Week 11 - Jan 13 to 19

[Vowelguy]

Xavier winning a conference game is pretty shocking to me.

WOW. They had like 30-40 straight conference losses.
Too bad for Butler; they were having their best season in a while and the newish coach has been doing a good job, but hat's just ugly.

 

[Vowelguy]

Washington-Purdue was one of the cleanest games I can ever remember seeing. Hardly any fouls, very few stoppages of any kind, was barely aware of the officials being on the court. And it wasn't because of "let them play" approach. Just wasn't much in the way of overly physical play, none of the constant hacking that you see so often.

You're not gonna give your pal Tina credit for a dominating win?

Is this a program low for Purdue? They used to be an elite program.

 

[nwhoopfan]

You're not gonna give your pal Tina credit for a dominating win?

Is this a program low for Purdue? They used to be an elite program.

Hey, I haven't called for her to be replaced all year so far. The games they've won, the offense looked really good. I'm happy with that. I think Illinois is a decent team, otherwise they've been beating the bottom teams in the B1G. Need to beat some other decent teams. They have Iowa, Indiana, Maryland and USC coming to Seattle. They need to win several of those.

 

[azfan]

So both the Jacks and Lopes win on the road after trailing. Big differences in the comebacks however. After a slow first quarter the Jacks take control and dispatch Portland State without much difficulty.

For the Lopes, a replay of the Abilene game, the Lopes struggled in the first half, before riding their defense to a comeback in the fourth. GCU played without three point specialist, former UNLV Reb Durazo-Frescas (the Lopes hit no threes in the game) win a close one. The road is relentless and rough, but GCU runs their streak to 15 with a gutsy win.

Abilene had no trouble with the Lancers so GCU sits alone at the top of the WAC. The Lopes will be favored in all remaining games, two against CBU.

 

[JellyBean]

Wow. Tough times for Oregon State. Losing to Portland? Yikes.

 

[Plebe]

Is this a program low for Purdue? They used to be an elite program.

Versyp had a couple bad seasons -- 11-20 (3-15) in 2015 and 7-16 (4-14) in her final season of 2021 -- but this year does seem the worst. So far 0-7 in B10 and the closest game was a 16-point loss to Oregon.

Luckily (?) for them the cellar of the Big Ten is not exactly a lonely place, so they'll have at least a few chances to win a game. Their first 3 gams of February are Wisconsin, Rutgers and Northwestern.

 

[azfan]

Wow. Tough times for Oregon State. Losing to Portland? Yikes.

I think Portand is pretty good, better than that dumpster fire team from Tempe coached by the nice coach from Delaware who also beat Oregon State at home in Tempe.

 

[azfan]

This afternoon Arizona schools finished their sunflower state trip and I'm guessing both will experience losses. The probability that ASU continues trudging toward another 20 loss season with a loss today approaches 100%.

Well the kitties while underdogs (5 points) always provide an enigma when thinking about their game. Will those players respond to Barnes? Does Barnes know what she's doing? Inquiring minds really want to know. I do always think of Green Acres and Eddie Albert when reflecting upon the kitties.

 

[azfan]

Wow - in checking Massey to inform my pregame comments on the Arizona schools defeats in the Sunflower State this afternoon I noticed they have a very very close game with the Trojans at Indiana. that's kind of surprising to me. I would guessed a double-digit victory for USC.

 

[triaddukefan]

Today is the day

 

[Puppy Love]

Today is the day

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Given the state of Stanford’s program, I think it is more like this