Week 11 - Jan 13 to 19

[nwhoopfan]

Houston was up as much as 26 and still has a 20 point cushion going into Q4.

 

[packwrap]

@Plebe if you were concerned about someone throwing the SMU-Pitt game, I'm gonna need you to investigate what is happening between Oklahoma St. and Houston. There is no way a ranked P4 team can possibly be trailing the Cougars by 17 points is there?

SMU and Houston: these big hat gamblers may be using big parlays to cover the cost of their entry into P4 conferences. No one will notice the bets in WBB.

OSU a quick in n out visit to AP top 25.

 

[Bigboote]

Bri McDaniel of Maryland went down with what I believe was a non-contact injury going for a layup at the end of the first.

Was on the ground holding her knee as it went to commercial, so might not be good.

Edit: She had to be carried to the locker room.

That was awful looking. She sort-of planted with the right leg, but something was wrong. She jumped off the left, but couldn’t lift the right to launch and just wiped out. Sure looks like a right knee injury.

It’s my first time seeing Minnesota this year. The team sure has Dawn Plitzuweit’s fingerprints all over it. I could be watching South Dakota from a few years ago.

 

[12au]

Houston W

Never a doubt

 

[azfan]

Houston W

Never a doubt

Cougs deparately tried to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Are they leaving the door open for that fouling, disorganized Adair LED team?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Furious Oklahoma St. rally comes up short. Quick lesson to be learned: you can't wait for 3 quarters before you decide to finally start playing. That is a BAD loss.

 

[Vowelguy]

@Plebe if you were concerned about someone throwing the SMU-Pitt game, I'm gonna need you to investigate what is happening between Oklahoma St. and Houston. There is no way a ranked P4 team can possibly be trailing the Cougars by 17 points is there?

Houston wins.

Down to 8 P4 teams winless in conference.

 

[Plebe]

@Plebe if you were concerned about someone throwing the SMU-Pitt game, I'm gonna need you to investigate what is happening between Oklahoma St. and Houston. There is no way a ranked P4 team can possibly be trailing the Cougars by 17 points is there?

Obviously the same cell of $MU operatives tied to an international crime syndicate who masterminded the farce in Pittsburgh have also succeeding in infiltrating Stillwater, Oklahoma in order to orchestrate this implausible turn of events. Amirite, @TheFarmFan ?

 

[nwhoopfan]

THERE'S my Huskies. Shooting 22% and getting run out of the gym 25-9 @ Michigan.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Weird stuff going on. SMU had a scoreless quarter recently. After jumping out ahead of West Virginia, Colorado had a 2 point 2nd quarter. That's really hard to pull that off.

 

[Vowelguy]

THERE'S my Huskies. Shooting 22% and getting run out of the gym 25-9 @ Michigan.

All of the BiG/ACC coaches who have to take looong flights for a road game ... and lose ... need to record a video.
Blame it on the Plane

 

[nwhoopfan]

All of the BiG/ACC coaches who have to take looong flights for a road game ... and lose ... need to record a video.
Blame it on the Plane

Best lip syncers of all time?


Yeah, well, UW has been in Michigan since probably at least Saturday, so I'm not sure if I'm going to give them that excuse. They did warm up eventually, but Michigan is warmer and already had a sizable lead.

 

[nwhoopfan]

82-69 final Michigan wins. After a really chilly start, Huskies end up shooting 47%. Couldn't make up that big early deficit. Sellers had 30. Unfortunately it seems like UW doesn't do well most of the time when she goes off, maybe because it's a fairly good indication the rest of the team is struggling. Although Ladine and Stines had 16 and 15. The rest of the team however combined for 8.

 

[nwhoopfan]

West Virginia cruised past Colorado 73-46. Q2 was 16-2 and Q4 24-6. If Colorado hadn't decided not to show up for even numbered quarters, it might've been a good game.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Stinker of the day: Western Michigan over Toledo 41-38. That's a final score. Twelve points was the highest anyone scored in any quarter.

