Week 5 preview (Dec. 6-12)

[visitingcock]

I was surprised by the margin of victory, as Pitt seemed much improved from previous season. NC State came out with guns blazing. Ball movement was crisp...the ladies were definitely intent on 1) finding the best available shot and 2) assuring they dominated the boards. Perhaps the most impressive aspect of that win Friday night was that the starters sat on the bench for most of the second half. The bench players all contributed, and the lead actually expanded...getting as large as 42 points at one time.

Perhaps, NC State's best performance of the season. It really was a thing of beauty to watch -- as long as you weren't a Pitt fan.

Good luck til March. Hope you hold your # 2 ranking until we meet again.

 

[Plebe]

Your blowout of Pitt is impressive. No, Pitt is not a very good team, but they aren’t garbage either. Any 35 pt blowout of a P-5 conference foe has to make others turn their heads.

No, not "any blowout of a P-5 conference foe". What is it with this fetish people have for the "P-5"? Virginia is a dumpster fire of a team and anything less than a huge blowout would make me question whether it's an elite team that beat them. Yes, Pitt is better than previous years and NC State is playing fantastic ... but let's not over-extrapolate.

 

[azfan]

After laying 108 points on Grand Canyon, the Lady Jacks seem ready for the upcoming
Saturday afternoon match up with Cal Baptist at 2pm MST at the Rolle Activity Center.

Lumberjacks Shine in Record-Setting 108-77 Victory Against Lopes - Northern Arizona University Athletics

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (December 9, 2021) – While head coach Loree Payne has often stated the 2021-22 edition of the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks is the deepest she has

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If NAU is on their game this should be a real fun contest. Two outstanding point guards as well as some very accomplished three point shooters.

Last night Regan Schenck dished out 14 assists and was perfect from three land.

In fact the Jacks were amazing from three land Nina Radford was in a zone and as well as Lauren Orndoff scoring 22 and 25 points respectively in unde27 minutes of play.

As a team the Jacks hit 12 of 22 3-pointers and had an eye popping 31 assists.

espn.com

Pregame analysis and predictions of the California Baptist Lancers vs. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks NCAAW game to be played on December 11, 2021 on ESPN.

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3 hours to tip off.

Jack's are enjoying home cooking riding a three game steak scoring 83, 81 and 108 in their last three games.

The Lancers are coming off a one point loss at home to UCSD

I fully expect that the Rolle Activity Center will be the dinkiest arena the Lancers play in this year. It very much reminds me of the Middle School gym that my oldest son wrestled in back in the 1980s. Hard to believe that coach Payne can recruit anyone based on the facilities.

And any event this is going to be a great matchup I certainly hope that the Lady Jack's shooting touch continues.

In addition to the matchup between two fabulous point guards Schrenk and Olaeta these two these two teams are excellent from beyond the arc.

In their loss to UCSD the Lancers had 3 double doubles led by Harper.

 

[azfan]

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Rankings are noted according to the Boneyard poll. Most notable matchups are highlighted in bold.

Please chime in with any corrections or additions.


Mon., Dec. 6

Penn State at #9 Indiana (6p, BTN)​

Bradley at South Dakota (8p, live stream)​

Missouri State at South Dakota State (8p, ESPN+)​

Nebraska at Minnesota (8p, BTN)​

Tues., Dec. 7

Eastern Michigan at #25 Oklahoma (6p, Bally)​

Marist at Stony Brook (6:30p, ESPN+)​

Mount St. Mary’s at #22 Ohio State (7p, BTN+)​

Charlotte at West Virginia (7p, ESPN+)​

Virginia Tech at Liberty (7p, ESPN+)​

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Wed., Dec. 8

Alcorn State at #6 Baylor (12p, ESPN+)​

Albany at Vanderbilt (12p, SECN+)​

North Florida at #18 Georgia (12p)​

Boston College at UMass (5p, ESPN+)​

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#12 Iowa at #15 Iowa State (7p, ESPNU)​

