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Week 10 - Jan 8 to 14

Plebe said:
Ha, well ironically Iowa is doing better than they were last year at this time. In early January 2023 they were 11-4 and ranked #16, and most people had written them off as a serious contender. Somehow that was the same team that streaked to the Final Four and slayed the SC giant.

As a wise friend recently reminded me, “perspective” ;)
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I'm really surprised they only have one loss as well. I posted earlier this year that I expected them to have more losses early in the season than last year while they experimented with new lineup combinations. Shows how much I know. I did also say that I expected them to be dangerous again in the post season....hope I'm at least correct on that. Their experience has been more of an asset than I predicted.
 
visitingcock said:
Corrected. Though I generally ent call him anything but “Sweeney-hawk-spit” locally
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Duly noted ;) My NCAAF coaching knowledge isn't that extensive and I wasn't sure if there was another Sweeney who is currently coaching.
 
I'm rooting for UNC win today against FSU, sorry @triaddukefan. A win will help UConn in the Net and hopefully the polls.
 
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Plebe said:
Well, just like clockwork, per the ACC bylaws UNC was overdue for an embarrassing loss and they certainly delivered. Add Florida State to the rapidly growing list of ACC teams who did ZILCH in the OOC (best win was over Tennessee) but then lo and behold suddenly get “quality wins” in January and February.

And people wonder how this conference gets 8 or 9 teams in smdh.
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I get that hating on the ACC is part of your schtick, but can you expand on why? #20 losing away at #21 by 8 is hardly an embarrassing loss (and Massey had them as the underdog). The ACC had 3 teams in the elite eight last season and has averaged a quarter of elite eight teams the past four years. I guess my perception is the ACC has had a lot of very good teams but very few championship contenders, but it's not clear why that's inconsistent with 8 to 9 tourney teams in a 15 team league.
 
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TheFarmFan said:
I get that hating on the ACC is part of your schtick, but can you expand on why? #20 losing away at #21 by 8 is hardly an embarrassing loss (and Massey had them as the underdog). The ACC had 3 teams in the elite eight last season and has averaged a quarter of elite eight teams the past four years. I guess my perception is the ACC has had a lot of very good teams but very few championship contenders, but it's not clear why that's inconsistent with 8 to 9 tourney teams in a 15 team league.
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I deleted my post after learning of Latson's injury late in the game, which I did not see. Schtick and injuries aren't a good mix.

Not an embarrassing loss, obviously, for the #38 team in the NET to lose on the road to the #39 team.

Congrats to the Seminoles on their first top 50 win of the season. I hope Latson will be okay; she's a tremendous player.
 
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Vandy 20 point win at Kentucky! Tough Feb sked to come but at 16-1, postseason all but guaranteed.

Tenn about to complete yet another comeback victory over Fla. I bc don’t know if the Vols oversleep before every game or Harper gives the best 1/2 time speeches, but they’ve been doing this a lot.
 
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Vowelguy said:
Vandy 20 point win at Kentucky! Tough Feb sked to come but at 15-1, postseason all but guaranteed.

Tenn about to complete yet another comeback victory over Fla. I bc don’t know if the Vols oversleep before every game or Harper gives the best 1/2 time speeches, but they’ve been doing this a lot.
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Don't look now but Vanderbilt and Tennessee could conceivably be both undefeated in conference when they meet in Knoxville in 10 days.

Tennessee has the tougher schedule of the two before then, with road games at TAMU and MSU, which by SEC standards count as tough games.

Vandy, meanwhile, has home games against Mizzou and Auburn.
 
F$U almost tried to give the game away. Up by 21 in the 3rd.... I was getting kinda nervous with about 5 minutes to go in the game. Good to see that F$U is good for something :rolleyes:

#25 for Chapel Hill was plagued with foul trouble... fouled out with a bit over five minutes to go in the game.



Tweet was deleted. Basically #25 called out the refs... said that since college players can't get fined she gave her opinion on the refs calls... called them (the calls) garbage.
 
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triaddukefan said:
#25 for Chapel Hill was plagued with foul trouble... fouled out with a bit over five minutes to go in the game.
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Kelly got called for 2 fouls in the first 2 minutes of the game. Usually a bad sign.

She still scored 22 despite the foul trouble. It was Ustby, Donarski and Gakdeng who were disastrous on offense, going a combined 6 of 28.
 
NC State made nearly 60% of its shots through 3 quarters of action and ran away from Virginia, 93-66 in an emphatic statement following its last-second loss to Virginia Tech on Sunday. 5 players reached double figures...with freshmen Zoe Brooks (19) and Laci Steele (13) setting career highs. State had 36 points in the paint and 36 fast break points. All 11 available players saw the floor tonight, with 10 scoring at least 1 point. NC State was also 19 of 23 from the FT line, and 10 of 23 from THREE. Mimi Collins was one rebound shy of a double-double.

NC State had 19 assists on 32 made baskets.

The first three quarters reminded me a lot of NC State's win over Colorado at the Paradise Jam in November. Except today, other players stepped up in place of the missing River Baldwin.
 
