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  1. Moore is the X factor. She’s been one for us since the Big 12 tournament. She keeps coming up big. If she gets another double double, I’m quite confident we won easily
  2. Yes. Jones and Faye are 5s, Muhammad and Gaston are 4s. Gaston can play as a 4 or 5
  3. We saw it with UH game 1 and last night - these teams want a last shot at us. Mike has to get this team focused on that. Big 12 opponents are going to come out 1000% fired up against us, so we have to match that energy
  4. They all play such different roles. Jones is obviously your very traditional 5 - she's going to struggle if she has to guard out to the 3 point line, but she's so reliable when she catches the ball high - 60% FG for a reason. She's also the team's leading rebounder, so the more she can play, the better chances we have of winning. She's also our leading shot blocker by a lot (60, compared to 23 for Holle). Gaston is more mobile and athletic and plays a lot bigger than her 6'2 height. My worry with her is she gets frustrated easily, but she is a high energy player off the bench and she does have more of an ability to guard away from the basket and her offensive rebounding is insanely good. She can also score away from the basket more than Jones. Faye is also a good rebounder and defender, but she's severely limited away from the basket. There's a reason she only averages about 12 minutes a game. Faye and Gaston are much better FT shooters than Jones. Faye, Moore and Gaston take more charges than Jones. Muhammad is a mystery - she's 6'4, so she can play inside, but she's better at the 4. She's a good rebounder, but not the best finisher. And her FT shooting is atrocious. She's also been turnover prone this year. She gets called for a lot of travels. The more you can play your lineup of Booker, Gonzales, Holle, Moore, Jones, the better chance you have to win. Especially Moore - she kind of does it all. She's a great offensive rebounder, she finishes inside in traffic very well, she's high energy, she can hit those short corner jumpers against a zone, but her FT shooting leaves a lot to be desired.
  5. And then how do you rank coaches like Lloyd, who suck ass in March (and Shaka)
  6. I'd love to know if Texas had the choice of what game time they wanted or not. Because 9pm is so fucking dumb. 2 seed Stanford plays at 6:30pm (4:30pm west coast time) while 1 seed Texas plays at 9pm central time. Should be flipped. 1 seed USC gets the 4:30pm (2:30pm west coast time) tomorrow while the 2 east coast teams (Duke/UConn) get the 7pm (8pm east coast) time. Should be flipped. NCAA / TV royally botched the TV times for the Sweet 16 games, men and women.
  7. Did Patty Gasso not get the special memo that you can’t do Bible studies at public universities? Bc she runs that OU softball program like it’s a church and they seem to win
  8. Moral of the story: Texas needs to run the Zags off the three point line, dominate the boards, HIT THEIR FUCKING LAYUPS and keep Gonzaga under 60-65 points and we are likely still dancing into Sunday. Gonzaga will have trouble with Booker's size, Holle will be stuck like glue to their best offensive guard and Texas can rotate bigs and fresh bodies with Jones, Gaston, Muhammad, Moore and Faye. Texas will and should run some zone with Jak because of her length to frustrate the Gonzaga guards. Minimize live ball turnovers that lead to transition threes. Do not press - go back and set your defense after a made basket so they can't find an open shooter early in the shot clock
  9. Utah may have had trouble with the Zag guards, but Utah is not as good defensively as Texas. Not even close in most categories Texas - 6th in rebound margin (Utah is 29th) - Texas is also one of only 6 teams who have a double digit rebound margin Texas - 32nd in blocks per game (Utah is 258th) Texas - 78th in steals per game (Utah is 131st) Texas - 23rd in turnovers forced per game (Utah is 185th) Texas - 83rd in FG% defense (Utah is 236th) Texas - 195th in 3FG% defense (Utah is 305th) Texas - 32nd in scoring defense at 57.4 ppg (Utah is 116th at 62 ppg)
  10. https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39829906/womens-march-madness-2024-sweet-16-predictions-ncaa-tournament No. 4 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs vs. No. 1 seed Texas Longhorns Friday, 10 p.m. ET, ESPN (Region 4 in Portland) Why Texas will win: While Madison Booker is Texas' best player, the Longhorns' ability to dominate inside, especially on the glass, is what will get them to the Elite Eight. Offensive rebounding was the difference-maker against Alabama in the second round, and if Aaliyah Moore, Taylor Jones and DeYona Gaston can establish physical dominance, the Longhorns might be able to push around the Bulldogs. Look for the 6-1 Booker -- who is so adept at creating space for her midrange jumper -- to capitalize on her size advantage over the smaller Gonzaga guards, Kayleigh Truong (5-9) and Kaylynne Truong (5-8). Why Gonzaga will win: The Zags are the most accurate 3-point shooting team in the country (40.1%) and made 12 of 28 against Utah. Texas can't beat Gonzaga in a shooting contest, despite being a solid 3-point shooting team itself. Yvonne Ejim is also the most productive and efficient post player in this game. Texas will undoubtedly try to get physical with her with multiple defenders. That's what Vic Schaefer teams do. But if Ejim can play effectively in multiple ways, she can drag the Texas bigs to the high post and be just as effective. That would largely negate the Longhorns' physicality. Gonzaga can pull the upset if it can open the court and play with pace. What's the X factor: The defense of Texas' Shay Holle and Shaylee Gonzales against Brynna Maxwell and the Truong sisters will be important. Utah's guards had trouble matching up with all three. Eliza Hollingsworth, a 6-3 forward, was also left open too much. She's likely going to be more agile than the defender guarding her on the outside. The Texas strategy on how to handle all the Gonzaga perimeter options might decide this game. -- Creme Which team will advance? Adelson: Texas 81 Gonzaga 63 Creme: Texas 68, Gonzaga 65 Pelton: Texas 75, Gonzaga 68 Philippou: Texas 82, Gonzaga 66 Voepel: Texas 81, Gonzaga 71 The other games: ND - Oregon State: 4-1 in favor of ND SCe-Indiana - 5-0 in favor of SCe NCST-Stanford - 4-1 in favor of Stanford LSU-UCLA - 3-2 in favor of UCLA CU-Iowa - 5-0 in favor of Iowa USC-Baylor - 5-0 in favor of USC (fuck Baylor) Duke-UConn - 5-0 in favor of UConn
  11. I got it too. For Colorado. Like I haven’t lived there since 2021
  12. We have a great chance. Gonzaga is a lot like OU or ISU - run them off the three point line and beat them inside. Notice that Texas did not press a lot against Bama - they hit some open threes in transition off turnovers, but we mostly game planned to take away the 3. Our inside depth killed them Stanford's inside game is good (Brink and Kiki) but their guards are a huge weakness. And you don't win in March with bad guard play, which is why Booker is so essential to how far we go. Also Brink is prone to foul trouble.
  13. Someone has to remind this team you may be a top 8 seed now, but you can play your way out of that
  14. Welp. Getting punched in the mouth. Just like all our losses so far
  15. And getting dunked on by some crappy ESPN+ commentators
  16. Yep. And I truly enjoy listening to these two bit commentators roast our defense. No idea how Mike isn’t embarrassed by that
  17. Bitchin nickname. Gangster as fuck
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