Could Minnesota be that good?Ugly loss for Marquette. Picked to finish #2 in the big east. Blasted by 30+ against Minnesota. 😬
107-26 final. Pathetic. Meanwhile Portland St. is rolling Willamette, another local lower division school. UP and PSU shoulda played each other and let the non D1 schools play other non D1 schools.I'm fairly certain there are WAY more games between D1 and really low level teams this season, like D3 or NAIA. Why? Nobody benefits from these games. Portland is currently annihilating Warner Pacific 51-3.
Ugly loss for Marquette. Picked to finish #2 in the big east. Blasted by 30+ against Minnesota. 😬
D3 and D1 teams are not allowed to play each other in the regular season; most likely also in exhibitions. The teams you have seen are in all probability D2.I'm fairly certain there are WAY more games between D1 and really low level teams this season, like D3 or NAIA. Why? Nobody benefits from these games. Portland is currently annihilating Warner Pacific 51-3.
Warner Pacific is NAIA and Willamette is D3, I just looked them up. Portland and Portland St. have both played both of them this year. Of the 4 games, only Portland St. vs. Warner Pacific is identified as an exhibition game on the team's official schedule. If you really want me to I can go back thru the schedule from opening week and find you dozens of schools I've never heard of before, they can't all be D2.D3 and D1 teams are not allowed to play each other in the regular season; most likely also in exhibitions. The teams you have seen are in all probability D2.
Warner Pacific is an NAIA team.D3 and D1 teams are not allowed to play each other in the regular season; most likely also in exhibitions. The teams you have seen are in all probability D2.
I have them as a dark horse in the BIG10 this year. Several players returning from injury, plus the core that played last season makes them an unknown who shouldn't be taken lightly in my opinion.Could Minnesota be that good?
This must have been changed. Right now Dartmouth is playing D3 Colby-Sawyer and New Haven (didn't even know they were D1, but they are in the NEC) is playing D3 Purchase. Like I said, I can probably find you several dozen more of these "is that really a college?" type of teams that have been playing against D1 teams this year. It's an epidemic.D3 and D1 teams are not allowed to play each other in the regular season;
Yea…if you’re crazy enough to leave her in that long for a practice game. She almost had a triple double. Needed one more rebound.Hidalgo had 16 steals?! Can that really be real? Also 44 points.
There is a lot of it this year. Not so much with Power 4 teams, but a lot of others. I have no idea of the reason, but the number of those games has grown year by year over the last few years. At one time, they didn't count in the stats used by the committee at NCAAs time, but of course most of these teams don't have to worry about that. I don't know when it became "ok", but there was a time that NAIA and D3 teams did only play in exhibitions with D1. Those days are obviously gone.This must have been changed. Right now Dartmouth is playing D3 Colby-Sawyer and New Haven (didn't even know they were D1, but they are in the NEC) is playing D3 Purchase. Like I said, I can probably find you several dozen more of these "is that really a college?" type of teams that have been playing against D1 teams this year. It's an epidemic.
edit--also playing today are: Hope International, Washington Adventist, Arkansas Baptist, Pittsburgh-Johnstown, Wilberforce, Bloomfield. Without looking them up, those all have really low division, either D3 or NAIA, written all over them. Never heard of a single one of them before just now.
Eh, she only played 28 min and was pulled with 5 min left. Nothing out of the ordinary about leaving her in for that amount of time, even in a 27 point win. For comparison sake, KK Arnold played 27 minutes tonight in a much more lopsided game (54 point win) on a much deeper team.Yea…if you’re crazy enough to leave her in that long for a practice game. She almost had a triple double. Needed one more rebound.
Plus 16 steals is just insane, regardless of opponent or the number of minutes played.Eh, she only played 28 min and was pulled with 5 min left. Nothing out of the ordinary about leaving her in for that amount of time, even in a 27 point win. For comparison sake, KK Arnold played 27 minutes tonight in a much more lopsided game (54 point win) on a much deeper team.
It’s no so much the margin, but she’s a SIGNIFICANT and irreplaceable part of their offense and defense. Then again if she doesn’t get 16 steals the game may have actually been more competitive so I guess it doesn’t really matter. Ride that horse as long as you can. Akron actually shot better, but couldn’t stop turning it over.Eh, she only played 28 min and was pulled with 5 min left. Nothing out of the ordinary about leaving her in for that amount of time, even in a 27 point win. For comparison sake, KK Arnold played 27 minutes tonight in a much more lopsided game (54 point win) on a much deeper team.