Oklahoma!

[22jack]

Re: Oklahoma!

ESPN interviewed the top 25 coaches today. When they talked to Oklahoma's coach, they did not even mention us. All they talked about was the later round games. It is safe to say they are overlooking us.

[LakeJack]

Re: Oklahoma!

Vid from OK

http://www.newsok.com/ou-women-to-fa...adlines_widget

[Theee Catrabbit]

Re: Oklahoma!

I really like this matchup...it's giving me the same feeling I had against Baylor last year, it's gonna be a close fight. Oklahoma will underestimate us, how can they not? They will be too busy thinking about their rematch with Nebraska. Every year the women keep on adding to their reputation. Nebraska and Iowa State would not overlook SDSU, so I'm glad they aren't playing. I think this is a great matchup. Although I will Captain Obvious one item: We cannot turn the BALL OVER!!!!!!!!
(Also whoever came up with the term "Horn-frogged", I like it.)

[Just in the crowd]

Re: Oklahoma!

Oklahoma against D1 Top 25 this year: 7-10, that's a lot of big games.

#23 Georgia Lost 62-51
#7 Notre Dame Lost 81-71
#3 Tennessee Lost 96-75
#14 Baylor Lost 57-47
#9 Texas A&M Won 74-65
#16 Iowa St Lost 63-56
#17 Texas Lost 75-57
#20 Oklahoma St Won 77-66
#14 Baylor Won 62-60
#1 Connecticut Lost 76-60
#4 Nebraska Lost 80-64
#17 Texas Won 75-60
#9 Texas A&M Lost 78-55
#20 Oklahoma St Won 95-62
#14 Baylor Won 59-54
#20 Oklahoma St Won 74-69
#9 Texas A&M Lost 74-67

[89rabbit]

Re: Oklahoma!

Quick plug for the Alumni & Friends pre-game event in Norman:

http://www.statealum.com/s/1108/inde...=13&calcid=685


Go State!

[jackmd]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Sorry no I didn't mean anything by SDSU's standards. What I meant by the statement that they're very very quick is that I heard the commentators mention that their back-guards are the quickest in the Big 12 and possibly the nation. I think just their ellusiveness makes them more challenging for defenders to defend regardless of conference.

When I saw the OKST vs. OK game I saw that they got by a lot of defenders. Hopefully the pressure of SDSU can offset this as in not letting them get into transition like they'd like..... I don't wanna seem like a dumbing down SDSU ability defensively in any way so I hope I don't come off that way.

I think your point is an excellent one. Against Baylor last year we could match them or exceed them in every area except quickness and speed. Their back court players were just plain and simple quicker/faster than ours. I expect we'll see the same situation with Oklahoma. The Baylor game didn't end in our favor for a variety of reasons and one of those reasons was very clearly quickness/speed. If Oklahoma can quicken the pace and we don't shoot well they could run us out of the gym. There is no way around that fact.

So, you play your game, take open shots, knock them down like you know you can and set up your half court defense. They are going to get some breakaways on missed outside shots, don't sweat it. Hit the offensive glass at the right times, make FT's and MINIMIZE the turnovers. Play like we did during the middle of the ORU game and we can beat Oklahoma. Going to take our best effort of the year, I'm confident we can give that.

[Fanatic111689]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Needless to say that rebounding ,especially keeping them off thier offensive board, will be one of the key factors in winning this game.Also, in regard to pressuring,it's hard to pressure (using your words) a very,very quick team.Not to be a smart a** or anything, just wondering if that might backfire on us?

Sorry no I didn't mean anything by SDSU's standards. What I meant by the statement that they're very very quick is that I heard the commentators mention that their back-guards are the quickest in the Big 12 and possibly the nation. I think just their ellusiveness makes them more challenging for defenders to defend regardless of conference.

When I saw the OKST vs. OK game I saw that they got by a lot of defenders. Hopefully the pressure of SDSU can offset this as in not letting them get into transition like they'd like..... I don't wanna seem like a dumbing down SDSU ability defensively in any way so I hope I don't come off that way.

[Roy]

Re: Oklahoma!

If I am reading their web page correctly, the women's attendance averaged 7945 at home, and the men 10,650

[jackmd]

Re: Oklahoma!

Placed my order for tickets. Priority for season ticket holders. Not sure how many tickets they have total. My understanding, they take your order through tomorrow at 12 noon. First call/order, first chance with the priority for season ticket holders. Again, I don't know how many tickets they gave us. Find out tomorrow who got tickets and how many. Tickets will be distributed at the arena in Oklahoma like last year.

It is a huge arena so there will be plenty of seats the only question is where. Anybody know what they average for attendance?

[jackmd]

Re: Oklahoma!

Just an FYI, single session tickets will be $28 for adults and $18 for students to reflect a $3 processing fee.

Game time is set for an 8:30 p.m. Central Time at the Lloyd Noble Center with television coverage on ESPN2 in South Dakota. All tournament games will be streamed online at ESPN360.com.

The winner will meet the winner of Sunday's earlier game between sixth-seeded Georgia Tech (23-9) and 11th-seeded Arkansas-Little Rock (26-6) on Tuesday, March 23.

Tickets will go on sale at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Jackrabbit Ticket Office. All orders through the Jackrabbit Ticket Office must be processed by noon Wednesday. Single-session prices are $28 for adults and $18 for students (prices updated to include processing fees). All-session tickets are $46 for adults and $31 for students. All persons, regardless of age, must have a ticket to gain admission.

[Kemo]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Oh, and don't leave out the cousin of, NBA star Byron Russell, of #21 Thompson from OU. They have the name, Jacks have the game

The same Byron Russell who thought it was a good idea to respond to Michael Jordan's question: "Is it Brian or By-ron?" with another question: "Is it Michael or Michelle?" during the NBA Finals?

I think we all know how that worked out...

[TeamPlayer]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Maybe Ben and Hakeem will be there.

Oh, and don't leave out the cousin of, NBA star Byron Russell, of #21 Thompson from OU. They have the name, Jacks have the game

[jackdaniel]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

We have nothing to lose,they do,that equals pressure on thier team to win.If we can keep the pressure on them,they might just crack first.Basketball is very much a mental game too,to be overlooked is a good thing for us,that means "horned frogged" for them.Playing a game in a hostile environment means you have to "stay focused",it's crucial to do so.Start preparing ladies,find thier weakness and go for it, give them everything you've got,we might just pull off a great "upset",& wow a few people too.

[jackdaniel]

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.

Needless to say that rebounding ,especially keeping them off thier offensive board, will be one of the key factors in winning this game.Also, in regard to pressuring,it's hard to pressure (using your words) a very,very quick team.Not to be a smart a** or anything, just wondering if that might backfire on us?

[filbert]

Oklahoma!

I see on their web site http://www.soonersports.com/ncaa/201...mpionship.html that they're already underestimating SDSU:

NCAA Record: 1-1 First Round 2009.

That should be *second round.* Yeah, I know that the info in question is from the NCAA themselves, but we can hope that the rest of the scouting is similarly inaccurate.