bballnut90
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When I first saw the brackets, I thought it was a lock for a Notre Dame-Maryland bloodbath in the Elite 8. I'm truly amazed neither team is here. I think this game is going to come down to which Stanford team shows up. Last night they played masterful basketball. Sniezak was sensational at the point, Samuelson was hot and McCall had the best game of her career. I've only seen 2-3 Stanford games all year, but their offense was ridiculous last night. They had 2 losses earlier this year where they scored just 31 and 36 points, and they put up 90 points last night against a really really good Notre Dame team. McCall looks leaps and bounds better than she did a season ago. She is on quite a tear, she has 20+ in 5 of her last 6 games, and the only game she didn't put up 20, she had 14/10 in a blowout win. The key for Stanford will be tempo. If they can play the game at their pace, get good ball movement and McCall has a big night, it's their game to lose.
For Washington, their big three of Plum, Walton and Osahor need to have very good nights. Plum doesn't need to score 30+ points but needs to play efficiently. Keep turnovers low, good shot selection and get her teammates involved. Walton needs to score at least 18-20+, and Osahor needs to battle on the boards, body up McCall and stay out of foul trouble. Stanford projects to be the stronger team, but I'm excited to see the third matchup of the two teams. Both have exception wins on their resume and have weapons to knock of Tennessee or Syracuse in the Final Four.
I think Stanford wins by 8-10 in another outburst by McCall. Plum/Walton will get their points, but not efficiently and Stanford marches back to their 7th Final Four in 9 years. A very unexpected Final Four berth if they make it, huge props to Tara Vanderveer for the job she did last night and how well she builds teams.
For Washington, their big three of Plum, Walton and Osahor need to have very good nights. Plum doesn't need to score 30+ points but needs to play efficiently. Keep turnovers low, good shot selection and get her teammates involved. Walton needs to score at least 18-20+, and Osahor needs to battle on the boards, body up McCall and stay out of foul trouble. Stanford projects to be the stronger team, but I'm excited to see the third matchup of the two teams. Both have exception wins on their resume and have weapons to knock of Tennessee or Syracuse in the Final Four.
I think Stanford wins by 8-10 in another outburst by McCall. Plum/Walton will get their points, but not efficiently and Stanford marches back to their 7th Final Four in 9 years. A very unexpected Final Four berth if they make it, huge props to Tara Vanderveer for the job she did last night and how well she builds teams.