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Looking at the ESPN website with the scores from last night's games, I was struck by the scores. These games just are not competitive. It's not good for the long term growth of the sport in my opinion.
 
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Ozimoto said:
Looking at the ESPN website with the scores from last night's games, I was struck by the scores. These games just are not competitive. It's not good for the long term growth of the report in my opinion.
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Geez, have you seen tonight's slate? Not much better. UConn-Marquette will probably be the most competitive top-25 game.
 
Ozimoto said:
Looking at the ESPN website with the scores from last night's games, I was struck by the scores. These games just are not competitive. It's not good for the long term growth of the report in my opinion.
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Yeah. And I love UCLA, TCU, and LSU. But it's mid December and some of these matchups aren't quite competitive. Makes me look forward to conference play a lot though. I've always been high on Marta Suarez but I'm interested to see how she matches up to some of the other 4s in the conference. They will play some real athletic 4s, I think it will help gauge if she is a true w prospect. Also is she really 6'3. I got duped into thinking Alisa Pili was 6'2 for years so I'm not budging. LSU also an interesting storyline heading into conference play as a unit. Seem to have a different vibe and a little to less expectations imo, but I don't know who they've played aside from Duke. Lastly UCLA did play Texas which was good. But they were behind much of the game and I kinda lost my faith in them being a dominant team. I still am not quite sure how many first round wnba draft picks they got, or eventually who their second best player is. Nevertheless they should be challenged a bit in the big ten.
 
Basingstoke said:
My point exactly. It proves absolutely nothing. In fact, maybe due to lack of depth, they were playing two to three starters in the 4th quarter for the most part.
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I’ve seen local town teams that looked better than Cal Poly.
 
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Bigboote said:
LSU has racked up their fifth victory against a team ranked below 300 by Massey. They also defeated #292. That’s half of all the games they’ve played, and they have another before the conference season begins. 🤬
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Episode 1 Bullying GIF by The Simpsons
 
Bigboote said:
Geez, have you seen tonight's slate? Not much better. UConn-Marquette will probably be the most competitive top-25 game.
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If you want to see a competitive game, I recommend the High Point vs Davidson game at 7pm. Think it's on ESPN+. It's a must see game according to this lady. Panthers vs Wildcats.... The claws will be out and the fur will be flying in this one

 
triaddukefan said:
If you want to see a competitive game, I recommend the High Point vs Davidson game at 7pm. Think it's on ESPN+. It's a must see game according to this lady. Panthers vs Wildcats.... The claws will be out and the fur will be flying in this one

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That game will be on ESPN+.
 
What is it with these lists not having tomorrow’s South Carolina @ USF game on them?
 
Ozimoto said:
Looking at the ESPN website with the scores from last night's games, I was struck by the scores. These games just are not competitive. It's not good for the long term growth of the sport in my opinion.
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This whole season has been like that largely. I can't remember a less interesting slate of OOC games overall.
 
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nwhoopfan said:
This whole season has been like that largely. I can't remember a less interesting slate of OOC games overall.
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A bit of have / have not being very obvious.

Folks on the BY (many of them long time UConn fans, I think) have long complained about the tendency of so many programs to schedule cupcakes, and it really has been that way for years. One year, not recently, I actually went and charted how many other Power conference games teams were playing - and there were plenty of ones or twos, only maybe 6 or 7 teams with more than 1 or 2 decent OOC games on their schedule, it was teams like UConn, Notre Dame, I think Rutgers at the time, Tennessee, Stanford, maybe Duke scheduling decently.

I could be wrong, but I think one factor could be more sacrificial lambs being willing to get trampled for money. Which is to say, the current batch of cupcakes is worse than the previous batch (who are filling in their schedule with non-D1 schools, probably). I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect something along these lines, as well as stronger teams playing more home games than previously. They always played more at home, but in this financial era, a lot of teams are staying home more.

On the other hand, I really felt there were some games of greater quality than in previous years, just not too many of them.
 
KnightBridgeAZ said:
A bit of have / have not being very obvious.

Folks on the BY (many of them long time UConn fans, I think) have long complained about the tendency of so many programs to schedule cupcakes, and it really has been that way for years. One year, not recently, I actually went and charted how many other Power conference games teams were playing - and there were plenty of ones or twos, only maybe 6 or 7 teams with more than 1 or 2 decent OOC games on their schedule, it was teams like UConn, Notre Dame, I think Rutgers at the time, Tennessee, Stanford, maybe Duke scheduling decently.

I could be wrong, but I think one factor could be more sacrificial lambs being willing to get trampled for money. Which is to say, the current batch of cupcakes is worse than the previous batch (who are filling in their schedule with non-D1 schools, probably). I could be wrong, but I strongly suspect something along these lines, as well as stronger teams playing more home games than previously. They always played more at home, but in this financial era, a lot of teams are staying home more.

