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nwhoopfan said:
I'd had some questions about how legit Texas is, but props to them for a huge win today.


I guess all streaks have to end eventually.
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Note TX made only 1x 3 pointer in two combined games with SC. They do know who they are though and grind it out old school.

Booker was not 2-17 at halftime in this rematch.

Game pretty much dead even, TX had composure down the stretch.
 
nwhoopfan said:
No doubt, but I'm not sure who the odd one out will be.
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I think at this juncture it has to be USC who is out of the 1 line. Texas has the better signature win (vs. South Carolina), understandable losses (OT at Notre Dame, at South Carolina) and a slew of other strong wins (Oklahoma, West Virginia, Alabama, Maryland, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt)

USC's best win is at UCONN, and their other big wins are against Ohio State, Maryland, Ole Miss, Michigan and Minnesota, while having an understandable loss (Notre Dame) and a bad loss (at Iowa).

I think overall Texas has the biggest win, better wins overall, and their losses aren't as bad as USC's.

There are a lot of big games left for both teams. USC has 2 matchups vs. UCLA coming up which if they win 1 could give them a strong case to jump Texas, and Texas has big games coming up at Kentucky and vs. LSU. A loss to either potentially bumps them down. Not to mention the conference tournament should be a battle in both the B1G and SEC.
 
packwrap said:
Note TX made only 1x 3 pointer in two combined games with SC. They do know who they are though and grind it out old school.

Booker was not 2-17 at halftime in this rematch.

Game pretty much dead even, TX had composure down the stretch.
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I'm kind of shocked at how anti-3 ball Texas is. Booker/Holle/Lee all have good jump shots and adding some perimeter shooting would help space the floor better. Vic's best team was his 2018 runner up team, and they were loaded with shooters on the perimeter which allowed for great spacing and dribble drive action to the basket. Seems like he's mostly changed his philosophy offensively.
 
bballnut90 said:
I think at this juncture it has to be USC who is out of the 1 line. Texas has the better signature win (vs. South Carolina), understandable losses (OT at Notre Dame, at South Carolina) and a slew of other strong wins (Oklahoma, West Virginia, Alabama, Maryland, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt)

USC's best win is at UCONN, and their other big wins are against Ohio State, Maryland, Ole Miss, Michigan and Minnesota, while having an understandable loss (Notre Dame) and a bad loss (at Iowa).

I think overall Texas has the biggest win, better wins overall, and their losses aren't as bad as USC's.

There are a lot of big games left for both teams. USC has 2 matchups vs. UCLA coming up which if they win 1 could give them a strong case to jump Texas, and Texas has big games coming up at Kentucky and vs. LSU. A loss to either potentially bumps them down. Not to mention the conference tournament should be a battle in both the B1G and SEC.
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I realized LSU isn't even in the conversation at 24-1, which seems a little crazy. The resume is definitely lacking, although they have some chances to improve it. No rematch with South Carolina, but they are playing Tennessee for the second time right now and have Texas, Kentucky and Alabama coming up.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I realized LSU isn't even in the conversation at 24-1, which seems a little crazy. The resume is definitely lacking, although they have some chances to improve it. No rematch with South Carolina, but they are playing Tennessee for the second time right now and have Texas, Kentucky and Alabama coming up.
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I think they're definitely in the conversation but behind Texas at the moment. Seems like there's a very clear top 6 right now and a huge gap after that.
 
Man SDW self sabotages LSU each week it seems. She really kills their team in every aspect. Sheppard/Jada off the bench for LSU look like much better players
 
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bballnut90 said:
I think at this juncture it has to be USC who is out of the 1 line. Texas has the better signature win (vs. South Carolina), understandable losses (OT at Notre Dame, at South Carolina) and a slew of other strong wins (Oklahoma, West Virginia, Alabama, Maryland, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt)

USC's best win is at UCONN, and their other big wins are against Ohio State, Maryland, Ole Miss, Michigan and Minnesota, while having an understandable loss (Notre Dame) and a bad loss (at Iowa).

I think overall Texas has the biggest win, better wins overall, and their losses aren't as bad as USC's.

