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Post by 02beav on Nov 23, 2023 13:48:55 GMT -8
Wazzu beat Maryland by 20 today. Of course everybody is hammering the Terps this year. Leger-Walker had a triple double. I hate to say it but looking at the PAC 12 schedule for the beavs, 5-15 to 7-13 is about what I came with for expectations and trying to be objective. Our edge in any of these games will always be Reagan and I think she'll keep us in games. Our outside shooting is a concern. I like the team, seems like great kids, competitive kids, coaches doing a nice job with them. The league is loaded though and we're lacking legit perimeter scoring. The non league schedule will likely have those issues go unnoticed because our guards are plenty good enough to beat the low level teams we're playing. Hoping to be proven wrong.
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Post by beaverwbb fan on Nov 23, 2023 15:31:16 GMT -8
Wazzu beat Maryland by 20 today. Of course everybody is hammering the Terps this year. Leger-Walker had a triple double. I hate to say it but looking at the PAC 12 schedule for the beavs, 5-15 to 7-13 is about what I came with for expectations and trying to be objective. Our edge in any of these games will always be Reagan and I think she'll keep us in games. Our outside shooting is a concern. I like the team, seems like great kids, competitive kids, coaches doing a nice job with them. The league is loaded though and we're lacking legit perimeter scoring. The non league schedule will likely have those issues go unnoticed because our guards are plenty good enough to beat the low level teams we're playing. Hoping to be proven wrong. OSU has been shooting pretty well from outside (30-79, .380) and is currently fourth in the Pac-12. We really need Adlee and Talia to shoot it better, though. With teams like UCLA and Stanford, while Raegan will still be effective, we’ll need a much more balanced attack (and clearly Talia knows this).
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Post by Werebeaver on Nov 23, 2023 17:57:07 GMT -8
Watching #12 Texas (with Taylor Jones) vs ASU. Neither team looks particularly impressive even though Texas is up by 17 at the half 40-23.
Taylor has 2 pts, 2 rebounds and 2 fouls.
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Post by Werebeaver on Nov 23, 2023 19:09:12 GMT -8
Watching #12 Texas (with Taylor Jones) vs ASU. Neither team looks particularly impressive even though Texas is up by 17 at the half 40-23. Taylor has 2 pts, 2 rebounds and 2 fouls. Texas opens it up in the 2nd half. Wins by 42, 84-42. ASU looked a little lost out there.
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Post by 02beav on Nov 23, 2023 19:31:43 GMT -8
I hate to say it but looking at the PAC 12 schedule for the beavs, 5-15 to 7-13 is about what I came with for expectations and trying to be objective. Our edge in any of these games will always be Reagan and I think she'll keep us in games. Our outside shooting is a concern. I like the team, seems like great kids, competitive kids, coaches doing a nice job with them. The league is loaded though and we're lacking legit perimeter scoring. The non league schedule will likely have those issues go unnoticed because our guards are plenty good enough to beat the low level teams we're playing. Hoping to be proven wrong. OSU has been shooting pretty well from outside (30-79, .380) and is currently fourth in the Pac-12. We really need Adlee and Talia to shoot it better, though. With teams like UCLA and Stanford, while Raegan will still be effective, we’ll need a much more balanced attack (and clearly Talia knows this). 38% against awful teams though (exception Villanova). Shooters aren't getting wide open looks in PAC 12 games. I agree Talia, Adlee, Lily are all very capable 3 point shooters that don't need much space so there is hope.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 23, 2023 19:56:52 GMT -8
Watching #12 Texas (with Taylor Jones) vs ASU. Neither team looks particularly impressive even though Texas is up by 17 at the half 40-23. Taylor has 2 pts, 2 rebounds and 2 fouls. In their previous game she had 25 points on 12-16 shooting to go along w/ 8 rebounds and 5 blocks.
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Post by grayman on Nov 23, 2023 20:02:47 GMT -8
What the Beavers really need is a consistent No. 2 scorer behind Beers. That's one problem with trying to figure out the best combinations, etc. It doesn't allow a lot of time for any one player to get on a roll so one game it's Rees, another Hunter, another TVO, another Gardiner. It would be nice to see Gardiner be able to take on this role with the team. She definitely has the skill set.
