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Week 4 preview (Nov. 29–Dec. 5)

So I'm just now learning that the "Bally" sports channels are the new name for the Fox regional sports networks.
 
The Big South is off to a great afternoon, although at the expense of a few of my rooting interests. In a major upset.. Winthrop gets its first win of the season 71-55 over the mighty Catamounts of Western Carolina. The game was 57-51 midway through the 4th quarter, but the eagles went on a 14-4 run to end the game. SC-Upstate shocks Powerful UNC-G in a 57-46 final. If there is any team in the country that struggles to score more than My Spartans.... I havent seen them. :oops: In some canine on canine action... the Aggies of NCA&T mollywop the Bulldogs of SCSU 86-46. The Aggies pick up their first win of the season, the Bulldogs remain winless. In a bit of useless trivia. Audra Smith formerly the head coach at Clemson, is now the coach at SCSU. Has to be the first coach to ever coach both the Land Grant Institution and the HBCU Land Grant in the same state.

Later action include the battle of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel... the snooty elitists of Hampton battle the public school for the regular people Norfolk State. And last but not least.. this evening.. the Holy War between High Point and Liberty tips off at 7.
 
triaddukefan said:
Later action include the battle of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel... the snooty elitists of Hampton battle the public school for the regular people Norfolk State.
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I have no idea about either of these schools, but that is hilarious.
 
The Horizon is gonna be halfway thru their conference schedule by Christmas. Okay, maybe not quite. A bunch of conference games today, that's 4 already for most of them. Weird.
 
Some observations from the far flung corners of the world.

1. Wright State - It has been jarring to watch a team that upset Arkansas in the tournament last year start out the season 0-7 -- despite returning 3 of their top four scorers. Angel Baker's transfer to Ole Miss was a huge loss for this team in the offseason -- and Wright State did forfeit two games to add to their current tally of losses.

2. Central Florida - Since a loss to Tennessee, Central Florida has been racking up some wins of questionable quality -- but they are serving notice to the American by beating the likes of Southern California, Belmont, and perhaps most impressively, Arkansas. Central Florida is now 6-1, and marching onwards towards marquee matchups against Iowa and Princeton in the next few weeks.

3. UMass - Sam Breen and Sydney Taylor have formed a potent duo for the Minutewomen as they've quietly impressed -- even putting a scare into the mighty Cyclones of Iowa State -- they were within a point with under 3 minutes to go. A win over traditional, albeit weakened power, South Dakota State has UMass among a plethora of early contenders for an A-10 Title.

4. Brigham Young University - The Cougars have put together what is perhaps the best resume thus far for a non-P5 team. BYU edged out wins over West Virginia, Florida State, and beat Arizona State. The team will really be tested in coming weeks against Oklahoma and Washington State -- so room for the team to pick up more quality tourney worthy wins if they somehow lose the WCC Tournament.

In any case, much more fun to be had this weekend and this season!
 
nwhoopfan said:
I have no idea about either of these schools, but that is hilarious.
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Oh yeah... former foes in the MEAC... before Hampton left to join the Big South a few years ago. Campuses probably separated by 15-20 miles. Hampton has long been known as the HBCU for uppity blacks who wanted a co-ed experience. The uppity females who wanted to attend an all-female HBCU.... went to Spelman. I knew quite a few people who went to Hampton...... and yep.. they were uppity. Knew a few females who went to Spelman... dated a few Spelman girls. All were uppity... well all except for one.

<---------- trying to help educate the boneyard since 2018 :cool:
 
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Lorcan said:
2. Central Florida - Since a loss to Tennessee, Central Florida has been racking up some wins of questionable quality -- but they are serving notice to the American by beating the likes of Southern California, Belmont, and perhaps most impressively, Arkansas. Central Florida is now 6-1, and marching onwards towards marquee matchups against Iowa and Princeton in the next few weeks.


In any case, much more fun to be had this weekend and this season!
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That Iowa-UCF game is gonna be interesting to watch. Talk about a contrast in styles and philosophy.
 
Lorcan said:
4. Brigham Young University - The Cougars have put together what is perhaps the best resume thus far for a non-P5 team. BYU edged out wins over West Virginia, Florida State, and beat Arizona State. The team will really be tested in coming weeks against Oklahoma and Washington State -- so room for the team to pick up more quality tourney worthy wins if they somehow lose the WCC Tournament.
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While my expectations for Utah were lowered quite a bit after they got thumped by Gonzaga, Utah-BYU could still be an interesting grudge match. That's today.
 
JDuro said:
Seeing this game on my cable guide as being on Bally Sports South so check your Bally regional channels for available viewing in your area. Otherwise, I ssume it will be online on ESPN+.
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Bally bought the old Fox regional sports networks I believe. They have an app for online viewing.
 
Wow Okla blows the doors off Miss St.
94-63

New coach making a big difference at OU, or a neg diff at Miss St, or …. ?

For MSU, Anastasia Hayes (the senior/Tenn one) had 21 pts. Aislyn had 0. Alasia (the ND one) didn’t play.
 
Oklahoma has really been off to a good start. I'd give them a pass on the Oregon loss because Oregon was actually healthy for that one with Pao Pao and Sabally both playing.

