NCAA Tournament: #12 Oklahoma vs. #5 DePaul Game Thread

Ugh, Shaina missing that layup after the steal that led immediately to that Ana foul was a 4 point swing.
 
It simply comes down to this, if we had a post player that could play a lick of defense on the perimeter it would be a completely different game. Every time the player ViVi guards has the ball, she drives and is by her in 1 dribble. When that happens, it puts a lot of pressure on defense with rotations and leaves someone open.
 
So you scratch and claw your way back to within 6 points, get three straight stops, and as a D-1 college basketball player you can't make a layup, the most fundamental shot in basketball. Can't use the square on the glass. Nice to see this team play hard, but very fundamentally inept. Hoping for better things from the new kids next year. However if they aren't fundamentally sound either, just more of the same "stuff".
 
Maddie Manning is so, so, so tough. Sad that her career is coming to an end.
 
They were just a better team. Better coach too. We didn't even deserve to be in the tournament in my opinion after watching that game. I'd much rather have seen them in the NIT and play a few more games to get our only two good players, our freshmen, more playing time. As it is we were one and done. Two of our three seniors showed up, as predicted. Shame on Manning. Sixth year senior and scoring 7 points? Give her all the excuses you want, but I expected more from her.

I just hope Shaina or Ana don't up and transfer like last years' freshmen did. I'd like to think that two or three of the incoming freshmen can play, but with SC at the helm it's really hard to tell what to expect. I'm sure there are at least two duds in there, like Simpson was this year. So frustrating. It's unfortunate and kills me to say but our best days are most likely behind us. I can't decide what the bigger disappointment was, our women or our men this season. On to some sports that OU is actually good at!
 
gosooner2 said:
Neither the men nor the women belonged in the tournament!
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A committee of people who know a whole hell of a lot more about basketball than anyone on these boards disagreed with you.

The only teams that arguably might not belong are some of the automatic bids from the conferences that no one ever heard of.
 
Soonerguy06 said:
They were just a better team. Better coach too. We didn't even deserve to be in the tournament in my opinion after watching that game. I'd much rather have seen them in the NIT and play a few more games to get our only two good players, our freshmen, more playing time. As it is we were one and done. Two of our three seniors showed up, as predicted. Shame on Manning. Sixth year senior and scoring 7 points? Give her all the excuses you want, but I expected more from her.

I just hope Shaina or Ana don't up and transfer like last years' freshmen did. I'd like to think that two or three of the incoming freshmen can play, but with SC at the helm it's really hard to tell what to expect. I'm sure there are at least two duds in there, like Simpson was this year. So frustrating. It's unfortunate and kills me to say but our best days are most likely behind us. I can't decide what the bigger disappointment was, our women or our men this season. On to some sports that OU is actually good at!
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You are spot on. We should not have been in the tourney. Always been impressed with Doug Bruno. A bit eccentric, but his teams are always well prepared. Coale, not so much.
 
I don't think we were out coached. Hard to best a team who shoots 3 so well by all five players. Looking forward to next seasons talent upgrade.
 
Rbeam1 said:
I don't think we were out coached. Hard to best a team who shoots 3 so well by all five players. Looking forward to next seasons talent upgrade.
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Disagree. OU knew that DePaul would bomb away from behind the arc. Yet, OUr girls lay off of them and let them fire away.
 
rocjunkie said:
So you scratch and claw your way back to within 6 points, get three straight stops, and as a D-1 college basketball player you can't make a layup, the most fundamental shot in basketball. Can't use the square on the glass. Nice to see this team play hard, but very fundamentally inept. Hoping for better things from the new kids next year. However if they aren't fundamentally sound either, just more of the same "stuff".
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The highlighted adequately describes the Sooners for almost 8 years now.
 
I’ve been over this group of seniors for 2 years. At times, they show flashes f what they could be, but usually they revert to missed layups, reluctance to shoot, turnovers, ball watching and silly fouls.

There will be fewer fans next year. If the newcomers are competitors, maybe they’ll come back. If not then the next year will have even fewer.

I can’t figure out how Sherri couldn’t correct a lot of the problems unless she didn’t try. I don’t see the hunger to win exhibited by this coaching staff. The players see that too. Maybe they concluded that if the coaches don’t care if we lose, why should we.
 
Love Maddie to death, she's been a great Sooner, will always wonder what coulda been if she hadn't been so injured. But dang, 0fer in your last game from 3 has to really hurt. And Ana also 0fer. Won't beat a team like Depaul like that.
 
SoonerSpock said:
The highlighted adequately describes the Sooners for almost 8 years now.
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OMG that is EXACTLY what I've been saying the last few years. Manning for example, walks or travels every single game, even her 6th year. Her travel is what lost us the game in the last few seconds against Oklahoma State. The lack in the fundamentals has always been a glaring sore spot for this program, since that last Final Four team. Is it that we've just settled for less talented players? Or is the mentality of the staff lazy and not stressed this discipline as much as in the past? It's hard to tell, as I know I don't have a direct insight into the practices/staff. Anyone have an idea why this has been such a prevalent problem the last few seasons? Until we cut back on unforced errors and start getting disciplined again it'll very inconsistent seasons, I fear.
 
Soonerguy06 said:
OMG that is EXACTLY what I've been saying the last few years. Manning for example, walks or travels every single game, even her 6th year. Her travel is what lost us the game in the last few seconds against Oklahoma State. The lack in the fundamentals has always been a glaring sore spot for this program, since that last Final Four team. Is it that we've just settled for less talented players? Or is the mentality of the staff lazy and not stressed this discipline as much as in the past? It's hard to tell, as I know I don't have a direct insight into the practices/staff. Anyone have an idea why this has been such a prevalent problem the last few seasons? Until we cut back on unforced errors and start getting disciplined again it'll very inconsistent seasons, I fear.
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It's Sherri Coale..she gets paid win or no win
 
Glad I forgot to watch. Now is the time for a good house cleaning.


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