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Week 2 - Nov 11 to 17

nwhoopfan said:
So...throw back to the CTT era? :rolleyes:
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Actually Grand Canyon was playing physical in an effort to neutralize the height advantage of the Sun Devils. Lopes lead in fouls 16>14.


Grand Canyon back in the game outscoring the Sun Devils 14 to 4 in the third quarter to make it a one-point game.

Lopes senior point guard Trinity San Antonio and member of the Puerto Rican Olympic team played minimal minutes in the first half after picking up two quick fouls in the first quarter. She's really ignited the Lopes and we've got a game.

The announcers in pregame did mention CTT and the recent hard times as Adair struggles to avoid a third consecutive 20 loss season.
 
azfan said:
Actually Grand Canyon was playing physical in an effort to neutralize the height advantage of the Sun Devils. Lopes lead in fouls 16>14.


Grand Canyon back in the game outscoring the Sun Devils 14 to 4 in the third quarter to make it a one-point game.

Lopes senior point guard Trinity San Antonio and member of the Puerto Rican Olympic team played minimal minutes in the first half after picking up two quick fouls in the first quarter. She's really ignited the Lopes and we've got a game.

The announcers in pregame did mention CTT and the recent hard times as Adair struggles to avoid a third consecutive 20 loss season.
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Lopes lead by one at the end of the 3rd as point guard Trinity San Antonio and Tierra Brown come alive.

Devils benefit from 4 made FT rising from an administrative technical before the game and a delay of game technical with 2 minutes left in the third quarter as the Devils hit 16 of 18 free throws. In another uncharacteristic development Lopes miss 9 of 20 free throws

Note: coach Molly Miller is third among active coaches with a 836 winning percentage trailing only Geno and Kim.
 
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azfan said:
Lopez lead by one at the end of the 3rd as point guard Trinity San Antonio and Tierra Brown come alive.

Devils benefit from 4 made FT rising from an administrative technical before the game and a delay of game technical with 2 minutes left in the third quarter as the Devils hit 16 of 18 free throws. In another uncharacteristic development Lopes miss 9 of 20 free throws

Note: coach Molly Miller is third among active coaches with a 836 winning percentage trailing only Geno and Kim.
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Lopes on a 24-8 run and it's gut check time for the Sun Devils with 8 minutes left in the game. Adair takes the time out to try to calm her troops down.

Under Adair the Sun Devils have been inept at defending the perimeter. In giving up 100 points in their last game to Arkansas State they allowed 13 for 30 from behind the arc. Through three quarters plus the Lopes are 8 for 20 from threeland
 
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Ayoka Lee scored 28 points in 16 minutes against Creighton. Taking candy from a baby. 13-18 shooting, all pretty much point blank. K State won handily, it was never close after opening few minutes.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
As an Arizona St. fan during the CTT reign, you are never, ever allowed to complain about physical play.
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Didn't complain merely observed. :)

The announcers are now talking about what experience ASU will have in the Big 12. I think we all know what that experience will be.

As to the current state of the program ASU opens the 4th quarter by going scoreless during the first five minutes And finds themselves trailing by 9 with 2 minutes left in the game as they've scored three points so far in the fourth quarter. Wonder what the over-under is that the Devils can get within five before the whistle blows.
 
Yikes. Utah had a double digit lead but is flirting with losing on the road against a bad Northwestern team. Maybe playing close to home for several of their players was a distraction.
 
Haven't done that in a long time, listened to a game on the radio. Eastern Washington was pesky in the first half, but Washington ran away in the second half. 83-59 final.
 
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Gonzaga's 37 game home winning streak just got snapped. Was second longest in the country. Cal was in control pretty much the whole way. I think I overestimated the Zags' potential for reloading rather than rebuilding this year. Big game for Ejim and I'm officially a believer in Fr. Allie Turner. Shooting a high %, 18, 18 and 20 in 3 games so far and two of them were against ACC teams.

3 headed monster of Williams, Twidale and Krimili was too much for GU.
 
LSU is down 13 in the first half to Murray State right now if anyone is interested and has SEC Network.
 
darrell said:
LSU is down 13 in the first half to Murray State right now if anyone is interested and has SEC Network.
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I saw the score and had to jump into the game to take a peek. Looks like a mixture of things going wrong for LSU:

1) On defense, they cannot keep their player in front of them, resulting in a lot of blow bys for layups or drive and kicks to open players by Murray state.
2) No communication on the court
3) No leaders on the court to get their team to calm down
4) Settling for bad shots on offense
5) Not using their advantages on offense (size)
 
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ochoopsfan said:
Murray St 54
LSU 53
Early 4th qtr
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LSU got it going on defense in 2nd half.

Murray St scores 32 points in 2nd qtr!:eek:...
but only 14pts in second half.

LSU wins 74-60.
 
Stagnant said:
I am thinking Arizona state is going to have to make a change after this season.
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That observation could have (and was made by far more astute observers than me) made at the end of Adair's first 20 loss season.

In the ultimate insult and irony ASU hosts it's little tournament to game tournament this weekend which was renamed at the Briann January classic in honor of one of 'CTTs famous players. Rather than an honorarium what will happen today and tomorrow at Tempe is the opposite of an honor for the classy January.