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Post by Werebeaver on Nov 23, 2023 20:07:57 GMT -8
Watching #12 Texas (with Taylor Jones) vs ASU. Neither team looks particularly impressive even though Texas is up by 17 at the half 40-23. Taylor has 2 pts, 2 rebounds and 2 fouls. In their previous game she had 25 points on 12-16 shooting to go along w/ 8 rebounds and 5 blocks. She’s off to a good start. Nice to see her free of all that shoulder bandaging she had to wear at OSU. I hope she’s all healed-up.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 23, 2023 21:26:54 GMT -8
In their previous game she had 25 points on 12-16 shooting to go along w/ 8 rebounds and 5 blocks. She’s off to a good start. Nice to see her free of all that shoulder bandaging she had to wear at OSU. I hope she’s all healed-up. Agreed. I haven't followed her closely, but it definitely appears she's had more success post-OSU than Kennedy Brown has.
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Post by beaverwbb fan on Nov 24, 2023 5:04:06 GMT -8
She’s off to a good start. Nice to see her free of all that shoulder bandaging she had to wear at OSU. I hope she’s all healed-up. Agreed. I haven't followed her closely, but it definitely appears she's had more success post-OSU than Kennedy Brown has. Jones has been really good this year, but Texas has played anxeven worse non-conference schedule than OSU (surprised rgeorge didn’t mention this!). However I’d expect her to have a very good year on a very good Texas team after finally being healthy. Texas is missing two good bigs who should return soon. Watched Brown against Stanford and thought “she hasn’t improved her offensive game at all.” Of course she was playing Cameron Brink, but she’s shooting 39.4% this year.
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Post by rmancarl on Nov 24, 2023 11:23:13 GMT -8
Had you asked me before the season if for one season the Beavs could have Kennedy back, or they could get Kelsey Rees, I would have gone with Brown. It's early, but right now, it looks like I would have made a bad choice. Addy Brown is off to a good start at Iowa State, and now looks like the better sister. I always had high hopes for Kennedy. Perhaps she'll finish strong this year.
By the way, I noticed that Duke lost to Davidson, and thought that was surprising, but then noticed that Davidson also beat Wake Forest and hung pretty tough with North Carolina, before losing by 4.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 24, 2023 13:39:01 GMT -8
Had you asked me before the season if for one season the Beavs could have Kennedy back, or they could get Kelsey Rees, I would have gone with Brown. It's early, but right now, it looks like I would have made a bad choice. Addy Brown is off to a good start at Iowa State, and now looks like the better sister. I always had high hopes for Kennedy. Perhaps she'll finish strong this year. By the way, I noticed that Duke lost to Davidson, and thought that was surprising, but then noticed that Davidson also beat Wake Forest and hung pretty tough with North Carolina, before losing by 4. I watched some of that Davidson-North Carolina game. Davidson really impressed me.
Duke threw a big scare into Stanford after trailing by 17 right out of the gate. They have a lot of Fr. and Sophs playing big minutes, so they'll probably be up and down.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 24, 2023 18:30:42 GMT -8
UCLA just took out UConn. Were up as much as 22 or 23, had to hold on a bit down the stretch.
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Post by Werebeaver on Nov 24, 2023 20:57:41 GMT -8
UCLA just took out UConn. Were up as much as 22 or 23, had to hold on a bit down the stretch. Always great to see Geno get kicked in the nuts.
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Post by nwhoopfan on Nov 24, 2023 22:56:55 GMT -8
Stanford won a tough game with Florida St. Brink fouled out. She's been in foul trouble most games this year. I thought she'd improved on that. I do honestly feel like she's been officiated differently than some other players her entire career. Boston at South Carolina could get away with just about anything. Refs seem to be looking for something to call against Brink. Anyway. Iriafen had a huge game. She'll be something else to deal with against Stanford this year.
Even Arizona St. picked up a decent win against previously undefeated South Florida today, and they hammered them.
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