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I agree with this 100%, but have to admit that they looked a lot better than I remember them looking against NU earlier in the year. They looked very athletic - just couldn't make a shot to save their lives. Also, NCSU was absolutely on fire, which they are capable of from time-to-time. There was no way MSU was going to survive the buzzsaw they ran into in Raleigh. P.S.: MSU coach constantly looks like she has a stick stuck somewhere that she doesn't want it stuck.

I really can't understand the love for Mich St. This has them as a 6 seed. Their OOC slate was pretty much garbage - went 2-1 against the 3 teams with a pulse, just happened to beat most of the patsies by a bunch of points - whoop-de-doo. Had 4 semi-notable wins in conference (Iowa {early when they weren't playing that well}, @Mich, @Illinois, Indiana). Played LA teams tough on the road, but lost both. Doesn't add up.

That's what I've been thinking over the last couple of days. Probably better to be a 10 seed. Most of the time there's not a huge difference between 7-10 seeds, so an 'upset' isn't so unachievable - then would rather face a 2 seed instead of a 1 seed.

Gave 'em everything they could handle. Refs took over the game midway through 3rd quarter. I think they called only 2 or 3 fouls on them in the last 12-13 minutes before garbage time.

Not sure you really want Coley launching 3s.

And now the zebras begin to earn their bag money. 4 straight questionable calls.

Yep. It's good to be a star player.

There's just no good way to stop her. She knows how to use her size and weight advantage with the knowledge that they're not going to call anything against her.

Playing well. Too many unforced turnovers.

+1000000

Agree she looks much more comfortable. I think she needs to be focused on a couple of things in the off-season: 1. needs to get in the weight room to gain strength which will naturally help with rebounding; 2. work on her defensive footwork and positioning - she had a slew of ticky-tack (for lack of a better word) fouls that she's going to have to avoid to stay on the court. I think she will make great improvements in both. The good thing is, as some have mentioned, the offensive end seems to come naturally to her. She is actually fairly competent at making a layup, which we all know has been the Huskers' nemesis for quite some time.

Fighting for NIT seeding at this point. What an embarrassment. I figured 1-2 in these last 3 games with a split between Minn/Iowa. With this kind of effort, high probability of 0-3. Might not break 50 for 2nd straight game.

46 points. Just pathetic. Couldn't make the good looks and took so many horrible shots otherwise.

Williams needed to take that straight to the hoop. Make them defend a hard drive with a 1 point lead.

Near the end of overtime when Oregon's 6'8" Leviathan jumped on Markowski's back and tomahawked her to the floor attempting to rebound and rightly was called for a foul, the announcers spent quite a bit of time exclaiming that Oregon's coach was pitching a fit on the sidelines about the officials. Markowski literally got plowed under by a one-player Oregon avalanche - as clear a foul as there will ever be. Granted, the cameras didn't show the coach at that time so I took the announcers' word for it. However, other shots of their coach during the game showed him in a constant state of 'whine' about the way the game was called.