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Maybe balance has returned to the women's game as UCLA beat South Carolina 77-61. USC is certainly not unstoppable this year.

Mod Note: I changed the title on this post as I think a post for important non-OU games is a good idea.
 
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Duke beat KSU 73-62.....OU plays Duke on 11/27 at 3:30

LSU beat Washington 68-67....Last second shot to win it in a game LSU was behind almost the entire game...early KM is having trouble getting this team to play well. Struggled with Murray State in game last week.

Georgia Tech beat Oregon 74-58
 
i looked on ESPN, and according to their analytics, Duke is the favorite in our matchup tomorrow by 61.2%!!

This would motivate me if I were a player...being ranked higher yet still expected to lose, just because we're playing a blue blood, which has already lost a game this season?! I hope our girls can really cut down on the TOs (had 23 yesterday!), because I believe we have the better team, just have to stay w/in ourselves and not throw it away constantly.
 
TCU is going to upset a lot of people because they have one of the tallest gifted players in Prince, and they have a wealth of talent on the perimeter. Not so much the coaching IMO but the recruiting from the portal has paid massive dividends. Wish we were able to land some taller, more athletic guards this next off season because what we have right now is a liability when it comes to defense and our undersized and unathletic guards will find it difficult to find open looks outside against talented athletic teams. Duke for example. Just a bad matchup for us, exposed our weaknesses. Without Verhulst, at 6'1", being able to hit outside we would have been blown out. You could tell Vann was one, if not two, steps too slow against their defenders, and Tot and Keys were just too short and unable to get off shots. Williams was a turnover bug, as last season, so that really left us with beers and Verhulst as scoring options. We need to step up our defensive intensity on the perimeter for teams like Louisville and Michigan are going to have career nights against us as Duke's guards did.
 
Notre Dame beat Texas 80-70 in OT
South Carolina beat Duke 81-70
LSU beat Stanford 94-88 in OT

SEC wins SEC/ACC Challenge 10-6
 
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yeah, watched it! UConn didn't have Fudd, no surprise there. Kid just isn't going to be healthy long enough to make an impact in college, IMO. Wish she would because with her shooting UConn can probably go all the way, but right now they are STILL four players short, which is almost the norm for them anymore.

I was surprised how frequently Hidalgo found herself open long enough to hit so many 3s, and Miles is also just unstoppable at times. With their new players King and Koval they also look Final Four calibur. I say those 2, along with UCLA and South Carolina are my picks to make the FF. I'd say we have a chance, but we've just been throwing it away so many times that I can't see us pulling it off. I do believe we can make an Elite Eight, if we receive a favorable draw. In the last bracketology I thought we had a pretty good bracket to do so! Lots of great games ahead this season, and a lot more season to go.
 
USC over UConn 72-70 at the Mohegan Sun. USC was up by as much as 16 and then UConn made a run in large part due to USC turnovers. Fudd only played a little so UConn is missing a consistent 3rd scorer. Sarah Strong is already All American level for them. The transfers for USC give them the depth they need with Juju
 
Duke lost to South Florida yesterday, 65 - 56. I watched most of the 2nd half of this game. Duke had been behind by over 20 points in the first half but was making a comeback. There was a strange play in the 4th quarter. A Duke player and a South Florida player had gone after a loose ball or rebound. The Duke player tried to get the ball and made contact with the South Florida player. The Duke player pivoted to try to steal the ball from another South Florida player. Whistles blew, reviews were made and they called 2 fouls on the Duke player. I didn't think either foul was egregious - nothing like some of the fouls we saw in the Michigan game. I thought that after the first foul was whistled it should have been a dead ball and the second foul should have been ignored. They were the player's 4th and 5th fouls so she was out of the game. Has anyone else ever seen anything like this before?
 
Both fouls were determined to be flagrant fouls:

sophomore Delaney Thomas elbowed South Florida's Carla Brito in the face, bobbled the ball, and then grabbed graduate guard Sammie Puisis in an attempt to stop her from scoring. Two flagrant fouls were called on Thomas
 
Both fouls were determined to be flagrant fouls:

sophomore Delaney Thomas elbowed South Florida's Carla Brito in the face, bobbled the ball, and then grabbed graduate guard Sammie Puisis in an attempt to stop her from scoring. Two flagrant fouls were called on Thomas
Seemed like some fine home cookin' to me.
 
ugh, too bad for her, but honestly IMO she's kind of a nasty player that I just don't like. Could be a great kid off the court, who knows. Regardless, South Carolina is so deep they could lose 2-3 more players and probably still be contenders.
 
TCU is going to upset a lot of people because they have one of the tallest gifted players in Prince, and they have a wealth of talent on the perimeter. Not so much the coaching IMO but the recruiting from the portal has paid massive dividends. Wish we were able to land some taller, more athletic guards this next off season because what we have right now is a liability when it comes to defense and our undersized and unathletic guards will find it difficult to find open looks outside against talented athletic teams. Duke for example. Just a bad matchup for us, exposed our weaknesses. Without Verhulst, at 6'1", being able to hit outside we would have been blown out. You could tell Vann was one, if not two, steps too slow against their defenders, and Tot and Keys were just too short and unable to get off shots. Williams was a turnover bug, as last season, so that really left us with beers and Verhulst as scoring options. We need to step up our defensive intensity on the perimeter for teams like Louisville and Michigan are going to have career nights against us as Duke's guards did.
So, I have been wondering why we do not seem to screen for Sky or Lexy, they are great 3 point shooters. Peyton and Sahara are usually able to get good looks, but not the other two. It seems that Tot may be getting open in the last couple of games so maybe not as important to screen for her. Realize there may be a reason these screens aren't happening but some teams have really shut Lexy down on the three and Sky too. Playing with Reagan seems to change Sky's game. I am wondering she could do different underneath the basket, or if there is just too much height around the basket from both teams. Sky made shots last year around the basket that I didn't feel she could really see the basket but she put it in ..up and over taller players. She is still getting good rebounds and setting up plays. I really enjoy her game.
WELL, I enjoy the team and still feel they have not hit their stride.
 
South Carolina beat Texas 67-50…USC was ahead by as many as 21 and Texas never threatened.
 
yeah, I watched that one and I'm very concerned about our game against SC coming up. Texas doesn't turn the ball over as much as we do, AND they play much better defense. Granted, they don't shoot the 3 ball as well as we can, but if we don't play much better than we have, it could be one of those 30 point blowouts we've been fortunate to avoid for some time! fingers crossed Beers is healthy and can play!
 
Joens should play ahead of keys. Joens is much better off the bounce, and with keys struggling maybe it’s time to make the change.
 
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