Week 18 - March 4 to 11 (conf standings, NET, conf tourney games)

[Vowelguy]

Meanwhile GEORGETOWN??? Holy crap

 

[nwhoopfan]

USC-Stanford was quite physical throughout and got kind of chippy. I wasn't really seeing trash talk back and forth, and there were no bench clearing brawls in this one.

 

[Vowelguy]

47-28 rebounding advantage. I don't think that happens to Stanford very often. 18 O boards. Marshall had 18 rebounds.

As Rebecca pointed out, Stan was so focused on Juju — Iriafen and brink seemed to double team her every time she went into the paint — that they left the lane open for RBs

 

[Centerstream]

Brianna Scott, Georgetown, just fell on the court, and sadly, her screams of pain can be heard everywhere. Was hard to see what actually happened on tv. It's a close game and these refs have lost control, if they ever had it.
However, 55-46, Georgetown, final score.

 

[Plebe]

Meanwhile GEORGETOWN??? Holy crap

Their interim HC has done a great job under trying circumstances.

 

[nwhoopfan]

As Rebecca pointed out, Stan was so focused on Juju — Iriafen and brink seemed to double team her every time she went into the paint — that they left the lane open for RBs

Yeah the strategy kept Juju under control but certainly didn't work overall.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Creighton looked . I think daylights saving hurt them a bit.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Creighton looked . I think daylights saving hurt them a bit.

They're a hard team to get a read on, to be honest.

 

[Plebe]

Yeah the strategy kept Juju under control but certainly didn't work overall.

Forbes has demonstrated that she can also go off -- and she did.

Two massive factors in my view were Marshall's defense on Brink and USC's huge edge (18 to 6) on the offensive glass.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Flaue'jae was correctly called for an intentional foul when grabbing Fulwiley's jersey. She and Watkins then got into it, and I'm not gonna judge who did it more.

Watkins said words, FJ shoved her.

...Which lead to Cardoso losing her cool, but I think the absolute scrum they were allowing inside the paint - really the whole quarter (whole game really) was the real cause.

You can't let competitors talk and bang on each other like the officials did and not expect something.

If I could have made a prop bet on South Carolina pulls ahead late and we have a bench clearing brawl I'd be rich.

 

[LoTrader]

Lol okay so now it's Oregon State who sucked ... in November. Got it.

Oregon State didn't have a clue who were the contributors on their team that early in the season. I was at that game and OSU was lucky to win. Today, OSU would have no issues with Villanova.

 

[triaddukefan]

In the Big South Conference Final, Presbyterian College advances to its first NCAA tournament in school history (men's and women's) with a rout of Radford 60-37. Down 4 players to season ending injuries, the Blue Hose accomplished what the critics say couldn't be done.

My Blue Hose

 

[cancontent]

No word on Flau'jae's butt ugly brother jumping onto the court menacingly to try to go after young women?

Thought I heard he had been arrested/detained during the broadcast?

 

[cancontent]

Talk about a misrepresentation of what happened.

She was called for the intentional foul on Fulwiley. She didn't "drag her down" since Fulwiley never fell to the ground. The contact with Watkins was a mutual bump, didn't see a shove either way.

And the intentional foul caused a stop in play. Watkins and Johnson were chirping during the stoppage. From what I saw, I thought Johnson did make a move to get Watkins out of her way in response to Watkins bumping her.

The refs opted not to penalize either one of them, but they could have if they wanted to if you ask me. At the same time, a lot of this could have been prevented if the referees were more involved in nipping this earlier in the game. There was a lot of bumping that could have been called or players getting a warning well before this debacle.

 

[The deacon]

Since you are all about cherry picking results, Nova beat Wake Forest by 9. The same team who went 2-16 in conference and 7-25 overall. Care to comment?

Wake Forest is the best 7-25 team in history.

Ouch, what did Wake do to deserve this except have a pretty poor women's basketball team?

 

[Geew1992]

Thought I heard he had been arrested/detained during the broadcast?

I read he was escorted out of the building. That was it

 

[cancontent]

Then what did she do? Because pulling a player down intentionally and pushing another doesn't make it seem like she was interested in any peace offerings.

You're exaggerating what happened. Yes she pulled the jersey and prevented her from a clear path. Fulwiley never went down on the play.

