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Week 1 preview (Nov. 9-14)

Jmsdawg said:
Yes, a coach can really make a difference both positive and negative. Coach Novak appears to be use team and individual player pride rather than intimidation and fear. I had a coach like that in high school and he got more out of me than I knew I had. We may have lucked into a coach that can get us back to Vic days. Fan support needs to increase because the guys are really giving the effort.
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I understand what you are saying. In fairness to Coach McCray-Penson the players she brought in are contributing big time. Anastasia Hayes is an assassin and J Jordan brings a toughness. Hayes is a great contrast to the steadiness of M Taylor.
I still want to see how Coach Novak does over the course of the season. However so far I really like what I’m seeing. Last night SDS was inverting the offense and isolating their larger guards in the posts against the smaller guards. Coach Novak made a great adjustment to negate that play. I also like assitant Coach Benton’s energy.
 
Utah seems to be putting last year's disappointing season way in the rear view mirror. At the half, they are on pace to score triple digits for the 2nd game in a row. Opponents haven't been top notch, but it certainly looks like a very different version of the Utes.
 
Plebe said:
Damn, and I thought UConn fans were bad about jumping to rash grand conclusions after just a single game.
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Can you imagine what would happen if UConn had a game where they committed 36 TOs and had no FG for an 8 1/2 minute stretch? The world would probably end.
 
Just watched the end of the Toledo - Wright State game. They had a good crowd and that was nice to see. Toledo seemed to be playing some good basketball, but I don't know much about the team.
 
FridaFriend said:
Just watched the end of the Toledo - Wright State game. They had a good crowd and that was nice to see. Toledo seemed to be playing some good basketball, but I don't know much about the team.
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Wight St. and Milwaukee have both started out 0-2. Gotta be considered fairly disappointing for 2 of the better teams in the Horizon last season.
 
I think Lousville was ranked too high this year. Probably because the beat Oregon last year in the tourney. Oregon was very short handed especially at the guard position which was tailor made for Louivelle. Even with that favorable match up and some really bad foul calls that took out Sabbaly, Oregon almost still beat them. I think Louisvelle was over rated rather than Arizona not being rated high enough. All things considered Arizonal was where they should have been until they proved other wise. Of course beating Louisvelle should raise them up somewhat.
 
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Jmsdawg said:
Watched the game. Really impressed byCoach Novak, he is involved and motivating. I especially was impressed by the calm demeanor he displayed even when the team play was not going well. MSST team chemistry between the coach and players is a pleasant surprise. My major concern is the lack of size hopefully J Carter will rejoin the team soon in decent shape and can blend in without disruptIng the team chemistry.
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It was a dramatic difference from the MSU team I watched last year. They looked motivated and hungry, played very hard throughout the game. Last year the intensity definitely wasn't there.
 
I went to Tudor Fieldhouse last night to watch a new-look Rice team host the Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana. I was curious to see how the defending WNIT champs looked after their star players and head coach all departed. Plus I'm a secondary fan of ULL.

Rice hired its new coach, Lindsay Edmonds, from NC State, where she spent 8 years as an assistant to Wes Moore. I'm curious if @LETTERL can provide any insights and impressions about Edmonds' time there. I'm also wondering if @triaddukefan remembers Edmonds from her playing days at Appalachian State (she was then known as Lindsay Smith).

Edmonds has her work cut out for her, I'd say. She has an 11-player roster of mostly freshmen and sophomores, with only one starter and a few bench players from last year's team.

Rice led by 8-12 points for most of the 2nd and 3rd quarters, before Louisiana used a full court press in 4Q to completely alter the momentum. Rice is sorely missing a true point guard and they will have nightmares about their inability to break the ULL pressure. The Ragin' Cajuns found the hot hand and seemingly could not miss in 4Q: they shot an incredible 10 of 11 FG and 3 of 4 from 3FG, which included a 4-point play.

We'll see if ULL can draw momentum from their inspired comeback next week, when they make the trek from Lafayette to Baton Rouge to face the snooty ritzy resource-hogging state flagship university (did I get that right, @triaddukefan :D ).
 
I'm watching the Syracuse- Notre Dame game. I don't understand Ivey's strategy.
Westbeld scores the first 6 points for ND and she gets substituted for 3:40 into the game with 1 personal foul. Any explanations ?
 
rvwsleep said:
I'm watching the Syracuse- Notre Dame game. I don't understand Ivey's strategy.
Westbeld scores the first 6 points for ND and she gets substituted for 3:40 into the game with 1 personal foul. Any explanations ?
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I've noticed an increasing number of coaches are sitting players after their 1st foul if it's early to middle of 1st quarter, much they often sit players after their 2nd foul in the first half. Wes Moore of NC State did this with Elissa Cunane in the 1st quarter of the S. Carolina game.
 
Plebe said:
I've noticed an increasing number of coaches are sitting players after their 1st foul if it's early to middle of 1st quarter, much they often sit players after their 2nd foul in the first half. Wes Moore of NC State did this with Elissa Cunane in the 1st quarter of the S. Carolina game.
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I think she has 2 fouls now. 14 turnovers by ND before the half..

The Terps are famous for doing this. When someone commits a foul in the first quarter, they immediately go to the bench.
 
