Well, Staiti didn't play against them, so they're 2-0 isn't too surprising.
I have said on this thread several times Mizzou was criminally under rated. Blackwell is a no brainer 1st team all SEC. Hansen, Franks, and Williams all capable of putting up 15 on any given night
I sense that people would like to see them ranked in order to mitigate the inexcusability of that loss. This was a putrid loss and we're going to have to wear it until subsequent events wash it away. Those events will have to be impressive.
Not sure. I think good and she’s a good facilitator and plus defender. I would hope the facilitating part to be a key. I think a more creative approach to getting the ball inside would help. But if we could just take some pressure off of our three scorers it would be very helpful.
I'm really surprised Beal, Saxton and Amihere didn't develop an intermediate scoring effort. When rotating outside the zone, they rarely look to shoot.
And that’s what hurts. Just taking the shots that are open would help.
The expectation for Raven was not as a scorer. She can score, but Henny played too many minutes last year because we had no backup PG.
I personally think Ole Miss, Mizzou and Arkansas should be rated...The polls are not going to let too many SEC teams be ranked as it would only prove this is the toughest conference in the land...
That’s what I hear. I think she won like three or four state championships. One question for you though. I think she committed early but announced late didn’t she? Also was she the “big birdie” or was that Cardoso or Feagin or either?
They did beat us...so anyone who has an argument against them being ranked...state your opinion diametrically about Mizzou...
She did announce "late". DS lets commits announce in their own time. This past cycle Cooper and Watkins were in the fold for a long time before going public. Raven was the same way. As to big birdie, I don't remember/know I'm old and sleep deprived.
Their win over us on that particular occasion says more about us than about them.
One could make the argument that it is about them. Maybe just maybe, they are talented enough to compete with the heavyweights of the SEC...Will be very interesting to see how they play against LSU, UT, UGA...if they do win some of those games, what will then be your argument that their win was because of Carolina....
I'll address that when, and if, it happens - and most appropriately at the end of the SEC season. The current argument COULD BE (since we're dealing in theoretical arguments) that if they could beat us with only slightly over HALF their team, maybe THEY ought to be what you think We are and WE ought to be whatever you think THEY ought to be. Of course, I don't buy that frivolous argument, either, but there are probably some pie-eyed Mizzou fans who are thinking it and other SEC fans who are wishing it. All I know is that our team needs to step it up in the most fundamental basketball skill - putting the ball in the basket - the ultimate cure for what ails us.
Good question. Let's talk about the most important game we play: the next one.
If SEC is on 5 day protocol????? And she has had an asymptomatic case she could be cleared for the game. LONG minutes for Henny. Probably sub her around end of quarter and mid quarter TOs.
Sigh. You have posted more on this loss than you have posted all season. Those posts during the season were requests for info mainly. Not a positive post this season....... it's not like you had to look hard.........6 wins over top 15 teams, marvelous play by Boston, destroying our in state rival, great crowds and a top 5 recruiting class. It appears you are a vulture looking for bad news.... As Coach Beamer said "find some joy"
There's only one conceivable joyous outcome for this ballyhooed team and you and I both know what that is.
The dime store queen got where she got for a reason.I really hate how Mulkey has her guards takes charges on opposing bigs, away from the ball, in transition. I get it. It's within the rules. Doesn't mean I have to like it. Hope Aliyah pays attention and doesn't pick up a cheap foul.
btw, what the hell is Mulkey wearing??
A #1 ranked team gets everyone's best shot. Of course they will be fired up and ready.
I think part of the reason for his negative behavior is that he loudly and repeatedly said this team was the greatest assemblage of talent ever in WBB and there was no doubt that we would go undefeated. Many of us pointed out that this was both naive and uneducated about the history of the sport and the talented teams abounding this year. But you know him, he’s always right and when he is not he comes up with denials, lame excuses or contorted self deluding “logic”. 5...4...3...2...1....
It's called flexibility, nimbleness, or adroitness. But all that aside, I still think this is the greatest team in the history of women's basketball when all the parts are there; I still believe we should never lose a game; I still believe that nothing short of the national championship will constitute success for this team.
Most women wipe off their makeup. Occasionally you run into one who chisels it off.It should be an interesting fashion faceoff between the two head coaches Thursday.
Fluke, anomaly, statistical error, the planets aligned, The Basketball Gods were angry at our hubris, they just had a night. Pick your description. It will be the highlight of their year and a blip on our season.
A "few people" could be Amihere and Thompson, who missed the last game due to being in protocol. Or it could be someone else. Trying to keep Mulkey guessing as long as possible. She'll have the Baton Rouge airport staked out, no doubt.
