Week 12 - Jan 22 to 28
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They are low D1, how much do you expect them to afford to pay people to watch?
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Ugh, ok first things first, my son went to Fairfield U, I live in Connecticut but take a look at their Massey rating the MAAC conference rating (#26) and the opponents that they built this 16-1 record with.
Massey Ratings - Fairfield University Stags (I can't get the hyper link to work, so right click and select "Go to https:...")
Quinnipiac is Massey #248
I really like Poa. She made a difference last year against Iowa, and in my eyes is a solid backup. She just had a bit of a rough game yesterday. Credit to SC. Fulwiley was playing such aggressive defense on the perimeter, and Raven Johnson as well. It seemed they made every dribble tough, even just to get into the offense. But it's a good experience for LSU. They will be better. It's also a good experience for SC as well.
I have like 7 different pac 12 channels and always struggle finding games. I like Washington State vs USC and Colorado vs Oregon State.
For the record, Kim needs to up her scheduling period... that said I dont think LSU lost because they were 'unprepared' SC is just much deeper and they have true bench production, outscoring LSU 16-4 and giving over 30+ minutes combined worth of minutes. Meanwhile LSU only played Rosario and Poa had 3 minutes so it was essentially running on 6 players.
Mulkey had her team well prepared and LSU looked great. The issue is Kim completely neglected her bench and roster construction this offseason was lazy. If she added another transfer or two, one who could handle the ball perhaps or give quality minutes off the bench, I think its a very different story for LSU this year. The loss of Smith and Poole, you could see the writing on the wall with their depth.
SC looked much more fresh entering the 4th, LSU looked like they were running with cinderblocks at times, especially Williams and Hailey Van Lith. Williams looked like she was about to pass out at one point breathing so hard
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I think it was our plan to rattle the PG into making mistakes and use the aggressive coverage to tire out LSU. I think it somewhat worked. Poa and Van Lith both looked like deer in the headlights at times.
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I think Williams needs an off-season of conditioning to be ready for a big game like this. I also believe that is why her shot was off. LSU is going to need to rely on their veterans Reece, Morrow, and Johnson to make it deep into post season play.
Yeah for sure. Flaujae struggled as a freshmen I remember midway through SEC, the difference was last year LSU could sub her out to take a deep breath. This years LSU's steam, the starters are left to drown if they are tired or have an off night from not having a bench.
I still suspect Williams will be fine in the long run. She is a great player and it won't shock me if she takes over in the post season when she is on. Outside her horrendous shooting she actually played solid D and had 6 assists, frankly LSU needs to make her handle the ball like Texas is doing with Madison Booker and move Hailey Van Lith off the ball.
The beauty of what SC has is their bench is just on another level of productivity from the rest and it showed last night. Watkins, Feagin, Fulwiley and Tessa allow SC's starters to remain fresh and the bench actually is able to provide some type of scoring punch. Meanwhile LSU only has Rosario really, granted she did much better than I expected, she was always very raw coming out of HS
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Not necessary. I'm not saying anything about Fairfield other than they are winning games. The schedule is what it is.
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99% of the country gets 0 pac 12 channels, and you get 7.
It's a sling sports extra package. It cost an extra like 15 dollars with sling and I usually try to cut it off after the season. Wasnt trying to exaggerate or brag or anything. Just was noting that even with it, it's hard to find games
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If you can find them
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I wasn't doubting you! Just lamenting the crappy P12 net.
Clearly all their bandwidth is going to your house. That's why no one else can watch.
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She said the same thing when interviewed between the 3rd and 4th quarters. My reaction was the same as yours!
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And mine. Sling TV + Sports package is awesome. Can record all the games at once and then watch later. And like @jdote33, I cancel the whole thing in April when college basketball season ends.I wasn't doubting you! Just lamenting the crappy P12 net.
Clearly all their bandwidth is going to your house. That's why no one else can watch.
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IT was interesting becasue when they interviewed Reese right before halftime, she also had this willfully positive attitude "I think I'm playing great defense, my offfense can be better but I know I'm playing my hardest..."
Which aligns with Mulkey saying "we haven't been in this situation before, we're playing against an amazing team..."
It made me think if part of the team strategy is involved around intense positive thinking, not getting down on oneself and focusing on the positive to instill confidence amongst the players. she would know their mental better than anyone else and maybe this is how she thinks they can best stay motivated and perform for the long run.
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I think Mulkey perhaps made a mistake by playing only five plus Rosario.
Got to steal a little bit of rest and the fab five can carry a decent reserve for awhile.
LSU was sucking wind at times.
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Little confused why Mulkey kept trying to play the young card. Not a particularly young team.
I don't think S.C. is either to be fair.
To be fair in the games I saw when LSU played their bench (Kent and Velez), they looked terrible and teams went on giant runs with them in the game. Poa is just average and plays like a typical JUCO prospect who does play some defense. But its also Kim's fault for not using the portal more to help her bench out while its evident two of those incoming freshmen weren't ready to make an impact year one. I believe LSU had 3 scholarships opened still even after adding Hailey Van Lith/Morrow.
Smith and Poole gone make life 100x more difficult moving forward for LSU. You can't replace experience and proven quality production those two added.
SC's bench IMO was the difference yesterday. Feagin, Watkins, and Fulwiley are all McDonalds AA's who provide high level of play off the bench. They played enough minutes to keep the starters fresh will also putting up 16 points on efficient shooting. LSU only had 4 points from the bench, and got absolutely nothing outside of Rosario. Hailey Van Lith and Williams looked pretty dead in the 4th and were all arms on their shots it looked like. SC was much more energized and fresh.
And a big difference is SC has a true PG, LSU doesn't. Granted I think LSU should make Williams handle the ball mostly the rest of the year, she actually is a great passer
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It’s true. You don’t really have $5 basketball tickets around these parts unless you’re getting a senior discount. The cheapest I’ve ever seen (for just a regular adult) was $8.
Of course, most of the people at the game last night were the aforementioned senior citizens!
EDIT: I used to live in Bakersfield (some years ago) but I didn’t go to a single game because I didn’t know CSUB had a D1 WBB team. Tickets to their games are $9.75!
And they’re even worse than Le Moyne, phew.Must be the high cost of living taking its toll, lol.
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