There are a lot of big games left for both teams. USC has 2 matchups vs. UCLA coming up which if they win 1 could give them a strong case to jump Texas, and Texas has big games coming up at Kentucky and vs. LSU. A loss to either potentially bumps them down. Not to mention the conference tournament should be a battle in both the B1G and SEC.
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agreed.
we'll know where things stand in a week when the committee releases its rankings
 
Hmm. There were some raised eyebrows about JuJu playing late in the game as USC was pulling away from Ohio St. last night and cries of stat padding. Just read elsewhere Hidalgo played almost the entire 4th quarter as Notre Dame was destroying Cal and her scoring jumped from 15 to 24. Will we hear a similar protest for this one? Ohio St. was hanging around at 13 points down til about the 4 minute mark. ND was crushing Cal pretty much the whole way. Just sayin'.
 
Vowelguy said:
ND just swept the ACC Pacific by 88 points. :(
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ND likes pounding people don't they? 3 starters with 30+ minutes in a huge blowout. And they had 3 bench players get a whopping 1 minute each. We were up handily and Sarah, Paige and Azzi all under 30 minutes. And people were wanting Paige out even sooner.
 
State starts the first week of February off perfect. Follows up mondays top 10 win against Duke with a road blowout of #22 FSU.

Dominated from start to finish, 97-74. Held FSU to their lowest point total since way back in November.

As good a start to a challenging month as you could ask for Wes Moores club.
 
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Strange one brewing in Seattle. Washington jumps out to a double digit lead right out of the gate. Maryland storms back in Q2, lead by 8 at the break. Ballooned to 19 points near end of Q3. But then a big rally by Washington, have closed to within 6 but running out of time. Smikle going off w/ 36. Washington is taking turns, first it was Stines, then Ladine, then Sellers. Sayvia is outplaying Shyanne in the battle of the Sellers.
 
Oregon hung in there against UCLA, 62-52 final. Subpar games for Betts and Rice, but Jones picked up the slack w/ 21, 5-7 behind the arc.
 
Maryland wins 81-73. Outscored UW 25-9 in Q2, Dawgs just couldn't make up for that hairball of a quarter. This team is FRUSTRATING. Has come close several times, but just can't get it done.
 
nwhoopfan said:
There was a fair bit of whining last night. I'm wondering why not today? Is it an anti-JuJu thing? Or was nobody watching this game?
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Notre Dame has, I think, 8 scholarship players available. Looks like some walk-ons did finally play.
 
Bigboote said:
Notre Dame has, I think, 8 scholarship players available. Looks like some walk-ons did finally play.
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I was kinda waiting for this.

USC did play Heckel and Howell quite a bit off the bench (is that a Law Firm?), and Samuels finally got in at the tail end. They went 10 deep.
 
Well well well, Tennessee comes up just short again. I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. But clearly top 4 in the SEC, don't pay attention to that 4-6 record.
 
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CajunHusk94 said:
Man SDW self sabotages LSU each week it seems. She really kills their team in every aspect. Sheppard/Jada off the bench for LSU look like much better players
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Someone always steps up for them though, and despite sabotage, they won again.:confused:

The 3 stars all had foul trouble and off nights together. The LSU bench stepped up to outscore the hockey line TN bench 36-6, to keep LSU in the game!

Also LSU completely blew up the 'press and 3' scheme. LSU won turnover and rebound battle. Held TN to only 18 attempts from 3 vs their goal of 30. This led to LSU getting more shots 73-61, instead of TN hitting their target of 20 extra shot attempts.

Hero was former AZ Kitty:p, Kailyn Gilbert with 22 points off the bench.

LSU still in the hunt. Their depth improving now with Gilbert, Richard, and Shepard joining Poa and Wolfenbarger as reliable pieces. LSU v TX and KY still looming.
 
My bracket

1 UCLA v 16 Tenn // 8 Kentucky v 9 Duke
4 Texas v 13 UNC // 5 USC v 11 Kan St

2 SoCar v 15 NCSt // 7 UConn v 10 TCU
3 ND v 14 Okla // 6 LSU v 12 OhioSt
 
nwhoopfan said:
There was a fair bit of whining last night. I'm wondering why not today? Is it an anti-JuJu thing? Or was nobody watching this game?
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I was a whiner but didn’t see the Notre Dame game, today. Box score says you’re right though, Hidalgo scored 7 points in the final 3:32 while her team was up by 34….not a good look either. Only thing I can think of is they’re trying to have her catch Latson for NCAA scoring leader but I also think this is incredibly dumb and short sighted. Pull your stars with 5 min left to avoid injury. Not worth it to risk having another situation like Paige Bueckers a few years ago when she missed most of the season from an injury in the final minute of a blowout.