Purdue at #8 Maryland (7p, BTN+)​

Troy at Tulane (7p, ESPN+)​

Washington State at Gonzaga (9p, SWX Live)​

Thu., Dec. 9

#3 UConn at Georgia Tech (7p, ESPN2)​

Fairfield at #9 Indiana (7p, BTN+)​

DePaul at #14 Kentucky (7p, SECN)​

Villanova at James Madison (7p, FloHoops)​

Rutgers at Penn State (7p, BTN+)​

Illinois at Michigan State (7p, BTN+)​

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Texas Southern at #16 Texas A&M (8p, SECN+)​

#13 Michigan at Wisconsin (9p, BTN)​

North Dakota State at #5 Arizona (9:30p, live stream)​

Fri., Dec. 10

#2 NC State at Pitt (6p, ACCN)​

Penn at Stony Brook (6:30p, ESPN+)​

Oregon State at Monmouth (7p, ESPN3)​

#17 BYU at #25 Oklahoma (7p, Sooner Sports TV)​

Missouri at Missouri State (8p, ESPN+)​

Sat., Dec. 11

Kansas State at South Dakota State (TBD, ESPN+)​

Seton Hall at Princeton (12p, ESPN+)​

UCLA at #3 UConn (1p, ABC)​

Idaho at #11 Texas (2p, LHN)​

UMass at Columbia (2p, ESPN+)​

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Long Beach State at Oregon (5p, live stream)​

Middle Tennessee at Troy (5p, ESPN+)​

Clemson at Syracuse (6p, ACCN)​

Sun., Dec. 12

#14 Kentucky at #7 Louisville (1p, ESPN)​

Oregon State at Villanova (1p, FloHoops)​

Florida State at Florida (1p, SECN)​

#20 South Florida at VCU (1p, ESPN+)​

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St. Mary’s at #2 NC State (2p, ACCNX)​

Georgia State at #10 Tennessee (2p, SECN+)​

Minnesota at #13 Michigan (2p, BTN+)​

#16 Texas A&M at TCU (2p, ESPN+)​

Purdue Fort Wayne at #21 Notre Dame (2p, ACCNX)​

Texas Southern at #23 LSU (2p, SECN+)​

UNC Asheville at #24 North Carolina (2p, ACCNX)​

Radford at Virginia Tech (2p, ACCNX)​

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#8 Maryland at #1 South Carolina (3p, ESPN)​

Pacific at #4 Stanford (3p, live stream)​

Boise State at Washington State (3p, P12N)​

Green Bay at Wisconsin (3p)​

Mississippi State at UT Martin (3p, ESPN+)​

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Little Rock at Arkansas (5p, SECN)​

Northern Iowa at #15 Iowa State (6p, ESPN+)​

#9 Indiana at #22 Ohio State (7p, BTN)​

Stephen F. Austin at Gonzaga (9:30p, WCC Network)​

Tomorrow a clash between the Sun Devils and Blue Jays.

Get a preview of the Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Creighton Bluejays basketball game.

Arizona State vs. Creighton - Game Preview - December 12, 2021 - ESPN

 

[visitingcock]

No, not "any blowout of a P-5 conference foe". What is it with this fetish people have for the "P-5"? Virginia is a dumpster fire of a team and anything less than a huge blowout would make me question whether it's an elite team that beat them. Yes, Pitt is better than previous years and NC State is playing fantastic ... but let's not over-extrapolate.

You misquote my “any 35 point blow out of a P-5 conference foe is impressive.” Your point about the UVAs of the world is noted.

 

[triaddukefan]

Perhaps the most intense rivalry in all of HBCU land... although they are no longer in the same conference... the fire is still there... NCCU (Central) visits Greensboro to take on the Aggies of NC A&T at 2pm on ESPN+ . Not technically a Land Grant vs Flagship battle... but its very close to that kinda rivalry.

 

[LETTERL]

South Alabama beats Nicholls, 73-63. The Lady Colonels are 0-7 now.

 

[triaddukefan]

In a hard fought battle... My Aggies get a come from behind victory over the hated Eagles from NCCU 60-55. The Aggies improve to 2-6... the Eagles remain winless at 0-8. In other Big South Action... the Running Bulldogs of Garner Webb lose a high scoring affair 121-105 to Georgia Southern. The score was 58-46 at the half... 92-72 after 3.