Oklahoma last season started 4-7, with losses to Houston, Georgia, Kansas, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Baylor. They beat mighty Texas State, South Dakota, Arkansas Pine Bluff, and Texas Tech. Compare that to this season's 7-1 start, with the only loss to Oregon. They've beaten Buffalo, Minnesota, Mississippi State, and South Dakota. It's hard to read too much into the start, but they are definitely off to a good start -- just remains to be seen how good they will be this year.
 
BYU withstood a furious rally by Utah, held on 85-80. Were up by 15 in Q4 and lead got all the way down to 3. Big game for Harding, 33. Gonzales chipped in 22. Kneepkens, Fr. for Utah w/ 29.
 
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Vowelguy said:
Wow Okla blows the doors off Miss St.
94-63

New coach making a big difference at OU, or a neg diff at Miss St, or …. ?
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Jennie Baranczyk showed at Drake that she is a great offensive coach and she's continuing to show it at Oklahoma. She has some solid, experienced players (Llanusa, Robertson, Williams ...) to work with, and they have taken quickly to her system. It's a noticeable uptick from the past few years (although to be fair, Coale had them trending up toward the end of last season and they narrowly missed the NCAAT).
 
Oh sure. Why isn't a new coach making any difference at my school? :eek:
 
Here's a name we haven't heard for a while.

Zaay Green scored 17 points in Arkansas Pine Bluff's upset win over Tulane. UAPB started the season 0-2 without Green, but have gone 3-1 since Green returned to the lineup.
 
Hannah Sjerven deserves a shout out for a paltry 35 points against Wichita State on 11-17 shooting. South Dakota takes the W against the Shockers of Wichita State.
 
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triaddukefan said:
Oh yeah... former foes in the MEAC... before Hampton left to join the Big South a few years ago. Campuses probably separated by 15-20 miles. Hampton has long been known as the HBCU for uppity blacks who wanted a co-ed experience. The uppity females who wanted to attend an all-female HBCU.... went to Spelman. I knew quite a few people who went to Hampton...... and yep.. they were uppity. Knew a few females who went to Spelman... dated a few Spelman girls. All were uppity... well all except for one.

<---------- trying to help educate the boneyard since 2018 :cool:
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I thought the elite coed HBCU was Howard?
 
Lorcan said:
Oklahoma has really been off to a good start. I'd give them a pass on the Oregon loss because Oregon was actually healthy for that one with Pao Pao and Sabally both playing.

Oklahoma last season started 4-7, with losses to Houston, Georgia, Kansas, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, Baylor. They beat mighty Texas State, South Dakota, Arkansas Pine Bluff, and Texas Tech. Compare that to this season's 7-1 start, with the only loss to Oregon. They've beaten Buffalo, Minnesota, Mississippi State, and South Dakota. It's hard to read too much into the start, but they are definitely off to a good start -- just remains to be seen how good they will be this year.
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Pao Pao did not play. She did not make the trip to the Bahamas. Sabally however had a huge game.
 
Oklahoma proving to be a formidable presence in the B12. Oregon’s win in the Bahamas is looking better. Ducks were very short handed at guard missing starters Paopao and Rogers as well as freshman reserve guard Bigby. As mentioned above Sabally had a monster game then sat out the SC and USF games and is still out.
 
News update from Arizona. The Lady Devils explode for 22 points in the first half in route to a 68-44 victory over UTSA. Taya Hanson led the offensive juggernaut with 10 as all 11 Sun Devils who played scored and 10 of the 11 rebounded. Jade Van Hefty returned to the lineup after a significant leg injury suffered a year ago and was perfect from the field.

Up north the Lady Jacks pulled another victory out of their hat at Rolle Activity Center coming from 8 down in the 4th quarter to send the game into OT. bench player Sierra Mich'l exploded in the overtime and ended the game as leading scorer with 21 points and the Jacks when 81 to 74.

"Northern Arizona women’s basketball knocked off the reigning Big Sky Champion Bengals Saturday, as the Lumberjacks defeated Idaho State 81-74 in overtime at home to push their conference record to 2-0."


azdailysun.com

NAU women's basketball wins OT thriller over Idaho State

Northern Arizona women’s basketball knocked off the reigning Big Sky Champion Bengals Saturday, as the Lumberjacks defeated Idaho State 81-74 in overtime at home to push their conference record to
azdailysun.com azdailysun.com
 
Harvard faces off against the Harvard of the West at Desert Financial stadium 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. ASU coming off a convincing victory over UTSA squares off against a Harvard team that's struggling.

Perhaps exhausted by the warm temperatures in Arizona Harvard blew a lead in the fourth quarter scoring only 6 points losing 59-52 to Colorado State.
 
Since when do we call Arizona State the Harvard of the West?
 
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Paige Bueckers went down with a non contact injury in the last seconds of the UConn-ND.

Prayers up for her. Hopefully just a sprained ankle.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
Paige Bueckers went down with a non contact injury in the last seconds of the UConn-ND.

Prayers up for her. Hopefully just a sprained ankle.
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unfortunately it was her knee. Waiting on an MRI
 
Just that kind of year. GA Tech had been struggling, UGa rolling along, so of course the Yellow Jackets beat them in Athens.
 
Arizona St. scored 91?! I wonder what is the most points they've scored during the CTT era? That's gotta be close.
 
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