Week 2 (11/10-11/16)

[Stagnant]

The Big East picks up a win over the ACC. Providence College just beat Boston College.

 

[nwhoopfan]

So...apparently if I watch a game, nobody can shoot. Stanford-Wazzu last night was brutal. Kentucky-Marshall today was pretty bad. I switched to Virginia Tech-Coastal Carolina for the second half, you guessed it, nobody can score. How do I do it?

 

[sivad40]

They’ll lose to SC but beat LSU. Duke prob won’t finish top 3 in ACC in current form

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They’ll lose to SC but beat LSU. Duke prob won’t finish top 3 in ACC in current form

You must really hate LSU and Mulkey. Duke is still athletic that most ACCs teams and many of the them either have trouble scoring too or they can't defend.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Okay, maybe it was more a case of one really bad quarter in some of these games. Especially VA Tech. By quarter they scored 30, 23, 4 and 25, so Q3 was a real anomaly.

 

[nwhoopfan]

First time watching Washington this year, not real impressed. Utah lost all 5 starters from last year, if Washington sees themselves as moving forward in the wcbb world, this is the kind of game you should be able to win without too much trouble. It's tied at halftime. And that's w/ Sellers putting up a Herculean effort. Getting very little help. Ladine is suited up but not playing.

 

[DEFCONN1]

Michigan up 46-29 at half against the Irish. ND’s offense looks pretty anemic.

 

[Blue Huskie]

Losing Miles, Westbeld and Citron is tough. (And Koval too) If Hidalgo is off it's hard to win.

 

[Vowelguy]

Statement win by Wolves over Irish.

 

[Zanzman]

So...apparently if I watch a game, nobody can shoot. Stanford-Wazzu last night was brutal. Kentucky-Marshall today was pretty bad. I switched to Virginia Tech-Coastal Carolina for the second half, you guessed it, nobody can score. How do I do it?

You do have a reputation

 

[nwhoopfan]

Hmm. Washington won 72-61. Utah is a pale shadow of their former selves. Losing 5 starters will do that. UW was aggressive on D and got a bunch of steals and transition buckets. Half court O was pretty bad. Sellers scored 30, put the team on her shoulders. 8 assists on 31 made buckets seems like a red flag to me.

 

[Geew1992]

Why is hildago still on the game??

 

[Reypl21]

On one hand seeing Hannah shoot so many absurd shots is frustrating to watch. On the other, it's the position Ivey puts her in. Hannah has to create the offense and her teammates aren't hitting. I sound like a broken record every year, but Ivey's half court offense is so bad. It was bad last year by the end of the season when everyone could scout them. It's especially bad now that she doesn't have the same level of talent. It'll be interesting if all year is going to be Hannah-hero-ball.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Is Michigan this good or Notre Dame this bad. (or both). Anyway, this was a really bad nationally televised game.

 

[Stagnant]

Why is hildago still on the game??

Shame on Ivey for allowing some of the most blatant stat padding I have ever seen. She is lucky Hannah didn’t get injured.

 

[Stagnant]

Is Michigan this good or Notre Dame this bad. (or both). Anyway, this was a really bad nationally televised game.

I think Notre dame is going to lose a lot of games this year.

 

[oldude]

Wow! 39 pt loss by the Irish. HH shoots 4/21 (0/8 from the arc) with 7 turnovers. As bad as that was, what struck me was ND’s lack of movement on offense and failure to get back on defense repeatedly.

 

[cancontent]

Is Michigan this good or Notre Dame this bad. (or both). Anyway, this was a really bad nationally televised game.

I'd say both right now. Think this is the first game against a ranked team for both sides. They both have match ups against ranked teams later this month that will give us a better idea on both teams.

 

[Stagnant]

I think Michigan is good, but I also think Notre dame is not good. They will probably lose at least 10 games this season.

 

[nwhoopfan]

On one hand seeing Hannah shoot so many absurd shots is frustrating to watch. On the other, it's the position Ivey puts her in. Hannah has to create the offense and her teammates aren't hitting. I sound like a broken record every year, but Ivey's half court offense is so bad. It was bad last year by the end of the season when everyone could scout them. It's especially bad now that she doesn't have the same level of talent. It'll be interesting if all year is going to be Hannah-hero-ball.

I'm a bit confused here. Prosper and Bransford both outscored Hidalgo in this game. And shot much more efficiently.

 

[cancontent]

I'm a bit confused here. Prosper and Bransford both outscored Hidalgo in this game. And shot much more efficiently.

When majority of Michigan is focused on Hildago, that's going to be the end result. Hildago rarely had a clean shot or path to the basket today. To me it seemed like they were all in on defending Hildago and okay with leaving the rest of the team open.

 

[DEFCONN1]

Michigan lights up ND with 93 pts. Michigan looked good. ND not so much. ND shot 28% from the field, 9% from 3 and were out rebounded 59-28. Hildago had 12 pts. with 7 turnovers. Olivia Olson was relentless on D and scored 20 for the Wolverines. It’s going to be a long season for the Irish.

 

[DEpup]

I'm a bit confused here. Prosper and Bransford both outscored Hidalgo in this game. And shot much more efficiently.

In case you didn't see the game and just saw the box score, Michigan was all over Hidalgo. It was a clinic on ball denial and defense on a string to really give her no options. I hope my UConn Huskies can do the same thing on her.. I am not going to lie, I found it completely entertaining.

 

[Reypl21]

I'm a bit confused here. Prosper and Bransford both outscored Hidalgo in this game. And shot much more efficiently.

You know what, fair point. Bransford and Prosper should've shot more. Bransford had a good first half and had some nice buckets. But her buckets came off one-on-one plays. This ND offense is just one-on-one. Prosper and Bransford can do that, but they more often drive into traffic and turn it over or have to pass out. Hannah is quick enough to get briefly open and at least take a shot. VDJ and Moore are the spot up shooters that haven't been able to hit. They couldn't run anything to get Cowles a single shot attempt. Sanchez had a 3, but just couldnt be in the game. She was getting torched on the glass and in transition.

I'm not sure how Ivey should use Prosper because she doesn't post up at the 4 position. And these teams are clogging the paint when she drives. She's doesn't have a mid range or 3 either. KK shows promise though, I wish they would post her up more. There's just no space and no movement on offense.

ND had some momentum in the 3rd when Hannah got a couple free throws and made 3 mid range shots in a row. 8-0 run to cut it to 16 lol. Then she just started chucking everything, and I knew she would. That's just poor coaching and poor offense by Ivey. I didn't think ND would win this game, but this was bad

 

[Centerstream]

And in a game that was basically decided at half time, Hildago played 38 minutes, Bransford played 39 and Prosper played 34. Each of the starters had at least 3 fouls, so...don't the Golden Domers have a bench???

 

[nwhoopfan]

I admit I wasn't watching the game. Just thought it looked like at least a couple of the ND players were hitting some shots.

I was watching another game with a PG taking over and there was pretty much no half court offense being run, but it had a different result. Sellers scored 30 for Washington, teammates weren't doing much although Stines had 14. Utah couldn't stop her so it worked, but there was very little ball movement, cutting, anything like that. What worked against a rebuilt Utes roster isn't going to work against better teams.