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Okay, this is almost funny. Almost halftime, Iowa is shooting around 75% overall and 100% from 3. Washington the polar opposite. Mercy rule in effect? Iowa has lost 5 straight, but it's not gonna be 6.
 
Baller29 said:
Purdue is a mess this season
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I like Katie Gearlds, and she comes off like she knows what she’s doing, but the results aren’t and haven’t been there. But I think Purdue is a tough place to recruit to for WBB. High academic standards and in the middle of Indiana. Even IU, a superior program in every sense, has a tough time landing top recruits.
 
In person watching the rebuild in Tempe is........truly an insight into ineptitude. The contrast between a well prepared, well coached P4 woman's team and the embarrassment in maroon and gold is sooooooooo painful. I can't imagine how bad it would be without the rebuild by the nice coach and 2021 CAA coach of the year.

The pressure is squarely on Cincinnati on Saturday.....if they don't win by 15 the plane ride home will be agony.....

and with the score 74-44 Ty Skinner commits the intentional foul.......oy.

5:21 left ... WV a 3 on 0 break!
 
nwhoopfan said:
Okay, this is almost funny. Almost halftime, Iowa is shooting around 75% overall and 100% from 3. Washington the polar opposite. Mercy rule in effect? Iowa has lost 5 straight, but it's not gonna be 6.
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They are making up for some clunkers in that 5 game skid with that 75/100/100 line. But...they have proven capable of letting teams back in to games.

Meanwhile Iowa St now 5-3 in conference clawing their way back into ncaa.
 
Nichols from Kansas with a VERY dangerous play, diving right into the knee of Vieira of Utah on a loose ball scramble. No call. You HAVE to call that. Vieira was slow to get up and limping a bit, but stayed in the game. There's just way too much chance for an injury on a play like that, you have to call that a foul.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Nichols from Kansas with a VERY dangerous play, diving right into the knee of Vieira of Utah on a loose ball scramble. No call. You HAVE to call that. Vieira was slow to get up and limping a bit, but stayed in the game. There's just way too much chance for an injury on a play like that, you have to call that a foul.
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That is how Duke's season was derailed in the 2017 NCAA tournament. Hampton player recklessly dove into Kyra Lamberts knee in a first round game, fighting for a loose ball. Lambert tore her ACL, and missed the 2017-18 season as a result.
 
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Gneepkens is just killing Kansas. 28 pts 6 3's 10 reb 8 assists.
 
packwrap said:
so now B12 is a 5 team race (TCU, OSU, KSU, WVU and Baylor)
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I think Utah isn't entirely out of the conversation. They're going to improve to 5-3, only 1 game back of several of these teams. Iowa St. is also 5-3 for that matter.
 
Did Iowa start to feel bad? They had 23 TOs, A LOT of them late in the game. Shot 71.7%, 33-46 from the floor. That is stunning. 85-61 final.


Okay, this might be the crazies stat I've ever seen. Washington had 5 defensive rebounds. Total. But if the other team never misses a shot, there are no D boards to be grabbed. Iowa did have 8 O boards though, so they grabbed way over 50% of their misses.
 
GoChips20 said:
I like Katie Gearlds, and she comes off like she knows what she’s doing, but the results aren’t and haven’t been there. But I think Purdue is a tough place to recruit to for WBB. High academic standards and in the middle of Indiana. Even IU, a superior program in every sense, has a tough time landing top recruits.
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To be fair that describes Notre Dame to a T and they have no problem landing top players
 
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azfan said:
In person watching the rebuild in Tempe is........truly an insight into ineptitude. The contrast between a well prepared, well coached P4 woman's team and the embarrassment in maroon and gold is sooooooooo painful. I can't imagine how bad it would be without the rebuild by the nice coach and 2021 CAA coach of the year.

The pressure is squarely on Cincinnati on Saturday.....if they don't win by 15 the plane ride home will be agony.....

and with the score 74-44 Ty Skinner commits the intentional foul.......oy.

5:21 left ... WV a 3 on 0 break!
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Cincy plays hard, but only 2 players stood out. ASU might have a chance, I haven't seen them play but on any given day, as they say.

Regarding life in Tucson, no one is denying that the Women's Basketball program has been disappointing considering. If we ever had a team for more than a year - like we largely did with Aari - and a "star" not even necessarily as good as Aari, the results would be better. The big concern is the constant turnover, so yes, you can criticize Adia for all that. The declining performance largely reflects - over the years - youth due to turnover, injuries, not having enough players (last season).

On-court this season it has become clear that the 2 issues are "youth", with only Beh a true upperclassman and the lack of a dominant player. No one averages more than 12 points. When the team wins, you never know who is stepping up.

I don't mind you or anyone criticizing Adia or not liking her for that matter, but I see her players working hard for her and she is very much a player's coach.
 
The game between Michigan and Minnesota was a good battle like Inhoped it would be. The crowd atmosphere was awesome too. Minnesota had their chances until the last minute but couldn't pull off the win.

The Minnesota program is definitely on an upswing which is great to see. Too bad Braun and Woodson are out for the season as it would make the roster deeper and even more competitive.
 
might be a good MAAC contest starting between Fairfield and Manhattan. Fairfield is blowing out all their MAAC opponents (avg. margin of victory 32+) and Manhattan (after getting healthy) has won their last 4 games by 20+.

* it's a kids day and the screeeeeeech factor is high.
 
packwrap said:
They are making up for some clunkers in that 5 game skid with that 75/100/100 line. But...they have proven capable of letting teams back in to games.

Meanwhile Iowa St now 5-3 in conference clawing their way back into ncaa.
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And they won without Stuelke who is still under concussion protocol. For those who were able to watch last night, can anyone provide the insight as to what changed in how the offence flowed?
 
