Week 4 - Nov 25 to Dec 1

[nwhoopfan]

Damn, another member of the so called weakest conference (Big 12) went off on ND again.

Yes, but they've been forged by the fires of the Pac 12 for years.


I'm not okay with all this conference realignment business.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Ouch for Oklahoma St., only 1 starter in double figures and she shot 5-17 from the floor, so maybe shouldn't have been shooting that much? One starter attempted 0 shots, the other 4 were a combined 9-36.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Hailey Van Lith on triple double watch. 12/7/5 at the half.

 

[Stagnant]

OT-What happened to DeBerry at Maryland? Her name has not been in the box scores.

The same thing that happened at UConn. I am pretty sure she is just not in the rotation.

 

[TheFarmFan]

The same thing that happened at UConn. I am pretty sure she is just not in the rotation.

I mean this without any intent to be harsh, but is DeBerry one of the biggest disappointments of recent top HS recruits? She was a top 5 recruit when she signed with UConn and she has not cracked a regular rotation in four seasons of college ball. At 6'6", you'd think her physical gifts alone would warrant court time. Does anyone understand what happened there?

 

[DefenseBB]

OT-What happened to DeBerry at Maryland? Her name has not been in the box scores.

She was in the St Francis blowout 107-35 but wasn’t deemed good enough to earn playing time in a close game against George Mason 66-56. Maryland has better options than Amari.

 

[MSGRET]

Not sure how mentioning two of lower half teams (predicted 10th and 11th) in this conference correlates into who may win this conference.
K State, ISU, Baylor, TCU, WVU and Utah are the top 6. The 10-16th teams in this conference are truly awful, with Tech, Cin and Houston expected to move on from their coaches in April. After the 2025-26 season, I would expect ASU and UCF to do the same.

2024-25 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Preseason Awards & Poll Revealed

The Conference has announced the preseason awards and poll for the 2024-25 Big 12 women’s basketball season. League coaches voted on the awards and poll and were not allowed to vote for their own team.

big12sports.com

Both teams are rated above by almost double of the teams they played with OSU rated #27 by Massey and TT is rated #49. While Richmond is rated #54 and Missouri St is #85. OSU is only rated behind West Virginia #14, Kansas St #19, TCU #20 and Baylor #22. While TT is rated behind the teams listed above including OSU and ISU #41, Kansas #42, Utah #43 and Colorado #44. They are ahead of 5 teams which are #58 Arizona, #76 BYU, #93 UCF, #101 Cincy and #103 AZ St.

 

[Plebe]

Man, I would've pegged you as the last person to complain about me raining bad juju down on the Domers. But fine: ain't no way the Huskies are losing to those unlucky Irish!

Let's not get it twisted! I'm grateful and indebted to you. It's about time someone used their jinxing powers for a noble purpose. Now if the Huskies can't ride your newfound jinxing powers to a win in the frozen tundra of northern Indiana, they'll have no one but themselves to blame

 

[Vowelguy]

As a UConn fan, I want to play Notre dame before Karlen and Westbeld are back.

Noooooooooo way. I want everyone’s best shot during the regular season. Don’t want them able to surprise us later with different players.

 

[Vowelguy]

Utah loses their best player from last year and then their coach a few weeks ago, but beats ND.

 

[TRest]

I mean this without any intent to be harsh, but is DeBerry one of the biggest disappointments of recent top HS recruits? She was a top 5 recruit when she signed with UConn and she has not cracked a regular rotation in four seasons of college ball. At 6'6", you'd think her physical gifts alone would warrant court time. Does anyone understand what happened there?

Honestly she just appears to have limited interest in basketball. Seems like a sweet kid who is just tall.

 

[ucbart]

I mean this without any intent to be harsh, but is DeBerry one of the biggest disappointments of recent top HS recruits? She was a top 5 recruit when she signed with UConn and she has not cracked a regular rotation in four seasons of college ball. At 6'6", you'd think her physical gifts alone would warrant court time. Does anyone understand what happened there?

Amari has a lot of basketball talent, but she is three things-

1. Painfully slow
2. Appears to lack any fire or passion for the game.
3. Not a "thinker" of the game. She makes really bone head plays.

If she had even a small fraction of passion for the game, she could be really good. She is a great passer from the high post and has good, solid fundamentals all over the court. She never should've left to UCONN and gone to a P5 school. She should've gone and played at Buffalo

 

[Plebe]

Yes, but they've been forged by the fires of the Pac 12 for years.

