Week 11 preview (Jan. 17-23)

[cancontent]

And it's on national TV instead of the ACC network. Even Canadians can see it tonight on our version of ESPN!

 

[STLCardinal]

There's no way to make up for Ashley's absence. No disagreement there, however I didn't think the drop off would be that significant.

When they were down by 9 at half time, they still were getting small runs of success here and there. Thought the game would continue along those lines, even if it resulted in a loss.

That's a fair point. May have been hard to keep it up without those two for a full 40 minutes against an aggressive defense. Even though Ashley receives a lot of the attention of opposing defenses they have a style of play that depends a little more on everyone contributing than some other teams do.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Don't think I've seen any mention of it so far, but Rice has fallen off a cliff. Lost their coach and probably 2 best players to a P5 school. Won the NIT last year and had been dominating C-USA in recent years. They lost today to drop to 0-4 in conference and 5-7 overall.

 

[Vowelguy]

BC upsets ND 72-71

 

[Vowelguy]

I had Ohio St #20 in my BY poll and the Nuts showed me good by upsetting MD 95-89.
Mikesill had a monster game against her former team with 33 points.

And crazy offense in the last 2 minutes: the two teams combined for 25 points!

 

[sweetspot]

Ohio State handles Maryland 95-89. Third conference loss for Maryland already.

 

[Vowelguy]

Holy crap - what has happened at Florida?? Coach leaves in scandal over summer, best player's season over and they are WAY better than last year. Up 20 on Kentucky in the 3rd qtr.

This team lost to Towson and George Mason earlier this year. Now about to win their 4th SEC game in a row. Granted the wins were not against the top half of the conference, but for a team that could've finished last, it's impressive. They are within range of postseason!

 

[Vowelguy]

Boneyard top 25 has already lost 5 games, 3 to unranked teams.

The top 13 is 0-4 so far this week.

 

[Vowelguy]

Great to have Elle Duncan as the studio host! She's a sportscenter pro.

 

[Vowelguy]

Marisa's Badgers getting taken to the woodshed by Michigan. Down 40.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Is it time for Maryland to start worrying? They had a bunch of players out earlier. I think they have most if not all of them are back now. It looks like their strangle hold on the Big 10 might be not happening this year.

 

[Vowelguy]

Is it time for Maryland to start worrying? They had a bunch of players out earlier. I think they have most if not all of them are back now. It looks like their strangle hold on the Big 10 might be not happening this year.

Last 2 games partially impacted by Frese's father dying. Her assistant coached tonight's game.

 

[Vowelguy]

GA escapes Miss St 66-63

 

[cancontent]

Holy crap - what has happened at Florida?? Coach leaves in scandal over summer, best player's season over and they are WAY better than last year. Up 20 on Kentucky in the 3rd qtr.

This team lost to Towson and George Mason earlier this year. Now about to win their 4th SEC game in a row. Granted the wins were not against the top half of the conference, but for a team that could've finished last, it's impressive. They are within range of postseason!

And Kentucky doesn't have Edwards tonight due to suspension.

 

[sweetspot]

Is it time for Maryland to start worrying? They had a bunch of players out earlier. I think they have most if not all of them are back now. It looks like their strangle hold on the Big 10 might be not happening this year.

They’re in bad shape and it’s hard to understand why. The defense is a trainwreck, but it was last year too.

 

[SECbbfan24]

And Kentucky doesn't have Edwards tonight due to suspension.

She has been suspended MULTIPLE times this year. Kentucky is in trouble, though.

 

[Centerstream]

One of the best 4th quarter comebacks I have seen in a while...NC State beats Louisville 68 - 59, outscoring the Cardinals 31-8 in that 4th quarter.

 

[nwhoopfan]

That's just crazy their output in Q4 nearly equaled Q1-3 combined.

Louisville's D can make teams look really bad, but the Wolfpack hung in there and then got red hot in the final frame. The Ville just completely fell apart simultaneously, NC State can play some D as well.

 

[LoTrader]

So how many more losses does Maryland have to have before they leave the TOP 25? Same with Kentucky.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I should add, I've been critical of Cochran this year, but she was very good today.


In a little cautionary tale of putting too much stock in statistics (I'm often guilty of that, I'll admit it), Diamond Johnson was only 6-19 shooting but she absolutely won this game for NC State and was fantastic in Q4. Overall not a great game, but she was great when it really counted.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Iowa destroys Minnesota 105-49. Back to back triple doubles for Clark. She's the new Ionescu.

How long can Minnesota watch the disaster of the Whalen coaching era continue? This is why you don't assume great players, PG in particularly, will make good coaches.

edit--30+ pts for Clark in both of those games as well

 

[nwhoopfan]

What is the deal w/ Northwestern? Lost 63-59 to Penn St., 3-3 in Big 10. I think they are good enough to hang w/ any of their conference foes, but obviously way too inconsistent to challenge for the conference crown.

 

[JDuro]

Ole Miss defeats TAMU 80-63 in College Station, improving to 16-2 and 4-1 in the SEC. I threw some praise Coach Yo’s way early in the season with how well she was rebuilding that program. Rebels are really looking like the real deal in year 4 of her tenure.

 

[Centerstream]

So how many more losses does Maryland have to have before they leave the TOP 25? Same with Kentucky.

10 for MD because they play in the tough B1G conference...

 

[Bigboote]

I had Ohio St #20 in my BY poll and the Nuts showed me good by upsetting MD 95-89.
Mikesill had a monster game against her former team with 33 points.

And crazy offense in the last 2 minutes: the two teams combined for 25 points!

Wow. Brenda was quite vocal earlier in the year that hers was going to be a defensive team this year. If this is her version of defense, there's nothing I can do to help her back to reality.