UC Davis @ Stanford (5) - 12/28/19

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[Carnac]

This game is a gross mis-match. I’ve been following #174 UC Davis (4-7) all season. There is a player on their roster from one of our local high schools that I know (and her parents).

Davis is a sub .500 team right now against competition that is not even in the same zip code as #8 Stanford. The Cardinal controls this one from the tip.

 

[WestCoast]

This game is a gross mid-match. I’ve been following Davis all season. There is a player on their roster from one of our local high schools. Davis is a sub .500 team right now against competition that is not even in the same zip code as Stanford.

This game is best described as a David v. Goliath, and David can’t find his slingshot.

I think many people said the same thing prior to Stanford's matchup with Cal Baptist last month in Victoria. However, I fully expect Stanford to win comfortably against UC-Davis in this game to further improve Carnac's all-time correct prediction percentage.

Was anybody else surprised to see Haley Jones sit so much in the second half of her team's loss to Texas? Tara will sit her star freshmen to impress upon them what they need to do to earn more minutes in her system. Not many women's programs have the depth to sit future stars and former McDonald's All-Americans like Belibi and Jones and still have their teams continue to win consistently against quality opponents.

 

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If you’re someone who doesn’t have the Pac-12 Network, this is the last time you can watch Stanford until they play Oregon in January on ESPN and Oregon again in February. That’s it.

As far as level of competition goes, it might be close to “gross” mismatch because Stanford is so tough at home. But I think UCD is a little better than their record or the metrics shows. They’ve lost some close games. My team beat them by only 9 pts at home. It felt like Minnesota dodged a bullet in that game.

Aggies hang tough in Minnesota behind Bessolo's 17 - UC Davis Athletics

MINNEAPOLIS — UC Davis trimmed a 15-point third-quarter down to just four points in the final minute, holding host Minnesota to no field goals in the final four

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Minnesota head coach Lindsay Whalen had some nice things to say about UCD.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/gophersports.com/documents/2019/12/15/10_UCD_Quotes.pdf

“Good because we won. That’s a really good team. I thought they challenged us. Obviously the difference in the game turns out to be the second quarter and these two guys right here (Gadiva Hubbard and Destiny Pitts) with their play throughout. But that's a really good team, they pushed us, and we are happy to come out with a win.”

“They are a good team. They ran some really good stuff; that's a great coach. The one thing of theirs was they made 11 3’s. We hit two of our other goals, but we wanted to run them off the line. But they run good stuff; they put you in a real bind. This will be a good video for us to watch as coaches and a team as a whole just to see how we can do better on that from here on out. I give them a lot of credit.”

 

[TheFarmFan]

Was anybody else surprised to see Haley Jones sit so much in the second half of her team's loss to Texas? Tara will sit her star freshmen to impress upon them what they need to do to earn more minutes in her system. Not many women's programs have the depth to sit future stars and former McDonald's All-Americans like Belibi and Jones and still have their teams continue to win consistently against quality opponents.

Not surprised at all. Tara prizes defense over offense, and defense often equals effort and execution, which frosh are often uneven at (esp. including Jones and Belibi). The Hull twins are some of the only frosh I can remember of recent Stanford vintage who gave 100% whenever they were on court and never relented on defense. (And obviously have continued to do so as sophomores.) In that sense, they often out-perform relative to their inherent level of talent because of how strong their motors are and how unrelenting they are on every play, every defensive assignment, and every potential rebound. I'm a big, big fan of those two.

 

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8-5 STAN a few min in

 

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19-17 STAN end of first
Hull 7 pts

 

[Kaizen]

Can someone tell Haley Jones that she should tie her long and loose flying hair? Not only it is dangerous but it also doesn't look good.

 

[Plebe]

Can someone tell Haley Jones that she should tie her long and loose flying hair? Not only it is dangerous but it also doesn't look good.

It's a classic look! (I can't pass up an opportunity to rep for Milli Vanilli)

 

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Stanford can’t seem to shake UCD just yet.
22-20 STAN

 

[Plebe]

Probably because Stanford seems content to give UCD every rebound and open looks to take treys...

ETA: We also haven't made a basket in 6 minutes. Youch.

Dang, I guess we shouldn't underestimate these California Aggies.

I've come to the conclusion that Stanford really, really needs to get Carrington and Dodson back.

 

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32-30 UCD at the half

 

[Najee76]

This game is a gross mis-match. I’ve been following UC Davis (4-7) all season. There is a player on their roster from one of our local high schools that I know (and her parents), and watched her games play all 4 years.

Davis is a sub .500 team right now against competition that is not even in the same zip code as Stanford. This game is best described as a David v. Goliath match up, and David can’t find his slingshot. Stanford controls this one from the tip. Carnac sez, unless Tara takes her foot off the gas late in the 3rd quarter, I see them winning by 30+.

"Gross mismatch"? Lmao! Keep hyping Stanford, I love it! Smh

 

[Plebe]

UC Davis is pulling a Cal Baptist and coming out on fire from 3, shooting 7-12 from the arc in the 1st half. This is a team that's been shooting 35% FG3 for the year.

Edit to add: UCD's Turner, who only averages 11 minutes per game and came into this game 6-16 on FG3 for the season, was 4 of 5 from the arc in the 1st half.

 

[TheFarmFan]

"Gross mismatch"? Lmao! Keep hyping Stanford, I love it! Smh

It is a gross mismatch in talent, no question. Whether or not that translates to execution on the court depends on whether the players would rather be enjoying Christmas break or showing up to win. Right now, it seems like the former...

 

[DefenseBB]

Hey, I see Stanford down by 4 with 4 min left in 3rd quarter...anyone watching this that can opine?

 

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40-40

 

[Kaizen]

42 - 40 Stanford comes back at 3Q ...

 

[DefenseBB]

This game is a gross mis-match. I’ve been following UC Davis (4-7) all season. There is a player on their roster from one of our local high schools that I know (and her parents), and watched her games play all 4 years.

Davis is a sub .500 team right now against competition that is not even in the same zip code as Stanford. This game is best described as a David v. Goliath match up, and David can’t find his slingshot. Stanford controls this one from the tip. Carnac sez, unless Tara takes her foot off the gas late in the 3rd quarter, I see them winning by 30+.

Oops! I guess that’s why they play the game....might want to change the Avatar to Homer Simpson and the “Doh!” Image for the next day...

 

[Plebe]

Stanford defense finally gaining some traction, gave up only 9 points in 3Q with no 3-pointers, now up by 5.

 

[eebmg]

No doubt that would help, but we still have, what, 7 McD's All-Americans? Surely one of them should be able to make a basket in now EIGHT minutes???

but only 5 can be on the court at one time.

 

[biobioprof]

In this game and the Texas game, am I the only one wondering where that Princeton offense highlighted by Fran Fraschilla went?

 

[WestCoast]

Hey, I see Stanford down by 4 with 4 min left in 3rd quarter...anyone watching this that can opine?

Very surprising that Stanford has had difficulty with this opponent. Haley Jones with a solid third quarter to give the Cardinal some cushion entering the final quarter. Tara has placed some faith today in Anna Wilson and it has paid off. Lots of pieces on that squad for Tara to insert, even without the injured Carrington and Dodson.

 

[nwhoopfan]

I've come to the conclusion that Stanford really, really needs to get Carrington and Dodson back.

I think of the two, definitely Carrington is the one they need back and playing like she did last year. That would make a tremendous difference. As of last year Dodson still hadn't come close to living up to her potential.

 

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57-50 STAN at the last media timeout.