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Miami lost to Boston College and is on a 5 game losing streak in ACC. Not a good start for the new coach there.
 
Grand Canyon was having some trouble in the first half against Abilene Christian, but a huge 49-22 second half carried them to the win going away.
 
Iowa is giving this game away from the charity stripe. 12-24. They've gone 0-2 on several trips. Nebraska is 12-12.
 
WOW. Trailing Abilene Christian by 13 at the half on the road the Lopes really come together in the second half and pull away for a convincing 81-67 win. This game featured five of the top six scores in the WAC and the stars really produced in this game. Leaving score for the game with 26th was senior Bella Earle who was extremely impressive. Molly Miller's squad began lock down defense midway through the third quarter and ended the game on a 16 -- 1 run over the last 5 minutes of the game. Trinity San Antonio was dominant down the stretch leading her team to a really impressive win on the road.

In news from the Sunflower State the kitties are having a tremendous amount of difficulty finding the rim as the Wildcats have locked down the kitties offense and the Sun Devils are performing as expected although Ice Brown and Ty Skinner failed to get up the 30 shots they needed.

The Jacks tip off in 15 minutes in Sacramento hoping to raise the Arizona road record to two and two tonight
 
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Iowa clock operator got caught cheating. Started the clock before the ball was inbounded. Nebraska didn't get the ball across half court in time, but after review the call was reversed and Nebraska got the ball back. You can only get away with clock shenanigans at places like Duke...:rolleyes:
 
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nwhoopfan said:
Iowa clock operator got caught cheating. Started the clock before the ball was inbounded. Nebraska didn't get the ball across half court in time, but after review the call was reversed and Nebraska got the ball back. You can only get away with clock shenanigans at places like Duke...:rolleyes:
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You betcha!!!!
 
Iowa really needed that, but didn't get it done. Their season is slipping away. 2-5 in conference. Nebraska 5-2. First time Markowski has won in Iowa City her whole career. She fouled out near the end of regulation but was doing a great job keeping her team motivated from the side line in the extra session.
 
I think we (Duke) has this under control.

Cal has 25 turnovers through 3 quarters :eek:
 
Duke walking out of Cameron tonight with new coats ;):cool::p:eek:



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Stagnant said:
I think they are an okay team. But the big wins they got were at Georgia Tech and at Miami. And those two teams might have lost every game since. Georgia Tech was fool’s gold.
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Miami was not a big win. In the 80s of the NET, nowhere near the NCAA bubble.

Georgia Tech, though dealing with key injuries and possibly overranked anyway, was a significant win for VT.
 
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Great ranked win over Cal! Excited about that one. No complaints--this was a complete effort and welcomed after a loss to that grotesque blue-clad team eight miles away and a near loss to a crappy UVA team.

Looking forward to seeing the girls deliver a knockout blow to 'Furd on Sunday. :D
 
WBBTakeover said:
Great ranked win over Cal! Excited about that one. No complaints--this was a complete effort and welcomed after a loss to that grotesque blue-clad team eight miles away and a near loss to a crappy UVA team.

Looking forward to seeing the girls deliver a knockout blow to 'Furd on Sunday. :D
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Please stop picking on my UVA team
 
nwhoopfan said:
UVa is actually 3-3 in conference now. Other than ND, I just have no idea what to think of anyone in the ACC.
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I think Wake is pretty bad! And remember, UVA beat 5 ranked teams last year. When they’re good they can be pretty good. Unfortunately, when they’re bad they can be awful. Sometimes both happen in the same game.
 
Stinking Oregon St. blew a 12 point lead the last 4 minutes, including a 3 at the buzzer, to go to OT against Santa Clara.
 
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Washington St. thumped San Francisco, Oregon St. eeked out a win in OT. Still waiting for St. Mary's to come back to reality (super easy conference schedule so far, they have only had 1 game against Washington St., Gonzaga, Portland, or Oregon St.). WSU, GU and SMC tied for first (assuming they hang on against Pepperdine), OSU 1/2 game back.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Iowa really needed that, but didn't get it done. Their season is slipping away. 2-5 in conference. Nebraska 5-2. First time Markowski has won in Iowa City her whole career. She fouled out near the end of regulation but was doing a great job keeping her team motivated from the side line in the extra session.
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Funny, Iowa and Miami very similar. In every game, rally late, can't close.

Miami really needed 1 more good player.

For Iowa against good teams, Olsen can't carry them. She gets basics done, but she can't just take control in last 2 minutes.

Both teams may now need a miracle, as they are losing to mid pack teams, and still must play top of their leagues.
 
Iowa lost AGAIN?

