Not a bad first half. Interesting to note that 18 players played. 10 for the Boilers; 8 for the Gophers. Now, can the Gophers hold their own in the third quarter? Maybe someone needs to tell Lindsey to tweak her halftime messages. (joke)
Team continues to improve...baby steps, not leaps. I liked what Scalia did offensively, getting her share of threes but going to the hoop sometimes also. Solid game for Powell despite early foul trouble. Yes, some great hustle plays by Mershon and LBK. Not much from Sconiers today, due to foul...
I'm wondering how much a conference has to do with whether a team is allowed to call it quits or not. I am sure this has been a trying year for players and coaches, but I'm wondering how the BIG would look upon a team calling it quits. Would that school then lose some BTN revenue? That may...
Powell has played a lot better the past two games after her "return" the the PG position. I agree with the thought that she sometimes gets a bit flat-footed on D. And Frink is right, she does rebound well for her size. Other random thoughts...ball movement getting better. Defense also...
A loss is a loss, but some encouraging signs against a good Maryland team. Powell had a solid game and kept her turnovers down, back playing the point. Sconiers looks like she is getting better. Smith shows some potential. And who is that high school kid? Just teasing. Katie was terrific...
I think the Gophers will eventually be able to cut down on the turnovers, especially if they end up with a 4-guard lineup. Defense, I'm not so sure. This team has been woefully bad on defense and it's going to take a lot of work to even get to average on that. Belz is right in saying that...
Good points. It should also be pointed out that some players end up in junior colleges for academic reasons. One thing I generally don't like about JC transfers is that teams usually only get a couple years out of them and that doesn't leave much time for development. Plus, they're not...
Maybe I'm too optimistic, but I think this team will get a lot better as the year progresses, if they can get enough players healthy to practice together regularly. The defense has been dreadful and you can't win games when you're turning it over at the rate the Gophers are, but there's some...
Really looking like teams are going to have to remain flexible all season in regards to when they will play their games. Admittedly, that will be a lot easier as the universities won't have to concern themselves with fans attending games. Nevertheless, it's going to be interesting. I'm a bit...
Generally not a fan of JC transfers. That being said, I thought there was a chance that she might be able to defend at the DI level. Kent Youngblood speculated that this may have been about playing time. If that's the case, then her departure is probably understandable; if that's the case...
No surprise that some similar stuff happened when she was here. I'm hoping that the U can put some systems in place to prevent this kind of treatment for athletes of any sport in the future. I'm guessing that an AD might attend practices only a handful of times during a season so it might not...
I'm guessing that Stollings will try to get some kind of settlement out of TT. The result of that may well be decided on the way the contract is written and the interpretation of the language. USA Today had a followup op-ed today which espoused that the TT AD should also be fired. I'm...
Yes, TT did the right thing, although I'm sure swallowing that large contract has to be difficult. Maybe they'll end up litigating that if there were any clauses in the contract that might put her remaining contract in question. What this came down to for me was the lack of basic human decency...
Texas Tech AD issued statement saying he'd met with remaining players and staff yesterday and that the conversation would continue. Ultimately, however, I don't know how she'll be able to keep her job and I'm a bit surprised she still has it. Is the holdup the $2 million that's have to pay her...
Wow. Thanks for locating that old article. One thing I've learned over the years whenever there are multiple accusations against someone...as they say, "If it looks like a skunk, and smells like a skunk, it's probably a skunk." Dawkins should not have been hired here. Her definition of...
A very interesting and in-depth article. As someone (Hogshead-Makar) said near the end of the article, "We need to get abusive coaches out of coaching. Period. End of story." I couldn't agree more. This crap must have been happening here when Stollings & Company were at the U. Also, I was...
Freese is a great recruiter, maybe the best in the BIG, but her ability to retain players, including some key players, is certainly questionable. She loses key players at a much higher rate than most other Top 10 program coaches.