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Week 12 - Jan 22 to 28

jdote33 said:
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 gam
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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. :D
 
Geew1992 said:
Mulkey took zero blame for this. Said her team “hasnt been in this situation”. Smh… you are the coach!! You should be preparing them. Idk… maybe schedule better teams
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She said the same thing when interviewed between the 3rd and 4th quarters. My reaction was the same as yours!
 
Vowelguy said:
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. :D
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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.
 
LETTERL said:
She said the same thing when interviewed between the 3rd and 4th quarters. My reaction was the same as yours!
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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.
 
How the top 25 has fared so far ....


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jdote33 said:
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.
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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.
 
bbsamjj said:
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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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.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
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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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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LETTERL said:
That is amazing, if true. It only cost me $5 to see the NC State/Clemson game at Littlejohn.
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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! :eek:

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! :eek: And they’re even worse than Le Moyne, phew.

Must be the high cost of living taking its toll, lol.
 
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Plebe said:
I'm putting Colorado on upset watch tonight.

Oregon State gets home and away with all of the top 5 teams in the conference. My prediction is they will win at least 2 of those 5 home games.
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Do I get marginal credit for liking this immediately after you posted it? Colorado was bound to come down to sea level, literally and metaphorically.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
You know, I think a few of us kept saying "don't count out Stanford" as UCLA and Colorado were getting all the hype. Guess who is in first place in the standings now?
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But Stanford has by far the easiest conference schedule. The standings are not a good litmus test.
 
nwhoopfan said:
You know, I think a few of us kept saying "don't count out Stanford" as UCLA and Colorado were getting all the hype. Guess who is in first place in the standings now?
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Plebe said:
But Stanford has by far the easiest conference schedule. The standings are not a good litmus test.
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I just realized that Pac12 doesn't play everyone 2x - has it always been this way?
 
BRS24 said:
I just realized that Pac12 doesn't play everyone 2x - has it always been this way?
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None of the P-5 conferences have done this in years - have they? They are just too large aren’t they? If not, the P-4 next year certainly will be.

For us, I don’t want to see the non - conference “preseason” shortened. I also don’t want the conference season so congested that UConn and SCar has to be played in the “preseason” instead of it’s tradition mid-conference slot.
 
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Vowelguy said:
Ladies & Gentlemen:
For tonight’s performance the role of Kreskin will be played by @Plebe .

Flash photography is prohibited.
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING? The guy’s ego is big enough already and will now go through the stratosphere! Think of the name “Plebe“ like “Beetlejuice”, just don’t say it, otherwise he never goes away….:p

i jest of course as I admire the guy and would never use snark…oh wait…nevermind….:oops:
 
After tonights results in the CAA, Ill give you one guess who is tied for first place with Stony Brook. One hint, they are located here in Greensboro.



Vowelguy said:
Ladies & Gentlemen:
For tonight’s performance the role of Kreskin will be played by @Plebe .

Flash photography is prohibited.
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I'm not sure who Kreskin is, but when i saw the score last night I thought two things. Brother Plebe did it again, and I may call on him for aid when mobile betting hits NC in a few months.
 
BRS24 said:
I just realized that Pac12 doesn't play everyone 2x - has it always been this way?
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Not since they've had 12 teams. Pac 10 days they did do double round robin. I think they tried 20 conference games one season so you only skipped 1 pair of teams for a second meeting, but then went back to 18 league games.
 
Plebe said:
But Stanford has by far the easiest conference schedule. The standings are not a good litmus test.
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Well, scenarios like that are going to happen in every conference because of unbalanced schedules. Maybe we shouldn't even declare conference champions any more?
 
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triaddukefan said:
After tonights results in the CAA, Ill give you one guess who is tied for first place with Stony Brook. One hint, they are located here in Greensboro.





I'm not sure who Kreskin is, but when i saw the score last night I thought two things. Brother Plebe did it again, and I may call on him for aid when mobile betting hits NC in a few months.
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Kreskin was a magician/mentalist. Saw him at my upstate NY College. He did mass hypnosis, mind reading, card tricks.
Preferred Amazing Randi as far as approach, technique, and attitude.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Well, scenarios like that are going to happen in every conference because of unbalanced schedules. Maybe we shouldn't even declare conference champions any more?
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Well, I'm not the one who declares conference champions; conferences do that. I personally find it more informative to grade performance relative to the schedule with the awareness that not all schedules were made equal.

In the case of the Pac-12, there's a massive difference a team that plays only 4 games vs. the top 5, compared to teams that plays 7 or more games vs. the top 5.

Hypothetically, if Team A goes 2-2 vs. the top 5, Team B goes 4-3, and Team C goes 6-4, which team performed the best?
 
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SWERVE: This is not about two top level teams playing today but I am amused by their facts.
This is posted on ESPN in their coverage of this afternoon's Providence at Xavier game:
The Xavier Musketeers (1-16, 0-6 Big East) bring a six-game losing streak into a home matchup with the Providence Friars (10-11, 2-4 Big East), who have lost four straight. The game starts at 2:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 27, 2024.

Actually, Providence is on a two game winning streak, having beaten conference foes Villanova, in OT, on the 24th and Butler on the 21st of January.
 
Centerstream said:
SWERVE: This is not about two top level teams playing today but I am amused by their facts.
This is posted on ESPN in their coverage of this afternoon's Providence at Xavier game:
The Xavier Musketeers (1-16, 0-6 Big East) bring a six-game losing streak into a home matchup with the Providence Friars (10-11, 2-4 Big East), who have lost four straight. The game starts at 2:00 PM ET on Saturday, January 27, 2024.

Actually, Providence is on a two game winning streak, having beaten conference foes Villanova, in OT, on the 24th and Butler on the 21st of January.
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Don’t be so hard . Believing that providence is on a losing streak would be correct at pretty much any point in the last 25+ years.
 
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