Week 5 preview (Dec. 6-12)

[donalddoowop]

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.

I believe UConn will have to be at its best to beat DePaul this season.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Louisville edges Kentucky 64-58. Poorly played game, not impressed with either team.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Kentucky has just never been able to put the rest of the team around Howard.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Louisville edges Kentucky 64-58. Poorly played game, not impressed with either team.

I thought Louisville did play well down the stretch. Howard has to be the most underwhelming superstar in WCBB.

 

[Plebe]

Kentucky has just never been able to put the rest of the team around Howard.

But this was not a case of her playing great and getting no help. She was maybe the 4th best player on her team today. Louisville deserves credit for defending her well, but she was on the bench when Kentucky turned the momentum early in 4Q, and it was other players (Edwards mainly, also Hunt and Benton) making the plays for Kentucky. Howard has this weird vibe that unless she's going off she looks completely disengaged.

 

[undersized]

Both teams tried hard to lose, but Kentucky tried harder.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

But this was not a case of her playing great and getting no help. She was maybe the 4th best player on her team today. Louisville deserves credit for defending her well, but she was on the bench when Kentucky turned the momentum early in 4Q, and it was other players (Edwards mainly, also Hunt and Benton) making the plays for Kentucky. Howard has this weird vibe that unless she's going off she looks completely disengaged.

Sometimes your third or fourth best player has to win the game.

But I agree that something about her has seemed not quite connected a lot of the time.

 

[UConnCat]

Rough weekend for the PAC 12 against the Big East. Biggest surprise was Oregon State losing to Villanova. Siegrist, who has only played in 3 games for Villanova, scored 28. She's a good player.

Creighton beat Arizona State 69-62.

 

[ochoopsfan]

TCU beats #18 Texas A & M 87-75
Cal Baptist beat TCU, a couple weeks ago, 91-77
Cal Baptist should get at least "1" vote tomorrow.

 

[Plebe]

TCU beats #18 Texas A & M 87-75
Cal Baptist beat TCU, a couple weeks ago, 91-77
Cal Baptist should get at least "1" vote tomorrow.

Uh, didn't Cal Baptist just lose to San Diego State?

 

[ochoopsfan]

Uh, didn't Cal Baptist just lose to San Diego State?

I am only asking for "1" vote, not to make the top 25

Besides, someone has to pick up the vote(s) UConn wont get for losing to GA Tech

 

[nwhoopfan]

NC State got 52 bench points today! Looks like they were in cruise control in the 2nd half, beat SMC 101-73.

 

[LETTERL]

A couple of noteworthy items from NC State's 101-73 win today against St. Marys:

1) Wes Moore won his 200th game at NC State, becoming the fifth-fastest ACC coach to reach that milestone in his 266th game with the Wolfpack

2) Elissa Cunane, who earlier this week set the school career FT record, became the 18th player in program history to reach 1500 points

3) 11 players played at least 10 minutes of action today...and 9 scored at least 8 points.

The next game for NC State is Thursday, against #21 Georgia. NC State has never beaten Georgia in 8 tries, although these two teams have not met in 18 years.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Oof, St. John's lost to Wagner, undoing some of the good the Big East accomplished today.

 

[Plebe]

Oof, St. John's lost to Wagner, undoing some of the good the Big East accomplished today.

Let's see, a loss to Wagner vs. wins over Oregon State and Arizona State. I'll take it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Let's see, a loss to Wagner vs. wins over Oregon State and Arizona State. I'll take it.

Key word was some.

 

[Plebe]

Key word was some.

We already knew St. John's is bad. Finished 8th out of 8 teams in a weak field at the Gulf Coast Showcase. So the loss to a 7-1 Wagner team is hardly a surprise.

The much more notable results are Villanova's win over Oregon State and Creighton's win over Arizona State. Not to mention DePaul's win over Kentucky from earlier in the week.

Helps to keep things in context if we keep in mind which are the most salient data points.

 

[Plebe]

Besides, someone has to pick up the vote(s) UConn wont get for losing to GA Tech

Someone? Okay, how about, I dunno, Georgia Tech?

 

[militarydog]

Mississippi State beats UT Martin 54-37. UTM executes a very deliberate offense and a lot of changing defenses. If I remember correctly UTM played Top 25 teams Louisville and Virginia Tech and held them to 62 and 54 respectively. MSU had terrible offensive execution against the UTM zone in the first half. Mainly the offense consisted off perimeter passing followed by a three attempt. However in the third quarter they executed much better and pulled away.

MSU plays Troy this Saturday. The Troy head coach Chanda Rigby had strong interest in both Ole Miss and MSU during the searches. She has done a great job on her level.

 

[nwhoopfan]

With all the games today, I think I missed Iowa St. vs. Northern Iowa. ISU won, but it was close. Neither of the Joens' really lit it up, looks like Donarski had a good game.

 

[ochoopsfan]

Still one more good game today. Stephen F Austin 8-1 @ Gonzaga 7-2, at 9.30pm EST.
I think it is streamed on Gonzaga WBB site. Go to Zags schedule web page and click watch.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Indiana with a fairly easy 86-66 win @ Ohio St. that just finished.

 

[Bigboote]

I love watching Indiana. Mackenzie Holmes is the real deal, and Berger, Patberg, and Cardano-Hilary are a really good guard trio. Their only two losses both went down to the wire against top-10 teams.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Mackenzie Holmes is the real deal

Along with Hillman and Czinano, there's just something about those Big 10 post players. They don't excite WNBA scouts, but for college they are extremely productive and efficient. Gustafson was the blueprint of course.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Still one more good game today. Stephen F Austin 8-1 @ Gonzaga 7-2, at 9.30pm EST.
I think it is streamed on Gonzaga WBB site. Go to Zags schedule web page and click watch.

The Zags had a nice performance in a tournament in Hawaii. It seems they didn't bring their offense back to the mainland with them. That's gotta be a bit concerning. 54 against Wyoming, 49 against Washington St. and a slow start today. Certainly some of that is the style of the teams they are playing.