I wouldn't bet on that. Seems way optimistic and even if she is I'd think it won't be at full strength and minutes. Maybe just me but I think their "four weeks" is more of a hope they can get her back for March with a couple of games in before March Madness.
2023-24 ISU WBB Season Thread
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I wouldn't bet on that. Seems way optimistic and even if she is I'd think it won't be at full strength and minutes. Maybe just me but I think their "four weeks" is more of a hope they can get her back for March with a couple of games in before March Madness.
I wonder if she will be extremely cautious with her return. The WNBA Draft and season is right after the college season so if I was advising her I would make sure she is back to full strength with no chance of relapse so ensure her smooth transition to the professional game.
It's a broken bone. Merits being careful under most circumstances.
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Boring WBB day now so killing time this morning:
This week gave me whiplash as far as whether we could sustain our unpredicted run at a piece of the Big 12 top spot. Started week out thinking we would be 7-0. Then the forfeit got us 6-0 before a road game we were favored in. I was thinking 7-0 for sure but we played poorly and TT shot well versus a for crap zone and we are 6-1. What to think? Fools gold start or just a bad flush it and come back to play better game? Anyway, at mid-week it was advantage to undefeated KSU. And that blew up within days for the Wildcats with Ayoka Lee going down. So KSU is in 1st for now but what can KSU do w/o Lee?
This week gave me whiplash as far as whether we could sustain our unpredicted run at a piece of the Big 12 top spot. Started week out thinking we would be 7-0. Then the forfeit got us 6-0 before a road game we were favored in. I was thinking 7-0 for sure but we played poorly and TT shot well versus a for crap zone and we are 6-1. What to think? Fools gold start or just a bad flush it and come back to play better game? Anyway, at mid-week it was advantage to undefeated KSU. And that blew up within days for the Wildcats with Ayoka Lee going down. So KSU is in 1st for now but what can KSU do w/o Lee?
- KSU: Undefeated but suddenly subtract Lee. Positive is the same group of players played all last season without Lee. Negative is that team without Lee was 5-13 in league play.
- ISU: Only one loss but two road games coming
versus teams that play defense. Edit: For some reason KU playing D was stuck in my head. Ooops, they are among the leagues worst! Think these next two games determine whether we will remain a true contender. - Texas: Two losses but maybe still the fav to win it even without Harmon?
- Baylor: Two road losses in a row. One, at KU, a very bad lopsided loss. Cupcake today and three of next four are in Waco, one vs Texas.
- Sooners: Contender by record but seem like a pretender. Maybe the easiest schedule in the Big 12 so far other than WVU's. Only have 1 loss but have no wins over good teams. Have not played Baylor, ISU, WVU or Texas. They get another bottom team, Houston, today. Of the best teams they only play Texas twice.
- WVU: They look better versus the bottom tier of the league than they do against the upper half. Dangerous on a given night but they don't seem good enough on offense to consistently beat the better teams and if teams with size beat their press they can't stop opponent scoring in the paint. Plus for them is they drew six games versus the bottom four teams, plus two upcoming with TCU. Could not have made up an easier schedule for them.
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Couldn’t have said it better. I thought we really needed a game today to flush the bad taste of the debacle against Ttech. Then again…if there is a fatigue factor today’s time off could help. As for the rest of the teams…you nailed it.
Maybe we got the last "bad game" out at TT and with two road wins we are not in a bad place. Positively, the league is open to four teams-you gotta believe we are in this.
I hate watching a tv game @ Baylor In their new place. It is all the overhead shot. I didn’t think I was affected by heights but I hate that view.
Raoul posted this note on how the new teams in the Big 12 are doing. I wanted to reply with the Game of Thrones "It is Known" gif but resisted. His tweet won't embed so here's the graphic:
Did get me thinking about the ISU schedule in this unbalanced era. If these standings hold we'll have about a 50/50 split versus upper half and lower half of the league.
5 home and 4 away versus upper tier
4 home and 5 away versus lower tier
In order of current standings:
KSU - home/away
Iowa State
OU - home
Texas - away
WVU - home/away
Baylor - home
OSU - home/away
TT - away
Houston - away
BYU - home/away
Kansas - home/away
Cincinnati - home
TCU - home forfeit
UCF - away
Did get me thinking about the ISU schedule in this unbalanced era. If these standings hold we'll have about a 50/50 split versus upper half and lower half of the league.
5 home and 4 away versus upper tier
4 home and 5 away versus lower tier
In order of current standings:
KSU - home/away
Iowa State
OU - home
Texas - away
WVU - home/away
Baylor - home
OSU - home/away
TT - away
Houston - away
BYU - home/away
Kansas - home/away
Cincinnati - home
TCU - home forfeit
UCF - away
Checked latest Creme bracketology. He has us in as a 9 facing 8 Nebraska. If we get past them we would get south Carolina in Columbia ouch.
Nice to see we got a mention as to being in the tourney (unless we collapse most have us in). A good place to start but rarely do lower brackets line up at mid-season the way predicted. S. Carolina is pretty much the odds on #1, though.
I won't put too much stock into actual team matchups, or even location, not even on the day before selection. About the only thing they have gotten right in the past seems to be the hosting in years it was clear that we would be playing in Ames. I have occasionally peeked for fun to see if they have "my teams" (ISU/Gophers/Huskers**). All three are in the dreaded 8/9 slot. Need to either win more or lose more to rise of fall below that, LOL. At least the Hawks don't need a rival draw to sell out so that minimizes us going to IC.
If we can keep within voting range of the Top 25, or get back in, that will mean we are winning a lot and our NET will catch up and matchup better. In that case I think we are a #7 or hopefully even better and #6. Hell, duplicate our 6-1 start over the next 3-4 weeks and a #5 is possible.
** "Huskers" cause friends with some Huskers that knew their former coach Connie Yori and still at least keep track of them now.
I never do. I was just bringing it up because for longest time we weren't even a consideration.
Yep, ISU and KSU have the most difficult weeks by far. KSU off to good start, hope we can stay with them and pick up our W tonight.