WBB: General All-NCAA Thread - Not Team Cyclones Stuff

Two of those bigs, Basham and Portlock, aren’t doing much against overmatched competition. Portlock has yet to play (injury?). Suarez and Silva look to be their posts of choice and Silva hasn’t exactly been overpowering. I’d say they are def a build in progress. But as the old saying goes, you can’t teach 6’7”. Like ISU I want to see a much bigger sample size before I say they are back.
Well I'm not saying that he has some bigs that will be 1st team all Big 12 performers. I was just wondering like many others if all the tall girls were good or "just tall". Would they be athletic or awkward oxen? After watching their first two games I'm of the persuasion they are fairly good. It's always amazed me over the years that so many teams you see warming up will often have a couple of tall giants and you're thinking if they're good they could really pose a problem. But the game starts and you don't see them on the floor. If they ever do come in you see the reason why. I just feel like TCU is good enough, especially if Miles & Hunter stay healthy to compete for a title. They play Baylor twice this year (again) and that will probably tell the tale.
 
Well I'm not saying that he has some bigs that will be 1st team all Big 12 performers. I was just wondering like many others if all the tall girls were good or "just tall". Would they be athletic or awkward oxen? After watching their first two games I'm of the persuasion they are fairly good. It's always amazed me over the years that so many teams you see warming up will often have a couple of tall giants and you're thinking if they're good they could really pose a problem. But the game starts and you don't see them on the floor. If they ever do come in you see the reason why. I just feel like TCU is good enough, especially if Miles & Hunter stay healthy to compete for a title. They play Baylor twice this year (again) and that will probably tell the tale.
Agree. Suarez and Silva might come along nicely.
 
  • Iowa beat Evansville by 76 points. Maybe an Iowa record? Rude homecoming for Hawk Molly Davis who is a grad assistant for the Aces. Saw that Davis tidbit pop into my media feed.
Of local interest: Evansville is where Sydney Huber (daughter of Stacy Frese Huber) ended up. Here's her first career bucket (a three, of course).

 
A whole slew of future opponents playing each in the next ten days, all Iowa Hawkeye games. Drake at Iowa, Iowa at UNI and Iowa/Baylor in Florida. Feel I like I aways need to add "rivalry aside" but the Baylor game could be a good watch.
 
Cincinnati continues to disappoint the conference with a loss to St. Joseph.
 
That sounds like a Grinnell college mbb score from a few yrs back.
Looks like Grinnell still runs that offense. They won 161-130 last night.

Here's the Grace College box: https://gclancers.com/boxscore.aspx?path=wbball&id=13859
Ohio Christian had 42 turnovers, and 32 were Grace steals. They had 93 fast break points and 40 points from free throws (although FT from a fast break shooting foul do count as fast break points, so there might be some overlap).

Nobody for Grace played more than 23 minutes. It seems like they possibly were running the Grinnell system?
 
Confirmed -- Grace is running the grinnell system.


The Lancers didn’t use a Stephen Curry-type 3-point barrage — they actually were a modest 10 for 38. Rather, the engine for the victory was what is known as the Grinnell System, a style of full-court press that Grace head coach Dan Davis installed this season.

 
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Games worth a look this afternoon/evening. Yikes, Hawks favored by 30 points.

Maybe a chance to see what the all new Wildcats roster looks like even if SD is not a good Summit League team. Doubt I'll be in the mood for a 4pm but listed it.

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Confirmed -- Grace is running the grinnell system.

Jack Taylor of Grinnell College took 108 shots the night he scored 138 points vs Faith Bible, including 70+ three pointers. The Grace women must be running a more balanced “modified Grinnell System”!
 
Games worth a look this afternoon/evening. Yikes, Hawks favored by 30 points.

Maybe a chance to see what the all new Wildcats roster looks like even if SD is not a good Summit League team. Doubt I'll be in the mood for a 4pm but listed it.

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Molly Joyce, Audi's teammate from Bishop Garrigan HS, plays for South Dakota. Yotes just beat the Wildcats in a great game 72-71.