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Week 1 11/4-11/10

Boise St. over Colorado 50-47 has to be at least a little bit of surprise.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Norfolk St. beat Missouri. Got some mid majors beating P4+ teams early in the season.
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Missouri legit may have one of the worst teams of all P5, the coach will definitely be fired after this season
 
They started out this way last year too so we'll see if it holds up, but glacially paced Washington is much more uptempo so far. Have cruised to 3 easy wins against I'm assuming pretty bad teams. Next 4 games probably shouldn't be much of a challenge either, so they might not be very well prepared for LSU on 11/25.
 
Finna be a long season if Duke doesn't improve at FT's. 12 missed fts in a five point loss :oops:. Missed about 15 layups as well. :eek:



nwhoopfan said:
Sorry Duke fans, but wake me up when Kara Lawson actually does something there.
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The firsr week of the season isn't even over....
 
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There was some back and forth, but Iowa was in control most of the game and beat VA Tech 71-52. There's more talk about other players, I think O'Grady was kind of forgotten. She scored 18 on 9-9 shooting, a Czinano type of game for her today.
 
Good win for Iowa. I have no idea how good Virginia tech is. But they looked solid.

Did Lucy have to play the whole game though? Is there really no one that sub for her?
 
Betts had her way against Colgate. 31 pts/9 reb/3 blocks.

Aarnisalo is another Fr. catching my eye early. Looked solid against Ole Miss, today she scored 19 on 8-10 shooting.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
She's in year 5 on the job.
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I ain't got the energy to argue tonight. Lemme eat another Sausalito cookie with a side of melatonin and get ready to call it a night. At 8:24 pm... yeah I'm growing old :( and cranky too :mad:
 
nwhoopfan said:
There was some back and forth, but Iowa was in control most of the game and beat VA Tech 71-52. There's more talk about other players, I think O'Grady was kind of forgotten. She scored 18 on 9-9 shooting, a Czinano type of game for her today.
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I agree. Her ability to play the 5 frees up Stuelke to play the 4 and be outside. Stuelke looks to be playing with a lot more freedom compared to her first couple seasons. This could be very interesting and problematic for BIG10 opponents.
 
triaddukefan said:
I ain't got the energy to argue tonight. Lemme eat another Sausalito cookie with a side of melatonin and get ready to call it a night. At 8:24 pm... yeah I'm growing old :( and cranky too :mad:
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She's recruited well, she's brought some excitement to the program. I'm not saying she's done a bad job. But she was declared a great coach before she'd ever coached a game, and I feel like she still hasn't lived up to the amount of acclaim she's received. That's just my opinion.

Just for fun, compare her to Niele Ivey. Both started at the same time, in the same conference. You can say there was more rebuilding to be done at Duke, but Muffet's last year was actually worse than McCallie's. I think both coaches are still trying to get their programs from being good to truly elite. Neither has gotten beyond the Sweet 16, although Ivey has gotten there 3 times to only once for Lawson. Who will take the next step first?
 
jdote33 said:
Kudos to Maryland. . . . Overall they played better defense than I expected and their pieces fit well.
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It's not that hard to play defense against a team that can't make layups. Or threes. Or free throws.
 
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Sluconn Husky said:
Prosper hitting threes up 43 points with 20 seconds to go.............
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She was 2-6 overall, 1-2 from 3. Will this be something she can do consistently? She hasn't been great shooting outside the paint to date. Something to watch.
 
nwhoopfan said:
She's recruited well, she's brought some excitement to the program. I'm not saying she's done a bad job. But she was declared a great coach before she'd ever coached a game, and I feel like she still hasn't lived up to the amount of acclaim she's received. That's just my opinion.