I’ve seen the garbage time scoring more with Juju than Hidalgo. Last night she did that, and she did the same in garbage time down 20 to Notre Dame
and also scored an unnecessary layup as time expired when the game was over at Iowa. I might be being harsh, but watching USC play it often feels forced and like she’s half focused on hitting a certain number of points/shots and half focused on winning the game.

Records do that to people though. Almost every major streak or record has moments of ingenuity where players/coaches are playing for stats rather than to win.
 
Roll humps :(




The FIghting Camels of Campbell drove 90 minutes up US 421 and came away with the upset over first place NC A&T 58-54. Unfortunately this is the only regular season matchup between the two schools.... so my Aggies can't even up the score unless they meet in the CAA tournament. Despite the loss... NC A&T remains in first place in the conference
 
bballnut90 said:
I was a whiner but didn’t see the Notre Dame game, today. Box score says you’re right though, Hidalgo scored 7 points in the final 3:32 while her team was up by 34….not a good look either. Only thing I can think of is they’re trying to have her catch Latson for NCAA scoring leader but I also think this is incredibly dumb and short sighted. Pull your stars with 5 min left to avoid injury. Not worth it to risk having another situation like Paige Bueckers a few years ago when she missed most of the season from an injury in the final minute of a blowout.

I’ve seen the garbage time scoring more with Juju than Hidalgo. Last night she did that, and she did the same in garbage time down 20 to Notre Dame
and also scored an unnecessary layup as time expired when the game was over at Iowa. I might be being harsh, but watching USC play it often feels forced and like she’s half focused on hitting a certain number of points/shots and half focused on winning the game.

Records do that to people though. Almost every major streak or record has moments of ingenuity where players/coaches are playing for stats rather than to win.
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Good breakdown. I wasn't so much trying to defend Watkins/USC, as ponder to whether we'd get a similar reaction. But I think the ND-Cal game not being viewed by a wide audience meant it wasn't going to get much attention.
 
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Vowelguy said:
My bracket

1 UCLA v 16 Tenn // 8 Kentucky v 9 Duke
4 Texas v 13 UNC // 5 USC v 11 Kan St

2 SoCar v 15 NCSt // 7 UConn v 10 TCU
3 ND v 14 Okla // 6 LSU v 12 OhioSt
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I’m biased - but I’d stack States resume up against Oklahoma or Ohio State.
 
FanInNC said:
I’m biased - but I’d stack States resume up against Oklahoma or Ohio State.
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I hadn’t looked closely past the top 10. I’ll give you Okla but that wouldn’t change the bracket.
Ok I’ll move you ahead of UNC too, which swap yiu with them
 
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triaddukefan said:
The FIghting Camels of Campbell drove 90 minutes up US 421 and came away with the upset over first place NC A&T 58-54. Unfortunately this is the only regular season matchup between the two schools.... so my Aggies can't even up the score unless they meet in the CAA tournament. Despite the loss... NC A&T remains in first place in the conference
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Can't believe I missed the "Contention on 421" this year!
 
packwrap said:
Someone always steps up for them though, and despite sabotage, they won again.:confused:

The 3 stars all had foul trouble and off nights together. The LSU bench stepped up to outscore the hockey line TN bench 36-6, to keep LSU in the game!

Also LSU completely blew up the 'press and 3' scheme. LSU won turnover and rebound battle. Held TN to only 18 attempts from 3 vs their goal of 30. This led to LSU getting more shots 73-61, instead of TN hitting their target of 20 extra shot attempts.

Hero was former AZ Kitty:p, Kailyn Gilbert with 22 points off the bench.

LSU still in the hunt. Their depth improving now with Gilbert, Richard, and Shepard joining Poa and Wolfenbarger as reliable pieces. LSU v TX and KY still looming.
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I don't disagree.

Actually since LSU's ugly loss to SC I've noticed Mulkey play her bench progressively more and it won them the game today when Williams, Flaujae and Morrow didnt play very well.

Gilbert, Jada and Sheppard were big time for them.
 
bballnut90 said:
I think Texas should get a bump to the #1 line over USC. On the year now they have wins over South Carolina, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Alabama, Maryland, Tennessee, Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. Still have upcoming games at Kentucky and vs. LSU at home.
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Texas has 9 Quad 1 wins compared to USC's 6. The win today pretty clearly moves UT ahead of USC IMO.

LSU is at #6 overall right now but has a huge resume-building opportunity coming up at Texas followed by Quad 1 games at Kentucky, at Alabama and vs. Ole Miss. The top 6 now has gained significant separation from teams 7 and below.
 
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