Texas women's basketball '18-19

[Pato del Muerto 53,505]

Parking for wbb should be free until they draw enough for there to be a decent amount of vehicle traffic. Most games have  probably 200 cars that need spots. 

[texasstrong12 4,668]

I can't help but think we are going to be better defensively without Brooke. I hate to say that but we just have so much more length on the perimeter now and it showed last night. We've always struggled to defend the three point line and we did a pretty good job of defending it last night against a team that likes to shoot threes. 

I also think playing Underwood at the 4 helps us from a defensive perspective. The two big lineup creates problems when you have to switch but Underwood is really a 3 playing the 4 so it gives us more versatility on the defensive end. 

I hope Aston sticks with this smaller lineup even when we get healthy. There will obviously be games (Baylor) where we will have to go bigger but playing Underwood at the 4 gives us so much more versatility. 

[texasstrong12 4,668]

 

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

So I didn't get to see the game. From what I can gather:

Higgs will continue to be a monster
Sug isn't going to be the scorer Brooke was but she was facilitated well (almost 10 assists and would have had closer to 13-14 if Danni had hit shots?)
Littleton can put the ball in the bucket
Danni had a bad night - all shooters do
Jatarie dbl/dbl
Collier picked up too many cheap fouls and fouled out?

How did Chaz, Jada and Warren/Joanne look?

Aborrowa has a good looking shot now. She hit a beautiful turnaround in the game that was nothing but nylon I kid you not

[Goodman 3,283]

10 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Parking for wbb should be free until they draw enough for there to be a decent amount of vehicle traffic. Most games have  probably 200 cars that need spots. 

Upper deck tix for mens and womens bball should be free.

[texasstrong12 4,668]

Chasity Patterson announced she's transferring. Not surprising at all after last year and watching the opener. Higgs, Sutton and Littleton were getting minutes at point over Littleton. 

For whatever reason Patterson wasn't a fit with Aston. 

I think the moral of the story here is stop recruiting tiny guards. 

[Js1 87,185]

Wowza. She seemed in the dog house so...

[texasstrong12 4,668]

I saw that coming after the opener. Patterson only got 9 minutes in a complete blowout. All the FR got more minutes except for Allen-Taylor and she played about the same amount of minutes as Patterson. 

When I saw Littleton running point over Patterson I knew she was gone. 

Patterson is a legit scorer but if you don't play defense and have a shit shot selection you won't play for Aston. 

Edited November 10, 2018 by texasstrong12

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Well....Bye 👋 

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Baylor will play a top 25 opponent on the road tonight. Will be a good measuring stick to seeing how good they are going to be this season 

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

ASU up 19-8 over Baylor after the 1st Quarter lololol

[Js1 87,185]

NaLyssa Smith is really good. 

Also they have no true PG. it’s hurting them 

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Tonight’s game against Aston’s former team is behind the ESPN paywall. Boo

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Tight game right now. 38-32 Texas in the 3rd

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Texas up 50-44 in the 4th

[Pancho 46,312]

2 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Tonight’s game against Aston’s former team is behind the ESPN paywall. Boo

Yeah, I don't know what the fuck ESPN+ is but I hate it. 

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Texas wins 64-54. UNT outscored us in the 3rd and 4th quarters. 

[kingkoopa6 8,707]

How my bae Danni do?

[ClubWhatever 12,310]

1 minute ago, kingkoopa6 said:

How my bae Danni do?

She was 1 for 9 with 4 points.  She has not started the season well. 

[Machinator 32,103]

 

[Js1 87,185]

And that's all for 2019, as Endiya Rogers chose USC.  Barring a transfer or JUCO.

[texasstrong12 4,668]

McNeese State tomorrow night who is 0-2 with an 11 point loss to ULL and 24 point loss to Grambling. They are terrible. 

This should be a game where the freshman get heavy minutes. 

[texasstrong12 4,668]

7 hours ago, Js1 said:

And that's all for 2019, as Endiya Rogers chose USC.  Barring a transfer or JUCO.

They're looking at an Australian guard. Isabel Palmer. She's played on the JR Australian teams with or most recent Australian signee Hannan. 

She reminds me a lot of fellow Australian Kristi Wallace. 

 

Edited November 15, 2018 by texasstrong12

[Js1 87,185]

I was not aware we were looking at another Aussie.  PG from the looks of it?  She didn't set the world on fire at in her U16 games last year, shooting at least.  Looks to be more of a facilitator.

[Machinator 32,103]

 

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Aren’t the home games eventually moving to Cedar Park?

[Pato del Muerto 53,505]

Some Greg gym games would be cool against low drawing opponents. 

[texasstrong12 4,668]

Texas up 18 on McNeese State after 1. Play the freshman. 

[texasstrong12 4,668]

Williams 3/4 from 3 tonight. She's finding her rhythm. 

[texasstrong12 4,668]

Texas could beat McNeese State by a 100 if Aston didn't call off the dogs. 

[texasstrong12 4,668]

It's not against good competition but we are a good defensive team. Most of the points we've given up have been from offensive rebounds. 

This team is really active and long. Tough to score on in the half court. 

[texasstrong12 4,668]

I hope we stop recruiting small guards like McCarty and Patterson. McCarty did some really good things for Texas but the length is noticeable on the defensive end with players like Warren, Taylor and Williams. 

Having those extra 3 or 4 inches on the perimeter makes things so much more difficult. 

