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Post by Judge Smails on Mar 17, 2024 17:48:54 GMT -8
Being in S. Carolina’s regional? I wouldn’t consider that part good.
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Post by Werebeaver on Mar 17, 2024 18:02:22 GMT -8
No WSU or Cal (both 18-12, 7-11)
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Post by Werebeaver on Mar 17, 2024 18:12:45 GMT -8
I’m not going to worry about a potential OSU S Carolina matchup until we get to a 4th game.
OSU goes into the tournament at full-strength with a young team that still growing into their full potential. I’m very optimistic.
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Post by greybeav on Mar 17, 2024 18:36:47 GMT -8
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Post by markarmour04 on Mar 17, 2024 18:43:44 GMT -8
I’ll be very happy with 2 wins, thrilled with 3. Beyond that is the stuff of an ESPN documentary.
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Post by greybeav on Mar 17, 2024 18:44:11 GMT -8
I hope some of you were there, not me this year:
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Post by rgeorge on Mar 17, 2024 18:44:16 GMT -8
If I'm a USC fan, play, coach I'm pretty happy about the draw, bracket.
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Post by greybeav on Mar 17, 2024 18:47:00 GMT -8
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Post by grayman on Mar 17, 2024 19:40:09 GMT -8
I haven't seen EWU play this season but Rueck mentioned Arizona State transfer Jamie Loera (point guard) as a key player for the Eagles. A check of the season stats show that the top four scorers are guards. My general impression is that they will not really have an answer as far as defending Beers inside and probably will also struggle with Timea and even Rees could cause them problems with her height advantage. It probably comes down to slowing down their guard production and getting Beers going early on and hitting open perimeter shots, which is sometimes easier said than done for this team.
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Post by Werebeaver on Mar 17, 2024 19:46:17 GMT -8
That young lady has some star power.
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Post by sewingbeaver on Mar 17, 2024 19:52:38 GMT -8
Games at Gill will be Friday & Sunday
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Post by ag87 on Mar 17, 2024 19:57:03 GMT -8
That young lady has some star power. I think it's easier for women to come off as confident as opposed to cocky compared to men. But DHunter has the "it" factor. She reminds me of Sydney McLaughlin. She's fierce, beautiful, a tremendous athlete, and just someone you want to be around.
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Post by ffymdr123 on Mar 17, 2024 19:59:31 GMT -8
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Post by bvrbooster on Mar 17, 2024 20:38:19 GMT -8
EWU lost by two points to the Zags in November, then later by eight to Cal. Closer to home, they thumped PSU by 24. The Beavs should definitely win this one, but EWU is not to be overlooked for sure. And sorry, but (me) as a New Yorker, why can't a national-level sports announcer on ESPN properly pronounce Albany? It's ALL-bany, not AL-bany (like the guy's name AL). I cringed the first time she hacked it at the top of the hour, but worse, no one corrected her - producers use that IFB earpiece where they can talk to the TV announcers during the show. She went on to hack the pronunciation at least five more times, so I guess pronunciation accuracy didn't matter to those in charge. I'm sure that many Oregonians noticed too, given that Albany, Oregon is pronounced the same as Albany, New York. Well, at least she didn't say Ore-GON - she got that one right instead.
My spouse just informed me that later in the show she did correct it, but still...
That show originated from ESPN's facilities in Bristol, Connecticut, a state that borders New York. Since Albany is the capital of New York, everybody in Bristol hears it said several times per week or more. It is pretty astounding that, since the announcers were going to be saying Albany and Portland throughout the show, they could let that happen. Since we might be playing Notre Dame in the 3rd round, a story about their equivalent to Ron Callan. We played them several years ago in some tournament in Vancouver, BC, and the games were broadcast on some pay per view option that was pretty bad. They used Notre Dame's guy, and, even though we had played them previously, he couldn't be bothered to learn proper pronunciations of names. He continually referred to our coach as Scott Ruck (rhymes with luck0, Mikayla Pivec was Pie-vec, and Joanna Grymek was Gry (like pie)-mek. He did it for the entire game - just completely unprofessional.
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Post by beaverstever on Mar 17, 2024 22:20:03 GMT -8
This is looking WAY ahead but I was just realizing that Tvo was the only current player that was part of the South Carolina loss. Of course Aleah was in that game as well. It's interesting to look back at that game and see how it was really their athleticism that made the difference. If we do get that far, this team is certainly better matched physically than that team was.
Not counting chickens, just imagining (and hoping) we do get to play SC again.
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