Women's Hoops Ranking/Seed Thread

[Bullumni]

4 of those 6 loses came from playing Uconn x2, US (we beat them first time around), Tulane (#3 in our conference), and Tulsa (#4 in our conference).  It was a hard fought game, and they totally out hustled us in the first half.  ECU also came in to the game 7-2 in their last 9 games beating Tulane (see above).  So ECU was never going to be a cake walk.  How is that for interesting!

[USFBulls12]

4 of those 6 loses came from playing Uconn x2, US (we beat them first time around), Tulane (#3 in our conference), and Tulsa (#4 in our conference). It was a hard fought game, and they totally out hustled us in the first half. ECU also came in to the game 7-2 in their last 9 games beating Tulane (see above). So ECU was never going to be a cake walk. How is that for interesting!

The difference in the game was not all about how tough they played us. The real difference was how poorly we shot the ball for a long duration of the game. This wasn't because of tough defense for the most part as we were missing way too many layups and open shots. If we made just one additional open shot earlier in the game is the difference between win and loss. BUT we had MANY opportunities to make more than just 1 shot we would normally make. This game was extremely sloppy and the result was appropriate. I just feel bad that Courtney's fantastic effort to take control of the game for USF turned up an empty result.

Edited February 16, 2015 by USFBulls12

[charsibb]

As long as we're wishing, I just wish she had found that spark in the first half, so we could have cruised to an easy win.

[DELdaBull]

Boom goes the dynamite.

[Danm1983]

Tuned in for last 10 minutes of the 2nd half - didn't realize they were on TV and don't catch them often. Williams did her thing as usual it seems, but does the rest of the team suck that bad or was this a bad day? Some really sloppy play in the end, just not reminiscent of what I hear/read about this team, and does Williams always carry this team, or was this more of her going beast mode because of the need for a comeback? Tough loss, at least it's on the road. Just sucks they spent 3+ months kicking ass just to get a #25 ranking and now they'll likely be lucky to get a few receiving votes..

[USFBulls12]

Tuned in for last 10 minutes of the 2nd half - didn't realize they were on TV and don't catch them often. Williams did her thing as usual it seems, but does the rest of the team suck that bad or was this a bad day? Some really sloppy play in the end, just not reminiscent of what I hear/read about this team, and does Williams always carry this team, or was this more of her going beast mode because of the need for a comeback? Tough loss, at least it's on the road. Just sucks they spent 3+ months kicking ass just to get a #25 ranking and now they'll likely be lucky to get a few receiving votes..

The rest of the team usually does better than this, it was a combo of worst case bad luck and a good showing by ECU on the defensive end, including rebounding. Williams is usually the team leader, now at a nation-leading 10 straight games of 20+ points per game. But she was certainly in beast mode the last 8 minutes or so. She absolutely did not want to lose and you can see it on her face. Can you imagine if she was capable of playing like that for all 40 minutes? Non-stop beast mode. She could quite possibly have a 50+ point game. She can score at will on most occasions. A lot of the time she's trying to involve her teammates. She essentially brought the team back from a 15 point deficit by herself.

Edited February 16, 2015 by USFBulls12

[DELdaBull]

Because we are USF we can't have nice things.

[CousinRicky]

 

Tuned in for last 10 minutes of the 2nd half - didn't realize they were on TV and don't catch them often. Williams did her thing as usual it seems, but does the rest of the team suck that bad or was this a bad day? Some really sloppy play in the end, just not reminiscent of what I hear/read about this team, and does Williams always carry this team, or was this more of her going beast mode because of the need for a comeback? Tough loss, at least it's on the road. Just sucks they spent 3+ months kicking ass just to get a #25 ranking and now they'll likely be lucky to get a few receiving votes..

The rest of the team usually does better than this, it was a combo of worst case bad luck and a good showing by ECU on the defensive end, including rebounding. Williams is usually the team leader, now at a nation-leading 10 straight games of 20+ points per game. But she was certainly in beast mode the last 8 minutes or so. She absolutely did not want to lose and you can see it on her face. Can you imagine if she was capable of playing like that for all 40 minutes? Non-stop beast mode. She could quite possibly have a 50+ point game. She can score at will on most occasions. A lot of the time she's trying to involve her teammates. She essentially brought the team back from a 15 point deficit by herself.

 

 

Just a bit more about this.  Usually one of either Tamara Taylor or Laura Ferreira has a good shooting day from 3 point area.  Neither shot well from outside yesterday.  That is unusual.  As Bulls12 said, Courtney tries to get others involved.  Passes into Kate down low usually result in a turnover.  It is the rare occasion when the pass connects, Kate catches the ball and then makes the shot.  IMO in tough/close games those passes would be better left unattempted and let Court take the shot herself.

