Week 11 - Jan 15 to 21

[Vowelguy]

Penn St. up big on Nebraska nearing end of Q3. Big 10 standings are all kinds of jumbled up at this point.

Penn St was an average team. Then Owisu returned and hit the ground running. Big boost for the Nittanirs

 

[Vowelguy]

Shea Ralph all pumped up...quick 6-0 run, all on turnovers, ties the game at 62-62, a little more than 4:00 to go between Vandy and Tennessee.

Vandy faded in the stretch, as TN closed out on an 11-2 run.
Still, better than I expected from the Dores in Knoxville.

 

[triaddukefan]

My Aggies of NCA&T come from behind to take down the mighty Blue Hens of Delaware 65-62. They are a 0.5 game out of first place in the Colonial

@triaddukefan you might have to find your Washington hat...and set it on fire! Dawgs down 5 at home to the worst team in the conference. If they lose this, I'm starting the fire Langley brigade.

Can't do that. Perhaps I'll put it in storage out in the back yard Along with my Iowa State Sweatshirt and my Vanderbilt Sweatshirt, Sorry @YoDore

 

[Plebe]

Fantastic win by my Sun Devils who shocked the world by upsetting the Faux Huskies in Seattle.

I guess the approved narrative is: No nights off!

 

[nwhoopfan]

Fire Tina Langley. You heard it here first. I'm pretty sure that was a worse loss than anything we had to suffer thru during the Jody Wynn era.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Oregon led Cal most of the way...but forgot there are 4 quarters, not 3. Bears outscore the Ducks 19-9 in the final frame and win by 9.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Juju fouls out at the 5 minute mark in the 4th quarter. Now we'll see how good the rest of USC is.

Well they stayed close but lost. Quay Miller had maybe her best game of the season.

 

[triaddukefan]

The Fighting Camels of Campbell pull off the upset of the year among Mid Majors.... defeating Stony Brook 75-73 in OT down in Buies Creek. Stony Brook came in with a 15-1 and 5-0 conference mark, but my Camels slayed the Dragon Sea Wolf.

 

[Bone Dog]

The Iowa player I really like this season is Molly Davis. she had 14 pts on 6-7 shooting and 7 assists. It's refreshing to see Czinano level efficiency coming from the PG spot.

 

[nwhoopfan]

SC at aTm could be a rough game, #1 defense vs #2 defense, aTm is 11-0 at home.

Rough for A&M. Looking like smooth sailing for South Carolina.

 

[DefenseBB]

I have to say, watching the 1st 6 min of this OSU-Stanford game and how pathetic the offense is by both teams and with Brink out, my comment to a peer BY member was “So this is what Stanford will look like next year in the ACC? They will fit right in”

 

[LETTERL]

Fantastic win by my Sun Devils who shocked the world by upsetting the Faux Huskies in Seattle.

I guess the approved narrative is: No nights off!

Is there an eyeroll emoji? I couldn't find one.

 

[LETTERL]

I have to say, watching the 1st 6 min of this OSU-Stanford game and how pathetic the offense is by both teams and with Brink out, my comment to a peer BY member was “So this is what Stanford will look like next year in the ACC? They will fit right in”

 

[DefenseBB]

Seriously, 2 min left int the 1Q and the score is 6-5 and no, it not great defense

 

[Bone Dog]

I have to say, watching the 1st 6 min of this OSU-Stanford game and how pathetic the offense is by both teams and with Brink out, my comment to a peer BY member was “So this is what Stanford will look like next year in the ACC? They will fit right in”

Is Brink out because of the knee injury? I hope it's not serious.

 

[jpp13]

LSU with its most impressive half of the season. Up 55-28 on Arkansas

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wow, Arkansas really bringing it on defense today. They've held LSU to 55 first half points.

Ah, aTm doing similar, South Carolina has 54 at the break.

 

[DefenseBB]

Penn St was an average team. Then Owisu returned and hit the ground running. Big boost for the Nittanirs

She’s no “Caitlin Clark” though

 

[Plebe]

Rough for A&M. Looking like smooth sailing for South Carolina.

Janiah Barker not playing, reportedly out with a concussion. The blowout became a mega-blowout.

 

[nwhoopfan]

No Brink, no matter. Iriafen has 32 and counting, I'm guessing that's a new career high. Double double. Oregon St. not ready for prime time yet. Still no signature win. I mean it's not over yet, but down 12 under 4 minutes left for a team who is struggling to score, not gonna happen.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Iriafen finishes w/ 36 on 16-26 shooting, 12 rebounds. Stanford wins by 9. Tara gets the record.

 

[Plebe]

I really thought Beers would dominate in the absence of Brink, but nope. Kiki Iriafen just played the game of her life, on both ends of the court. She exploded for a career high in points and she admirably battled out of position to defend against a very good (and very large) opposing center.

I wonder if Rueck has second thoughts about playing that weak OOC schedule with zero true road games. His team had a golden opportunity with the Brink injury to spoil the Tara party and they did not look ready for it.

I'm really happy for Tara. What a career and still going strong. She strikes me as ageless and looks like she could easily coach another 10 years.

 

[bbsamjj]

Question to the Stanford fans...is Kiki having a better season than Brink? They have eerily similar stats, though Brink is far the bigger force on defense (3.2bpg to Kiki's 0.4), and Brink is also a threat at the 3pt line.

But...here are Kiki's numbers against ranked opponets:

CO: 19pts, 19bds
Utah: 25pts, 16bds
FSU: 30pts, 17bds
Indiana: 20pts, 11bds

and here are Brink's:

CO: 12pts, 12bds
Utah: 9pts, 7bds
FSU: 19pts, 9bds
Indiana: 20pts, 17bds

 

[GoChips20]

Question to the Stanford fans...is Kiki having a better season than Brink? They have eerily similar stats, though Bring is far the bigger force on defense (3.2bpg to Kiki's 0.4), and Bring is also a threat at the 3pt line.

But...here are Kiki's numbers against ranked opponets:

CO: 19pts, 19bds
Utah: 25pts, 16bds
FSU: 30pts, 17bds
Indiana: 20pts, 11bds

and here are Brink's:

CO: 12pts, 12bds
Utah: 9pts, 7bds
FSU: 19pts, 9bds
Indiana: 20pts, 17bds

From what I’ve seen, Iriafen benefits from Brink being on the floor more than Brink does the other way around. Brink’s floor-spacing ability gives Iriafen a lot of room to operate in and around the paint. I think Iriafen would win Most Improved if there was a national award. Stanford will live and die by the duo because there’s not a lot of star power to go around them but I think they’ve found a clear identity and it’s worked very well. Stanford is possibly undefeated right now if Brink has a fully healthy season. She only played a few minutes in both the Gonzaga and Colorado losses. Gonzaga was probably going to win regardless based on how they shot that game but Stanford can hang with anybody when she’s on the floor.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Here's my take: Brink is just way, way more versatile and skilled. That doesn't necessarily show up in the stats. Iriafen is having a very good season, this isn't meant to take anything away from her. But Brink does things you just aren't going to see from Iriafen. Whether it's grabbing a D board and dribbling length of the floor, the passing from the high post, floor spacing as mentioned above, etc.