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It looks like UConn-Texas final to me. SC and UCLA can give us or Texas a game, so it will be interesting once the brackets come out.
 
Here's updated calculations (Torvik probabilities only this time):
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Sun Dog said:
It is hard to argue that Mulkey has not been successful . . . Maybe the women’s game doesn’t need this consideration anymore? I think it still does and hope Dawn, Vic, etc. follow the Geno model.
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Dawn has never scheduled easy and has frequently played a schedule as tough, or tougher, than Geno.

To me, skim is cheating her own fanbase by not scheduling better opponents in the conference preseason
 
PacoSwede said:
those are rationalizations.

the important point, it seems to me, is that mulkey is disrespecting the SPORT and FANS by INTENTIONALLY playing as many non-competitive teams as possible. i am amazed the media, coaches and the public let her skate on this conduct.

plus, her players -- many of them topnotch -- don't get the chance to prove their talents. a team (and players) should not be judged on potential, but performance. if I was an LSU supporter, i would be disgusted by mulkey's tactics.
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I like how you looked at Mulkey's ways from the perspective of the fans, the sport itself and the players. IMO we all need to do that. Aren't we all interested in an improved WCBB product on the court? Watching her play some Louisiana Sisters of the Poor is a bastardization of the sport.
I've posted this before, consider being a player in 2025-26. I personally don't like it when the focus is solely to get ready for March. IMO that's not natural. I'm HS class of 76, so I grew up in ACC and Big East country in which regular season games and conference championships were paramount. Then came the tournament.
Is it Emerson, "the journey is the destination".
Powers that be: change the doggone rules!
 
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oldude said:
One thing I find interesting about LSU is that neither of Kim’s hired guns had much of an impact in last nights game. Koval played only 17 minutes, scored 1 basket and had 2 rebounds. Fulwiley, who supposedly left SC for greener pastures at LSU, played about 16 minutes, was 1/6 from the floor and watched the end of the game from the bench.
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She also committed 3 fouls in those 16 minutes. Same M.O. that she had against UConn both games last season.
 
Centerstream said:
I bolded the teams I was posting about.
Ga Tech 95 ND 90
Wash 64 Mich 52
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? Difficult to interpret. The clear implication of your post was that “None of these 4 (losing) teams were undefeated prior to yesterday.”
 
Michigan doesn't look good. Seen 'em play 4 times now. They pressed very little against Oregon and only at the end yesterday. Why? They are very average in the half court. Even looks like Swords can't get her own shot. What's coach doing? They gotta run to be special.
I blame Geno a tad regarding UConn's 4th Q collapse against them. I think he did the 'ole, "let them figure it out strategy". We know Azzi is clutch at least. (did we already know that?)
Same with Louisville. Remember that little collapse? They just ran out of time. Could ND go off on us like these two teams did?
Will a Michigan crash hurt UConn's ranking? Maybe UConn flourishes as a 2 seed.
 
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oldude said:
? Difficult to interpret. The clear implication of your post was that “None of these 4 (losing) teams were undefeated prior to yesterday.”
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I apologize, I thought the bolded four teams designated which teams I was asking about. You added (losing). So, IMO, that was the clear implication.
I am going to delete the post.
 
visitingcock said:
Dawn has never scheduled easy and has frequently played a schedule as tough, or tougher, than Geno.

To me, skim is cheating her own fanbase by not scheduling better opponents in the conference preseason
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Cupcake season used to be SOP for a handful of coaches, with Kim being the poster child. Aside from Geno, Dawn, Vic and a few others, cupcake season has permeated college basketball throughout the P4 conferences, for a number of reasons:
FanSince17 said:
Michigan doesn't look good. Seen 'em play 4 times now. They pressed very little against Oregon and only at the end yesterday. Why? They are very average in the half court. Even looks like Swords can't get her own shot. What's coach doing? They gotta run to be special.
I blame Geno a tad regarding UConn's 4th Q collapse against them. I think he did the 'ole, "let them figure it out strategy". We know Azzi is clutch at least. (did we already know that?)
Same with Louisville. Remember that little collapse? They just ran out of time. Could ND go off on us like these two teams did?
Will a Michigan crash hurt UConn's ranking? Maybe UConn flourishes as a 2 seed.
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Swords and Olson were on fire vs UConn. Last night they shot a combined 11/35. MI lives and dies by their 3-pt shooting. Last night it killed them.
 
