Wednesday Links: Northwestern's Upset Special, Kevi Luper Is Pretty Good, and Sports In America
by Nate Parham on Nov 23, 2011 2:00 PM EST
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PrintA few mid-day links for you to stay caught up with the latest in women's basketball as the nation gets ready for Thanksgiving weekend (if you aren't already off to your chosen destination):
- Herman of SB Nation's Sippin' On Purple has a humorous summary of last night's upset special: Northwestern beating #23 LSU 44-43 last night in Baton Rouge. The numbers say this game was u-g-l-y without providing any sort of alibi. If it seems like people were just talking about LSU being upset, it's because they were: last week, to Tulane. Read more >>>
- John Moss of KTUL has breaking news about Oral Roberts' Kevi Luper: she "is pretty good." In addition to the nation's second-leading scorer dropping 24 points on Houston last night, she had six steals, which is just as noteworthy: she is 6th in the nation in steal percentage. Read more >>>
- David Hooper of SBN's Rocky Top Talk shook off the disappointment of Tennessee losing to Virginia to offer his analysis of the implications. The major takeaway: "you just can't expect a team to magically play halfcourt when they've spent the last three years avoiding it." Read more >>>
- Matt Sussman of Hustle Belt has brief recaps of MAC scores, including a men's/women's sweep for Bowling Green over Detroit. Read more >>>
- USF traveled to UC Davis and suffered a 64-50 loss despite six threes from Katy Keating. With the win, UC Davis moves to 5-0 on the season. Read more >>>
- Scott M. Johnson of The Herald reports on the Washington Huskies - one of UC Davis' victims - preparing for a weekend in Southern California for a few holiday games. He notes the difference in approach to the road trip by former coach Tia Jackson and new coach Kevin McGuff. But it's also worth noting that, to some extent, the bonding worked for Jackson in the 2009-10 season when the team came back from a road trip and played rather well. Read more >>>
- Fast Model Sports has a new Maryland play up today, this time breaking down a beautiful backdoor play to set up a center for a basket. Last night, senior center Lynetta Kizer stepped up for 25 points on 8-11 shooting in a 94-71 win against St. Joseph's. Read more >>>
- Sports Illustrated and HBO are launching their "Sports In America: Our Defining Stories", which aims to examine how sports shape the character of U.S. society. They are now taking submissions for people's most memorable sporting events. Cool concept, look forward to this unfolding. Read more >>>
No links tomorrow as it is Thanksgiving, but enjoy your holiday and leave a link to spread some women's basketball cheer if you so choose.
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No problem man.
Been enjoying your work – we’re gonna try to get more Big Ten coverage this year, but it’s always nice to know someone else is following the conference.
Northwestern is off to a pretty good start…
Twitter: @NateP_SBN.
I think people underestimated the size of the turnaround needed at LSU.
Caldwell is highly respected, but nobody’s a magician.
100% agree
I think they’re also this year’s best example of the folly of putting too much stock into preseason rankings – there’s way too much change in college basketball year-to-year for anyone to put together an accurate ranking of the top 25 schools.
Twitter: @NateP_SBN.
Northwestern beating #23 LSU 44-43 last night in Baton Rouge. The numbers say this game was u-g-l-y without providing any sort of alibi.
An ugly, unwatchable game involving a team coached by Nikki Caldwell?!?
So glad she’s going to be driving SEC fans mad from now on.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
The thing is, 44-43 is not an uncommon game for LSU over the last few years.
It’s been a team without any real offensive potential, and is in a similar boat to UCLA when she took over there – less talent than the neighbors. Not saying she’ll be a wizard, but it’ll be hard to judge her in the opening month.
by David Hooper on Nov 24, 2011 10:17 AM EST up reply actions
I’m just bitter because I attended a game between Cal and UCLA that had a halftime score of 14-8. Nikki Caldwell had plenty of talent on that team but that didn’t stop her from coaching it into a slog (admittedly, Joanne Boyle was just as willing to set back basketball a few decades with her.)
She’s a great coach, but she’s torture for opposing fans.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
From the looks of it...
Boyle has taken on more of a defensive mindset at UVA too…
I liked Streaking the Lawn’s suggestion that she’d been getting tips from another former Pac-10 coach responsible for torturing opposing fans: Tony Bennett.
Twitter: @NateP_SBN.
And it would appear you can watch those games online here:
http://www.goseawolves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205152281
…for a small fee of course…
Twitter: @NateP_SBN.
Not gonna pay that.
Still don’t understand why more people don’t go with the 30 second ad slot to foot the bills.
by David Hooper on Nov 24, 2011 2:18 PM EST up reply actions
Me neither....
I agree that they must be able to find a better way to pay for those for a sponsored tournament….particularly around Thanksgiving…when people might be inclined to make late Safeway runs…
Twitter: @NateP_SBN.
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