Sweet 16

[southie]

Congrats to NC State!

 

[nwhoopfan]

@LETTERL was this the November version of NC State?

 

[Blueballer]

Interesting outcome. Stanford had the same problem the Marquette men had. Very poor 3 point shooting tonight.

 

[Vowelguy]

Albany gets a final with Oregon St and Portland gets one with NCSt.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Aziaha James is some talent--my goodness!!!!!

 

[triaddukefan]

What the heck happened in the second half?

 

[LETTERL]

 

[JstVisiting]

I got the right round for Stanford, but had Tennessee doing it.

 

[Vowelguy]

Only one 2 seed left ! (UCLA)
Not sure we have ever had zero 2 seeds in the E8.

3 games sp far: average margin 6.3. That is mighty close for WCBB.

 

[southie]

I'm perfectly content that both the NC State men and women won tonight. But, that will need to be balanced by having both the Gonzaga men (already lost to Purdue) and women lose tonight!

 

[LoTrader]

21 pts/11 reb for Gardiner, 18/13 for Beers.

22 for Citron and 19 for Westbeld. Hidalgo never did get on track. She was a pest on defense though. OSU had 2 10 second calls trying to get the ball across half court. Have you ever seen that?

Hunter really struggled for OSU today, but she had some huge plays.

Hunter was outstanding today. Best freshman PG on the floor today.

 

[Vowelguy]

Sweet 16 margin of victory

2015 - 120 pts for 8 games
2016 - 140
2017 - 163
2018 - 105
2019 - 117
2021 - 102
2022 - 60
2023 - 82
2024 - 19 (thru 3 games)

 

[nwhoopfan]

Jones out for Texas, concussion protocol.

 

[triaddukefan]

The way they do the Friday regionals now is light years better than just a few years ago. Remember the days of 2 games at 7om and 2 games at approximately 9:30

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Happened to run into Coach HLJ after the Indiana/South Carolina game!

I'd better be more respectful towards you

 

[nwhoopfan]

Hunter was outstanding today. Best freshman PG on the floor today.

The pressure D really got to her in the 2nd half. TVO as well. Had a hard time initiating the offense on quite a few possessions. But she had some big plays down the stretch. A 3 and a steal and dish to TVO.

 

[triaddukefan]

It's over. Brink fouled out a while ago, Iriafen has 4. Wolfpack guards are destroying their counterparts. Card don't really have any dynamic perimeter players.

They better get some soon. Plenty of them in the ACC next season.

 

[Heytherego]

#4 was really not a smart play, not sure what she was thinking. I wasn't too sure about #5 actually being a foul, but moot point.

I agree. She did something similar last game too, fouled out early. As a senior key player you really need to be smarter than that

 

[JstVisiting]

They better get some soon. Plenty of them in the ACC next season.

I honestly think VanDerveer’s years of competing for national championships is over. Might look like a lol Hot Taek in a few years, but it’s nearly impossible for Stanford to work the portal and I think life in the ACC is going to be a rough fit.

 

[triaddukefan]

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I was watching the men's game on TV, the women's game on my laptop, while listening to the Pack men on the radio. What a night

 

[Vowelguy]

Across the M&W tourneys, private schools are 0-4 today (0-3 for Catholics).
3 more (2 Cath) in action tonight.

 

[triaddukefan]

Across the M&W tourneys, private schools are 0-4 today (0-3 for Catholics).
3 more (2 Cath) in action tonight.

Not a Good Friday for them

 

[Vowelguy]

Not a Good Friday for them

 

[FanInNC]

Of this year's sweet 16, I would say 10 are favored to make a return appearance next year.
Iowa and Indiana not so much.
Probably not Gonzaga.
Not sure about Baylor, Colorado, NCSt.
But the others yes. (OreSt, Stan, UCLA, USC, Tex, LSU, SC, Duke, ND, UConn)

Leading contenders to replace: IowaSt, Oklahoma.

Maybe I’m being an overly optimistic Wolfpack fan but after the year we’ve had this year I go into next year with expectations of being back in the sweet 16 next year.

Assuming there are no unforeseen roster turnover, State loses Mimi Collins and River Baldwin so they will need to replace the front court or have the youngsters step up. That’s certainly a question mark. However the guard play of Rivers, James, Zoe Brooks, Madison Hayes and incoming top 10 freshman guard Zam Jones should be elite.

I’m curious to see if Wes plays small ball more and lets them get out and run. He typically loves to pack it in and play more of a half court game but he has the horses to push tempo and play in the open court. A transfer portal big would be ideal for State. They have some highly touted freshman bigs coming in and Mallory Collier and Maddie Cox are returning, but the post play is definitely the question next year.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Texas is absolutely suffocating Gonzaga. I wasn't really expecting the Zags to win, but thought they would show better than this. Going up against a Vic Schaefer coached team is never fun, especially this time of year.

 

[hoopsnloops32]

After the first 2 games, I thought SC might challenge for largest margin of victory. Anything possible, but getting to 200 would be a challenge now.

SC at 103 after 3 games

1. 2016 UConn (+239)
2. 2010 UConn (+214)
3. 2013 UConn (+208)
4. 2015 UConn (+197)
5. 2000 UConn (+187)
6. 2002 UConn (+161)
7. 2019 Baylor (+159)
8. 1982 Louisiana Tech (+158) **
9. 2014 UConn (+156)

** Only 5 games. Average of 31.6 is 5th best. Given weakness of 1st round opponent, probably would've been 2nd or 3rd highest if a 64-team field.

Damn. All 6 of UConn’s titles had crazy victory margins. Crazy to see how they can win unless they dominate.