Week 6 preview (Dec. 13-19)

[LoTrader]

@LoTrader At the Duke game last night, a couple of Oregon State fans were in attendance with their gear on. They could have been the same people I spoke to a few years ago when OSU played in Cameron.... but I was too far away to tell.

Cool! OSU WBB fans are WCBB fans. I'll let you know when I see the Cameron Crazies in Gill Coliseum.

 

[visitingcock]

Before the season, I thought NC State might drop a few games, given our tough schedule. We ended up going 9-2 in the non-conference portion of the schedule playing the toughest schedule in the country...both of our losses to ranked teams. One, in the first game..and the second by two points in OT. I still think NC State can go far. Too bad that second quarter was awful; it ultimately cost them the game.

If NC State had played the first half against Georgia like they did the second half, there would not have been an OT.

Can't take it back now, though. The only thing to do is to move forward and learn from mistakes to try getting better.

I dunno' about that "toughest schedule in the country" but it has been tough. Y'all certainly don't deserve to fall out of the top 4 in the rankings (despite computer stupidity in ranking UNC ahead of you)

 

[azfan]

This evening's 6pm tip will be the final home game at the Rolle Activity Center for the NAU Lady Jacks. Hopefully coach Payne can motivate some defense against the hapless Cal Poly visitors.


Cal Poly vs. Northern Arizona - Game Preview - December 13, 2021 - ESPN


Beginning Friday the 17th NAU home games for the remainder of the season will be held at the Walkup Skydome. While not a particularly appropriate venue for basketball there is the ability should Wildcat fans travel up the I 17 to accommodate a larger crowd than the typical 200.

75 minutes until tip off. I'm really looking forward to seeing the fourth ranked Wildcats in person. It's been almost 2 years since I saw Barnes's squad. I drove down to Tucson then and the Wildcats took CTT's team apart. 7500 screaming Wildcat fans that afternoon. There will be considerably fewer folks in Walkup Skydome at 4:00 p.m. I fully expect there to be more Wildcat fans in the house then Lumberjack fans.

Given the Jacks indifference to defense in general and perimeter defense in particular I'm expecting the Wildcats to top the 90 point mark this afternoon. In fact this might be the game they top the 93 points they put up on Texas Southern. Depending upon how dominant Thomas and Reese are in the paint, it's possible that the Wildcats could hit 10 3-pointers.

This morning's paper had a nice article on twins playing for the Lumberjacks.

Moran sisters play important role for Lumberjacks basketball

If they didn’t have vastly different hair, and of course different numbers on the floor, it might be difficult to tell Northern Arizona basketball players and sisters Olivia and Nyah

azdailysun.com

10 minutes to tip. Perhaps 300 fans in the Skydome, 250 wearing blue and red. Maybe the smallest crowd UArizona has ever played before?

 

[baggerbob]

Before the season, I thought NC State might drop a few games, given our tough schedule. We ended up going 9-2 in the non-conference portion of the schedule playing the toughest schedule in the country...both of our losses to ranked teams. One, in the first game..and the second by two points in OT. I still think NC State can go far. Too bad that second quarter was awful; it ultimately cost them the game.

If NC State had played the first half against Georgia like they did the second half, there would not have been an OT.

Can't take it back now, though. The only thing to do is to move forward and learn from mistakes to try getting better.

With only 5 seconds left you have to commit a foul before a player shoots up 3.

 

[DefenseBB]

75 minutes until tip off. I'm really looking forward to seeing the fourth ranked Wildcats in person. It's been almost 2 years since I saw Barnes's squad. I drove down to Tucson then and the Wildcats took CTT's team apart. 7500 screaming Wildcat fans that afternoon. There will be considerably fewer folks in Walkup Skydome at 4:00 p.m. I fully expect there to be more Wildcat fans in the house then Lumberjack fans.

