Georgia with a lot of missed opportunities down the stretch.
WBB: General All-NCAA Thread - Not Team Cyclones Stuff
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Missed most of this game and only caught parts of the 2nd half. Looked at box score and Bluder really rode the starters. Molly Davis played only one minute. Big Ten sixth player of the year, Hannah Stuelke, didn't play at all. Both key players for them in conference play. I mean it worked but still found it curious.
Davis got hurt early in the game and Hannah turned an ankle in practice yesterday.
Ah, thanks. In that context it makes a heck of a lot more sense. Without them available Iowa was fortunate to advance. Georgia, tough defense and all, was not a great makeup for them to start with.
It's a wonder Davis wasn't knocked out in the first game after this hit. Seen a few nasty ass fouls the last couple of days.
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None of the WBB home seeds have lost yet with five games left. Stanford down and playing like crap in the first half though.
Damn, Angel Reese with 25 pts and 24 rebounds in the LSU/Michigan game. Not my fav player but damn she can board in some games. If she hadn't missed so many close in shots she would have had 30 points to.
Damn, Angel Reese with 25 pts and 24 rebounds in the LSU/Michigan game. Not my fav player but damn she can board in some games. If she hadn't missed so many close in shots she would have had 30 points to.
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A majority of those offensive rebounds are on her own misses. So I doubt she could have scored more points, but she could have raised her FG% a bit by making the layup on the *first* try. Wouldn't want to deflate those rebound numbers though!
Only saw part of the game but she did miss a ton of shots when I was watching!
After 15 straight Sweet Sixteens Stanford is playing like it's supposed to be automatic for them. 27 points in 27 minutes. Woof.
Think they are augering in tonight.
Think they are augering in tonight.
Stanford's loss nearly gifted them a trip to the Final Four. However, Stanford was BAD last night.
Although, as much as I dislike Texas, I would love to see Rori guarding Caitlin Clark.
Stanford's been really really inconsistent all season. I could realistically see any one of Louisville, Texas, Duke, Ole Miss, or Iowa coming out of that regional. Truly think that any of those teams could beat any other of those teams on any given night. Throw rankings and seedings out the window, it's all about who performs under pressure.
Colorado is still alive as well as I type this, but they're the one team who I just don't think has a chance at winning 3 straight games. 1 or 2 maybe but not all 3 they'd need to get to the Final Four.
Agree that Rori guarding Caitlin would be an incredible matchup, but all the remaining teams other than Iowa have elite defense, so the matchups will be great regardless.
I won't go that far. The path forward is still filled with teams that play defense and was bracketed for the worst of the #1 seeds so below #1 is tough
The real question is - why did she ever go to WVU in the first place? She had it made at South Dakota. I'm guessing she had offers in previous years and passed on them, so why did she go to WVU last year? Did she feel she needed to be at a Power 5 to get a better Power 5 job? The whole thing seems off.
To be far a few peeps are calling that out as inaccurate with some saying she was on the bus. It's a WVU football beat guy posting it. I am skeptical.
No different than Brenda Frese jumping to P5 Minnesota from Ball State after only two years there and than bailing after one year at Minnesota to go to Maryland.
It's like any job opening, you have to take the opportunities when they arise because they aren't always going to arise when it is convenient for you or your current employer. Nobody owes their employer their future, just their best foot forward while they work there.
Ball State to Minnesota, of course, you would go.
When Brenda went from Minnesota to Maryland, it was nowhere comparable. Minnesota was an afterthought in the Big 10 when Brenda took the job, and Minnesota showed little interest in women's basketball then.
The previous coaches' records at Minnesota were:
LaRue Fields: 24-60
Linda Hill-MacDonald: 66-126
Cheryl Littlejohn: 29-81 and lots of NCAA violations.
Throw in; your predecessor nearly got your team the death penalty.
University of Minnesota basketball scandal - Wikipedia
In July 2002, the NCAA found Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball liable for multiple rule violations regarding practice time and benefits that occurred under the watch of then-head coach Cheryl Littlejohn from 1998 to 2001. Because the NCAA treated the women's basketball violations as a separate matter from the men's basketball academic violations, Minnesota avoided being designated a repeat violator and getting the "death penalty" for the women's basketball program. Instead, the NCAA extended the existing probationary period until 2006.[10][11]
NCAA Sanctions U Women's Basketball Program - University of Minnesota Athletics
bToday, the NCAA released a report by its committee on infractions regarding rules violations in the University of Minnesota women's basketball program betwe...
The committee extended the current probationary period imposed on the university in 2000 as a result of men's basketball infractions for two years, until October 22, 2006. In addition, the committee reduced the number of scholarships available for women's basketball by one for two seasons, 2003-04 and 2004-05, reduced the number of official paid visits for two years to seven, and delayed the start of pre-season basketball practice by seven days until October 19, 2002.
Meanwhile, Maryland was successful in the ACC. Maryland had made a much bigger investment in women's basketball then, and Brenda took over for Chris Weller (499-286), who had 12 NCAA appearances and two final fours.
WVU was successful under Mike Carey, and there is tradition there, so it's not like Dawn Plitzuweit went into a dumpster fire at WVU.
