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Olsen from Villanova dropped 30 tonight against Richmond. She's about doubled her scoring average from last year, will be about 25 ppg after this one.
 
Uh...Oregon better cease and desist playing WCC teams. Not going very well for them this year.
 
Poor Chicago St. probably got completely broken in losing that triple overtime thriller. Got thrashed by Illinois St. 102-47 tonight.
 
Well playing on the road against a tough physical team is quite a bit different than what SC has been used to and it showed. A lot of bad decisions by South Carolina and UNC matched their physicality and toughness.

Gakdeng did an amazing job on Cardoso, she's a solid post player for UNC. Ustby/Kitts was a great matchup in the 2nd half. Not sure why Fulwiley was benched the entire second half. Not Raven Johnson's best game but defended well. Hall/Pao Pao were big too.

Deja Kelly struggled big time in the second half, although it sounds like she was effective in the first. She's a great athlete and a tough player (draws a ton of fouls) but is just an inefficient scorer.

Solid win for SC but they looked very beatable.
 
Okay, what is wrong with Oregon? Trailing Portland 46-18 at the half, and the Pilots don't appear to be half the team they had been the previous several years with Alex Fowler. WCC teams are kryptonite for them.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Okay, what is wrong with Oregon? Trailing Portland 46-18 at the half, and the Pilots don't appear to be half the team they had been the previous several years with Alex Fowler. WCC teams are kryptonite for them.
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Dont wanna be that guy but I think Graves run is over at Oregon. I mean this is getting laughably bad, like something you would read on the Onion with these scores lately. Add in the long list of attrition lately.
 
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bballnut90 said:
Well playing on the road against a tough physical team is quite a bit different than what SC has been used to and it showed. A lot of bad decisions by South Carolina and UNC matched their physicality and toughness.

Gakdeng did an amazing job on Cardoso, she's a solid post player for UNC. Ustby/Kitts was a great matchup in the 2nd half. Not sure why Fulwiley was benched the entire second half. Not Raven Johnson's best game but defended well. Hall/Pao Pao were big too.

Deja Kelly struggled big time in the second half, although it sounds like she was effective in the first. She's a great athlete and a tough player (draws a ton of fouls) but is just an inefficient scorer.

Solid win for SC but they looked very beatable.
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Yeah, the officials really let them play this game.

I was thinking as I was watching it that the UConn coaching staff should sit down with the front-court players and study how Gakdeng covered Cardoso, and how UNC played in general.

Kelly took a bad fall early in the second half. Cardoso blocked a shot, and Kelly collided with her in such a way that she hit her head on the floor. It took her several minutes to get back up. I was surprised she returned to the game, although as you pointed out, she wasn't very effective.

Every time I see Alyssa Ustby, I think I should watch UNC every time they're available. If Aubrey plays like that against South Caroline, I like UConn's chances.
 
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Bigboote said:
Yeah, the officials really let them play this game.

I was thinking as I was watching it that the UConn coaching staff should sit down with the front-court players and study how Gakdeng covered Cardoso, and how UNC played in general.

Kelly took a bad fall early in the second half. Cardoso blocked a shot, and Kelly collided with her in such a way that she hit her head on the floor. It took her several minutes to get back up. I was surprised she returned to the game, although as you pointed out, she wasn't very effective.

Every time I see Alyssa Ustby, I think I should watch UNC every time they're available. If Aubrey plays like that against South Caroline, I like UConn's chances.
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Wasn't a fan of Kelly returning to the game. Any impact to the head like that makes me nervous. Hopefully she's fine and nothing lingers.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Uh...Oregon better cease and desist playing WCC teams. Not going very well for them this year.
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Losing 91-60 to a 4-4 Portland team is ... not good, though an 'improvement' over a 39 pt loss to Santa Clara.

ORE football will be a nice addition to the BiG.
WCBB not so much.
Duckettes could lose 20 games this year.
 
Anyone who's watched the Ducks this season have a sense of why they're so woeful? On paper their starting 5 is quite talented, much more so than either SC's or Portland's. In the past few years I've been surprised how disjointed they often look on offense. Huge drop off from the flowing offenses of the Ionescu/Satou/Hebard era. Maybe Campbell was really the man behind the green curtain the whole time...
 
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nwhoopfan said:
What's in the water in New England? Vermont threw a scare into North Carolina recently, and Maine is giving Indiana more than they wanted.
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And Indiana went with a very short bench. Will this be the trend for the season? Hoping the answer is no.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Olsen from Villanova dropped 30 tonight against Richmond. She's about doubled her scoring average from last year, will be about 25 ppg after this one.
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So impressed with Lucy Olson. A real gamer and super athletic.
 
Nebraska outscored Georgia Tech 58-40 in the second half to come back to win by 8.
 
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Ole Miss, which is supposed to be one of the better SEC teams, just lost to an undefeated Southern Miss team.

Florida lost earlier to to Marshall, getting outscored 28-16 in 4Q to lose by 3.

The SEC fares better against the ACC than they do against low-major teams.
 
Elon (Not my Phoenix) lost to a D II school Wingate 72-53. Duke beat them (Wingate) 106-33 in a exhibition game last month. Elon might not win again until November 2024.


@HuskyNan
 
Sacramento St. about to get their first win of the year. Probably not very many winless teams left at this point. Thanks CSUN for taking the hit.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Sacramento St. about to get their first win of the year. Probably not very many winless teams left at this point. Thanks CSUN for taking the hit.
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Tennessee Martin and St Francis (PA) also got their first wins today.

By my count, 15 winless teams remain in D1:

Alabama State Lady Hornets (SWAC) 0-7
Chicago State Cougars (Independent) 0-13
Delaware State Hornets (MEAC) 0-6
Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (Big South) 0-7
Hampton Lady Pirates (CAA) 0-6
Lindenwood Lions (Ohio Valley) 0-5
Little Rock Trojans (Ohio Valley) 0-6
Southern Jaguars (SWAC) 0-5
Stonehill Skyhawks (Northeast) 0-8
Troy Trojans (Sun Belt) 0-5
UMass Lowell River Hawks (America East) 0-6
UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (WAC) 0-7
Valparaiso Beacons (Missouri Valley) 0-5
Weber State Wildcats (Big Sky) 0-7
Xavier Musketeers (Big East) 0-7
 
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Fresh off of hammering Oregon, Portland is getting taken to the woodshed by Montana St.
 
Plebe said:
Xavier Musketeers (Big East) 0-7
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Their game with Arizona St. today has been cancelled (no, I don't know the reason), so they'll have to wait for another day to try for their first win.
 
Uh oh Adia. Getting doubled up at the half by UNLV. I was a fan of her for a while, but I'm quickly losing faith in her as a coach.
 
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