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Week 1 preview (Nov. 9-14)

DefenseBB said:
Does anyone know if the Flohoops subscription is monthly as buying it now would get me this game and the Battle 4 Atlantis games.
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Sluconn Husky said:
DePaul freshman Aneesah Morrow had a decent first game:

31 points on 13-16 from the field, 9 rebounds, 4 steals, and 3 blocks in 23 minutes.
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Morrow edges out Kyndall Hunter of Texas as the most impressive debut game by a freshman.

DePaul alum Allie Quigley was honored prior to the game:

 
Gamecockfan77 said:
Good to know. How was Reese defensively?
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Surprised I didn’t get an alert for this, but she was decent. A block & a steal but dominate on the boards.

Boston will dominate her easily so Collins/Bibby might guard her.
 
Plebe said:
In perusing the box scores, I see a transfer name I wasn't aware of. Janai Crooms, who played two years at Ohio State and one year at Michigan State, is now at Providence. She's a native of Cranston, RI.

Certainly a good pickup for the Friars.
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Didn’t even know she transferred. She had more hype when she was at Ohio St.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
DePaul freshman Aneesah Morrow had a decent first game:

31 points on 13-16 from the field, 9 rebounds, 4 steals, and 3 blocks in 23 minutes.
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I just warmed up for the Princeton-Villanova game by watching some of the DePaul-TSU game. Morrow was a force from the opening tip. She's a big-body 6'1" who runs the court well, has nice touch around the hoop, and shoots the 3 well. She addresses a severe frontcourt deficiency for DePaul that was their Achilles heel last year.

Apparently, Indiana transfer Jorie Allen is still "banged up" from the preseason and so was held out of this game.
 
Maybe it's just morbid curiosity. I'm watching Syracuse vs. Monmouth. Brutal. 2-0 nearly 4 minutes in.

I kinda can't believe Syracuse managed to get anyone to transfer in, but they have a bunch of them.

Mostly I want to see if Juliana Walker, a Fr. from Tacoma, WA, gets any PT. She would've broken Van Lith's state record for career points if there would've been a high school season in 20-21.


The ONLY returning player of note for Syracuse, Priscilla Williams, isn't playing.
 
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Butler, Southern Illinois and Bucknell are all hanging around against ranked teams--Indiana, Tennessee and Ohio St.
 
Creighton vs. Drake is an intriguing early season matchup. Drake up 13 midway thru Q2.
 
Early foul trouble for Key and Tenn in a tight one vs So Illinois -- up 2 late in 1st half.
Vols 0-8 from 3.

Horston not playing tonight (mild injury).
 
Burrell with a lower leg injury. Didnt look that bad but then couldnt put any pressure on it getting off the floor.
 
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I hope she is okay but Tennessee can not afford to lose Burrell, would impact their season drastically without her.
 
Syracuse looked awful early, not surprising given pretty much the whole team is new, and an interim first time HC I think. They got rolling, then had a 4 minute scoring drought while Monmouth chipped away at the lead. Then the Orange went on a run to end the half, up big now. Monmouth looks pretty awful.
 
Hogs win by 52, got everyone a decent number of minutes, which is good because they have 3 games in 5 days, culminating in the road game vs UConn. Above comment about bad early shooting was spot on. Ramirez was scoreless, but only took 4 shots all game (didn't play much), and honestly didn't seem to be looking for her shot at all. Jersey looked very good sometimes, but also like the trajectory on her shot was way off sometimes (much too flat). Will have to get that more consistent.
 
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I don't know if I've ever seen a team as hot from 3 as Pepperdine was in the 1st half vs. UCLA. They hit 12 of 13 triples in that half alone, accounting for 36 of their 42 points (score was tied at the half).

Ilmar'ii Thomas, last year's AAC player of the year, took full advantage of her extra COVID year to transfer to UCLA, and she carried the Bruins especially in the 1st half when Pepperdine couldn't miss from deep.

Also transferring to UCLA is Jaelynn Penn from Indiana, a very solid off guard.

UCLA has to get some players healthy. They had more players inactive on the bench than available to play.
 
Plebe said:
I don't know if I've ever seen a team as hot from 3 as Pepperdine was in the 1st half vs. UCLA. They hit 12 of 13 triples in that half alone, accounting for 36 of their 42 points (score was tied at the half).

