournament for years after looking strong in the regular season, now they look mediocre the entire regular season and tear up the NCAA tournament. 10-3 so far, with Tennessee heavily favored to make it 11-3 tomorrow. Funny how these things work.

 

[Urshurak]

I said before Ole Miss is dangerous. Stanford has not been very good last month or so. Not sure what’s up with that, but not surprised. Congrats Ole Miss!

 

[darkstar1]

PILI BULLIED PRINCETON

And the refs let her get away with it. Inconsistent reffing again. Touch fouls called. Body blocks not. I thought she should have fouled out in third 1/4. And I couldn’t have cared less which team won.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Watching Ole Miss vs. Gonzaga, I was worried for Stanford. For good reason apparently. Gotta be considered a somewhat disappointing season. They should've been better.

 

[CTGirl15]

No team has lost on their home court. All 1, 2, 3, 4 still going. This is a boring tournament.

I watched a bit of the Notre Dame: Mississippi State game. An exciting mud-wrestling contest. Miss the basket, slog down the court and miss another basket.

Please, can we have some real basketball tomorrow.

This did not age well

Stanford is gone!

 

[funkraider]

That wasn't a fluke. Their defense just locked them up. Congratulations Ole Miss!!! UConn take care of your business!!!

 

[DrummerDee]

Well that was unexpected. Congrats to Ole Miss.

It shouldn't have been a surprise. Ole Miss has been playing hard all year, took SC to overtime. This does not surprise me at all. They had the game for 40 minutes.

 

[SECbbfan24]

The SEC underachieves in the tournament for years after looking strong in the regular season, now they look mediocre the entire regular season and tear up the NCAA tournament. 10-3 so far, with Tennessee heavily favored to make it 11-3 tomorrow. Funny how these things work.

Hell and their losses aren't bad outside of Alabama who choked an 18 point lead to Baylor

Georgia and Miss St vastly overachieved and played down to the wire for possible sweet 16 appearances on the road

 

[kidfrom360]

39 of their 54 points came from two players. We have too much fire power to ever let that happen.

 

[darkstar1]

Other notables:
Angel Reese: 29 points, 19.5 rebounds, 4.5 blocks, 3.5 assists, 3 steals
Caitlin Clark: 24 points and 12 assists per game

Reese is a very talented player. I watched this and the Utah game. I thought the refs were extremely deferential to Reese. At least 2 clear (to me) charges called blocks and several fouls not called on Reese including one where she whacked a player in the head. They looked to see if it was flagrant, but didn’t call a foul. Gotta do something about the quality of refs, although as in the Utah game, probably wouldn’t have affected who won.

 

[UConnCat]

Watching Stanford go down, I don’t think they made or even took a shot outside of 5’ during the entire 2nd half vs Ole Miss. Credit to MS for a great win. But you can’t win without guard play or outside shooters.

Many of us said that Stanford didn't have the guards to replace the Hull sisters and Wilson.

That said, it was Haley Jones who made critical errors down the stretch.

 

[darkstar1]

Watching Stanford go down, I don’t think they made or even took a shot outside of 5’ during the entire 2nd half vs Ole Miss. Credit to MS for a great win. But you can’t win without guard play or outside shooters, and Stanford had neither.

Ole Miss definitely underanked. But I think Stanford wins this game going away if they could make layups. At the end, Hayley Jones single handedly lost this one trying to force it on her own. Why they didn’t get it to Brink is unfathomable. So many missed bunnies. They deserved to lose with that performance.

 

[jonson]

Many of us said that Stanford didn't have the guards to replace the Hull sisters and Wilson.

That said, it was Haley Jones who made critical errors down the stretch.

I agree--and not just for ball handling, since Lexi did turn the ball over a bit, but for their (the Hull twins') intensity (especially Lexi) and the fact that Lexi's fearlessness took a lot of pressure (I believe) off Jones.

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

That was perhaps the ugliest game I have ever seen. That type of game does not go well for most Teams.

 

[jonson]

we’ll know Haley Jones’ decision in 48 hours

I don't think she can stay another year at Stanford, although she could, I suppose, go elsewhere as a grad transfer.

 

[OldSchooler]

39 of their 54 points came from two players.

Hey, 36 of Stanford's 49 points came from TWO players. I don't know what's more embarrassing -- Stanford's overrated offense, or the geniuses who seeded them #1.

BTW, I didn't see Tara in the congrats line at the end. Did anybody spot her?