Sorry but they have win those last 6 games. They haven’t had the strongest schedule this year. Beating a weaker than usual SEC doesn’t sell me just yet. Nor does beating a depleted UCONN team and the 6th best team in the PAC 12. Utah, Tenn and LSU have all played them closely.
They also beat UNC and Duke and Notre Dame by 30. No need to downplay what they’ve done. They are too deep and talented imo compared to the rest of the country. Undefeated and the eye test doesn’t lie. Sometimes they play it close because they let teams hang around in the first but their depth won’t let them loose imo.
Two evenly matched teams that are going into overtime.
the final 5 possessions of regulation were terrible basketball. Bad shooting, terrible decision making, just bad basketball overall. From two top ten teams in March.
I have an issue with Debbie Antonelli when she calls NC State/Duke games.
Embarrassing for the sport? I don’t get that. Was it embarrassing for the NFL when the Chiefs won it this year despite the fact they were 11-6 and fairly mediocre all regular season? Or when the Rangers won the WS despite finishing with a worse regular season record than 5 other teams? Was the Heat’s run to the finals last year an embarrassment to the NBA when they were in the play in tournament but ripped through the East beating the Bucks Knicks and Celtics?
They beat ND in the very first game of the year before Hidalgo really got going. ND is much better now. Duke and NC are hardly the class of the ACC this year. Yeah the depth of SC is impressive but maybe more so is the lack of injuries that so many other teams have had. I think they have more to prove. Everybody thought Baylor was unbeatable that year with Griner and Simms. Louisville beat them. Lots of capable yet flawed teams that could beat SC on any given day. Unfortunately physicality is the great equalizer. I don’t like it but that’s the way it is.
I will nitpick that Hidalgo definitely got going in that game, she had over 30 points, but she had no chemistry with her team yet. As of late, her chemistry with her teammates is much improved and her “sidekicks” have been consistently giving her a lot more support. But yes we are in agreement that the ND team in November is not the one that has been on display these past couple weeks.
FIFY
Even with a last ditch effort, it didn't help.
Rueck went away from what has been working all season in playing deep into his bench--only really played 6 players vs Stanford. He left his 3-point snipers on the bench and OSU missed a lot of wide open 3's. Rueck was asked in the post game presser about diverting from playing 8-10 all season and only playing 6 in the Stanford game--Rueck did not like the question. Rueck was outcoached by Tara again. OSU's clear advantage is their bench, and hopefully lesson learned before NCAA Tournament
But you can picture Katherine Parr?I'm trying to picture Keke Palmer or Kal Penn at the Pac-12 tourney!