The ACC is a weird league. I thought BC might give ND a game... same with Miami and VPI. Both got or are getting dog walked. Speaking of dogs (cousins of dogs) the Pack got a measure of revenge on the state of Virginia... demolishing them 93-66
 
LETTERL said:
NC State made nearly 60% of its shots through 3 quarters of action and ran away from Virginia, 93-66 in an emphatic statement following its last-second loss to Virginia Tech on Sunday. 5 players reached double figures...with freshmen Zoe Brooks (19) and Laci Steele (13) setting career highs. State had 36 points in the paint and 36 fast break points. All 11 available players saw the floor tonight, with 10 scoring at least 1 point. NC State was also 19 of 23 from the FT line, and 10 of 23 from THREE. Mimi Collins was one rebound shy of a double-double.

The first three quarters reminded me a lot of NC State's win over Colorado at the Paradise Jam in November. Except today, other players stepped up in place of the missing River Baldwin.
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Has Brooks been starting since Rivers return?
 
I either didn't know or totally forgot that Darian White is at Nebraska this year, after 4 years at Montana St.

Huskers keep pulling away, and then let Illinois back in the game. Going down to the wire.
 
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triaddukefan said:
Has Brooks been starting since Rivers return?
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She came off the bench for one game following Rivers' return, then moved back into the starting lineup with Baldwin's injury. I'm really excited at what we're going to get from her the next four years. She's already an excellent ball-handler with high IQ...and she's only going to get better.
 
Incredibly frustrating and disappointing season for the Illini so far. They have literally lost every single quasi-significant game this year, including a couple (Mizzou, Wisconsin) that had no business being significant.

The blown layup by Cook with 40 seconds left was Illinois' season in a nutshell.
 
LETTERL said:
She came off the bench for one game following Rivers' return, then moved back into the starting lineup with Baldwin's injury. I'm really excited at what we're going to get from her the next four years. She's already an excellent ball-handler with high IQ...and she's only going to get better.
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Some good freshman guards in the conference.
 
Since the Southern Conference has only 7 schools in WCBB (Virginia Military Institute doesn't field a squad) they finally got around to opening up conference play tonight. UNC-G beats a tough Wofford Squad. ..Furman downs Western Carolina, and ETSU beat Samford. UT-Chatt had the night off.
 
Vowelguy said:
Vandy 20 point win at Kentucky! Tough Feb sked to come but at 16-1, postseason all but guaranteed.

Tenn about to complete yet another comeback victory over Fla. I bc don’t know if the Vols oversleep before every game or Harper gives the best 1/2 time speeches, but they’ve been doing this a lot.
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Harper has probably been studying videos of Brenda's legendary halftime speeches :p

Let's be fair, though, these 2nd half surges have come against the likes of Auburn, Kentucky and Florida.
 
triaddukefan said:
Since the Southern Conference has only 7 schools in WCBB (Virginia Military Institute doesn't field a squad) they finally got around to opening up conference play tonight. UNC-G beats a tough Wofford Squad. ..Furman downs Western Carolina, and ETSU beat Samford. UT-Chatt had the night off.
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Chattanooga beat Mercer yesterday, I think. Doesn't the Southern Conference have 8 teams?
 
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LETTERL said:
Chattanooga beat Mercer yesterday, I think. Doesn't the Southern Conference have 8 teams?
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Actually now that I think of it, there are 9 teams in the Southern Conference. I just remembered the Citadel doesn't field a team either, along with VMI. Those schools don't have many female students.

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Dag.. They actually have 10 schools. I forgot about Mercer
 
Arkansas took 38 3 pointers. 27 in the first half. They lose by...3. Neighbors is overpaid.
 
Arkansas, playing without Taliah Scott, lost a rock fight to Mississippi State 66-63. And before anyone asks, Saylor had 4 rebounds.

Weird results for the Razorbacks. With Scott playing, they lose to Kentucky. With Scott out, they blow out Georgia and today almost beat MSU.
 
Plebe said:
Arkansas, playing without Taliah Scott, lost a rock fight to Mississippi State 66-63. And before anyone asks, Saylor had 4 rebounds.

Weird results for the Razorbacks. With Scott playing, they lose to Kentucky. With Scott out, they blow out Georgia and today almost beat MSU.
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Miss St been very underwhelming this year. They have some great pieces but none of it is adding up on the court at least now.
 
Weird things happen, but there is no reason Gonzaga shouldn't run the table in the WCC this year. The gap between them and everyone else is huge. They blew out Santa Clara tonight. Not really sure who the second best team in the conference is, but whoever it is I'm confident they can't hold a candle to the Zags.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Weird things happen, but there is no reason Gonzaga shouldn't run the table in the WCC this year. The gap between them and everyone else is huge. They blew out Santa Clara tonight. Not really sure who the second best team in the conference is, but whoever it is I'm confident they can't hold a candle to the Zags.
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Are you trying to jinx someone again? :eek:

The road game at Santa Clara is the biggest road block for Gonzaga. Didn't they lose there last year?

Santa Clara is definitely #2 in the league. #67 in NET, #77 in Massey. Everyone else is outside the top 100.
 
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