Watkins didn't seem interested in being the better person and not getting into a jawing match. Let's not omit that action before Johnson's push. Neither team can say their hands are clean in this.

 

[Jumper33]

What a crazy display between LSU and South Carolina. Hair pulling, shoving and elbows. I’m not a pearl-clutching fan usually but if people thought the Reese’s shenanigans last year in the championship game were embarrassing, this was certainly an order of magnitude worse.

Of course Mulkey is not apologetic at all.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

You're exaggerating what happened. Yes she pulled the jersey and prevented her from a clear path. Fulwiley never went down on the play.

Watkins didn't seem interested in being the better person and not getting into a jawing match. Let's not omit that action before Johnson's push. Neither team can say their hands are clean in this.

I don't think anyone particularly cares whether their hands were completely clean in it.

LSU wanted a certain game and they got it.

The officials could have stopped it but they weren't to be bothered.

I agree 100% with Mulkey on that at least.

 

[TheFarmFan]

This...is wild! On brand for Mulkey, however.

Indeed. As if to nail the hammer in the coffin, tonight's appalling behavior only cements my assessment from a few months ago:

With the exception of Muffet McGraw, I actually can't think of a coach who's made more headlines for "controversy" in the past decade than Kim. Think Brittney Griner's coming out after college. Think her bizarre remarks on Baylor's sexual assault scandal. Think Kim's silence about Griner's captivity in Russia. Think Kim's stonewalling about Reese's absence. Think her jackets and her jacket tossing. Love her or not, there's no one more controversial in WCBB.

 

[Figurehead]

Wow Oregon has PLUMMETED as a program since Sabrina left.

Since assistant Mark Campbell left

 

[FanInNC]

I know ND lost Watson to injury yesterday, but why is NC State playing only 6 today.

That’s what State does. Laci Steele and Maddy Cox are the 7 and 8 players in the rotation but in big games Wes has proven to only play them when fouls are an issue or injuries or for very few spot minutes. For better or worse that’s been the formula.

 

[cancontent]

I don't think anyone particular cares whether their hands were completely clean in it.

LSU wanted a certain game and they got it.

The officials could have stopped it but they weren't to be bothered.

I agree 100% Mulkey on that at least.

Said the same about the refs in a separate post. Could have been nipped in the bud early in the game. That tweet of Cardoso and Reese bumping in the paint is being celebrated when that was the first indication of when the refs should have gotten involved.

 

[Floridaduck]

Wow Oregon has PLUMMETED as a program since Sabrina left.

It was always way more than just Sabrina. Maite Cazorla at the other guard, a WNBA draft choice and now a star of the Spanish national team. Satou Sabally, the unicorn, of course and Ruthie Hebert, leading the nation in FG percentage, #2 in Oregon career scoring, #3 in career rebounding. Overlooked sometimes is deadeye sniper Erin Boley, a serious 3 point threat with a .426 career pct. Those teams could shoot… always at or near the top in 3 pt pct and FG pct. This season’s team could not. Pretty simple. Curable? We’ll see.

 

[Vowelguy]

The most contentious team-team issues in recent years I can think of

• SoCar vs LSU
• SoCar vs Mizzou

Hmm. Interesting,

 

[Vowelguy]

There is. Teams/people come at the #1 program loaded for bear and all amped up most games. Comes with the territory I suppose, but most fans wouldn't have much reason to know this.

True I can recall all the altercations that Tennessee, Notre Dame, Stanford, and UConn have had over the last 30 years.

 

[TheFarmFan]

True I can recall all the altercations that Tennessee, Notre Dame, Stanford, and UConn have had over the last 30 years.

Yeah, when folks have been accusing us of being "nice girls from Stanford" for the past three decades, what they actually meant is that we're worse than pit bulls crossed with WWE wrestlers.

There is. Teams/people come at the #1 program loaded for bear and all amped up most games. Comes with the territory I suppose, but most fans wouldn't have much reason to know this.

Boy do I know it. When Stanford was coming loaded to bear against #1 SCAR in 2021, we were so amped up that Haley Jones and Fran Belibi charged at Boston after her miss, even after the play was dead. Talk about excessive contact!: