Womens : Bama - Sat 12/21 1:15 PM Baller
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Been checking in from time to time, but just got home and finally able to listen down the stretch. Looks like Spiders are doing well on the boards, but turnovers are again a bit of an issue....–6 margin on those.
Four Spiders have 10 points each. 58–55 Tide.
Edit: Doogan 3 ties it up, and then the Tide big picks up her 4th foul.
Four Spiders have 10 points each. 58–55 Tide.
Edit: Doogan 3 ties it up, and then the Tide big picks up her 4th foul.
Spiders led by 1 with 2:10 to go. But Alabama outscored us 11-3 from there. Some of that was intentional fouling to get the ball back but they made the FTs.
Disappointing since it looked like we had the game within grasp up 1 with 2 min left. Says a lot about the growth and expectations of the program when there’s a feeling of disappointment after losing to an Alabama team that will be top 25 in the country come Monday.
Would’ve loved the momentum of this win heading into conference play, but still this stretch of P5 games will prepare us well and we see what’s necessary to keep elevating our game to the next level. We finished OOC with a 9-4 record with quality wins @Temple, @Fairfield, neutral Oklahoma State, neutral Columbia.
I give our final OOC grade as an A-. An at-large is still in play but will have to likely finish with 4 or fewer losses and to top teams like George Mason, St. Joes, or Duquesne. Next up is the A10 title defense!
Would’ve loved the momentum of this win heading into conference play, but still this stretch of P5 games will prepare us well and we see what’s necessary to keep elevating our game to the next level. We finished OOC with a 9-4 record with quality wins @Temple, @Fairfield, neutral Oklahoma State, neutral Columbia.
I give our final OOC grade as an A-. An at-large is still in play but will have to likely finish with 4 or fewer losses and to top teams like George Mason, St. Joes, or Duquesne. Next up is the A10 title defense!
I don't think there's any real issue. The schedule has been brutal. The Temple, Fairfield, Ok State and Columbia wins will all look great at the end of the year... and were all very good in terms of resume. The Georgetown loss was a bit fluky.... and aside from that we've lost to Texas, Tennessee and Alabama. They're gonna be fine.... Alston will get her legs back which will help and aside from that, they'll keep getting better (and they're really, really good right now).
Would have been nice to win of the past 3 but I absolutely love the fact that Rousell went out and played this schedule. We have never talked about women's team on here but based on what they did last year and the start to this year, we now are.
Rousell took a moribund program that no one cared about and built into this, really outstanding work.
Rousell took a moribund program that no one cared about and built into this, really outstanding work.
8legs1dream
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the A10 schedule will feel like a walk in the park after this non-con run, which is an awesome thing to have.
There are good teams in the A 10 this year. Going to be a grind but should prepare us for March.
Our net ranking is currently 36. GMU is 41 and SJU is 42. So the regular season won't be an absolute "walk in the park."
The current net for our last three opponents:
Texas - 1
Alabama - 17
Tennessee - 21.
The current net for our last three opponents:
Texas - 1
Alabama - 17
Tennessee - 21.
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