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KnightBridgeAZ said:
Cincy plays hard, but only 2 players stood out. ASU might have a chance, I haven't seen them play but on any given day, as they say.

Regarding life in Tucson, no one is denying that the Women's Basketball program has been disappointing considering. If we ever had a team for more than a year - like we largely did with Aari - and a "star" not even necessarily as good as Aari, the results would be better. The big concern is the constant turnover, so yes, you can criticize Adia for all that. The declining performance largely reflects - over the years - youth due to turnover, injuries, not having enough players (last season).

On-court this season it has become clear that the 2 issues are "youth", with only Beh a true upperclassman and the lack of a dominant player. No one averages more than 12 points. When the team wins, you never know who is stepping up.

I don't mind you or anyone criticizing Adia or not liking her for that matter, but I see her players working hard for her and she is very much a player's coach.
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You'll get to see the Sun Devils soon. If the kitties can hold Cincinnati to two points in the first quarter they might very well shut out ASU in the first half. I can't see anyway that as you can stay within 30 points of the kitties unless something very very weird happens.

Hard to tell how really good West Virginia is given the extraordinarily poor nature of the ASU team. On defense they reminded me of a higher energy version of the kitties-they had 11 steals and at least as many tips. Extraordinarily aggressive but again hard to tell a given how really pathetic the Sun Devils are.

Offensively it's really hard to assess given the nice coach from Delaware's instruction to her team not to defend the three line and to essentially leave the lane open for rolls to the hoop and give and go. West Virginia hit 9 threes but again they were almost all wide open something I don't expect that they'll get to see against the kitties.

West Virginia is a fun team to watch and it'll be interesting to see the results they have playing a real although admittedly flawed team down in the dirty t.

If Barnes and the kitties don't sweep the Sun Devils it'll be a serious indictment. There's a gulf between the two teams in terms of talent, preparation, coaching, attitude, well everything important about basketball would place them on separate ends of the spectrum.
 
Top Viewing of the Night
  • Depleted #8 Maryland @ #12 Ohio St (BTN, 6)
  • #17 Tenn @ #7 Tex (ESPN, 8)
  • #22 Cal @ Stanford -- We return to the good ol Pac days with a game not being on a channel anyone gets. ("ACC extra", 10). When, if ever, has Cal swept Stan?


Also it's the @triaddukefan bowl with his Blue Devils traveling to his Mustangs (ACCN, 8)
 
typhaon said:
might be a good MAAC contest starting between Fairfield and Manhattan. Fairfield is blowing out all their MAAC opponents (avg. margin of victory 32+) and Manhattan (after getting healthy) has won their last 4 games by 20+.

* it's a kids day and the screeeeeeech factor is high.
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Good thing you used that qualifier "might." Turns out, not so much. Fairfield rolled 69-44. Still gotta wait a week for the first Fairfield-Quinnipiac showdown.

Oh wow, Quinnipiac dropped a game I didn't notice, to Mt. St. Mary's. Their most recent game.
 
Vowelguy said:
Top Viewing of the Night
  • Depleted #8 Maryland @ #12 Ohio St (BTN, 6)
  • #17 Tenn @ #7 Tex (ESPN, 8)
  • #22 Cal @ Stanford -- We return to the good ol Pac days with a game not being on a channel anyone gets. ("ACC extra", 10). When, if ever, has Cal swept Stan?


Also it's the @triaddukefan bowl with his Blue Devils traveling to his Mustangs (ACCN, 8)
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I might add Portland @ Washington St. as a game of interest. Big implications for the WCC title chase. Somehow all the good teams have played a bunch of games against each other before the midpoint of the season, so the second half should be easier for all of Gonzaga, Washington St., Portland and Oregon St. I think St. Mary's is quickly gonna be shown to be a fraud, they are sitting in the middle of the pack at the top of the conference, but have played 1 game against those other 4 teams while they've all played each other 3 or 4 times.
 
Vowelguy said:
Top Viewing of the Night
  • Depleted #8 Maryland @ #12 Ohio St (BTN, 6)
  • #17 Tenn @ #7 Tex (ESPN, 8)
  • #22 Cal @ Stanford -- We return to the good ol Pac days with a game not being on a channel anyone gets. ("ACC extra", 10). When, if ever, has Cal swept Stan?


Also it's the @triaddukefan bowl with his Blue Devils traveling to his Mustangs (ACCN, 8)
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Some new information to add to the storylines behind this game.
 
Vowelguy said:
Top Viewing of the Night
  • Depleted #8 Maryland @ #12 Ohio St (BTN, 6)
  • #17 Tenn @ #7 Tex (ESPN, 8)
  • #22 Cal @ Stanford -- We return to the good ol Pac days with a game not being on a channel anyone gets. ("ACC extra", 10). When, if ever, has Cal swept Stan?


Also it's the @triaddukefan bowl with his Blue Devils traveling to his Mustangs (ACCN, 8)
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When the Methodists from the South East Jurisdiction meet up with the Methodists from the South Central jurisdiction..... Its mandatory that you throw out the record books. @MSSportsGuy

Lemme eat this Bojangles as a pregame meal before I settle in to watch this Historic battle of heavyweights :)
 
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NC State was flirting with disaster for a while but managed to avoid a really bad loss to Syracuse. Pack are 7-1 in ACC and seem to be completely off the radar.


Arkansas is getting completely run out of the gym by Vandy. Maybe Neighbors should resign. Something clearly isn't working. At all.
 
Kentucky about to lose to Texas A&M. Oof.

edit--the Aggies had a dreadful OOC, but somehow are about to move to .500 in the SEC.
 
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