Baylor vs UCONN

[SoonerNorm]

http://elmcitytoeaglevillenhr.blogspot.com/2015/12/uconnbaylor-set-to-renew-series.html?m=1

 

[sybarite]

Baylor waited until after Stewart and Jefferson. UConn may well be beatable next year, at least for a few games.

 

[inoref]

Baylor is one of the few schools that can go head to head..and at least have a decent chance.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

Baylor is one strange program. They are ahead of ORU 59-22 deep in the 3rd quarter and still have their starters in the game. I mean the subs have not even removed their warm up jackets.

Inexcusable - and unsportsmanlike. Some don't think so, but it is just like a worthless bully in high school beating up on an elementary school kid. They think they prove themselves by beating up on someone not competitive with them. Oh sure they build up their season stats for players - but such stats don't mean you are good - just that you are a bully. That is one reason you need to take Baylor's players stats with a grain of salt. Johnson's assist stats last week were totally meaningless for the same reason. It is foolish to compare such stats against players on a team who plays all their players.

By the way, that is not what Geno does.

 

[SoonerNorm]

Baylor is one strange program. They are ahead of ORU 59-22 deep in the 3rd quarter and still have their starters in the game. I mean the subs have not even removed their warm up jackets.

Inexcusable - and unsportsmanlike. Some don't think so, but it is just like a worthless bully in high school beating up on an elementary school kid. They think they prove themselves by beating up on someone not competitive with them. Oh sure they build up their season stats for players - but such stats don't mean you are good - just that you are a bully. That is one reason you need to take Baylor's players stats with a grain of salt. Johnson's assist stats last week were totally meaningless for the same reason. It is foolish to compare such stats against players on a team who plays all their players.

By the way, that is not what Geno does.

Billy Tubbs used to have a message for teams he would beat by 50 points, "If you don't like it, get better." Not saying that's good sportsmanship but some coaches see things differently than others.

 

[sybarite]

When Tubbs did it, it was because the other team's starters couldn't keep pace with his reserves. Baylor, specifically Kim, does have that bully attitude, a "show me" attitude. But, I wonder if a bit of it this year is a necessity. I think she is still looking for some chemistry and hasn't seen a team out there yet.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

And Baylor is a fouling machine. Over the back, charging, reach in fouls, etc. The big-12 officials won't call many - but if they get real officiating it will really hurt them over the year.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

I will say, ORU is the worst team I have seen in many years.

How did they get so bad?

 

[tycat947]

And Baylor is a fouling machine. Over the back, charging, reach in fouls, etc. The big-12 officials won't call many - but if they get real officiating it will really hurt them over the year.

Officials are scare of Sulkey! Afraid she'll blacklist them like she did the 3 from the UL game in OKC! :ez-roll:

 

[True Colors]

Baylor is one strange program. They are ahead of ORU 59-22 deep in the 3rd quarter and still have their starters in the game. I mean the subs have not even removed their warm up jackets.

Inexcusable - and unsportsmanlike. Some don't think so, but it is just like a worthless bully in high school beating up on an elementary school kid. They think they prove themselves by beating up on someone not competitive with them. Oh sure they build up their season stats for players - but such stats don't mean you are good - just that you are a bully. That is one reason you need to take Baylor's players stats with a grain of salt. Johnson's assist stats last week were totally meaningless for the same reason. It is foolish to compare such stats against players on a team who plays all their players.

By the way, that is not what Geno does.

baylor starters played 103 minutes vs ORU

Oklahoma starters played 127 minutes a few days ago in a big blowout win over ut san antonio.

OU began the 4th quarter with a 61-31 lead, and 4 of 5 starters played in the final stanza.

TC

 

[Mac]

I would like to see OU play Uconn again, not sure if it would help or hurt the program tho...

 

[soonerstar]

Baylor is one strange program. They are ahead of ORU 59-22 deep in the 3rd quarter and still have their starters in the game. I mean the subs have not even removed their warm up jackets.

