NCAAW Hoops talk!

Green Chile · Post #201 » by **Green Chile** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 10:39 am

So excited for Michigan v Notre Dame today. Hannah and Olivia against the freshmen.

Green Chile · Post #202 » by **Green Chile** » Sun Mar 23, 2025 10:50 am

And absolutely terrified for the Heels against WVU tomorrow. Vegas agrees. They've got WVU as a 1.5 point favorite in Chapel Hill.

All the WVU-UNC beef made headlines on the men's side, but it's more impactful on the women's side (since both teams have Elite 8 potential).

WVU is a 6 seed that was never in the conversation to host, while UNC is a 3 seed. WVU is pretty much superior in about every metric that the committee would use.

We got some pissed off Mountaineers coming to town, for good reason.

Green Chile · Post #203 » by **Green Chile** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 8:10 pm

This Iowa-Oklahoma game was always pointing to be a classic.. Certainly starting out that way.

hermes · Post #204 » by **hermes** » Mon Mar 24, 2025 10:11 pm

not a great time to have our worst game of the year

thanks to all the seniors

zike_42 · Post #205 » by **zike_42** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 12:03 am

That Maryland vs Alabama game was one for the history books. Insanely good game.

zike_42 · Post #206 » by **zike_42** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 4:47 am

JuJu down and carried off the court. Oh no.

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Wingy · Post #207 » by **Wingy** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 12:05 pm

JuJu, NOOOOOO!!!!!

So disappointing for the fans and most obviously her and USC. Here’s to a healthy career moving forward.

mattg · Post #208 » by **mattg** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 1:16 pm

Absolutely sucks for JuJu and getting this injury now is horrific timing wise as she misses the rest of this season and a huge chunk of next. It's also why we can never assume that young phenoms are going to shatter records like many penciled JuJu in for as players can just get super unlucky and have something like this happen. Similar to how Paige had her amazing freshman year and then also got injured.

Hopefully she fully recovers and doesn't have issues going forward with re-injury like so many women seem to struggle with once they tear the knee up once.

Green Chile · Post #209 » by **Green Chile** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 3:22 pm

Horrible. All the injuries suck, but this one royally sucks.

jc23 · Post #210 » by **jc23** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 6:04 pm

She will probably lose her junior year but i feel confident she will be back and close to 100%.

Green Chile · Post #211 » by **Green Chile** » Tue Mar 25, 2025 9:25 pm

jc23 wrote:She will probably lose her junior year but i feel confident she will be back and close to 100%.

As W ready as she already is, I'm curious if her college career might be done.

I know she really wants to bring USC back to prominence, but she could miss all of next year and still be the #1 pick in the draft (all due respect to Booker and Hidalgo).

Under the current CBA, I think it's a lock that she'd play her senior year, but this will be under the new one. And earlier this year, Juju said she thinks college players should be able to go to the W earlier than they can now.

If she's itching to get to the W, and will be the #1 pick, it certainly doesn't seem crazy to think there's a chance she might be done with college.

Green Chile · Post #212 » by **Green Chile** » Wed Mar 26, 2025 9:26 pm

Less than 48 hours to Carolina-Duke 3.

I know most don't think much of the Heels and they kicked our butt in Durham, but we didn't have Alyssa Ustby for that game.

With all the amazing performances in the Round of 32, it was easy to miss Ustby carrying her team to the Sweet 16 in her final home game. One of the all-time great Tar Heels, of any sport.

Duke is better, and they should win. But we're going to play our ass off and play great defense. Hope Lexi, Reniya, or Lanie can get hot from 3.

Maybe this is the end for this season, but I love what Banghart has cooking and Ustby has been there for most of it. She's the epitome of UNC women's basketball right now. Tough as nails and underappreciated.

Green Chile · Post #213 » by **Green Chile** » Thu Mar 27, 2025 5:37 pm

Transfer portal is starting to hop.

Ta'Niya Latson and Cotie McMahon entering.

Post #214 » by **DOT** » Sat Mar 29, 2025 11:34 pm

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cdubbz · Post #215 » by **cdubbz** » Sun Mar 30, 2025 1:29 am

Hello all again fellas! Been M.I.A for a few months, but March Madness and the WNBA draft is coming up! Can't wait to get back into this.

Green Chile · Post #216 » by **Green Chile** » Sun Mar 30, 2025 7:45 pm

I've said all season long, and I just know it. If there's going to be a next Dawn/South Carolina, it's Kara at Duke. It kills me, but it's just true.

These programs are so similar already. Great defense (Duke just held them to 54 basically on the road). Great depth. I would say Kara is an A'ja away from becoming Dawn, but I can't say for sure that Toby won't be the player that propels the program.

Toby, Oluchi, and Jadyn are one hell of a young core, and I can see Kara building something huge from here.

Love what Banghart is building, but just as it is on the men's side, it's not as good as what Duke has cooking.

Post #217 » by **Doctor MJ** » Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:54 pm

UCLA to the Final 4...finally!

Post #218 » by **G R E Y** » Tue Apr 1, 2025 4:38 am

Crossover post with the draft thread. Interesting impact of NIL:

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zike_42 · Post #219 » by **zike_42** » Tue Apr 1, 2025 5:22 am

Geez, sad end for TCU. They scored 47 points on 26% shooting. 21 turnovers vs 12 made baskets is an insane stat. They had more fouls (14) than field goals! Even more crazy, they only lost by 11!

Green Chile · Post #220 » by **Green Chile** » Tue Apr 1, 2025 8:06 am

zike_42 wrote:Geez, sad end for TCU. They scored 47 points on 26% shooting. 21 turnovers vs 12 made baskets is an insane stat. They had more fouls (14) than field goals! Even more crazy, they only lost by 11!

Yeah, that was a bummer. I was hoping to see the HVL redemption tour continue.