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Coach Ralph’s Tuesday press conference. Sound gets weak after first few seconds. Might need to turn it up.

 
YoDore said:
Looking forward to seeing this kid play at Vandy. Here she is scoring 23 points in 3:27 during a state sectional final.

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Baller definitely describes Galvan! It seems Shae has her point guard for the future
 
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Shea’s Mississippi State postgame remarks.




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Temporary though it may be, I do appreciate the symmetry of this. I sense a theme.

 
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The final 12 games on the Vanderbilt schedule include nine against Top-25 teams, and five of those nine are in the Top 10. The nastiness begins with a neutral site game against 8th ranked Michigan today in New Jersey. It’s a nationally televised (Fox) homecoming for Mikayla Blakes and Justine Pissott. Then, the SEC grind begins for real, including:

at #2 South Carolina
at #16 Ole Miss
at #7 Kentucky
home vs. #13 Oklahoma
home vs.. #4 Texas
home vs. #7 Kentucky
home vs. #21 Alabama
at #20 Tennessee

Mixed in with those games are three against non-ranked teams Auburn and Florida in Nashville and at Georgia.

There are toss-ups galore in that final 12-game stretch, and it’s hard to get a grip on what the likely record will be. I’m going to guess 7-5 with this caveat: A decent team could lose all nine of those Top-25 showdowns. I think we’re better than decent. A good team could go 4-5, and that’s where I have it, but with yet another caveat: We might be better than just good, and, if so, we could sneak out with another win or two.

For the record, I think our five most likely losses are at South Carolina, at Ole Miss, at Kentucky and at Tennessee. The only home loss I foresee is Texas. So, if we go 4-5 against the ranked teams and beat the three remaining unranked teams, that puts us at 7-5 over that last 12-game stretch and a 25-5 regular-season.

I have little faith in those guesses. For instance, I have us losing in Knoxville even though I truly feel we are the better team. I think we can beat Michigan, but it’s going to be a barn burner. Can we really beat Oklahoma and Regan Beers at home? I think so, but Beers can dominate games with her size.

I could go on and on. In fact, I already have. Let’s just say it’s going to be a wild ride.
 
Even they tightened up at the end, 7-5 seems a little pessimistic. When they run UConn’s offense they have to keep moving. Ball got stuck in Blakely’s hands forcing tough passes.
 
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YoDore said:
The final 12 games on the Vanderbilt schedule include nine against Top-25 teams, and five of those nine are in the Top 10. The nastiness begins with a neutral site game against 8th ranked Michigan today in New Jersey. It’s a nationally televised (Fox) homecoming for Mikayla Blakes and Justine Pissott. Then, the SEC grind begins for real, including:

at #2 South Carolina
at #16 Ole Miss
at #7 Kentucky
home vs. #13 Oklahoma
home vs.. #4 Texas
home vs. #7 Kentucky
home vs. #21 Alabama
at #20 Tennessee

Mixed in with those games are three against non-ranked teams Auburn and Florida in Nashville and at Georgia.

There are toss-ups galore in that final 12-game stretch, and it’s hard to get a grip on what the likely record will be. I’m going to guess 7-5 with this caveat: A decent team could lose all nine of those Top-25 showdowns. I think we’re better than decent. A good team could go 4-5, and that’s where I have it, but with yet another caveat: We might be better than just good, and, if so, we could sneak out with another win or two.

For the record, I think our five most likely losses are at South Carolina, at Ole Miss, at Kentucky and at Tennessee. The only home loss I foresee is Texas. So, if we go 4-5 against the ranked teams and beat the three remaining unranked teams, that puts us at 7-5 over that last 12-game stretch and a 25-5 regular-season.

I have little faith in those guesses. For instance, I have us losing in Knoxville even though I truly feel we are the better team. I think we can beat Michigan, but it’s going to be a barn burner. Can we really beat Oklahoma and Regan Beers at home? I think so, but Beers can dominate games with her size.

I could go on and on. In fact, I already have. Let’s just say it’s going to be a wild ride.
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I think you are underestimating your team...I see 2 losses...South Carolina and Texas!
 
Centerstream said:
Interesting comment from Mitchell. I'm not taking anything away from Mikala but today she didn't score like her potential POY self. But that's fine...they got another big win!!!
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Mitchell was always one of the voters in the AP Poll who either voted for UCLA, Texas or SC when they were receiving votes. I have often railed against those who see "conspiracies everywhere" but in this case, I do think Mitch wants "anyone but UConn". NO WAY watching that game and then seeing UConn decimate ND led by Sarah could you even remotely think Blakes belongs in the same conversation. She doesn't. Happy for Shea as she has them playing above their individual talent but come on Mitch, seriously?
 
DefenseBB said:
Mitchell was always one of the voters in the AP Poll who either voted for UCLA, Texas or SC when they were receiving votes. I have often railed against those who see "conspiracies everywhere" but in this case, I do think Mitch wants "anyone but UConn". NO WAY watching that game and then seeing UConn decimate ND led by Sarah could you even remotely think Blakes belongs in the same conversation. She doesn't. Happy for Shea as she has them playing above their individual talent but come on Mitch, seriously?
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I don’t enjoy his work. Can be quite negative on Twitter and was tough to listen to as a a guest on the HerHoopStats podcast recently.
 
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