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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 6, 2023 13:10:56 GMT -8
USC started the season with a nice win over Ohio St. Highly touted Fr. Juju Watkins debuted w/ an efficient 32 points. Rayah Marshall had 18 points/17 rebounds.
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Post by rgeorge on Nov 6, 2023 13:17:15 GMT -8
USC started the season with a nice win over Ohio St. Highly touted Fr. Juju Watkins debuted w/ an efficient 32 points. Rayah Marshall had 18 points/17 rebounds. And, that was the #7 ranked tOSU. Injuries are always a factor, but when I was seeing the recruiting/portal info come thru the summer it appeared to me the Pac12 championship probably comes out of LA. There are two very talented teams in that city this season.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 6, 2023 14:31:51 GMT -8
USC started the season with a nice win over Ohio St. Highly touted Fr. Juju Watkins debuted w/ an efficient 32 points. Rayah Marshall had 18 points/17 rebounds. And, that was the #7 ranked tOSU. Injuries are always a factor, but when I was seeing the recruiting/portal info come thru the summer it appeared to me the Pac12 championship probably comes out of LA. There are two very talented teams in that city this season. Possible. Utah were co-champs last year and I don't think they're going away. Return just about everybody. Will be a different kind of team in Palo Alto. Some years Tara has worked wonders when expectations weren't as high. Close has to prove it. She's had talent before, hasn't won a conference title so far. Not sure about Gottlieb either. Should be an interesting race. Colorado might be a dark horse contender. Damn shame this is the last time for the Pac as we know it, or maybe the last time period.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 6, 2023 15:19:40 GMT -8
Speaking of Utah, I just found out something quite surprising. Jeff Judkins is part of their coaching staff now. He was the head coach at BYU for 20+ years. He had a good tenure there, I'm sure he wasn't forced out, so I assumed he retired. Apparently he didn't.
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Post by beaverwbb fan on Nov 6, 2023 15:43:47 GMT -8
Speaking of Utah, I just found out something quite surprising. Jeff Judkins is part of their coaching staff now. He was the head coach at BYU for 20+ years. He had a good tenure there, I'm sure he wasn't forced out, so I assumed he retired. Apparently he didn't. I saw a tweet a few weeks ago noting that he was forced out. Pretty bizarre, especially considering how strong they were in his last few years.
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Post by jimbob on Nov 6, 2023 15:49:44 GMT -8
USC started the season with a nice win over Ohio St. Highly touted Fr. Juju Watkins debuted w/ an efficient 32 points. Rayah Marshall had 18 points/17 rebounds. If anyone is interested in scouting the future opposition here are some of Juju's highlights from that game---She is an athletic 6'2" with good body control and also a good passer for a freshman:
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 6, 2023 16:05:32 GMT -8
Mississippi Valley St. gave Utah all they could handle...for the first quarter. Utes ran them out of the building in Q2. Pili has 26 points at halftime, on only 7 FGA. Refs are reffing like crazy, 30 fouls called already. Mostly in Utah's favor, they have a ton of FTA.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 6, 2023 16:09:24 GMT -8
Wow, JuJu looks smooth. Rice came into UCLA with a ton of hype last year. She was good, but she didn't live up to her reputation I didn't think. It's only 1 game, but Watkins looks like she could be everything they said she is.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 6, 2023 17:05:51 GMT -8
Colorado-LSU is UGLY. Buffs hanging in there.
Washington St. is having some problems w/ Cal Poly.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 6, 2023 17:06:58 GMT -8
Miss. Valley St. scored 24 in Q1 against Utah, 21 combined the next 3 quarters. Utes crushed them by 60. And that was with no Pili in the 2nd half (poked in the eye).
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 6, 2023 17:28:48 GMT -8
Sherrod struggled early for Colorado, but she took over Q2. Buffs up 6 at halftime. Vonleh is holding her own against Angel Reese. Loved seeing the pained expression on Shaq's face as CU was going on a run.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 6, 2023 18:21:55 GMT -8
Colorado is up big midway thru Q4. Forman and Vonleh are wrecking LSU.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 6, 2023 18:23:06 GMT -8
Washington St. ended up winning fairly easily, and that was with Leger-Walker struggling. Looks like everybody else in the Pac 12 is taking care of business.
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Post by lebaneaver on Nov 6, 2023 18:54:58 GMT -8
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Post by rmancarl on Nov 7, 2023 12:18:18 GMT -8
Pac-12 looks tough early. Great wins for USC & Colorado. UCLA demolished Purdue. Looks like it is going to be a very tough league in it's final season.
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