Just for fun, compare her to Niele Ivey. Both started at the same time, in the same conference. You can say there was more rebuilding to be done at Duke, but Muffet's last year was actually worse than McCallie's. I think both coaches are still trying to get their programs from being good to truly elite. Neither has gotten beyond the Sweet 16, although Ivey has gotten there 3 times to only once for Lawson. Who will take the next step first?
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The melatonin hasn't kicked in yet.. anyway... How long was Ivey an assistant coach at ND before she got the gig? From my recollection, Lawson was an assistant for the Celtics for one season before she became head coach. ND has had the advantage of having star players, unlike Duke. ND has 5 players on their roster who have been All-ACC at least once... compared to Duke's 1 player. Head to head... Lawson 2 Ivey 1.
 
undersized said:
It's not that hard to play defense against a team that can't make layups. Or threes. Or free throws.
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It's too early in the season to be this cold blooded...... all the leaves ain't fallen off the trees yet :oops:

But yeah... I wasn't that impressed with Maryland's defense. #15 did some good things for them though.
 
Oregon sneaking by Baylor … I didn’t expect that given how much Oregon has fallen off in recent years.
 
maple said:
Oregon sneaking by Baylor … I didn’t expect that given how much Oregon has fallen off in recent years.
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This is a very different team compared to previous seasons. With who Graves picked up in the portal, we shouldn't be surprised that they will be much more competitive. Baylor didn't do themselves any favours in this game either. The shot selection, especially from 3 had me scratching my head. They had their opportunity to win but couldn't close it out.

Concerned about Kyei however. She played more minutes than expected due to Muhamed (sic?) fouling out and the team being short handed. She didn't look comfortable out there. Could Oregon be rushing her back too soon?
 
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Notre Dame feels like an easier place to attract talent to than Duke - but maybe I’m wrong. Doesn’t exactly feel like an apples to apples comparison. Notre Dame has a recent national championship. Multiple visits to the final four. They were coming off 8 consecutive seasons as a 1 seed before Muffets final year and then Ivey took over.

That’s a situation you are just trying not to ruin. Not build.

Duke was last a 1 seed in 08-09. Hadn’t made the tournament for 2 straight years when Lawson took over. Duke has a nice history to be proud of but they aren’t Notre Dame. Harder to win there IMO.
 
cancontent said:
This is a very different team compared to previous seasons. With who Graves picked up in the portal, we shouldn't be surprised that they will be much more competitive. Baylor didn't do themselves any favours in this game either. The shot selection, especially from 3 had me scratching my head. They had their opportunity to win but couldn't close it out.

Concerned about Kyei however. She played more minutes than expected due to Muhamed (sic?) fouling out and the team being short handed. She didn't look comfortable out there. Could Oregon be rushing her back too soon?
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Appreciate the recap (I didn't get to watch the game).

Let's see if Oregon is able to carry this momentum and if Baylor bounces back. Hopefully for Oregon they are not rushing Kyei back onto the floor too soon.
 
maple said:
Appreciate the recap (I didn't get to watch the game).

Let's see if Oregon is able to carry this momentum and if Baylor bounces back. Hopefully for Oregon they are not rushing Kyei back onto the floor too soon.
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I'm lucky I had an afternoon nap and was able to stay up. It was interesting to say the least. Some chippiness in the first quarter between a couple guards but that settled down. I liked Oregon's style of play overall.

And a huge THANK YOU for the new court. Much easier on the eyes, while still keeping the forest theme in place. A heck of a lot better than watching the Houston Texans and their Christmas ornament uniforms during Sunday Night Football. ;)
 
maple said:
Appreciate the recap (I didn't get to watch the game).

Let's see if Oregon is able to carry this momentum and if Baylor bounces back. Hopefully for Oregon they are not rushing Kyei back onto the floor too soon.
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Graves has probably stopped the bleeding, for now. Oregon may catch a team or two self destructing and win, but I can also see them falling to a lesser talented team on any given night. They were up 16 late and then Graves just let them keep playing until it was in single digits before calling a timeout. During that Baylor run, he just resigned to focusing his offense on Kelly, when there were others who had been playing well. Oregon also had trouble stopping Jada's penetration...partly because they looked very tired and Graves didn't call a timeout until after a Baylor like 10 point run.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Speaking of Notre Dame...wow they've got some talent. Although fairly short handed at this point. Waiting to get Westbeld, Watson and Karlen available.
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Watson is out for the season but I think Karlen will probably be back in December and Westbeld in January
 
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