Texas Women’s Basketball 2022-2023: Get on board or get out the damn way

[perfectchaos007 6677]

KState takes out #4 Iowa. Even without Ayoka Lee, KState still has a solid team. 

[Pancho 44995]

50 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

KState takes out #4 Iowa. Even without Ayoka Lee, KState still has a solid team. 

Are they a solid team, or was Iowa highly overrated

[TexasIsBetter 275]

Kirk Ferentz was reassigned to women's basketball?

[Js1 85573]

13 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

KState takes out #4 Iowa. Even without Ayoka Lee, KState still has a solid team. 

Clark also got injured in the closing minutes. She’s probably more impactful to Iowa than Rori is for Texas

12 hours ago, Pancho said:

Are they a solid team, or was Iowa highly overrated

Probably a little of both? KSU has excellent guard play with Sundell, but nothing inside without Lee. Bigs will feast if you can get them the ball inside 

[LTtxfan 49354]

 

[LTtxfan 49354]

 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Is there going to be a free way to watch todays game against Marquette? 

[Js1 85573]

33 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Is there going to be a free way to watch todays game against Marquette? 

Lol no

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Just now, Js1 said:

Lol no

smh

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Texas' defense is apparently playing like shit

[perfectchaos007 6677]

20-14 Marquette leads after 1. Of course Rori isn't playing, but Texas still shouldn't be losing to Marquette. 

[Js1 85573]

31-28 MU at the half 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

31-28 Marquette leads at halftime. Texas shooting 29% from the field

[Js1 85573]

3 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

31-28 Marquette leads at halftime. Texas shooting 29% from the field

MU only at 32% and 12 TOs. That’s why it’s this close. Both teams blow ass at FT (7-15 and 5-10)

Edited November 19, 2022 by Js1

[Js1 85573]

JFC Shaylee fouled out in the 3rd quarter 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

42-41 Marquette after 3. 

[Js1 85573]

42-41 Marquette after 3

Just now, perfectchaos007 said:

42-41 Marquette after 3. 

12-0 win over the final 3 min 

[Js1 85573]

This team is going nowhere without Rori. 

[pacman 7371]

10 minutes ago, Js1 said:

This team is going nowhere without Rori. 

Even when she is healthy, she can't play every minute. Hope they can develop a solution.

Edited November 19, 2022 by pacman

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Shae Holle fouled out. This game is over

[ztejas 43537]

Tough night. I'm not putting much stock in this team until Rori comes back. 

[Js1 85573]

So bad 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Rori is a key player, but we should be able to beat teams like Marquette without her. This team is disjointed at the moment

[Pato del Muerto 52597]

Why did Marquette not get on board?

[Pancho 44995]

What exactly happened to Rori? I’ve never heard.

[perfectchaos007 6677]

2 minutes ago, Pancho said:

What exactly happened to Rori? I’ve never heard.

stubbed her toe. Its apparently very slow to heal. 

[Lonestar88 4700]

This team also misses Matharu.

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Gonzaga upsets #6 Louisville, so Texas will play Louisville tomorrow in the losers bracket. Texas is in real danger of starting the season 1-3, which I don't think anyone anticipated with this team before the season started.

[perfectchaos007 6677]

16-11 Louisville after the 1st quarter. This team has no chemistry whatsoever

[Js1 85573]

We are an abysmal shooting team. 

[Js1 85573]

35-34 Louisville at half 

[Pancho 44995]

I think we end up losing, but the one thing I’m walking away with is that we aren’t getting blown out by any team without Rori. We are competing. 

If we were getting demolished without Rori, I’d be concerned. 

[Js1 85573]

7 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I think we end up losing, but the one thing I’m walking away with is that we aren’t getting blown out by any team without Rori. We are competing. 

If we were getting demolished without Rori, I’d be concerned. 

A good point. We keep getting close and then we melt down. Missing Rori’s steadiness but not getting blown out. 

1-3 is still 1-3 though 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

This team is dysfunctional without Rori. Hopefully we win tomorrow and avoid finishing dead last in this Bahamas challenge, but I won’t hold my breath 

Edited November 21, 2022 by perfectchaos007

[Js1 85573]

Rutgers is awful. We should win. Coveted 7th place and shouldn’t even be ranked, to be honest. We aren’t top 25 without Rori 

Morris and Gonzales do not look comfortable. They do not get this defensive style and it shows. I’d be very very hesitant to bring in transfer guards who don’t “get” this system or didn’t play in defense oriented programs.   