The inaction by ASU administration and AD in regard to lack of leadership incompetence in the women's program is reflective as I've said before of a complete antipathy toward the woman's basketball program. Ad the situation continues to deteriorate and it's obvious there's no support at the highest levels of the University it will only make the next hiring decision much more difficult. For the following reasons

1. Demonstrated lack of commitment and support for the women's basketball program.

2. An absolute refusal to pay competitive salary or to resource the program properly. The implications of this are clear in terms of finding the type of leader who could operate in this situation. The demonstrated and continual lack of support and commitment at ASU for women's basketball as well known throughout the profession. An experienced talented young leader would be out of their mind to consider this job. Just look at the process that resulted in Natasha Adair:

In a rush the ASU search could find no power five coach who would even think about coming to Tempe. So they settled on a successful mid major coach with deep roots in the Mid-Atlantic area. All of her recruiting contacts and experience were far removed from both the then Pac 12 and more importantly the sources of athletes who would have an opportunity to excel in the Conference of Champions. I need to emphasize I regard Natasha Adair as a exemplar of character and virtue and a successful major coach. She says all the right things but simply is out of her depth and it wouldn't be a surprise to anyone to have anticipated this.

3. The conference realignment is eliminated any possible prestige or incentive for a competent coach to make the move.

4. Aging facility and a non-existent fan base.

5. At season end after this third consecutive 20 loss season it will be evident as it was this time last year that Adair cannot and should not continue. Given the lack of commitment by the administration the agony of watching an ice cube melt on a July afternoon in Tempe would capture the decision-making process of Michael Crow and his flunkies. As Arizonans know Crow is a real estate developer first, political beast second and a growth aficionado 3rd. He would like to grow ASU in a manner reminiscent of the Pac-Man game or one of the more virulent forms of cancer. In another reflection of the cost of a diminished and shrinking journalist community much of crows well known financial and political machinations have remained well rumored but not brought to the public eye and given the importance of the Maggie University to grow his activities both covered and over will remain unexamined.

The Grand Canyon women's victory over ASU was particularly sweet in this regard although Crow obviously cares very little about the women's game. A dozen years ago and one of the few statements Crow has made about women's basketball he indicated that as she would never play Grand Canyon given their status at the time. No one is comfortable bringing this back to the mega developers attention so he could eat crow.
 
GamecockFam said:
I saw the score and had to jump into the game to take a peek. Looks like a mixture of things going wrong for LSU:

1) On defense, they cannot keep their player in front of them, resulting in a lot of blow bys for layups or drive and kicks to open players by Murray state.
2) No communication on the court
3) No leaders on the court to get their team to calm down
4) Settling for bad shots on offense
5) Not using their advantages on offense (size)
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I hope LSU loses one of these cupcake games. I didn't watch but I wouldn't be surprised if the players are just bored from lack of competition (last 3 games they've won by 73, 59, and 51) and thought they could phone it in against overmatched competition.
 
Miami up 10 in the closing seconds against Florida. 43 combined points from the Cavinders, 29 for Haley. I would guess that's the most the 2 of them have scored in a game at Miami.
 
bballnut90 said:
I hope LSU loses one of these cupcake games. I didn't watch but I wouldn't be surprised if the players are just bored from lack of competition (last 3 games they've won by 73, 59, and 51) and thought they could phone it in against overmatched competition.
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I think that game exposed the lack of leadership on this team -- an aspect of Reece's game that we don't acknowledge and will be hard to fill. I thought Flau'jae stepped up both vocally and with her performance on the court in the second half. I believe LSU's season is going to depend on her filling that leadership role so that someone besides the coaching staff is keeping the team accountable, so that someone on the court is actively calm the troops down when the game isn't going their way, and to help her team with her tenacity and scoring ability.
 
Is there relegation in D1 sports? Chicago St. is just so sad. In 4 games have given up 96, 87, 111 and 104 points. 52 at the half today. Losing margin has been under 40 only once, and then just barely.
 
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Quinnipiac beat Princeton. Maybe Princeton is down a little this year, but maybe Quinnipiac is back. Wins over two of the better Ivies. They used to be Tourney regulars but haven't been since 2019.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Quinnipiac beat Princeton. Maybe Princeton is down a little this year, but maybe Quinnipiac is back. Wins over two of the better Ivies. They used to be Tourney regulars but haven't been since 2019.
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Madison St. Rose left the game against Quinnipiac with an apparent knee injury.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Oof, Minnesota crushing Oregon St. Might be a long season in Corvallis.
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Looks like UConn will be in the Championship Game of the Baha Mar Woman's Championship after they play Oregon State on 11/25. Who will they play in the Championship game, I'm going to go with Ole Miss over Boston College.
 
Fairfield was pesky. Oklahoma St. was up as much as 14 or 15, but came down to a 2 point game and Fairfield had the last possession with a chance to tie or win. They didn't manage to get a shot off though after inbounding w/ about 5 seconds left.
 
MSGRET said:
Looks like UConn will be in the Championship Game of the Baha Mar Woman's Championship after they play Oregon State on 11/25. Who will they play in the Championship game, I'm going to go with Ole Miss over Boston College.
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That's gonna be ugly. Beavs have to travel to Illinois a few days before that game as well. Probably another beat down and lots of travel.
 
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