Oh my--just looked at their schedule. I see one guaranteed win. It may be a wrap for them this season.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Iowa really needed that, but didn't get it done. Their season is slipping away. 2-5 in conference. Nebraska 5-2. First time Markowski has won in Iowa City her whole career. She fouled out near the end of regulation but was doing a great job keeping her team motivated from the side line in the extra session.
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I really like Jan Jensen and think she was the right choice for Iowa but IMO it’ll be considered a major fumble if Iowa misses the tournament. A core of Olsen/Stuelke/Affolter and a solid recruiting class should be enough.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Iowa clock operator got caught cheating. Started the clock before the ball was inbounded. Nebraska didn't get the ball across half court in time, but after review the call was reversed and Nebraska got the ball back. You can only get away with clock shenanigans at places like Duke...:rolleyes:
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Tennessee in the day. The clockwork orange. The since retired (so far as I know) Tina Napier and the late Bonita Spence were on opposite sides in the referee discussion and Napier prevailed. Even though the tape actually did prove she was wrong and Spence knew it and apparently in some fashion apologized to Vivian. Not that it matters any more, but very upsetting, and we were there. There was a lot of anger in the Rutgers fan base that Pat never addressed it (publicly, as in admitting it outright).
 
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I don’t know. I think Iowa should win the next three. I know they are on the road. But Washington and Oregon aren’t great. And Iowa was a ranked team a few days ago.

Lucy needs to play better. She has really slumped since big ten play started. And today; her shooting woes spread to free throw shooting. Iowa can’t afford for that to happen to her.
 
At an uninspired late night road game the Jacks beat the hornets by 5. Midway through the third quarter I thought Loree Payne was going to have to suit up as the entire team was in foul trouble. In an uncharacteristically efficient game Olivia Moran was four of six from the field and Taylor Feldman came up big again as she has since conference play started.

With all that said I'm becoming increasingly pessimistic both about the regular season and the tournament as the Jack's defensive deficiencies become more glaring as the season unfolds.

Loee Payne's run and gun 3 point centered offense is a delight to watch and when the Jacks are hitting particularly from three land they can score in bunches. In that tegard they're similar to Molly Miller's Grand Canyon squad. The difference is Miller's team as they demonstrated last night against Abilene Christian can play lockdown defense. The Jack's on the other hand tend to play swinging door defense. The imbalance in approach results in teams like Sac State hanging with the Jacks and with their short bench foul trouble can prove really fatal.

Last night the hornets outshot NAU from the field and the three-point line and it was only due to excellent free throw shooting that the Jacks were able to hold on. Payne's two pronged offense-three land and driving aggressively to the hole leaves an average defensive team imbalanced and the Moran sisters are unbelievably aggressive generating tons of free throw opportunities.

Montana State schooled the Jacks at home and even with a win on the road in the rematch NAU now needs some help if they're going to win the regular season title. NAU only has one challenging game before that big rematch and that's Idaho at home on the 20th of Feb. a game I'm really looking forward to. Idaho boss to Montana state by 3 in another wise victorious streak over the last 3 weeks. The winner of that game on the 20th will be in a position to challenge Montana State in their rematch but both in a you and Idaho are going to need some help if they plan to prevail.

Based on conference play so far I think Montana States Dykestra is going to get the edge over NAU Glancy for player of the year.
 
Stagnant said:
I don’t know. I think Iowa should win the next three. I know they are on the road. But Washington and Oregon aren’t great. And Iowa was a ranked team a few days ago.

Lucy needs to play better. She has really slumped since big ten play started. And today; her shooting woes spread to free throw shooting. Iowa can’t afford for that to happen to her.
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I can see where you're coming from here. Washington isn't good and Oregon isn't much better. However, they're both going to be playing at home. The Hawkeyes haven't shown themselves to be very good, either (at home or away from it).
 
WBBTakeover said:
I can see where you're coming from here. Washington isn't good and Oregon isn't much better. However, they're both going to be playing at home. The Hawkeyes haven't shown themselves to be very good, either (at home or away from it).
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Iowa in trouble. 5 losses already and still must play USC, UCLA and Ohio State. One other loss leaves them at best 9-9 in conference. That would probably do it, but still unlikely. The Oregon and Washington games now must win.

I like Jensen. They basically run the Bluder scheme, with Olson subbing for Clark. When it hums, it's beautiful basketball, but they have been bad in last 3 min of close games.

They have 2 top 75 recruits for next year: a center from Wasilla, Alaska:D. She can see Russia with her height....and a point guard from CA who can plug into the Olson spot. They will remain competitive, but will need to win some of those 50/50 games to be good again.
 
Stagnant said:
I don’t know. I think Iowa should win the next three. I know they are on the road. But Washington and Oregon aren’t great. And Iowa was a ranked team a few days ago.
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Washington beat Illinois before their rash of injuries, Iowa lost to the Illini even when they were missing a couple of key players. I won't be surprised if Iowa loses one or both of their games on the NW road swing.
 
packwrap said:
Iowa in trouble. 5 losses already and still must play USC, UCLA and Ohio State. One other loss leaves them at best 9-9 in conference.
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Road games at Minnesota, Nebraska and Michigan. That could easily be 3 more losses.
 
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