Oklahoma!

[Fanatic111689]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Their starters are

01 Stevenson,Nyeshia
13 Robinson,Danielle
21 Thompson,Amanda
34 Olajuwon,Abi (left handed post)
45 Hartman,Jasmine

Danielle is a really quick guard, possibly the quickest in the country, offensively and defensively
Olajuwon doesn't like to go the right,and seems to struggle going that way.
Thompson is an aggresive player on the defensive side. Might be a matchup problem for whomever she's guarding.

On defensive rebounds they love to run, usually led by Danielle Robinson, and she's not afraid to take it the whole way.

They play man defense and will pressure you. They are very aggressive and that can hurt them getting into foul trouble.

They eat up the zone defense really well, but SDSU doesn't play that so it shouldn't be a problem. They love to play alot of the inside out game with Olajuwon and Danielle. Olajuwon loves to get the ball and turn to the left.

Thompson seems to be a pretty tough player and their biggest scoring threat.
All of their guards can shoot the three and if left open, they don't hesitate.

I believe if we put pressure on them and force them to make mistakes on Offense that could be achilles heal. I don't know about running with them as they are a very very quick team. The only play 8 deep so the starters get big minutes. I say pressure if SDSU puts pressure/press that might cause some disruption as they saw alot of zone.
They didn't see alot of pressure in the game I saw and they were very patient with their playcalling. I think pressure could set them off.

THEY LOVE TO SHOOT THE BALL.... AND THE LITTLE'S ROOM THEY WON'T HESITATE!

As long as they don't get very much room to run in transition and have to play Half court offense we should be fine. They obliterated teams when they can fast break.

[NorCalJack]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Didn't NDSU's softball team go to Norman and beat OU at home last year. OU was the heavy favorite, so it can be done.

Go Jacks!!!

[leeshajo]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

I honestly have not paid any attention to OU this year... other than the number posted above, how do we match up player to player? anyone know.

[HoboD]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

ESPN2 8:30 Sunday evening.

[jack43]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Maybe I missed this somewhere in the thread, but what is the availability of the game on TV/online?

[bub94]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

How funny would it be for Oklahoma to be sent home in the opening round and they were the host. Could you imagine what the attendance for the second round game be.

After reading the story soonersports page, I do think they are over looking SDSU.

[1stRowFANatic]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

From TV's twitter:

TerryVandrovec: Oklahoma already has a site set up for its portion of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. http://bit.ly/aV3h1m

[1stRowFANatic]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

I agree that playing ORU helped prepare us, but I would argue that the numbers would be skewed that much by the level of competition. Sooners are in the Big 12 South and were playing the majority of their season against top level competition. I hope they are looking past us. I think we are going to need a near perfect game to win. We have a little room for error, but this is a true road game in the tournament and those are rarely turned into upsets. If we pull off this win, it will be the upset of the tournament no doubt. That would get the program some great publicity. I think they can do it, and can't wait to watch the game on tv, sure wish I could take the kid to it.

EDIT: Forgot to post the first time, great compilation of stats jackdaniel. Rep given.

[jackdaniel]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Here's some comparisons of the Sooners vs Jacks statistically.Scoring offense Jacks 20th in nation, Okla 35th.Scoring defense ,Jacks 131(much improved from earlier in the year) to Okla 255 . Scoring margin Okla 85,Jacks 27th.FG % Jacks 6th in nation,Okla at 52nd.FG % defense, Okla 152, Jacks 174.Rebound margin ,Jacks 68th,OKLA 53rd.Three point FG per game,Jacks 13th,Okla 174th.Three pt FG % for SDSU 13th,Okla 179th.Assists, Okla 121 in nation,SDSU 12th.Blocked shots,SDSU 171st,Okla 212th.Steals ,SDSU 53rd,Okla 281st.Turnovers, SDSU at 226th in nation,Okla,105 th.Personal fouls,they're ranked 169th,we're ranked 179th.Three point FG defense,SDSU at 93rd in the nation,Oklahoma at 159th.You could argue the numbers are skewed a little by the difference in competition level, but not this much.I like our chances of beating Okla very much.Oral Roberts finished #1 in steals per game in the nation,and # 1 in scoring offense, playing against them should have really helped us prepare for the rigors of the NCAA tournement.

[zooropa]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Fran Fraschilla will be the color commentator for the game on Sunday.

Regardless of what you think of Fran, it's nice to have a guy who's impressed with the program, and familiar with it, on the broadcast team.

[zooropa]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Based on these interviews do you think maybe the Sonners are looking ahead to Kansas City as not one mention of their first opponent.

http://www.soonersports.com/sports/w...031510aaa.html

They've never played a #14 seed this good.

[slosho]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Based on these interviews do you think maybe the Sonners are looking ahead to Kansas City as not one mention of their first opponent.

http://www.soonersports.com/sports/w...031510aaa.html

Most 3 seeds probably look past 14 seeds...

[NorCalJack]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Well, if they lost to a higher seed that isn't underachieving either.

They never lost to a higher seed, they always lost to a lower seed the last 4 years.

[JACKGUYII]

Oklahoma!

Based on these interviews do you think maybe the Sonners are looking ahead to Kansas City as not one mention of their first opponent.

http://www.soonersports.com/sports/w...031510aaa.html

[SoDakJack]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Well they only made the Final Four once during the four years of the Paris twins. That is underachieving. The other three years they never made or went past the Sweet 16. In fact in all of the games they played in the NCAA tourney over the past 4 years, they never beat a team with a higher seeding. They lost every year losing to a team that was seeded lower than they were. Even when they made the Final Four, Oklahoma was a No. 1 seed and then lost to a No. 3 seed.

Well, if they lost to a higher seed that isn't underachieving either.

I just think that they are better than you are willing to give them credit for being.