Week 2 preview (Nov. 15-22)

[Gamecockfan77]

Holy cow, had no idea Tennessee came back.

 

[stwainfan]

Holy cow, had no idea Tennessee came back.

With out Burrell.

 

[UCFKnights]

UCF beats Belmont 57-45. Strong 3rd quarter for the Knights after an ugly first half.

 

[LowkeyX]

Thought Texas looked pretty good, but maybe not quite at the point where they have great interior scoring.

Maryland really had that thing in hand until I guess there was a late comeback.

Baylor's offense to me looks to have a lot more spacing but they don't force inside as well and the defense probably isn't as intense.

I guess it's anyone's guess how Baylor will be set for talent going forward. They're a dangerous team though I bet come March.

Yes Baylor is way better than I expected… at least looking at the stats from their first 3 games of this season. If Jordan Lewis becomes Robin to Nalyssa’s Batman, then they will be dangerous!

MD did a hell of a job fighting for this win though especially with Benzan out (especially) & Faith out. Angel Reese/Collins/Bibby held their own against the Baylor Bigs.

 

[LowkeyX]

Holy cow, had no idea Tennessee came back.

I was shocked to see that too! What an awesome day of women’s hoops

 

[Skins87]

Thought Texas looked pretty good, but maybe not quite at the point where they have great interior scoring.

Maryland really had that thing in hand until I guess there was a late comeback.

Baylor's offense to me looks to have a lot more spacing but they don't force inside as well and the defense probably isn't as intense.

I guess it's anyone's guess how Baylor will be set for talent going forward. They're a dangerous team though I bet come March.

Maryland was up 11 and the Diamond went down with injury to her knee. Baylor used that momentum to make a run but thankfully the Terps held on for the W

 

[triaddukefan]

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Auburn putting it on Georgia Tech early.

 

[dws3665]

Auburn putting it on Georgia Tech early.

Nellll no!!!

GA Tech got “Starkey”‘-ed early and didn’t have enough to time to come all the way back. Very nice win for Coach Harris.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Nellll no!!!

GA Tech got “Starkey”‘-ed early and didn’t have enough to time to come all the way back. Very nice win for Coach Harris.

Not at all what I'd have expected and somebody is getting out of the SEC cellar at my next look.

 

[stwainfan]

 

[Gamecockfan77]

I have been an admirer of her talent since the beginning, but she was shining even in the part of the game when Tennessee was not.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Maryland was up 11 and the Diamond went down with injury to her knee. Baylor used that momentum to make a run but thankfully the Terps held on for the W

Maryland's led foot on the gas at all times almost cost them the game. The Terps were comfortably ahead and grabbed a couple of defensive rebounds with about three minutes left in the game. They took shots 6 seconds into the shot clock. I think Collins took one and Bibby took one. I think they should work on time management instead of trying to score 90 points every game. Especially against the better teams.

 

[Skins87]

Maryland's led foot on the gas at all times almost cost them the game. The Terps were comfortably ahead and grabbed a couple of defensive rebounds with about three minutes left in the game. They took shots 6 seconds into the shot clock. I think Collins took one and Bibby took one. I think they should work on time management instead of trying to score 90 points every game. Especially against the better teams.

I totally agree. If they would have milked the clock for the last two minutes than they would have won with a comfortable lead.

 

[IrishTiger]

Not at all what I'd have expected and somebody is getting out of the SEC cellar at my next look.

Yeah big win and unexpected. I think there will be moments like this in the season. Just won’t be many but it’s a very encouraging sign and our recruiting picking up. Within 2 years I think being top half in the SEC and being a NCAA tournament team will happen. Just about getting the players in.

 

[dws3665]

Really ugly win by Arkansas over SMU. Bricksville. I think after the big emotion game against UConn and in-state grudge game (first game in 16 years) Arkansas State, the Hogs just showed up cold as ice. If you can shoot 40% from the FT line and win … so be it, I guess.

 

[LETTERL]

Chicago State beat Wisconsin in OT.

Nicholls fell to 0-3, losing 77-48 to Louisiana Tech.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Chicago State beat Wisconsin in OT.

This is an almost unspeakably bad loss for a first year coach at a P5 school. Starting with the '16-'17 season Chicago St. had won 4 games total, all against WAC opponents.

 

[LowkeyX]

Does anybody know why the AP doesn’t do game recaps for the ranked women’s games anymore? At least I don’t see them anymore on ESPN

 

[Plebe]

Does anybody know why the AP doesn’t do game recaps for the ranked women’s games anymore? At least I don’t see them anymore on ESPN

I have been noticing this as well. Maybe ESPN is cutting costs by not paying AP for their WCBB write-ups? Or maybe the AP isn't automatically assigning those games to be written up?

Would be a great question to direct to Doug Feinberg, longtime women's basketball AP writer.

 

[sweetspot]

 

[sweetspot]

I have been noticing this as well. Maybe ESPN is cutting costs by not paying AP for their WCBB write-ups? Or maybe the AP isn't automatically assigning those games to be written up?

Would be a great question to direct to Doug Feinberg, longtime women's basketball AP writer.

It may just be a quirk of ESPN's presentation. ESPN is definitely subscribed to the AP. And the AP is definitely covering top games: Women's college basketball

 

[LowkeyX]

It may just be a quirk of ESPN's presentation. ESPN is definitely subscribed to the AP. And the AP is definitely covering top games: Women's college basketball

Good to know. I miss when ESPN used to post them on their NCAAW page with the box scores.

 

[Skins87]

That really sucks. I was hoping that we would at least get one of the two back smh

 

[TheFarmFan]

I have been noticing this as well. Maybe ESPN is cutting costs by not paying AP for their WCBB write-ups? Or maybe the AP isn't automatically assigning those games to be written up?

Would be a great question to direct to Doug Feinberg, longtime women's basketball AP writer.

I finally sucked it up at the start of this season and subscribed to The Athletic, which has been awesome. They don't cover every game involving a ranked team, but they cover the big games and generally seem to provide more thoughtful coverage than ESPN is providing these days.