oldude said:
Cupcake season used to be SOP for a handful of coaches, with Kim being the poster child. Aside from Geno, Dawn, Vic and a few others, cupcake season has permeated college basketball throughout the P4 conferences, for a number of reasons:

Swords and Olson were on fire vs UConn. Last night they shot a combined 11/35. MI lives and dies by their 3-pt shooting. Last night it killed them.
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They were able to exploit that aspect because they sped us up with their up-tempo. Teams are not standing around making 3’s on UConn (until the 4th Q “turkey time”. I was there. It got hectic and Swords started hoisting up shots that went in. I also watched the MI-ND game which was wild.
Missing and making shots is a symptom. Weren’t you a shooter? I practiced my shooting 3 hours a day, not counting practice. You ever play “around the world” just from 3. These kids can make those shots if they are not forced out of their rhythm. My point was about the tempo that MI has proven they are capable of imposing on their foes. My question is why their coach is playing half court. They suck at it. Oldude is never so superficial. Tempo is the heart-beat, bloodstream of a team.
 
FanSince17 said:
Michigan doesn't look good. Seen 'em play 4 times now. They pressed very little against Oregon and only at the end yesterday. Why? They are very average in the half court. Even looks like Swords can't get her own shot. What's coach doing? They gotta run to be special.
I blame Geno a tad regarding UConn's 4th Q collapse against them. I think he did the 'ole, "let them figure it out strategy". We know Azzi is clutch at least. (did we already know that?)
Same with Louisville. Remember that little collapse? They just ran out of time. Could ND go off on us like these two teams did?
Will a Michigan crash hurt UConn's ranking? Maybe UConn flourishes as a 2 seed.
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If UConn's games with ND or Tennessee are close. we can forget about them winning the NC this season. Michigan would not have looked good against UConn if UConn had hit just half of their open shots. Michigan's defense did not stop UConn. For some reason, sometimes UConn has struggled in the third quarter against even weak teams. Almost every game in which UConn has scored 25 or more points in the first quarter, they seem to just coast the rest of the game.
 
donalddoowop said:
If UConn's games with ND or Tennessee are close. we can forget about them winning the NC this season.
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Well, I wouldn't go quite that far. Basketball can be a funny sport sometimes. After all, multiple games last year were more than just close (lost), but we managed to improve enough to win in the end.

And the flipside is true too: UConn can win against or blow out every single team and still get shocked by something like Mississippi State in 2017's Final Four.

Sometimes it's just down to who wants it more, I guess.
 
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donalddoowop said:
If UConn's games with ND or Tennessee are close. we can forget about them winning the NC this season. Michigan would not have looked good against UConn if UConn had hit just half of their open shots. Michigan's defense did not stop UConn. For some reason, sometimes UConn has struggled in the third quarter against even weak teams. Almost every game in which UConn has scored 25 or more points in the first quarter, they seem to just coast the rest of the game.
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DDW, you’re not a “doom & gloomer.” While I expect the Huskies to readily handle ND & TN, regardless of the outcome, UConn’s chance of winning #13 are exceptionally strong.
 
CL82 said:
Pretty cool that Shea's Vandy squad is among the undefeated.
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Until Sunday when they play a highly motivated LSU team....Also, Shea's OOC was pretty pathetic as well (worse than LSU's) so I expect a loss at home to LSU.
 
Sun Dog said:
It is hard to argue that Mulkey has not been successful with her approach, for her teams and herself. Yet, the piece that has always been missing is a sensitivity as to how Baylor and now LSU could make more of a contribution to the growth of the game. The contrast between Geno and Kim could not be more stark. Maybe the women’s game doesn’t need this consideration anymore? I think it still does and hope Dawn, Vic, etc. follow the Geno model.
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I just don't get that statement. So by only playing other top P4 teams would she grow the game? Have you seen the attendance figures that Kim has generated since arriving at LSU? I think playing many of the mid-majors and getting fans in the seats is just as important, if not more so than playing Stanford, UCLA or USC with only 3200 fans while her games garner 10,000
 
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