Good luck til March. Hope you hold your # 2 ranking until we meet again.

They will take a few losses in the ACC... losing at least once to a Triangle Neighbor.

 

[nwhoopfan]

MONSTER game for Ayoka Lee, 38 pts/14 reb/6 blocks. Kansas St. edged South Dakota St. 79-73. SDSU fell to 3-7, might've overscheduled. Won't be getting an at large bid, have to get the auto bid from their conference to go Dancing.

 

[triaddukefan]

On the front page of HerHoopStats they have a prediction models for games... They give SC a 89.1% Chance of beating MD...with a margin of 16.2 points. They give Louisville a 80% chance of beating KY with a margin of 10 points.

For last past games.. they gave UCONN a 90% chance of beating ND with a margin of 16.2 and gave SC a 96.7% chance of beating Kansas State with a margin of 23.1 Surprisingly to some... they gave Duke a 70% chance of beating Iowa with a margin of 7 points.

 

[undersized]

MONSTER game for Ayoka Lee, 38 pts/14 reb/6 blocks. Kansas St. edged South Dakota St. 79-73. SDSU fell to 3-7, might've overscheduled. Won't be getting an at large bid, have to get the auto bid from their conference to go Dancing.

Your condescending remarks about overscheduling lack the context that SDSU was counting on having Myah Selland back by this point.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Cal Baptist cruises past Northern Arizona 89-73.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Your condescending remarks about overscheduling lack the context that SDSU was counting on having Myah Selland back by this point.

Really wasn't mean to be condescending. Kudos to schools that schedule tough, but maybe it was a little too tough. Even if they had had Selland available.

 

[Plebe]

MONSTER game for Ayoka Lee, 38 pts/14 reb/6 blocks. Kansas St. edged South Dakota St. 79-73. SDSU fell to 3-7, might've overscheduled. Won't be getting an at large bid, have to get the auto bid from their conference to go Dancing.

I would just gently add that I don't consider it "overscheduling" just because they've lost a bunch of games. They scheduled very appropriately for a team hoping to build a potential at-large resume. It's just that obviously they're not an at-large-caliber kind of team, at least not without Selland (who did play today but is not 100%), but it doesn't mean they were wrong to order up the potential at-large resume schedule.

Playing a softer schedule would've given them more wins maybe, but it wouldn't have done anything to help them get an at-large bid.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Cal cruised against McNeese. Big contributions off the bench by Onyiah and Daniels w/ 16 and 15, combined 13-20 shooting. Curry w/ another 20 point game.

Cal is kinda like Utah, neither have beaten anybody good, but they sure have beaten the stuffing out of some of their lesser opponents.

 

[jonson]

Will every game for Oregon be a struggle until they get at least one starting guard back, and probably until all three starters are in the lineup (I'm an optimist about the latter)? Check. Will making 21 turnovers (most of them unforced) and shooting 17-28 from the line make things even harder? Check. But today they did win 68-59 over an unbeaten (7-0) Long Beach State team. So a step in the right direction.

 

[LETTERL]

Syracuse blew out Clemson, 86-46.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Syracuse blew out Clemson, 86-46.

For a team w/ pretty much a 100% new roster and a first time HC, they've been surprisingly good this year.

 

[LoTrader]

Will every game for Oregon be a struggle until they get at least one starting guard back, and probably until all three starters are in the lineup (I'm an optimist about the latter)? Check. Will making 21 turnovers (most of them unforced) and shooting 17-28 from the line make things even harder? Check. But today they did win 68-59 over an unbeaten (7-0) Long Beach State team. So a step in the right direction.

Oregon will be better for it. Getting all this PT down the bench is going to pay huge dividends for the Ducks.

 

[donalddoowop]

Oklahoma 99-91 over BYU in OT. First loss of the year for the Cougs.

Oklahoma is a good looking team. They are fun to watch, similar to DePaul. They come down the court and let it fly, and usually hit. Robertson is one of the most accurate shooters I have ever seen.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Oklahoma is a good looking team. They are fun to watch, similar to DePaul. They come down the court and let it fly, and usually hit. Robertson is one of the most accurate shooters I have ever seen.

