Week 3 games (Nov. 18-24)

[Plebe]

While @triaddukefan is conspicuously quiet, his Aggies of Greensboro have taken a 9-point lead over Miami with 6:00 to play.

 

[triaddukefan]

While @triaddukefan is conspicuously quiet, his Aggies of Greensboro have taken a 9-point lead over Miami with 6:00 to play.

I'm following along... just trying not to jinx my squad

 

[Plebe]

I'm following along... just trying not to jinx my squad

Ha I had started to write "conspicuously quiet for fear of jinxing," but then I took that out so as not to jinx them!

Bummer that this game isn't being broadcast or streamed anywhere.

 

[SECbbfan24]

NC A&T up 67-64 over Miami with 59 seconds left

 

[Plebe]

NC A&T up 67-61 over Miami with 1:19 left

Miami just cut it to 3 with 0:59 left. NCAT has been putting Miami on the line and just had a player foul out. Trying to hang on for dear life.

And Aggies just turned the ball over. Miami calls timeout, has possession down 3 with 0:29 to play.

 

[triaddukefan]

Dag Dag Dag... thought we had that one

 

[Plebe]

Sad face for the A&T Aggies. They led 60-49 with less than 5:00 to play, and, judging from the play-by-play, just lost their composure. Miami outscored them 19-7 in the last 4:40. A&T committed 3 turnovers and 3 fouls in the last 1:20 of the game. Not the way to close out a game.

 

[triaddukefan]

Had my dancing aggie gif in the queue

 

[Plebe]

Had my dancing aggie gif in the queue

Ha and I was waiting for that one! Oh well...

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Some time on google dug up this piece on WBB expenses in the Big 10. Buried in the story:

That was for the 2015-16 season. I don’t think it’s per game.

No. Absolutely not. But yes, there are always a couple of schools, I use an uncomplimentary name for them (it is also a name for ladies of the night), that play 4 or more major conference teams, presumably for the money since they have no hope of winning. Prairie View and Arkansas Pine-Bluff come to mind from past seasons, I don't know who is on the list this year.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Prairie View and Arkansas Pine-Bluff come to mind from past seasons, I don't know who is on the list this year.

You can use a derogatory term for it if you want, but many teams in SWAC and other similar conferences are in this boat. OOC scheduling is basically a fundraiser, they take all the guarantee games they can get because their Athletic Departments just don't bring in much revenue. Texas Southern men are famous for playing nearly all of their OOC games on the road, year in and year out.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

You can use a derogatory term for it if you want, but many teams in SWAC and other similar conferences are in this boat. OOC scheduling is basically a fundraiser, they take all the guarantee games they can get because their Athletic Departments just don't bring in much revenue. Texas Southern men are famous for playing nearly all of their OOC games on the road, year in and year out.

I don't have anything against the practice, I don't remember the numbers but a few years back the Arizona Daily Star published what Arizona was paying for some MBB games. These schools need those funds to survive.

I don't think anyone gets rich on the women's side, but it gets the teams out on the road (with the positives that that provides), gives them competition that most likely isn't coming to their school to play, and other (limited) positives. On the other hand, a well respected women's coach who inherited from the previous coach a game scheduled against Rutgers for her lower level and not-so-good program pointed out, I think correctly - that she hated playing the game because her players were not going to learn anything, could not possibly compete and were just going to get beaten down. So there is more than one side to it.

The nick-name (not original with me) seems suitable, and was never meant to demean the schools themselves. But I wish the Power 5 level schools would schedule better games and rely less on paid chow for guarantee wins.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I don't think anyone gets rich on the women's side, but it gets the teams out on the road (with the positives that that provides), gives them competition that most likely isn't coming to their school to play, and other (limited) positives. On the other hand, a well respected women's coach who inherited from the previous coach a game scheduled against Rutgers for her lower level and not-so-good program pointed out, I think correctly - that she hated playing the game because her players were not going to learn anything, could not possibly compete and were just going to get beaten down. So there is more than one side to it.

The nick-name (not original with me) seems suitable, and was never meant to demean the schools themselves. But I wish the Power 5 level schools would schedule better games and rely less on paid chow for guarantee wins.

Agreed, I don't like it either. Nobody learns anything from 50+ point beat downs. Not the winning team, not the losing team, not the last player on the end of the bench who gets some PT, but won't in a game against real competition. I don't know if this year is worse than normal or I'm just paying more attention to it, but so few games have been compelling so far. I don't think Washington is going to be very good this year and they've hammered a pair of opponents by 30 and 50. Everything is driven by football, but there's no way there should be approx. 350 teams competing at the D1 level in men's and women's hoops. It's too many, by a wide margin. But it's the current landscape, not sure that it's going to change (and if it does it will probably be a consolidation of power by very few programs, breaking away from the NCAA).

 

[BroadwayVa]

We have a week between games, so plenty of times to prepare for you guys.

Doesn't this stuff belong in the GENERAL WOMAN'S BASKETBALL, ISN'T THIS ABOUT UCONN WCBB????

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Actually, Rutgers is #2 in FG% defense after Baylor. SC is #5.

Not after Thursday night's games.

NCAA College Women's Basketball DI current team Stats | NCAA.com

Discover the current NCAA Division I Women's Basketball leaders in every stats category, as well as historic leaders.

www.ncaa.com

 

[Centerstream]

Doesn't this stuff belong in the GENERAL WOMAN'S BASKETBALL, ISN'T THIS ABOUT UCONN WCBB????

No idea if the thread was moved, but for me it is on the General Women's Basketball sub forum.

 

[Coler]

Not after Thursday night's games.

NCAA College Women's Basketball DI current team Stats | NCAA.com

Discover the current NCAA Division I Women's Basketball leaders in every stats category, as well as historic leaders.

www.ncaa.com

I stand corrected. For now.

 

[eebmg]

Any information on if the 4:30 Depaul / Miami Game (MAGGIE DIXON CLASSIC) is being televised??

 

[Plebe]

Any information on if the 4:30 Depaul / Miami Game (MAGGIE DIXON CLASSIC) is being televised??

Looks like it might be a live stream (although it's sometimes hard to tell on these sites):

Maggie Dixon Classic Championship: #19 DePaul vs. #16 Miami

Video: Maggie Dixon Classic Championship: #19 DePaul vs. #16 Miami. Women's Basketball

depaulbluedemons.com

 

[eebmg]

Looks like it might be a live stream (although it's sometimes hard to tell on these sites):

Maggie Dixon Classic Championship: #19 DePaul vs. #16 Miami

Video: Maggie Dixon Classic Championship: #19 DePaul vs. #16 Miami. Women's Basketball

depaulbluedemons.com

Thanks. It works

 

[triaddukefan]

The announcer just said that Miami struggled yesterday with North Carolina AT&T

 

[nwhoopfan]

Minnesota has their hands full w/ Montana St. Gophers up 1 midway thru Q4.

 

[Plebe]

In other action:

Surprisingly, Rice is being completely demolished by Oklahoma State, down 26 in the 4th quarter.
And Houston is up by 13 over Oklahoma at start of 4Q.

 

[Plebe]

The announcer just said that Miami struggled yesterday with North Carolina AT&T

Ha maybe they've rebranded to cash in on a lucrative sponsorship from the telecommunications giant.

 

[nwhoopfan]

In other action:

Surprisingly, Rice is being completely demolished by Oklahoma State, down 26 in the 4th quarter.
And Houston is up by 13 over Oklahoma at start of 4Q.

What's going on with Rice? 28-4 last year. About to drop to 2-3, 3rd loss in a row. I don't know if they lost some other key players but they have Ogwumike and Mulkey still.