 

[Vowelguy]

All of the BiG/ACC coaches who have to take looong flights for a road game ... and lose ... need to record a video.
Blame it on the Plane

Blame it on the plane that was flyin', flyin'
Blame it on the rest that didnt come that night
What ever you do, don't put the blame on you
Blame it on the plane
Yeah, yeah

Come on and blame it on the plane
Cause the plane don't mind
And the plane don't care
You've got to blame it on something
Blame it on the plane, yeah yeah

 

[nwhoopfan]

Penn St. didn't roll over and play dead against UCLA. More competitive than they were against USC.

edit--come on, trying to make a liar out of me; final margin was 16, but it was a 9 point game w/ 3+ minutes left.

 

[cancontent]

Nice double header of ranked teams going against each tonight on the ACC Network with ND-Georgia Tech and Duke-California.

The Duke-California match up should be a lot of fun. My first opportunity to watch them was during the Thanksgiving tournaments and they can give teams fits. Duke's defence better be ready for it.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I thought I saw that GT won't have a key player tonight. Is that correct? How much will this hamper them? I haven't watched much of them this season.

 

[cancontent]

Penn St. didn't roll over and play dead against UCLA. More competitive than they were against USC.

edit--come on, trying to make a liar out of me; final margin was 16, but it was a 9 point game w/ 3+ minutes left.

And the tradition continues (in Jim Nantz's voice).

In fairness, looking at the boxscore, foul trouble could explain the final margin. Gabby Elliott fouled out and she was one of Penn State's primary scorers.

 

[azfan]

Thursday on the road - how do the Az schools fare? Fingers crossed for .500 with a not insignificant chance of losses across the board.

All four games can be enjoyed on ESPN Plus. Additional thoughts to those posted over on the Big 12 thread linked below.

Lopes have a real challenge at Abilene Christian in their effort to extend their winning streak to 14 games. While there's no doubt Molly Miller will have the squad ready this is clearly the biggest challenge since the last time the Lopes lost in November to the quackers from Oregon. This game is going to feature two very accomplished guards in Olympian Trinity San Antonio and for the Texas squad sophomore Peyton Hall. If Hall performs like she did in a big victory over the wandering Lobos of New Mexico AC has a real chance at home. Abilene is undefeated at home in December and so far in January. The Lopes average 78 a game while AC averages 73. Both teams can play defense and I'm going to expect a low scoring game and the Lopes to eke out the only Arizona road game victory today.

This is the featured Arizona road game with a tip at 5pm.

The Jacks visit the Hornets and try to shake off their loss at home to Montana State which dropped them to second in the conference. Sac State returns home after a 1 and 3 stretch of road games their only victory two points at Portland State in OT. While NAU is heavily favored this is a trap game and I'm looking for the hornets to be ready to sting.

7:30 p.m. so the east coasters will be in Dreamland as Loree Payne tries to keep the team on schedule.

The P4 Arizona schools head to the Sunflower State where there ain't no roses at least if you're a kittie fan and or a supporter of the nice coach from Delaware. What's of interest here is the MOV..... Can Barnes keep the loss under 20? The only question for the Sun Devils will be the ability of Ice Brown to play and whether or not she and Ty Skinner will get 60 shots. KU,, loser of three out of their last four, at home should have a wonderful opportunity to get the W. Oddly enough I think the three ball decides this game. We know that 6'7'' post Kennedy Bascum with ASU likes to launch a few but if KU hits their threes they win.

Doesn't matter what time these games tip on ESPN plus neither will be watchable unless you're a masochist. Or curious if Barnes can finally get her message across and have the players play. But we know kitties have a mind of their own.

For what it's worth Massey has the Lopes by three and the Jacks by seven.

The kitties and Devils are double-digit dogs 14 and 11 respectively.


Post in thread 'Big 12 season thread ('24-'25)' Big 12 season thread ('24-'25)

 

[visitingcock]

Three games tonight between ranked opponents! Yahoo. I hope she who must be obeyed isn't too adamant about Law and Order tonight