Ilmar'ii Thomas, last year's AAC player of the year, took full advantage of her extra COVID year to transfer to UCLA, and she carried the Bruins especially in the 1st half when Pepperdine couldn't miss from deep.

Also transferring to UCLA is Jaelynn Penn from Indiana, a very solid off guard.

UCLA has to get some players healthy. They had more players inactive on the bench than available to play.
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I watched this whole game and I had to turn the sound off as those two announcers were oblivious about how bad the play was. Pepperdine is voted to finish 9th in their conference and I don’t think they had a player taller than 6’1” on the floor. I get that UCLA has lots of Injuries but jeesh, this team was a mess. They did interview Cori Close during the game and she said Charisma Osborne is the best guard in the country except for Paige Bueckers.
 
Plebe said:
I don't know if I've ever seen a team as hot from 3 as Pepperdine was in the 1st half vs. UCLA. They hit 12 of 13 triples in that half alone, accounting for 36 of their 42 points (score was tied at the half).

Ilmar'ii Thomas, last year's AAC player of the year, took full advantage of her extra COVID year to transfer to UCLA, and she carried the Bruins especially in the 1st half when Pepperdine couldn't miss from deep.

Also transferring to UCLA is Jaelynn Penn from Indiana, a very solid off guard.

UCLA has to get some players healthy. They had more players inactive on the bench than available to play.
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Was UCLA defending the three or backed up in a zone and giving it to Pepperdine?
 
visitingcock said:
Was UCLA defending the three or backed up in a zone and giving it to Pepperdine?
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I don't think they were intending to "give" it to them. Wasn't watching closely (kinda had it on in the background as I worked on my laptop) but my impression was they were caught out of position numerous times, with a lot of 3's in transition, or drive and kick, or offensive rebound scramble and kick. Stedman and Bambrick had a very quick catch and shoot and hit numerous shots with a player closing fast.

DefenseBB said:
I watched this whole game and I had to turn the sound off as those two announcers were oblivious about how bad the play was. Pepperdine is voted to finish 9th in their conference and I don’t think they had a player taller than 6’1” on the floor. I get that UCLA has lots of Injuries but jeesh, this team was a mess. They did interview Cori Close during the game and she said Charisma Osborne is the best guard in the country except for Paige Bueckers.
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What I can't stand about these conference-centric networks is how they act more as cheerleaders and PR agencies than honest broadcast journalism outlets. The hyperbole is nonstop about how every team and every player is just great great great.

And speaking of hyperbole, yeah my ears perked up at Close's comments on Osborne. Not sure she said "best guard"; I think she said "most versatile and complete guard", which maybe isn't the same? But whatever, she obviously went to the Muffett McGraw school of overhyping your own players to the annoyance of anyone with half a brain :D At least she had the good sense to not put her above Paige.
 
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DefenseBB said:
I watched this whole game and I had to turn the sound off as those two announcers were oblivious about how bad the play was. Pepperdine is voted to finish 9th in their conference and I don’t think they had a player taller than 6’1” on the floor. I get that UCLA has lots of Injuries but jeesh, this team was a mess. They did interview Cori Close during the game and she said Charisma Osborne is the best guard in the country except for Paige Bueckers.
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I'm tired of coaches claiming their player is the "best" _______, and the WBB season just started! There are so many great guards in WBB, and, in the case of 4/5's, the new Baylor coach's statement before the last Baylor game re: NaLyssa Smith was just as "wrong" as "annoying".
 
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UT Arlington having no problem moving the ball inside on Baylor
Baylor up 14-12 at first media TO
All of UTA baskets are in the paint, plus 2FT's
 
Baylor trying to play a WNBA team this year, launch a bunch of 3's and play suspect defense.

Do they not know what the strength of this team is?
 
Baylor and UT Arlington now tied at 30-30 a piece at media timeout in 2Q.

I am actually impressed with UT Arlington's ball movement. Not sure what happened to Baylor defensively. They were suspect offensively over the years but I havent seen a D like this before.
 
Baylor would have clobbered both of these opponents under Mulkey. They obviously aren't quite as loaded talent-wise as they have been but, wow, does coaching make a difference.
 
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