Week 18 - March 4 to 11 (conf standings, NET, conf tourney games)

[nwhoopfan]

Marshall will meet James Madison in the Sun Belt final. I think those were the top 2 seeds.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Richmond beats Rhode Island 65-51 in the A10 final. Another ticket punched.

Gutted for Tammi Reiss, but this is the best outcome. Richmond was the top A-10 team for much of the season.

 

[Plebe]

What a complete reversal in USC-Stanford.

When they played before, Juju scored 51 of her team's 67 points.

Today Stanford has solved the Juju riddle, held her to 2 points so far ... but everyone else for USC is going off. And USC getting lots of O-boards.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Stanford looking out of sorts. Watkins still not scoring, but USC doing fine without her today.

 

[BRS24]

Watkins ran up and screamed in her face, which alone should have been a technical, however that got lost amid all that ensued.

Agree. Watkins was doing a lot of "fronting" to the LSU players,

 

[BRS24]

Let's hear what Lil' Kim has to say about her "Angels". Oh I'm sure they're just playing hard, right? And there's no way that their behavior reflects poorly on Lil' Kim, right?

 

[WBBTakeover]

This...is wild! On brand for Mulkey, however.

 

[Plebe]

This...is wild! On brand for Mulkey, however.

What part of her statement do you disagree with?

For Cardoso to do what she did to a player half her size is the part that is on brand.

 

[WBBTakeover]

What part of her statement do you disagree with?

For Cardoso to do what she did to a player half her size is the part that is on brand.

How about the part where she's condoning violence--as long as it involves a bigger player and not the player who incited the violence IN THE FIRST PLACE??????? If Flau'jae didn't want to get decked by a hotheaded player, she shouldn't have been involved in the fracas. How hard is that to grasp?

I did not agree with Kamilla's act and have said that MANY TIMES.

 

[Plebe]

How about the part where she's condoning violence--as long as it involves a bigger player and not the player who incited the violence IN THE FIRST PLACE??????? If Flau'jae didn't want to get decked by a hotheaded player, she shouldn't have been involved in the fracas. How hard is that to grasp?

I did not agree with Kamilla's act and have said that MANY TIMES.

Lol she didn't "incite violence." Good lord

 

[WBBTakeover]

Lol she didn't "incite violence." Good lord

Then what did she do? Because pulling a player down intentionally and pushing another doesn't make it seem like she was interested in any peace offerings.

 

[BRS24]

Lol she didn't "incite violence." Good lord

Then what did she do? Because pulling a player down intentionally and pushing another doesn't seem she was interested in any peace offerings.

This is how I saw it -
1 - Flau'jae committed an intentional foul on Fulwiley. Refs called it.
2 - Watkins & Flau'jae bumped each other. Who did it first or more? Who knows.
3 - Cardoso pushed Flau'jae to the floor
4 - lots of other stuff happened too, however #1-3 is what lead to the kerfuffle.

 

[Vowelguy]

Wow USC looking like the PAC champs and #2 overall seed!

 

[nwhoopfan]

Wow USC looking like the PAC champs and #2 overall !

47-28 rebounding advantage. I don't think that happens to Stanford very often. 18 O boards. Marshall had 18 rebounds.

 

[JellyBean]

Way to go, USC!! Women of Troy. Upset Stanford!!

 

[Vowelguy]

Meanwhile GEORGETOWN??? Holy crap

 

[nwhoopfan]

USC-Stanford was quite physical throughout and got kind of chippy. I wasn't really seeing trash talk back and forth, and there were no bench clearing brawls in this one.

 

[Vowelguy]

47-28 rebounding advantage. I don't think that happens to Stanford very often. 18 O boards. Marshall had 18 rebounds.

As Rebecca pointed out, Stan was so focused on Juju — Iriafen and brink seemed to double team her every time she went into the paint — that they left the lane open for RBs

 

[Centerstream]

Brianna Scott, Georgetown, just fell on the court, and sadly, her screams of pain can be heard everywhere. Was hard to see what actually happened on tv. It's a close game and these refs have lost control, if they ever had it.
However, 55-46, Georgetown, final score.

 

[Plebe]

Meanwhile GEORGETOWN??? Holy crap

Their interim HC has done a great job under trying circumstances.

 

[nwhoopfan]

As Rebecca pointed out, Stan was so focused on Juju — Iriafen and brink seemed to double team her every time she went into the paint — that they left the lane open for RBs

Yeah the strategy kept Juju under control but certainly didn't work overall.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Creighton looked . I think daylights saving hurt them a bit.

 

[WBBTakeover]

Creighton looked . I think daylights saving hurt them a bit.

They're a hard team to get a read on, to be honest.

 

[Plebe]

Yeah the strategy kept Juju under control but certainly didn't work overall.

Forbes has demonstrated that she can also go off -- and she did.

Two massive factors in my view were Marshall's defense on Brink and USC's huge edge (18 to 6) on the offensive glass.

 

[Gamecockfan77]

Flaue'jae was correctly called for an intentional foul when grabbing Fulwiley's jersey. She and Watkins then got into it, and I'm not gonna judge who did it more.

Watkins said words, FJ shoved her.

...Which lead to Cardoso losing her cool, but I think the absolute scrum they were allowing inside the paint - really the whole quarter (whole game really) was the real cause.

You can't let competitors talk and bang on each other like the officials did and not expect something.

If I could have made a prop bet on South Carolina pulls ahead late and we have a bench clearing brawl I'd be rich.