Would the same be said of Arizona State and Washington State?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Would the same be said of Arizona State and Washington State?

The fire was a little too hot for some and they melted?

 

[Stagnant]

Honestly, I think one of the reasons the coach left to the wnba is because the cupboard is bare.

Utah lost to northwestern. A team in the running for last in the big 10 imo.
And I don’t expect them to make the ncaa tournament this year. (This win certainly helps their candidacy though.)

 

[nwhoopfan]

Honestly, I think one of the reasons the coach left to the wnba is because the cupboard is bare.

Disagree. Pili was a big loss but the cupboard is not bare. The Northwestern loss was very surprising to me, but didn't Utah just beat Notre Dame today?

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wow did Gonzaga get beat down by Florida St. today. This is 4 losses by at least 18 points in 9 games.

 

[donalddoowop]

I just remember that game in Arizona where McKenna woliczko dominated her. McKenna was a 10th grader btw.

That could not be. Woliczko is still in high school and no way they could have played against each other. Maybe you can explain it to me.

 

[donalddoowop]

The same thing that happened at UConn. I am pretty sure she is just not in the rotation.

Her name is not on the Maryland roster.

 

[cancontent]

Her name is not on the Maryland roster.

Roster or boxscore? She's still listed per their webpage.

https://umterps.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster

 

[MSGRET]

Her name is not on the Maryland roster.

Amari has played in 5 games, averaging 10.6 min, 2.6 pts, 1.4 reb, 0.4 ast, 1.2 blks, and 0.8 to's

 

[BRS24]

GM WBB fans! Today's grid update. Somehow, the ESPN site didn't trickle down the rankings to the schedule pages, so there were a few errors from the original post on Monday. Sigh.

 

[azfan]

Would the same be said of Arizona State and Washington State?

Actually for years ASU was forged by the pac-12 and a significant player in women's basketball.

I can remember significant and thrilling games at the then Wells Fargo arena during the CTT era including an amazing victory over Utah on my birthday in 2017. A regional game against Tennessee well the list goes on and on. So ASU does have a storied history under Charli Turner Thorne.

This is a tribute to coach CTT as the ASU administration and athletic department during the last 3rd of her career was in complete disarray and set a standard of incompetence and malignant neglect.

The last two years in the pac-12 under the leadership of the well-meaning but deeply over matched former Delaware coach Natasha Adair reflects that pathetic, disheartening, heartbreaking, deterioration of a once proud program.

ASU is a compelling case study of the importance of a proactive and supportive administration and athletic department for women's athletics. Once an institution of higher learning makes a decision to be unsupportive and neglectful the result is predictable. Adair is well on her way to a third consecutive 20 loss season. I'm wondering what the over-under is that she'll be at the helm again next year. If she returns it speaks volumes about what the ASU administration thinks about women's basketball.

ASU, it's women's athletes and it's fans deserve more.

 

[Reypl21]

That could not be. Woliczko is still in high school and no way they could have played against each other. Maybe you can explain it to me.

Mmm, I think they're talking about the Lutheran High vs Archbishop Mitty at a TOC game last year

 

[azfan]

Yesterday was a wonderful day for the NAU Lumberjacks and Grand Canyon Antelopes as both dominated.

NAU was in control of their game against Tulane in the St Pete showcase played on an 84 ft court. In the final the Jacks shot over 50% and in spite of a very short six woman rotation appeared much fresher then their opponents. While I remain concerned about this very short rotation the three 5th year seniors and three juniors who lead the team clearly provide a depth of experience and confidence justifying the preseason consensus of The lumberjacks winning the Big Sky.

Grand Canyon came close to setting their School record for in-game shooting percentage as they absolutely destroyed the overmatched east Texas team. Coach Molly Miller emptied the bench by the beginning of the fourth quarter and while it's hard to really appreciate the skill of the team given the quality of the opponent Trinity San Antonio really showed out.

I'm super excited for this week after watching the Jacks play Thursday against Oral Roberts I'm going to drive down to the dirty t and see how Miller's squad fares at McHale.

There's a wide gap in athleticism between Grand Canyon and the kitties but the game yesterday gave me some hope for yet another upset and perhaps the Lopes can join the Jacks and upset of Barnes' kitties. Wondering about Cunningham as she certainly would be able to dominate Lara Ekstup in the paint.