Given the Jacks indifference to defense in general and perimeter defense in particular I'm expecting the Wildcats to top the 90 point mark this afternoon. In fact this might be the game they top the 93 points they put up on Texas Southern. Depending upon how dominant Thomas and Reese are in the paint, it's possible that the Wildcats could hit 10 3-pointers.

This morning's paper had a nice article on twins playing for the Lumberjacks.

Moran sisters play important role for Lumberjacks basketball

If they didn’t have vastly different hair, and of course different numbers on the floor, it might be difficult to tell Northern Arizona basketball players and sisters Olivia and Nyah

azdailysun.com

10 minutes to tip. Perhaps 300 fans in the Skydome, 250 wearing blue and red. Maybe the smallest crowd UArizona has ever played before?

Kudos to Adia for traveling to NAU as most P5 schools bully their way to solely home OOC games against the lesser schools, especially the in-state lesser known schools-just ask Kim Mulkey or Kara Lawson...

 

[Plebe]

With only 5 seconds left you have to commit a foul before a player shoots up 3.

I started to type a message to this very effect. I know there's a long-raging debate on this, but up 3 with just a few seconds left I would much rather make a team figure out how they're going to squeeze 3 points out of 2 free throws than give them any look at a tying 3-pointer.

 

[triaddukefan]

Duke picks up the first ACC win of the Lawson Era... with a victory over the improved Miami Hurricanes

 

[Centerstream]

Duke picks up the first ACC win of the Lawson Era... with a victory over the improved Miami Hurricanes

Canceled games count as wins? Is this only valid in Durham?

 

[triaddukefan]

Canceled games count as wins? Is this only valid in Durham?

Thats the new policy for Conference games... if you can't play due to Covid issues... you forfeit and the other team gets a W in the W/L column. No rescheduled games this year.

 

[triaddukefan]

South Florida squeaks by High Point.. 62-46. A valiant effort from the undermanned Panthers.

The coach for South Florida, Jose Fernandez gets his 400th career victory.

 

[AZgirl]

Kudos to Adia for traveling to NAU as most P5 schools bully their way to solely home OOC games against the lesser schools, especially the in-state lesser known schools-just ask Kim Mulkey or Kara Lawson...

It was a 3-year deal. Two in Tucson, one in Flagstaff, but she wants to extend it with games in both cities. The men have a 10-year deal, but I don't know if Arizona is going up there. I originally thought that the women did this because of the game in Vegas, but she said it was intended this way before the Vegas game was scheduled. It was especially cool since Arizona lost last time they went to Flagstaff during her 2nd season.

They were also supposed to play at UC Riverside this year, but UCR had COVID-19 issues. They went to Chicago State two years ago. They have played at Montana and, I think, one of the Idaho schools. So, it is fairly common for Arizona to travel to a mid-major at least once a year since Adia got here. Needs to happen more across the sport.

 

[AZgirl]

10 minutes to tip. Perhaps 300 fans in the Skydome, 250 wearing blue and red. Maybe the smallest crowd UArizona has ever played before?

I think there were like 100 at Chicago State in 2019. Happens when a team hasn't won in years. I am glad that program finally got a win this year.

During the Butts era, you could hear conversations in McKale Center. What a difference 6 years makes. There were almost 9k for the Arizona-New Mexico game last Sunday.

 

[Lorcan]

UCLA v. Ohio State has been cancelled. What is it with Ohio State always getting cancellations against teams from California? I remember when they ducked Stanford on account of the fires a few years ago.

 

[nwhoopfan]

McNeese lost back to back games to Cal and Oregon 102-60 and 109-38...and then beat Louisiana Monroe 81-54. So how bad is ULM?

 

[nwhoopfan]

There are plenty of players from Spain playing college hoops in the U.S. Not so many from Portugal. Interestingly 2 of them are going head to head right now for Utah and Utah Valley.

 

[Plebe]

Surprised I haven't seen mention of the fact that BYU continued its utter domination of the Pac-12 by thumping Washington State today by 18.

