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  1. Both our bigs (Jones and Oldacre) are transfers. I don't think it's going to be hard to sell a big next year to come here. We are going to be a title favorite and Vic has shown the ability to develop transfers. Oldacre already gives us a really high floor at the 5.
  2. LSU has been living on the edge all year. They should really have a lot more losses. This is why I was saying they would be a dream Elite 8 match-up but not even sure they will be able to hold on to a 2 seed. You can tell the way Mulkey talks that she doesn't even think this roster is that good.
  3. Our roster will be better next year but feels like this year is setting up for destiny if we can stay healthy. There isn't a dominant team and every team has some significant issues.
  4. This has to be the most overanalyzed thing about this recruitment. Her dad (Sonny) is a Longhorn fan. She lives in Lubbock but she's not a Texas Tech fan or committed to Lubbock. She almost transferred to a prep school her SR year of HS far away from Lubbock. If Chavez goes to Tech it's because of 1 reason. They gave her a NIL deal like Canady that blows everyone else out of the water.
  5. I also wonder if we do something like Houston is doing with Kellen Sampson. Keeping one of the best assistants in the country on staff by guaranteeing him the HC gig once his father retires. Probably too early for that with Blair and maybe not the route we should take but she's apparently already getting interest as a HC.
  6. Staley didn't make her first final four until year 7. First title in year 9 at South Carolina. I think we're ahead of the curve though because Vic has more resources to recruit at Texas than Staley had when she started at South Carolina.
  7. The NC State game would have been 50/50 last year even with our issues at guard if Taylor Jones was healthy. Jones had 11 points in 10 minutes against NC State. They had nobody that could stop her.
  8. I can kind of understand if Chavez picks OU. It would still be a bad decision but it's at least understandable. I don't care what Tech is offering NIL-wise. Gerlich is 23-63 in the Big 12 as a coach. She's fucking awful and if you want to sign up for a loser like that you only care about the money.
  9. 3 point shooting is the dumbest argument against this team. We don't make many 3s because we don't shoot many 3s. We're #345 in the country in 3-point attempts per game. Maybe teams should learn how to stop Oldacre/Jones in the paint and our guards in the midrange game.
  10. Sitting on the bench will send a message. Carlton was working her ass off on the defensive end and on the boards. She still does some dumb things on the offensive end but I think the message was sent. If you want to play give us effort on the defensive end and on the boards.
  11. LSU is not better than ND. LSU has been escaping with wins all year but could easily have 6 or 7 losses. Their roster is pretty limited as @Js1 noted above. They're #10 in NET which I think is a much more accurate picture of who they are. They're a 3 or 4 seed caliber team that might find a way to get a 2 seed from a couple miracle wins.
  12. true but man TCU/Prince are getting cooked on twitter. I finally read the accusations and it's bad. I've always wondered if lesbian/gay relationships are handled differently in this situation. If this were a male/female relationship the guy would 100% be suspended right now.
  13. Speaking of TCU, have the said anything about Sedona Prince yet? So much for being a Christian school with values. I guess that's the type thing you sweep under the rug when it's your best player on a top 10 team.
  14. TCU and LSU are a big drop-off from either UCONN or USC/UCLA. Luckily for us it also makes a lot more sense based on regional matchups.
  15. I think LSU is the dream draw in the Elite 8. It's probably going to make a lot of sense too based on seeding and regional match-ups. Mulkey's PC was pretty much my thoughts of this matchup. It took our worst shooting half of the season for this to even be a game. I don't think LSU matches up well with us at all.
  16. Getting one of those top 2 one seeds is something worth fighting for. Avoiding UCONN or USC/UCLA as our 2 seed is really significant. TCU, K-State, LSU, and Duke are good teams but don't think they can beat us in the Elite 8.
  17. I've watched a lot of USC and UCLA. I don't see it with either team in terms of national title chances. It's kind of crazy how accurate NET is. I think the top 4 teams are the top 4 teams in NET (UCONN, South Carolina, Texas, and Notre Dame). I've said it for a month now but I think the top 2 teams are Texas and ND. Both are completely different teams than what they were in non-conference due to changes in lineups and getting players back from injury.
  18. Rori's strength is the midrange. Rori's big issue is she's too passive at PG. Preston is much more aggressive and gets to the paint. It forces defenses to collapse and creates more looks for other players. I actually think Rori might be better at the 2. She looked comfortable coming off screens/ball movement to get to the midrange game where she's actually good.
  19. Vic talked about it a bit in the PC but yesterday was the 1st time all year that Preston ran point with Harmon at the 2. That's the lineup we used almost the entire 4th quarter. It won the game for us.
  20. Team leader in +- by a substantial margin again on Sunday was Preston at +18. It's reached a point where Preston only playing 17 minutes a game is simply a mistake. She's way too impactful to only be playing 17 minutes.
  21. Mulkey loves to play big so I get her thought process of playing Jones and Oldacre together. I don't think it makes much sense though in our context. We are already dominating teams in the paint and are arguably the best offensive rebounding team in the country. We have also played much better this year going smaller. I do kind of understand her thought process though. She's the type to just say "yeah try and stop both these big girls in the paint together."
  22. Mulkey sounds like somebody that doesn't think she has a comparable roster that can compete with us this year. She pretty much admits the 1st half was just us missing shots.
  23. USC doesn't scare me as much as other teams. Iriafen and Marshall are more athletic types that will get bullied inside by our size. Oldacre has 2 or 3 inches and 50 pounds on their starting 5.
  24. I don't think we lose to a team in the tournament unless they have a really good big. We will generate too many extra possessions via turnovers and offensive rebounds if they don't have a good big.
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