WIU in Brookings, Sat. Feb. 9

[mitchellrabbit]

Re: WIU in Brookings, Sat. Feb. 9

The depth, and the ability to swap in 7-10 and see no drop-off in talent/abilities, teamwork, and defense was the emphasis of AJ's comments. He did say that this was probably the best game this year by the ladies. His 1/2-time speech was that they were still working too hard on the offensive end, and that if they had a good, open shot to take it, much as they did in the last two min of the first half. The ladies came out of the locker room and just buried Westerwinds with open tre's, transition buckets, steals.

WIU is the only team within 1 game of the Jacks, and we made a thorough statement Sat. night to the Summit league. We've seen how we match up in league, and we ARE the LEADERS.

Only ORU has a win against the Jacks that hasn't been resolved. But that game was in early Dec. with 3 or 4 of the top 8 Jacks out hurt, at ORU. Next time, it's in Brookings, and we should be at full strength.

This team demonstrated that they can pack the house. We have 4 home contests left with IUPUI, NDSU, ORU and Centenary. We should pack the ORU/NDSU games, and the IUPUI & Centenary games, on a Mon. may be a bit sparse. I hope that we will see great student support at the two Mon. Games. It was a great intimidation factor last night.

Jacks are tied with Tennessee for the 2nd longest home winning streaks in the NCAA D I. When Old Dominion and Hartford falter, I would like the Jacks to move to #1.

Go Jacks!!!

i think the oral roberts game is on monday night and the centenary game is on sat night.

[rabidrabbit]

Re: WIU in Brookings, Sat. Feb. 9

i think the oral roberts game is on monday night and the centenary game is on sat night.

My bad....guess I was hoping to have a Sat game vs ORU. But instead we close out the season vs ORU.

Well, we should have a WNIT bid hopefully sewn up by then, but would be nice to pronounce that we're the league champs, no matter the results of the Summit tourney.

We have had large crowds for Mar Games in the past, and hopefully, we will for the games this year.

[Chains]

Re: WIU in Brookings, Sat. Feb. 9

Was at the game last night and there is really only one way to describe it:

If there is a Summit League opponent that is going to come into Frost and get a win, it isn't going to be anytime soon!!

That was as good as I've seen the women's team play in person since the Colorado game last year. It was truly spectacular!

I will not miss another home game, I will promise you that!


Go Jacks!!

Last nights ladies game was "AWESOME". The look on WI's Coach's face and her body language said it all! Head drops, hands on hips, throw arms in the air, stomp her feet - priceless! Truly frustrated and at a loss of strategy as to how to slow down the Jacks. That was a clinic on how to play defense, move the ball, transition BB, shot etc. With 4 minutes left I thought AJ should start subbing - when I looked at the bench all the starters or players that had played significant minutes were already on the bench. The depth and skill level has to scare opponents to death. Who do you guard? Great win ladies. Already proud to be a Jacks fan but that game last night was chest popping!

Go big, Go blue, Go Jacks

[SUPERBUNNY]

Re: WIU in Brookings, Sat. Feb. 9

This team is really coming together. Last year, we were kind of a one-headed monster with Vogel being such a dominating force. It has taken a little time for them to gel but are definitely playing their best ball at the right time. Like others have said, who do you focus on stopping. Everyone on the court can hurt you and that level doesn't drop when we go to the bench.

This team could be an even bigger nightmare in the post-season if we are lucky enough to be invited again!

Keep it up ladies!

SUPERBUNNY