I really think this is BYU's year to finally win the WCC regular season outright. It's not just the Shaylee Gonzales show this year. Harding and Graham also pack an offensive punch.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Surprised I haven't seen mention of the fact that BYU continued its utter domination of the Pac-12 by thumping Washington State today by 18.

I really think this is BYU's year to finally win the WCC regular season outright. It's not just the Shaylee Gonzales show this year. Harding and Graham also pack an offensive punch.

Harding has been good her entire career. It hasn't just been the Shaylee show the whole time Shaylee has been there. She overlapped w/ Brenna Chase as well, who could also put the ball in the hoop.

It might indeed be their year though. Zags have shown some chinks in their armor.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Cal Baptist likes living dangerously. Fell behind 21-8 in the first quarter against Santa Clara. Outscored SCU 25-14 in Q4, took a 4 point win. I think that's 2 in a row come from behind wins against teams they maybe shouldn't have struggled with?

edit--ooph, 5-34 behind the arc for CBU today

 

[UCFKnights]

Iowa beats UCF 69-61. I always knew it was going to one of the Knights hardest games. Glad they fought hard. Strangely our big who has the best offensive skill set never played. Hope she is alright.

 

[eebmg]

Bad news; Arizona - TX cancelled.

Arizona-Texas women's game in Vegas canceled

The women's basketball game between Arizona and Texas ON Sunday, part of the Coast-to-Coast Challenge in Las Vegas, was canceled due to COVID-19 protocols in the Wildcats' program, but the Longhorns and event staff secured San Diego as a new opponent.

www.espn.com

Arizona is the team with the problem as Vic is asking for a last second opponent

 

[Lorcan]

Arizona v Texas supposedly cancelled. Ooof.

 

[bballnut90]

I didn't get a chance to see Tennessee-Stanford but a pretty unorthodox box score:

Haley Jones had probably the worst shooting night of her career (3-18) but finished with one of the best statlines of her career (18 points, 19 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 blocks). She had this rebound number vs one of the best rebounding teams in the country.

Cameron Brink fouled out in 8 minutes, but on the flip side Tamari Key couldn't take advantage and didn't score a field goal and also fouled out in 16 minutes. Did they both just foul each other on every possession??

Tennessee got outrebounded by 9, even with Brink just getting 2 boards.

Not unorthodox but looks like Tennessee fought back hard. Man I hope Tennessee gets Burrell back soon. The defense, toughness, and grit are there for this team to be excellent but they just need more offense if they want to beat some of the better teams.

 

[undersized]

Iowa beats UCF 69-61. I always knew it was going to one of the Knights hardest games. Glad they fought hard. Strangely our big who has the best offensive skill set never played. Hope she is alright.

UCF’s defense anticipated Iowa’s passes so well. Forced Iowa into some really pathetic stretches where they couldn’t take care of the ball to save their lives. Kudos for battling back each time Iowa’s lead stretched to double digits.

 

[ochoopsfan]

Cal Baptist likes living dangerously. Fell behind 21-8 in the first quarter against Santa Clara. Outscored SCU 25-14 in Q4, took a 4 point win. I think that's 2 in a row come from behind wins against teams they maybe shouldn't have struggled with?

edit--ooph, 5-34 behind the arc for CBU today

Both teams shot horrible. In the 2nd half CBU pressed Santa Clara and they coughed up the ball a lot. I think CBU scored first 10 points of 4th quarter, took lead, and held on. Britney Thomas/pwr fwd, scored all of her points, 16, in 4th quarter. Last 2 games CBU has taken way too many three pointers instead of going inside. I think I mentioned in a previous post,, against UCSD, that I didnt like game plan, same for Saturday game.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Watched the Stanford/Tennessee game on demand.

Both teams defend and rebound. Both looked pretty vulnerable to string defense, though Stanford ended up hitting a pretty respectable number.

I don't know what the expectation is at this point for Rae, but the Vols would interesting with another scorer. Course they were a struggling offensive team with her last year but they seem like a better team around her this year.