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According to the ESPN boxscore, Westbeld only has 1 foul yet only played about 8 minutes in the first half. She was on the bench when Syracuse went on their run to get back into the game in the second quarter.
Overall, very sloppy game with a combined 27 turnovers in the first half. Syracuse shooting 19% on fg's yet are only down 6 at halftime.
 
Plebe said:
I went to Tudor Fieldhouse last night to watch a new-look Rice team host the Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana. I was curious to see how the defending WNIT champs looked after their star players and head coach all departed. Plus I'm a secondary fan of ULL.

Rice hired its new coach, Lindsay Edmonds, from NC State, where she spent 8 years as an assistant to Wes Moore. I'm curious if @LETTERL can provide any insights and impressions about Edmonds' time there. I'm also wondering if @triaddukefan remembers Edmonds from her playing days at Appalachian State (she was then known as Lindsay Smith).



We'll see if ULL can draw momentum from their inspired comeback next week, when they make the trek from Lafayette to Baton Rouge to face the snooty ritzy resource-hogging state flagship university (did I get that right, @triaddukefan :D ).
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1) i don't recall Lindsay Smith playing at App State

2) LSU is one of those schools (like Arizona, UConn, Wisconsin) that is both the flagship AND the land-grant.... so they get ALL of the resources. But yeah... its one of those little sister vs big sister matchups..... ULL will be fired up for sure.
 
triaddukefan said:
2) LSU is one of those schools (like Arizona, UConn, Wisconsin) that is both the flagship AND the land-grant.... so they get ALL of the resources. But yeah... its one of those little sister vs big sister matchups..... ULL will be fired up for sure.
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Can we throw out the record books?
 
A interesting game to keep an eye on is Belmont vs Ga Tech.. starting up at 2pm
 
USC always seems to have at least one head scratching loss in OOC. Are they trying to get it out of the way early this year? Up 4 at the half against Virginia. Before the game I wouldn't have expected them to have much trouble in this one.
 
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I wonder what would happen if i went into the chat room now and started talking about the Duke-UNCW game :eek::eek:
 
triaddukefan said:
I wonder what would happen if i went into the chat room now and started talking about the Duke-UNCW game :eek::eek:
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I dare you!

Probably there are so many comments about the other game that your commentary would instantly get buried.
 
ND beats Syracuse 82-56. ND goes on 21-0 run to end the game. Westbeld goes on a 9-0 by herself in the 4th quarter. ND had 14 TOs in the 1st half-only 5 in the 2nd half. Really impressed with Miles and her court vision. The TOs are a bit of a problem, but it’s only the 3rd game of the season. Sam Brunelle also had a good game-17 points.
Overall, MUCH better than the last 2 years. If they have everyone come back next year with KK Bransford, this team will be pretty dang good.
 
I gave NC State a 1 game pass for a post South Carolina hang over (after a slow start they won easily). Trailing Florida early today.
 
Columbia outscores Clemson 22-9 in the final quarter and takes the victory 82-78. Shameful

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Columbia just beat Clemson. Princeton is off to a good start. Maybe those Ivies were chomping at the bit after missing all of '20-'21.
 
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rvwsleep said:
I'm watching the Syracuse- Notre Dame game. I don't understand Ivey's strategy.
Westbeld scores the first 6 points for ND and she gets substituted for 3:40 into the game with 1 personal foul. Any explanations ?
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She has been bringing in Brunelle and Citron after about 3 1/2 minutes each game.
 
An upset brewing in Winston Salem.... My Spartans lead Wake Forest 37-36 after 3. :eek:
 
Maybe NC State are just slow starters. Nearly have Florida doubled up now at the beginning of Q2.
 
jbc021592 said:
ND beats Syracuse 82-56. ND goes on 21-0 run to end the game. Westbeld goes on a 9-0 by herself in the 4th quarter. ND had 14 TOs in the 1st half-only 5 in the 2nd half. Really impressed with Miles and her court vision. The TOs are a bit of a problem, but it’s only the 3rd game of the season. Sam Brunelle also had a good game-17 points.
Overall, MUCH better than the last 2 years. If they have everyone come back next year with KK Bransford, this team will be pretty dang good.
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Watched part of this game. (Is this the first conference game of the season?)

Notre Dame is not going to miss the NCAA tournament this year. In fact, I think they'll be a top 15 team fairly soon. Either Citron or Miles will be ACC FOY. Both are 100% college ready. Westbeld has All-American potential also. Dodson is an excellent addition and fulfills a front court need alongside Westbeld.

For a team that almost lost its entire roster from last year, Syracuse did well to get some quality transfers in Alaysia Styles, Chrislyn Carr, Christianna Carr, Jayla Thornton and some other decent players. They won't be a total doormat this season, despite being blown out in this game.
 
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think i jinxed my own team... right after I posted this
triaddukefan said:
An upset brewing in Winston Salem.... My Spartans lead Wake Forest 37-36 after 3. :eek:
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Wake goes on a 17-6 run :oops: UNC-G with 6 FGA and 7 turnovers. :(
 
I successfully reverse jinxed USC. Pulled away in the 2nd half, thanks mostly to Rayah Marshall apparently. I didn't see it, but sounds like she narrowly missed throwing down a dunk.
 
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