[Dogma]

 

 

Tuned in for last 10 minutes of the 2nd half - didn't realize they were on TV and don't catch them often. Williams did her thing as usual it seems, but does the rest of the team suck that bad or was this a bad day? Some really sloppy play in the end, just not reminiscent of what I hear/read about this team, and does Williams always carry this team, or was this more of her going beast mode because of the need for a comeback? Tough loss, at least it's on the road. Just sucks they spent 3+ months kicking ass just to get a #25 ranking and now they'll likely be lucky to get a few receiving votes..

The rest of the team usually does better than this, it was a combo of worst case bad luck and a good showing by ECU on the defensive end, including rebounding. Williams is usually the team leader, now at a nation-leading 10 straight games of 20+ points per game. But she was certainly in beast mode the last 8 minutes or so. She absolutely did not want to lose and you can see it on her face. Can you imagine if she was capable of playing like that for all 40 minutes? Non-stop beast mode. She could quite possibly have a 50+ point game. She can score at will on most occasions. A lot of the time she's trying to involve her teammates. She essentially brought the team back from a 15 point deficit by herself.

 

 

Just a bit more about this.  Usually one of either Tamara Taylor or Laura Ferreira has a good shooting day from 3 point area.  Neither shot well from outside yesterday.  That is unusual.  As Bulls12 said, Courtney tries to get others involved.  Passes into Kate down low usually result in a turnover.  It is the rare occasion when the pass connects, Kate catches the ball and then makes the shot.  IMO in tough/close games those passes would be better left unattempted and let Court take the shot herself.

 

 

That's been my impression about Weber.

She seems very slow when it comes to attempting any offense, and her rebounding effort needs improvement.

Many times passes to her end up being turnovers. 

 

However she is rather imposing on D due to size.  And even more importantly, she isn't easy pushed around.  I've seem many centers rely solely on height/size but are so weak/easy pushed that they are completely ineffective.  She does help deflect many shot attempts.

 

She's a true sophomore and I've heard a bit that she's been sick and injured most of the season, including during preseason practices... so I wonder how much that has affected her playing.

 

I've been wondering what happened to Vuletic?  She's the team's senior center, and looking at her stats, she basically hasn't played at all (only a minute each in two games during the Paradise Jam tournament.)  Based on this year and her stats last year, did she just not pan out?

[CousinRicky]

 

 

 

Tuned in for last 10 minutes of the 2nd half - didn't realize they were on TV and don't catch them often. Williams did her thing as usual it seems, but does the rest of the team suck that bad or was this a bad day? Some really sloppy play in the end, just not reminiscent of what I hear/read about this team, and does Williams always carry this team, or was this more of her going beast mode because of the need for a comeback? Tough loss, at least it's on the road. Just sucks they spent 3+ months kicking ass just to get a #25 ranking and now they'll likely be lucky to get a few receiving votes..

The rest of the team usually does better than this, it was a combo of worst case bad luck and a good showing by ECU on the defensive end, including rebounding. Williams is usually the team leader, now at a nation-leading 10 straight games of 20+ points per game. But she was certainly in beast mode the last 8 minutes or so. She absolutely did not want to lose and you can see it on her face. Can you imagine if she was capable of playing like that for all 40 minutes? Non-stop beast mode. She could quite possibly have a 50+ point game. She can score at will on most occasions. A lot of the time she's trying to involve her teammates. She essentially brought the team back from a 15 point deficit by herself.

 

 

Just a bit more about this.  Usually one of either Tamara Taylor or Laura Ferreira has a good shooting day from 3 point area.  Neither shot well from outside yesterday.  That is unusual.  As Bulls12 said, Courtney tries to get others involved.  Passes into Kate down low usually result in a turnover.  It is the rare occasion when the pass connects, Kate catches the ball and then makes the shot.  IMO in tough/close games those passes would be better left unattempted and let Court take the shot herself.

 

 

That's been my impression about Weber.

She seems very slow when it comes to attempting any offense, and her rebounding effort needs improvement.

Many times passes to her end up being turnovers. 

 

However she is rather imposing on D due to size.  And even more importantly, she isn't easy pushed around.  I've seem many centers rely solely on height/size but are so weak/easy pushed that they are completely ineffective.  She does help deflect many shot attempts.

 

She's a true sophomore and I've heard a bit that she's been sick and injured most of the season, including during preseason practices... so I wonder how much that has affected her playing.

 

I've been wondering what happened to Vuletic?  She's the team's senior center, and looking at her stats, she basically hasn't played at all (only a minute each in two games during the Paradise Jam tournament.)  Based on this year and her stats last year, did she just not pan out?

 

 

She's injured and out for the year.  Graduates this year and won't be back with the team next year.