Thanks for the explanation. I was kind of curious to see the Iowa fans perspective on the situation but, like you said, fans can take things to a whole different level sometimes. Plus, with players doing all of this flopping these days, every little touch or bump is dang near cause for a review.
Exactly. Conversely, there are fans who think Clark gets away with a lot of push offs and acting. Everyone has their perspective, however some are a little more over the top than others.
I think I saw there's a double header. Maryland vs Michigan then OSU vs Indiana, both on the Big Ten network
Your welcome and apologies for my curmudgeon-like tone. I'm not a fan of transferring high schools for prep ball reasons, especially considering her situation. She was with a good program at Lincoln Prep, which is run by Kia Nurse's father. She then attended Webb for 2 years and returned to Canada to play at King's Christian. As she had already committed to Maryland before returning to Canada, the move has been a headscratcher to me.
Thanks again. In the 2023 class for the Terps, they signed two other 6'1" players in Riley Nelson (an All American) and 6'1" Emily Fischer who will be first team all state and maybe Illinois state player of the year. Those two young ladies will be Summer's main competition.
Agreed, Bone Dog.
We'll see. They still have to play Iowa twice. Defending Czinano and Clark will be a handful for them. I hope one of them can reach the Final 4 this season.
Michigan is a perplexing team. There turnover issue drives me batty as they're usually due to overdribbling or panicking. For the number of articles talking about how they've built a culture and have improved since Naz graduated, I don't see it when I see a game like this.
Yes, they will be a handful, but I believe Indiana has more balance as a team in comparison to Iowa. Holmes and Czinano, cancel each other out, unless one gets into foul trouble. I think Indiana's guards also have an advantage over Iowa when you look at Garzon, Moore-McNeil and Scalia coming off the bench. The defensive match ups will be very entertaining.
Last year, IU was a good team that just ran into UConn at the wrong moment. They looked ready for the Elite Eight. But the crazy seeding because of Paige’s injury had us as a #2 and IU suffered for it. Could they have won against NC St or ND? Maybe.
No doubt there is some great basketball being played in the Big10 this year but maybe on Jan27 the Big10 has 7, but by the end of the year only 6 will clearly be "in" the NCAAT-Indiana, tOSU, Iowa, Maryland, Mich and Nebraska. The currently slipping fast Illinois has 8 games left and are only favored in 3 including Sunday's game @ Rutgers which is essentially a toss up (66-63). A 19-10 Illinois and a >#51 rating will leave them on the outside.
I'm with u on Michigan. I've watched them a lot and they are pretty up and down. I'm big on Leigha Brown but I wonder if playing point guard takes a toll on her, no different from last year for Stanford we saw increased turnovers for Haley Jones. Yesterday her and the rest of the team seemed to continuously pick up there dribble and force passes.