Week 2 Big Games:

[eebmg]

DePaul lost to Towson. I guess they can't play Miami every game.

Guessing Morrow had a 50 pt 30 rebound game.

 

[jdote33]

Looks like another Baylor vs Michigan matchup this season. This time for the Gulf Coast Showcase Championship. I think it's the 3rd straight season they've matched up. Both teams had real solid wins today

This turned out to be a really good game. Michigan ended up winning but I was impressed with both sides. Jaden Owens looks like a different player this season and Baylor's freshman class is good too. Bickle fouled out on a technical cuz Leigha Brown is a pain to play against (I love it). It was probably the turning point in the game. Michigan has a lot of pieces and Phelia and Kieser have been pretty great to start the season. Definitely a top 25 team.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Terrible collapse. Looked slow, completely lacking in poise. Could not handle switching defense. And even worse on the defensive end.

My biggest issue with Iowa St is they tend to crumble against teams who are physical with them. Thats why I struggle to see them finishing ahead of Texas in the Big 12 this year.

I do have to say though Soares was truly one of the best grabs of the offseason. She really elevated Iowa St's inside presence which they lacked. Sadly it still wasn't enough for them tonight.

 

[Plebe]

If I ever find my Iowa State sweatshirt.... imma pour gasoline on it an burn it

How do you have a 17 point lead and lose by 9

Gotta give some credit to those Tar Heels. Two games in a row against a quality opponent they came from behind with a massive second half effort. They're inching their way up my Boneyard ballot.

 

[SECbbfan24]

This turned out to be a really good game. Michigan ended up winning but I was impressed with both sides. Jaden Owens looks like a different player this season and Baylor's freshman class is good too. Bickle fouled out on a technical cuz Leigha Brown is a pain to play against (I love it). It was probably the turning point in the game. Michigan has a lot of pieces and Phelia and Kieser have been pretty great to start the season. Definitely a top 25 team.

That was a very good game. Baylor has to clean up the turnovers though, they were shooting between 60-70% the entire game up until the final minute but 20+ turnovers is too much. Leigha Brown had a pretty woeful game shooting and had 5 turnovers, but Michigan was able to survive. Kiser had 26 points and 12 boards on 10-13 shooting.

 

[Sifaka]

If I ever find my Iowa State sweatshirt.... imma pour gasoline on it an burn it

How do you have a 17 point lead and lose by 9

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The team with the halftime lead said to themselves, “This is working. Let's keep doing it.” The other team had a coach who saw what wasn’t working and told her players how to change it.

I respect what Banghart does.

Who is that Dook player in your pootericide video?

 

[Plebe]

Didn't have time to watch the game, but I think Owens is becoming a star for Baylor. I see she again had a huge game, 9-13 from the field, much like she did against Villanova where she almost uncontainable off the bounce. She'll need to contain her turnovers, though.

If Collen can get Edwards eligible and integrated into the team's chemistry, this Baylor squad can be very good.

 

[UCFKnights]

I'm rooting for Sytia Messer. I have always liked her and this is her time.

It's too bad UCF didn't play Rhode Island, which was also at the same tournament (played Samford today). I wonder why it was arranged that way.

Not sure on the reason for the way the tournament was scheduled. It is odd.

 

[triaddukefan]

Gotta give some credit to those Tar Heels. Two games in a row against a quality opponent they came from behind with a massive second half effort. They're inching their way up my Boneyard ballot.

 

[Sifaka]

Coach Abe has apparently brought her “Basketball is just an excuse for a good brawl” philosophy to Georgia.

Per ESPN…

Georgia ejections: At the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands, Georgiadefeated VCU on Friday despite having five players ejected and another foul out. Four were tossed in the first quarter when forward Jordan Isaacs objected to the Rams' defense by shoving two VCU players. After that fracas, the Rams shot eight technical free throws. In the third quarter, a fifth Lady Bulldog, Chloe Chapman, was ejected after kicking at a VCU player when both were on the floor.

Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, in her first season a Georgia's coach, didn't plan to suspend the five for Saturday's game against Seton Hall. The SEC, however, stepped in and suspended Chapman for that game based on "the NCAA definition of fighting," a league spokeswoman said. Georgia lost its first game of the season to the Pirates.​

 

[UCFKnights]

Wow. Say what you will about her UCF teams they never really got into actual fights/ejections. Really bad look.

 

[HuskyNan]

Guessing Morrow had a 50 pt 30 rebound game.

Aneesa had 16/16. She fouled out. Pretty sure Geno is going to ask for a copy of that game tape

 

[DefenseBB]

I did not see the handshake line (or should I say No handshake line) at the end of the SHU-Georgia game I was watching live and which Georgia blew a lead in the 4th quarter but there were no complaints or concerns about the refereeing that I saw. To not shake hands after the game is something the NCAA needs to start clamping down on. We saw egregious behavior in the St. John's vs. Memphis game where Memphis too walked off the court after a skirmish with 5 seconds left.

This type of behavior needs to stop and the coaches who should be leading the charge of sportsmanship need to be help accountable to perform such. Be the bigger person....I know on this board, I often have to do that....

 

[HuskyNan]

Coach Abe has apparently brought her “Basketball is just an excuse for a good brawl” philosophy to Georgia.

Per ESPN…

Georgia ejections: At the Paradise Jam in the Virgin Islands, Georgiadefeated VCU on Friday despite having five players ejected and another foul out. Four were tossed in the first quarter when forward Jordan Isaacs objected to the Rams' defense by shoving two VCU players. After that fracas, the Rams shot eight technical free throws. In the third quarter, a fifth Lady Bulldog, Chloe Chapman, was ejected after kicking at a VCU player when both were on the floor.

Katie Abrahamson-Henderson, in her first season a Georgia's coach, didn't plan to suspend the five for Saturday's game against Seton Hall. The SEC, however, stepped in and suspended Chapman for that game based on "the NCAA definition of fighting," a league spokeswoman said. Georgia lost its first game of the season to the Pirates.​

I had season tickets to UCF for a couple years and that was not typical behavior. The only (overly) physical play I noticed was against UConn. To be fair, UCF didn’t have the horses to keep with the Huskies and I think Coach Abe was trying to get any advantage.

I used to watch Nykesha during the scrums but she was all UCF. Sigh.