Hunter is, yet again, letting this team down. I’d cut her loose at this point, as harsh as that is - she will never play meaningful minutes at Texas. Vic could have spent the summer finding a legit backup PG, not knowing Hunter would basically disappear by mid-fall and leave us with no depth. 

If Rori ain’t back by Princeton game, I’m worried. This *should* be a 2 week injury based on what I’ve read. 

[Js1 85573]

From the post-game presser, the players and Vic don't seem down.  Someone compared this to the softball team early this year - they needed time to gel with the new players, and look what happened.

Vic also mentioned Rori may have "sat her last game" but they may sit her against Rutgers - mentioned she's seeing her doctor on Wednesday and they'll do what the doctor says.  Hopefully she'll be back by Princeton. 

[TommysTinyTowels 787]

15 hours ago, Js1 said:

Hunter is, yet again, letting this team down. I’d cut her loose at this point, as harsh as that is - she will never play meaningful minutes at Texas. Vic could have spent the summer finding a legit backup PG, not knowing Hunter would basically disappear by mid-fall and leave us with no depth. 

 

We really need Kyndall, but even when she was present, she had a hard time getting on the court. If she truly is having some “non-playing time” related mental issues, I’m sorry about that, but at this point it just feels like she scampered and let the team down. Vic obviously counted on her being the fourth guard and it’s hurting us now.

With the new NIL mentality players are acknowledged to be massively important financially to teams. If you burn a scholarship and refuse to play you are definitely damaging to the team’s ability to make money in the tourney and be successful. The team has a responsibility to you, and you have a responsibility to the team. You may suck, but at least show up. (Still hating on Kawhi stealing 18 million off my Spurs and refusing to play..)

 

[TommysTinyTowels 787]

Hard to believe the loss one player could drop us from title contenda to unranked but I'm clinging to that hope now. Very disappointed but we knew we were extremely thin at guard. We also lost most of our staff and I wonder if we are getting some adequate instruction at the different positions, but the issue is mainly lack of ball handlers.

When Rori comes back (I’m guessing not tonight but next Sunday vs Princeton) all the players will go back to their intended roles and I’ll bet we’re damned good again. This team obviously is flawed but still might slip through all the way to Dallas. We have some great pieces, we just need to get our captain back and get everyone working together.

In the days of the portal, it may take longer for teams to show their true potential.

 

Looks like the losers game tonight is still on the weird streaming service and not even on ESPN+. Furq.

 

[Js1 85573]

3rd to 19th is a little harsh. Largest drop, Tenn went from 11 to 23. 

[Js1 85573]

13-9 lead after 1

[Js1 85573]

32-20 Texas at half. No Rori again

[Js1 85573]

53-37 Texas after 3

[Js1 85573]

Texas wins 82-44. Leaves the Bahamas 1-2 and 7th place. 

Time to get Rori back and dominate the rest of the schedule. 

[perfectchaos007 6677]

Dominating performance to end our 3 game skid.

[Js1 85573]

4 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Dominating performance to end our 3 game skid.

Told ya Rutgers sucked. They shot 30% and turned it over 24 times 

[Js1 85573]

On 11/21/2022 at 11:09 AM, Js1 said:

From the post-game presser, the players and Vic don't seem down.  Someone compared this to the softball team early this year - they needed time to gel with the new players, and look what happened.

Vic also mentioned Rori may have "sat her last game" but they may sit her against Rutgers - mentioned she's seeing her doctor on Wednesday and they'll do what the doctor says.  Hopefully she'll be back by Princeton. 

Good news?!

[Js1 85573]

Was 29-20 at the half. Now 43-30

Rori has 8 points in her game back so far 

[Rickylovesweed 14541]

Shocking news. Texas is a lot better with Rori Harmon. 

This Princeton team is capable of winning a NCAA tournament game. 

[Js1 85573]

50-35 Texas after 3. Harmon has 11 and Moore and Jones are feasting inside. Shaylee is struggling 

[Rickylovesweed 14541]

Vic didn't mess around with this nonconference schedule. USC and South Florida both look like good teams. But there's good opportunities to still pick up some good wins over Princeton, USC, and South Florida.