On the other hand, I really felt there were some games of greater quality than in previous years, just not too many of them.
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It's not just that though. There have been so many lopsided games not involving P4 teams. And there are way, way more games against D2, D3 and NAIA teams than I've ever seen before. I'm not sure when or how that became acceptable.
 
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In the battle of the cats, My High Point Panthers lost for just the second time,,, Davidson was victorious 76-65.

@nwhoopfan @Vowelguy
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let the record show . That of the 19 division 1 playing schools in the state, with one I refuse to root for... Davidson now sits alone in 18th place on the list of NC schools that I can root for. They have done too much harm in recent years.
 
Hey that Loyola team UConn played was good enough to beat a big 10 team (Northwestern). 🤷‍♂️
 
Stagnant said:
Hey that Loyola team UConn played was good enough to beat a big 10 team (Northwestern). 🤷‍♂️
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Northwestern lost Grace Sullivan very early in this contest. Northwestern looked lost on offense after that.
 
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triaddukefan said:
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In the battle of the cats, My High Point Panthers lost for just the second time,,, Davidson was victorious 76-65.

@nwhoopfan @Vowelguy
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let the record show . That of the 19 division 1 playing schools in the state, with one I refuse to root for... Davidson now sits alone in 18th place on the list of NC schools that I can root for. They have done too much harm in recent years.
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If I tried I could probably still be mad at Davidson for beating Gonzaga in the men's Tourney many years ago. I think they had some kid named Curry. Showed a bit of potential.
 
Looks like things won't be competitive until 1/4/26 when LSU faces Vanderbilt and 1/11/26 when LSU plays Texas.

Also on 1/11/26, either Arizona State or TCU will lose its first game and undefeated Maryland will face Ohio State.
 
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Ok, alright, now I see how it is around these parts. Duke loses to so and so... and plenty of comments and even threads are created. But when they put belts to a**'s of a respected Mid Major........ its as silent as Donut World at 9:36pm

Anyway... Duke dog walked South Dakota State last night 97-54.
 
nwhoopfan said:
If I tried I could probably still be mad at Davidson for beating Gonzaga in the men's Tourney many years ago. I think they had some kid named Curry. Showed a bit of potential.
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Holding grudges for that long isn't healthy. That was 2008.... and Zaga was a #7 seed.. and they werent expected to make a run that year.
 
JellyBean said:
Duke about to make a strong march back into the top 25! Mid- Major or not, Duke had it going yesterday. The shots were falling. Well done, Duke.
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I have coal to put in stockings for next week...... but no Coal for you...... a glass bottle of Cheerwine or perhaps a few candy canes... ☺️
 
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I sort of anticipate Duke and State both to rise up over the course of the conference season and battle it out for the ACC regular season. Personally I think UNC being ranked at this point is kinda a joke. Their big win this year is...Fairfield? Ok. Fairfield lost to Howard. I mean I don't want to disrespect the Stags, but that win doesn't really move the needle for me. UNC has had 3 games against quality competition this year and twice got the doors blown off them and the other time lost at home by 10. I just don't see it with them, I think they are a good team but they lack true difference makers IMO. Perhaps UL can contend, I haven't watched enough of them to have a strong opinion. ND I think is super dangerous because any given game HH can win a game by herself. But there isn't much of a supporting cast and I don't think they will be a consistent team throughout the course of the conference schedule.

Duke and State seem to rebounding from sluggish starts and beginning to play closer to their potential. State looks like a different team to me lately, Zam at PG is blossoming right now, hopefully it continues.
 
FridaFriend said:
Looks like things won't be competitive until 1/4/26 when LSU faces Vanderbilt and 1/11/26 when LSU plays Texas.

Also on 1/11/26, either Arizona State or TCU will lose its first game and undefeated Maryland will face Ohio State.
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Love the confidence.

I think the Sun Devils will encounter their first loss either Sunday at home against Colorado or the 31st against Utah.

If the Devils are in fact 17-0 on the 11th against TCU then Molly Miller should be the consensus coach of the year
 
Wazzu lost to Penn to drop to 1-12. How fast can Coach Ethridge go from the best thing to happen to the program to the hot seat?

Also, how long will Eleanora Villa put up with this before she decides she wants to play for a competitive team? She's a Jr., but we've seen mid season transfers before, and in this new era, some of them have gotten instant eligibility at their new school.
 
triaddukefan said:
Ok, alright, now I see how it is around these parts. Duke loses to so and so... and plenty of comments and even threads are created. But when they put belts to a**'s of a respected Mid Major........ its as silent as Donut World at 9:36pm

Anyway... Duke dog walked South Dakota State last night 97-54.
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And it's out of the frying pan and into the fire for the Jacks -- they're hosting Texas on Sunday. I assume it's a home-and-home, still kudos to Texas for making the trip to Brookings, and to both teams for scheduling this.
 
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