huskerchode

Hopefully Maryland has a better game against UConn. They didn't seem to be hitting their shots and were making dumb turnovers. Finally started to pull it together the latter part of the first half. Although I will say, UConn didn't look as great as usual in their first half against Dayton. It was like they were afraid to guard Dayton's 3 point shooters. Dayton also had a lot of turnovers but were still ahead by 1 at half. I told my daughter UConn would come out the second half and blow them out of the water. Their defense was pretty intense the second half.

I was a little surprised the players pounded on the cutout so hard his head flopped back.

I can see a lot of turnover when a new coach and staff are brought in. Hard for me to fault some of the younger kids for transferring when that happens. And if they want to leave, the school should not stop them (eg. KSU). I also find it hard to fault a kid if they are just plain homesick, or if there are other family issues (like illness or death, not the kind where daddy thinks you should be getting more playing time). I have poked around numerous message boards trying to figure out what went down at Indiana. I've found a few that have made reference to an impending lawsuit, but it is vague and I can't figure who is suing.

It's their new coach from what I can gather. She has her way of doing things and if you want to play you do it my way. Remember all those Hoosiers that are transferring were recruited by previous IU head coach Kurt Miller before he mysteriously had to resign last summer. Has anyone ever heard what the deal was with former Indiana coach?Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk Not sure, but just ran across this: http://www.idsnews.com/article/2015/03/former-iu-miller-coach-a-candidate-for-wnba-job

I guess I can see how a school with a new coach might lose a lot of kids to transfer the first year or so, so I can give Minnesota a bit of a pass. But Indiana strikes me as odd, and Jacqui Grant leaving Illinois still seems strange to me. DePaul is way better for basketball, better tradition, better coach, and opportunities for post season play. It's not like she's leaving a good basketball school where she didn't get playing time and then going somewhere less competitive. Exactly the opposite.

So if Maryland performs a miracle and actually wins it all, will it be an awkward meeting at the White House?

Has anyone else noticed that Maryland seems to have trouble selling tickets? I see lots of empty seats, and not just during the regular season.

Seriously? Do you suppose that was her idea or something stupid ESPN came up with? Wasn't there some weird ticket punching thing in the locker room before Minnesota played us at PBA? I've always wondered if that is something the network comes up with, and the coaches and players go along with it for the cameras.

And I totally forgot to mention Kalenta.

definitely something to be concerned about. kansashusker makes a point. i did forget about Washington. you state in your comment she is "really fast, and strong". if true, as i know absolutely nothing about her game, it could be possible she fills the spot that Sample leaves vacant. Could that mean we have Jess and Washington as starters with Havers coming off the bench? It will be interesting to see how things unfold as the season goes on. I'm really looking forward to it. In fact, I'm hoping we see good minutes from all 4: Jess, Washington, Blackburn, and Havers. It would be so nice to have a rotation of 4 there for those times we run into weird refs.

Our transition D will be hurting since we no longer will have T. Makes it even more important to have good shooting.

My husband has pretty close ties with the Purdue athletic department. Sounds like Versyp is safe until the current AD retires, and a lot of people are fed up with Purdue's AD, so maybe that will be sooner rather than later.

Surprisingly, the rebounds weren't that lopsided. But turnovers - OUCH

Dang. So close. Too many turnovers, some were due to our youth, but they will improve.

I didn't think it hit the rim. And the shot clock was down to 2 or 3 seconds.

Did that hit the rim?

Horrible call on the charge, girl wasn't set at all.

Really, do we need a split screen to look at the Syracuse coach?

Wow, threw it right to them.

Hope Allie can hit that shot now that she has made one. Would like to see Chandler make another three.

With both T and Em on the bench, we are tied at half. And that was a nice play by Allie at the end!

She is really sluggish tonight.

C'mon Allie.

In spite of all this, only down by 3. Glad Chandler knocked down a three!

We were shooting 50% and now we are down below 30%. We really look all discombobulated all of a sudden. I'm assuming that's because of some adjustment Syracuse has made. Allie needs to play tougher, she could really help us right now.