Oklahoma!

[RabbitNation]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

We will need to keep them off the boards. B. Hand being injured is a plus and they did only beat Creighton by 8 and Missouri by one and Iowa St beat them by 10 and finally beat TCU by 4. We have a fighting chance but Jill and Sunnaborg need to have good games with the same production coming from the other girls.

i thought we would have had a good chance to beat them last year, because we could run them. I hope we can put together a good game plan and execute it and make the nation take notice!

This team is all Danielle Robinson, lots of shots but not from 3 pt land, as they have only one true 3 pt threat and they did not get to the free throw line very much. Not a great shooting team!

http://www.soonersports.com/sports/w.../teamcume.html

[NorCalJack]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

I wouldn't call making the Final Four last year "underachieving."

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.

[zooropa]

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I am pretty sure that any team we play will have a pretty good idea what to expect. No team this year wants to be "Horn-Frogged."

Remember that SDSU ran up a 15-0 lead on Baylor with hardly any 3-point shots.

SDSU is not just about the 3 point line. And I don't think a Big 12 coach is going to weight what SDSU did to WIU and IPFW over what they did to Arizona State last year. Even if the latter games give a better idea of where SDSU is at.

[SoDakJack]

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Yeah---except a leopard can't change its spots. If you can't trap well, you'll give up a whole bunch of points in a real big hurry.

If Oklahoma isn't used to trapping, I'm going to guess that they couldn't possibly be experts at it by Sunday, regardless of their talent or their coaching.

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I'm also hoping that they spend plenty of time watching the early season non-conf games, and not much time watching the late season stuff.

I am pretty sure that any team we play will have a pretty good idea what to expect. No team this year wants to be "Horn-Frogged."

[zooropa]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

so it's a good bet we'll see some trapping zone crap, as you say . . .

Yeah---except a leopard can't change its spots. If you can't trap well, you'll give up a whole bunch of points in a real big hurry.

If Oklahoma isn't used to trapping, I'm going to guess that they couldn't possibly be experts at it by Sunday, regardless of their talent or their coaching.

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I'm also hoping that they spend plenty of time watching the early season non-conf games, and not much time watching the late season stuff.

[1stRowFANatic]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

I have watched Oklahoma the past few years and one good thing is they underachieve in the tourney. They have had good teams in the past but did not perform to their ability. I don't think their coach is real good, great recruiter, bad X & O's coach. Just my opinion.

I am not sure about that, they had a huge turnover in regards to % of points and minutes from last years team, somewhat changed style of play to reflect the loss of the Parrish twins, and ended up in the Big 12 championship game and a solid #3 seed in the NCAA.

[SoDakJack]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

I have watched Oklahoma the past few years and one good thing is they underachieve in the tourney. They have had good teams in the past but did not perform to their ability. I don't think their coach is real good, great recruiter, bad X & O's coach. Just my opinion.

I wouldn't call making the Final Four last year "underachieving."

[NorCalJack]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

I have watched Oklahoma the past few years and one good thing is they underachieve in the tourney. They have had good teams in the past but did not perform to their ability. I don't think their coach is real good, great recruiter, bad X & O's coach. Just my opinion.

[JackJD]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

And the answer to the inevitable question: Yes, she's the little sister of the Steelers quarterback . . .

And yes, she's the daughter of Hakeem Olajuwon . . .

Big deal. We have Maria Boever's family. Top that!

[filbert]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Seriously, though, as long as they don't play that trapping zone crap, SDSU has as good a shot as anyone and better than most.....

I think it's a good bet that they have at least the Summit League championship game video . . . so it's a good bet we'll see some trapping zone crap, as you say . . .

I don't remember them doing anything exotic vs. Texas A&M, so it must have been a pretty straightforward man-to-man most of the time.

[West-River_Jack]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Oklahoma has several fan sites:

Oklahoma: OUFans (R)
Oklahoma: OU Scout (S)
Oklahoma: OUInsider
Oklahoma: OUBoards
Oklahoma: SoonerFans
Oklahoma: Soonerville (ez)
Oklahoma: Boomer Sooner
Oklahoma: OUHoops.com
Oklahoma: Sooner Times
Oklahoma: OklahomaSports

I don't know if they are all active and I haven't looked to see if any of them are the favorite of women's basketball fans. I'm quite certain that they will be glad to welcome a few of us with genuine Oklahoma hospitality.

[zooropa]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

I understand the Steelers use a 4-3 . . .

Seriously, though, as long as they don't play that trapping zone crap, SDSU has as good a shot as anyone and better than most.....

[jackdaniel]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

If the games tied with just seconds left,remember that the big 12 has speedsters who can go full court in about 3 sec.

[filbert]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

How do they play defense?

I understand the Steelers use a 4-3 . . .

[jackdaniel]

Re: Bracketology 2010 NCAA Women's Tournament

Wonder how deep we can go on the bench,sure glad we got the bench a lot of playing time this year.