NCAA Tournament: South Carolina

[yoteforever]

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I wouldn't neccessarily say bad habits more like a lack of being pushed on a nightly basis. It is hard for a team to take the next step when the next best team they play is the second 5 in practice.

Oh please

[Chains]

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like the general consensus is the Jacks will not succeed in the tournament until the quality of the other Summit teams improve.

Summit league will certainly be better next year. Denver will improve the competition, USD and Omaha will challenge. Oakland will clearly be improved. I suspect NDSU will find a way to step it up and if RUMORS are true there is a chance Oral - I SAY - could be - returning to the Summit. Carefull what you wish for when you ask for better competition.

To date the summit has been a perfect fit for the Jacks and the opportunities to reach the NCAA tournament. It will ge more difficult.

GBGBGJ-

[NoVaJack]

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South Carolina had the top six rebounders in the game.

9, 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, we had three girls with 4.

women

[Just in the crowd]

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Agreed. I know it is controversial here, but I also agree with "Just in the crowd" and his take on the recruiting region. I'm very thankful that we have a team that can win the Summit year after year. Is more out of our reach with this type of roster? Without one transcendent player among the bunch (e.g., Jenn W.), I think so.

I nominate this for post of the year! LOL

[SoDakJack]

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Oh please

Are you saying that there is another team that is as consistently good as SDSU in the Summit right now? Undefeated in the SL tournament and only two losses in conference this year. Seems like a little stiffer competition might be good for the women.

[OldHare]

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Yotes are getting better as well as IUPUI, WIU, IPFW(sometimes), and Omaha will show up. However, I will be surpriesed of one of those teams will take the Jackrabbits down next year. We should be stronger with the next class. (And there are more lining up for 2014.) Today So Carolina gave the Jacks a look at some strong play on both ends. The SC women may have played better than normal, but they have the talent on the court. It was the best post play i saw against the Jacks all year. It was better than the Kansas/Colorado game. It was better than the rest of the season with the exception of Pen State and I did not see that game. It was a lesson today.

[OldHare]

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The arena at the U of Co seats 11,000 It will be interesting to see the Sanford facility that brings 12,000 It was a cozy arena with the exception of hand rails for the people that have seats at the lower level & the seats were nice with adequate leg room. It is a bunch of steps to get to the top level where the entry is found. There were concessions all the way around at the entry/ upper level. The 2 Dak scoreboards were in the corners at the top with no center video. Also, it should be noted for those that have the notion that some things are a carryover from DII. The Coors Arena has baskets that are lowered from the ceiling(not free standing) and they are members of the PAC 12 & formerly of the Big 12. Also, the teams all had pretty well cleared the bench prior to the end of the game(even though SC put starters back in after a minirun). Also, I have seen that the Ivy League has many of their games on Friday which is a bit out the ordinary. I would venture to say that DI is what the members have would decide is best for them. Jacks will be better next year.

[yoteforever]

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Are you saying that there is another team that is as consistently good as SDSU in the Summit right now? Undefeated in the SL tournament and only two losses in conference this year. Seems like a little stiffer competition might be good for the women.

Stiffer competition makes everyone better come tournament time. The OH PLEASE came as a result of your claim that players 6-10 provide better competition than anyone else in the league. I know it's your board but that is a load of croc.

[boxerboy]

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Stiffer competition makes everyone better come tournament time. The OH PLEASE came as a result of your claim that players 6-10 provide better competition than anyone else in the league. I know it's your board but that is a load of croc.

I don't generally agree with YF, but I think he's right. After the way the ladies got beat today I don't think any Jack fan should be gloating too much, or making statements like that.

[Kurt_Evans]

I don't generally agree with YF, but I think he's right. After the way the ladies got beat today I don't think any Jack fan should be gloating too much, or making statements like that.

Regardless of the outcome of today's game, USD was within a hair's breadth of knocking us off in the Summit final. The suggestion that they're not as good as our reserves is the kind of thing I'd expect to see on a fan board (ha ha).

During the second half today one of the announcers said something to the effect that for every Megan Vogel of Jennifer Warkenthien or Jill Young that graduates from SDSU, another one comes along. If only that were true. There was a lot of talent on this team, but it was spread relatively evenly through the roster, and only five can play at a time. It didn't seem to me we really had the kind of player who takes pressure off her teammates by demanding the attention of the defense.

On a lighter note, Anna Prins's uncle played on my intramural team at SDSU, and I was glad to see Iowa State overcome the NCAA's obnoxious decision to make them play on the twelfth seed's home floor.

[cockhornleghorn]

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Gamecock fan

Yes; I thought it was obvious from my handle. The Gamecocks played one of our best games of the season against you guys so I wouldn't get too down about the game. Also, keep in mind we would be 28-4 (and probably a 2 seed) if we were just an *average* free throw shooting team. Our team was 2nd worst in the country in free throw shooting percentage this season, but today we were great at the free throw line.

[yoteforever]

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Yes; I thought it was obvious from my handle. The Gamecocks played one of our best games of the season against you guys so I wouldn't get too down about the game. Also, keep in mind we would be 28-4 (and probably a 2 seed) if we were just an *average* free throw shooting team. Our team was 2nd worst in the country in free throw shooting percentage this season, but today we were great at the free throw line.

They don't generally do well with the obvious. ( a little light hearted humor for my Jack friends )

[mitchellrabbit]

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They don't generally do well with the obvious. ( a little light hearted humor for my Jack friends )

Doing well with the obvious or not, at least we HAVE fans. (a little light hearted humor for yoteforever)

[yoteforever]

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Doing well with the obvious or not, at least we HAVE fans. (a little light hearted humor for yoteforever)

Accepted gracefully. Message received. Carry on

[Nidaros]

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Are you saying that there is another team that is as consistently good as SDSU in the Summit right now? Undefeated in the SL tournament and only two losses in conference this year. Seems like a little stiffer competition might be good for the women.

Let's see, our two conference loses were to IUPUI. USD took them out twice during the season, and we had so much trouble with their defense, that it was a struggle to keep the game close in score. I would put the Gamecocks as a team much like IUPUI, but more talented, quicker, and defensive than IUPUI. Our ladies had more than what they could handle yesterday. We are going to have trouble again next year with IUPUI since most of their players are back, and their coach is still coaching good defense. How USD could pentatrate IUPUI defense is a mystery to me, but one mystery that AJ might want to spend some off season on looking at their videos. I think competition is getting better in the SL, with IUPIU and USD doing their normal thing, trying to beat SDSU.