Inexcusable - and unsportsmanlike. Some don't think so, but it is just like a worthless bully in high school beating up on an elementary school kid. They think they prove themselves by beating up on someone not competitive with them. Oh sure they build up their season stats for players - but such stats don't mean you are good - just that you are a bully. That is one reason you need to take Baylor's players stats with a grain of salt. Johnson's assist stats last week were totally meaningless for the same reason. It is foolish to compare such stats against players on a team who plays all their players.

By the way, that is not what Geno does.

It is hard to have sympathy for ORU. Nobody forced them to schedule Mulkey.

 

[got mulk??]

No way you can fault a team for leaving starters on the floor deep into a blowout game this early in the season. We have several "new" players that will get high minutes and need to play to develop chemistry. Against a team like ORU, pretty much every B12 team would win by a big margin.

 

[GoWarriors]

+1 I've also seen teams up by 40 still full court pressing this year. It's college--usually the coaches are working on some things at that point. For Baylor it's their chemistry--she's trying to work on her starters and 3 backups for the conf. play. Sherri was probably doing the same thing.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

baylor starters played 103 minutes vs ORU

Oklahoma starters played 127 minutes a few days ago in a big blowout win over ut san antonio.

OU began the 4th quarter with a 61-31 lead, and 4 of 5 starters played in the final stanza.

TC

Careful there TC. You're showing your true colors.

I attended the UTSA game. At the half, OU was up by just 12. Not 40 like BU. Of course starters had to play in the 3rd quarter. While it may be that some starters saw the court for very brief moments in the 4th Quarter, they did not play much. And Sherri was not doing a full court press to the very end trying to run up the score and pad meaningless player statistics.

 

[SoonerNorm]

Careful there TC. You're showing your true colors.

I attended the UTSA game. At the half, OU was up by just 12. Not 40 like BU. Of course starters had to play in the 3rd quarter. While it may be that some starters saw the court for very brief moments in the 4th Quarter, they did not play much. And Sherri was not doing a full court press to the very end trying to run up the score and pad meaningless player statistics.

If the Baylor starters only averaged 20 minutes each, I'm not sure that's something to complain about. i doubt Sherri would play the starters less than that in a blowout.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

If the Baylor starters only averaged 20 minutes each, I'm not sure that's something to complain about. i doubt Sherri would play the starters less than that in a blowout.

Niya Johnson played 30 minutes.

Others played 27, 25, and 23. Kalani Brown did play enough minutes to take some time away from one starter. By the way, she looks stocky - and soft - not the hard body I expected. And she fouled several times (over the back, shoving with her body, etc.) which simply were not called by the officials. I think they decided it was time to get it over no matter how hard Mulkey was trying to pad stats for some players.

Remember - this is a game BU won by 58 points - and led by 40 at the half. They were full court pressing to the last second of the game trying to run up the score and stats.

Some may say that is OK. Certainly Briles has taken the approach of scheduling nothing other than lower level teams - and Mulkey has bought into it. They have yet to play a single true road game.

That is why I cannot compare BU to UCONN at any level. Geno does not schedule only weak lower tier teams.. He says 'we are going to play well and want to improve by competing - not scheduling a bunch of exhibition practice games'. And he is not afraid to go on the road at times.

 

[SoonerNorm]

I would like to know how all of those Baylor grads end up being referees.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

I would like to know how all of those Baylor grads end up being referees.

Well in at least one case by BU a player marrying a Big-12 official. Such a ref should absolutely NEVER call a Baylor game - or a game that has a meaningful impact on BU's season.

In this game, toward the end I think the refs just decided to swallow the whistle to get the game over. There is no reason for BU to keep scheduling this way - in all sports.

 

[sybarite]

Baylor and UT grads are pretty powerful in Texas politics, and the Big Twelve headquarters is in Irving, or Las Colinas.