[Pancho 46,312]

7 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Some Greg gym games would be cool against low drawing opponents. 

Do you know how many waivers UT would have to get to do that from the NCAA? 

 

Also, why would we disrupt volleyball for a basketball game? 

[Pato del Muerto 53,505]

20 minutes ago, Pancho Negro said:

Do you know how many waivers UT would have to get to do that from the NCAA? 

 

Also, why would we disrupt volleyball for a basketball game? 

No. How many?

how many volleyball games are even left? When do they practice?  Can’t fit 2-5 games in there somewhere?

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

UConn I know has 2 home courts they rotate between so once the Erwin center is gone and the new facility is being built I don’t see why Greg couldn’t be one of our home courts. Since we’ll be freed from the Erwin center contract it should be a lot easier to make that happen

[Goodman 3,283]

On 11/15/2018 at 4:02 PM, Pato del Muerto said:

Some Greg gym games would be cool against low drawing opponents. 

We should play 80% of our m/wbb games at Gregory. It will not happen because of $ but we should. 

[Pancho 46,312]

16 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

No. How many?

how many volleyball games are even left? When do they practice?  Can’t fit 2-5 games in there somewhere?

Multiple for both men and women.  And the NCAA doesn't give out waivers lightly.  As I've mentioned before both on this site (shaggy) and others, you can't just plop down and play a regulation basketball game in Gregory just because.  The court, backboards, electronic equipment, etc. all have to meet the NCAA regulations for both men and women.  That isn't the case in Gregory, and the university would have to spend money to get this completed (unnecessary waste) or apply for waivers.  But the NCAA isn't giving a waiver without a good reason, especially when there is an up to code arena sitting right there in the FEC.  

I get it--the FEC sucks.  I'm on board with this.  But this fan dream (and the "i know the solution because i"m smart and the athletic department isn't!" attitude) needs just a tad bit more logic. 

Gregory is fitted for volleyball.  The athletic department did that specifically for them.  The reason we do the orange/white games in gregory is because squad scrimmages aren't regulated by the ncaa.  You could probably even play an exhibition game in there too if you really wanted to. 
 

And volleyball has the end of the season and playoffs.  I wouldn't want to displace them going into playoffs for a meaningless OOC November basketball game. That would suck for them.

[Pancho 46,312]

I would also argue this is the reason the new arena is going to be smaller/more cozy and actually configured for basketball. 

 

Edited November 16, 2018 by Pancho Negro

[Goodman 3,283]

4 hours ago, Pancho Negro said:

I would also argue this is the reason the new arena is going to be smaller/more cozy and actually configured for basketball. 

 

I undertstand the ncaa bs, if we wanted to play at GG we would. The ncaa would not stop us, we would print a waiver and send it to them for a rubber stamp. CDC is trying but we'll see what they actually build. Any arena is smaller/more cozy than the drum. 

Edited November 17, 2018 by Goodman

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Looks like ISU will be a pest at Hilton again. They just crushed #24 Miami there today

[Js1 87,185]

16 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said:

Looks like ISU will be a pest at Hilton again. They just crushed #24 Miami there today

OU lost to USF, who lost their best player to an ACL.

Big 12 is now 30-2 to start the year (OU and Tech each have a loss, everyone else is undefeated)

We play Quinnipiac Friday at 5 ET, then the winner of Missouri/Michigan Saturday 7:30 ET and then the winner of the other side of the bracket (99% probably Duke) at 7:30 ET Sunday.

This is a really good chance to pick up at least 2 quality wins - Michigan or Mizzou and then Duke. Michigan and Duke are RV and Mizzou is #16.  I think we want Mizzou and Duke, because Mizzou is ranked and Duke will probably end with a high RPI because they play in the ACC and also have 2 more top10 teams on their OOC schedule.

[Pancho 46,312]

3 hours ago, Js1 said:

OU lost to USF, who lost their best player to an ACL.

Big 12 is now 30-2 to start the year (OU and Tech each have a loss, everyone else is undefeated)

We play Quinnipiac Friday at 5 ET, then the winner of Missouri/Michigan Saturday 7:30 ET and then the winner of the other side of the bracket (99% probably Duke) at 7:30 ET Sunday.

This is a really good chance to pick up at least 2 quality wins - Michigan or Mizzou and then Duke. Michigan and Duke are RV and Mizzou is #16.  I think we want Mizzou and Duke, because Mizzou is ranked and Duke will probably end with a high RPI because they play in the ACC and also have 2 more top10 teams on their OOC schedule.

missouri dropped (still ranked) after losing to Green Bay at home. 

[texasstrong12 4,668]

Looks like Joyner is working out on the side of practice in these pics. She probably isn't too far away from returning. 

 

Edited November 20, 2018 by texasstrong12

[Js1 87,185]

Quinnipiac is Baylor or we’re Not very good as we’re trailing 24-11 in the 2Q

cant play D without fouling 

too many turnovers 

can’t close out on shooters 

Edited November 23, 2018 by Js1

[Js1 87,185]

Oh and Higgs got carried off the court. Knee. 

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Feel bad for anyone who payed $25 to watch this shit show 

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Quinnipiac lost by 17 to Bucknell. This is no UConn

[Js1 87,185]

Outscored them 18-7 in the 3rd. Down 1 now. 

[perfectchaos007 6,780]

Danni Williams 2-8 shooting today currently. She still can’t find her stroke

[Js1 87,185]

Duke lost to Washington on the other side of the bracket