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Week 16 - Feb 16 to 22

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Caldwell's maturity and attitude are her greatest assets--no problems here!

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Bigboote said:
Yeah, that struck me too. It didn’t look good when Janiah Barker pulled it with Cori Close, it looks even worse when it’s a coach who should really know better.
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Much as I love any opportunity to bash TN ... and while I did notice it, I dont think it's much of anything. I've see a bunch of coaches do the blow by handshake, often when they dont like the opposing the coach OR they're pissed at their team and are preoccupied with that. I'm sure she was displeased with the TN product tonight.

Barker thing was different, as she actively pulled away and said something.
 
Ole Miss plays old style basketball. They just ball and hustle. Nothing fancy here. Is Lattimore on any draft boards? Speaking of boards…she beat TN down here.
 
Vowelguy said:
Much as I love any opportunity to bash TN ... and while I did notice it, I dont think it's much of anything. I've see a bunch of coaches do the blow by handshake, often when they dont like the opposing the coach OR they're pissed at their team and are preoccupied with that. I'm sure she was displeased with the TN product tonight.

Barker thing was different, as she actively pulled away and said something.
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You're absolutely correct that the Barker thing was different. It was the first thing that popped into my head and probably I shouldn't have drawn a comparison. Barker obviously has a problem with Close based on her one year at UCLA.

Upon thinking a little more about it, this blow-by handshake seems to be a growing pattern from Caldwell. As long as things were looking good at Tennessee, Caldwell looked great -- seemed to be the coach they needed, seemed pretty good with the media, etc. But after a couple of losses, she seemed to start taking the low road, throwing her team under the bus, and now avoiding opposing coaches.

It's bothered me when I've seen other coaches do it, and it bothered me this time.
 
Texas Tech put themselves back into the B12 title race with tonight's performance.

Baylor got swept by TT!
 
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I think people need to start talking about Minnesota. They forced their way into the upper third of the B1G. That didn't seem likely a month ago or so.



Last team to beat them before they reeled off 9 W's in a row...Washington. Thanks Gophers, that's turned into a pretty high quality win for the Huskies.
 
nwhoopfan said:
I think people need to start talking about Minnesota. They forced their way into the upper third of the B1G. That didn't seem likely a month ago or so.



Last team to beat them before they reeled off 9 W's in a row...Washington. Thanks Gophers, that's turned into a pretty high quality win for the Huskies.
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You know they wish they hadn't fallen apart against Maryland earlier in the season.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
I think people need to start talking about Minnesota. They forced their way into the upper third of the B1G. That didn't seem likely a month ago or so.



Last team to beat them before they reeled off 9 W's in a row...Washington. Thanks Gophers, that's turned into a pretty high quality win for the Huskies.
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cough cough

Been talking about them since the start of the season. Granted the start of the season wasn't great, had a feeling they could be a dark horse in the conference. That's the beauty of the middle of the BIG10. Any of these teams get into a groove at the right time....they can cause chaos baby! 😉
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Stagnant said:
The Rhode Island loss just turned the a10 into a one bid league. Great news for the Stanford’s and Nebraska’s of the world.
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Both teams are well below 0.500 in their respective conferences and won't finish above 0.500. Barring a miracle run to finish out their seasons, they won't be dancing this season.
 
WBBTakeover said:
Both teams are well below 0.500 in their respective conferences and won't finish above 0.500. Barring a miracle run to finish out their seasons, they won't be dancing this season.
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I thought the same. But surprisingly, Charlie still had Nebraska as an 11 seed in the latest bracketology.

He has Stanford as one of the first four out.

Edit: it just showcases how weak the bubble is. Any time people talk about expanding the tournament… I think they are nuts. I would drop back down to 64 if it were up to me.
 
Stagnant said:
I thought the same. But surprisingly, Charlie still had Nebraska as an 11 seed in the latest bracketology.

He has Stanford as one of the first four out.

Edit: it just showcases how weak the bubble is.
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He made the bracket when Nebraska's NET was 25 and mentioned that only one team has failed to make the tournament with a better NET, which was Oregon 2022-23 (NET 19). Nebraska's NET is now 29 and could continue to drop if they don't pick up a game in the PNW. Two seasons ago, Penn State failed to make the tournament with a NET of 27.

"The bubble is weak" doesn't mean that Nebraska has to be there. They're 2-8 in their last 10 games, 0-9 against Q1 competition, and have looked weak in just about all of their recent losses (they were getting pounded at home by Iowa until they did a little window dressing at the end). There are at least five bubble teams that can replace Nebraska. The B1G doesn't need 12 teams. Find some ACC or Big 12 team to replace Nebraska.
 
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Stagnant said:
I thought the same. But surprisingly, Charlie still had Nebraska as an 11 seed in the latest bracketology.

He has Stanford as one of the first four out.

Edit: it just showcases how weak the bubble is. Any time people talk about expanding the tournament… I think they are nuts. I would drop back down to 64 if it were up to me.
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The consequence of the PAC 12 implosion. The bids they used to get are spread out amongst the conferences.
 
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I think there will be lots of good SEC games tonight.

Oklahoma @ Georgia: Can Georgia get another top 25 upset? It's going to be Beers size vs Georgia's physicality that will determine this one. If Georgia can frustrate Oklahoma's offense, this could be a close game.

LSU @ Ole Miss: Similar story to above. Can anyone at LSU stop Cotie McMahon? Will LSU cave under Ole Miss's physicality or will LSU's speed and guard play be too much for Ole Miss to handle?
 
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GamecockFam said:
I think there will be lots of good SEC games tonight.

Oklahoma @ Georgia: Can Georgia get another top 25 upset? It's going to be Beers size vs Georgia's physicality that will determine this one. If Georgia can frustrate Oklahoma's offense, this could be a close game.

LSU @ Ole Miss: Similar story to above. Can anyone at LSU stop Cotie McMahon? Will LSU cave under Ole Miss's physicality or will LSU's speed and guard play be too much for Ole Miss to handle?
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I'd counter with will Ole Miss bring their physicality? It can disappear at the oddest times from what I've watched this season.
 
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