Amazing what a coaching change has done there.

 

[LoTrader]

Oklahoma is a good looking team. They are fun to watch, similar to DePaul. They come down the court and let it fly, and usually hit. Robertson is one of the most accurate shooters I have ever seen.

I just watched the DePaul vs Kentucky game. DePaul is a very good team. Many of their players are in their 3rd/4th year playing together and it shows.

 

[azfan]

Cal Baptist cruises past Northern Arizona 89-73.

I thought Cal Baptist really looked good. Brittany Thomas who's in her fifth year was a starter last year but comes off the bench now. She is a beast. I'm wondering why she doesn't start. In 6 or 7 minutes in the first half she came in and absolutely bullied the Lumberjacks. Three for three from the field four rebounds and of course three personal fouls, she was just dominating.

Up and down the lineup Cal Baptist has some extremely talented shooters. Wu was deadly from threeland.

The point guard matchup that I expected never materialized. The Jacks had a great deal of difficulty adjusting their defense to guard the perimeter and as a result of their lack of defensive success were really struggling on the other end of the floor as they consistently were playing too fast.

Schenck had a really mixed performance and as I said she was just playing too fast. She was on triple double watch with eight rebounds seven steals and nine points. However she had five turnovers and did foul out.

Olaeta looked really smooth. They only needed her for 23 minutes but she effortlessly guided their offense.

The Jacks take on Cal Poly Monday night and then the big game Friday against the UArizona Wildcats will be staged in the Walkup Skydome.

 

[azfan]

Tomorrow a clash between the Sun Devils and Blue Jays.

Get a preview of the Arizona State Sun Devils vs. Creighton Bluejays basketball game.

Arizona State vs. Creighton - Game Preview - December 12, 2021 - ESPN

Looking forward to Jeff Munn on the call.

This will be a great measurement for the Sun Devils to see how well the team has evolved. The return of senior Jayde Van Hefty from knee surgery who is yet to miss from the field in her first two games seems to have been a catalyst for CTT's team.

Since the 10-point lost to Baylor as she is reeled off three straight against weak opponents with the margin of victory increasing in each game from 15 to 24 to 37. ASU has lost their only road game.

The Blue Jays are undefeated at home and could easily be undefeated overall. They lost by five on the road to an undefeated Nebraska squad and lost by three points at Drake.

If the Sun Devils have really discovered a perimeter shooting game this contest could be close. If the last three games against weak opponents however have been an illusion I fear ASU might get run out of the gym.

 

[ochoopsfan]

I thought Cal Baptist really looked good. Brittany Thomas who's in her fifth year was a starter last year but comes off the bench now. She is a beast. I'm wondering why she doesn't start. In 6 or 7 minutes in the first half she came in and absolutely bullied the Lumberjacks. Three for three from the field four rebounds and of course three personal fouls, she was just dominating.

Up and down the lineup Cal Baptist has some extremely talented shooters. Wu was deadly from threeland.

The point guard matchup that I expected never materialized. The Jacks had a great deal of difficulty adjusting their defense to guard the perimeter and as a result of their lack of defensive success were really struggling on the other end of the floor as they consistently were playing too fast.

Schenck had a really mixed performance and as I said she was just playing too fast. She was on triple double watch with eight rebounds seven steals and nine points. However she had five turnovers and did foul out.

Olaeta looked really smooth. They only needed her for 23 minutes but she effortlessly guided their offense.

The Jacks take on Cal Poly Monday night and then the big game Friday against the UArizona Wildcats will be staged in the Walkup Skydome.

Thomas missed the first game or two and when she showed up she had her thigh wrapped down to her knee. The bandages are gone and she has got back to last years form in each game.
Best thing for CBU, was that they able to cut down on the minutes played for their starters. Many were playing 30+ minutes and Olaeta was playing 37-38 mpg. They share the ball well, and most can hit the threes too.
The freshman, Trinity San Antonio, will be better as she gets more experience. I have watched her in HS and she was very good as a senior.
NAU are not a bad team, and I think they will do well in Big Sky league play.