Women's Basketball Megathread

[swilsonsp4]

The Cats had an amazing comeback for victory this afternoon against BYU at 5th/3rd in front of over 2,500 fans (maybe 15% in blue). The Cougars led, 57-46, after three quarters, but UC turned the game completely around right from the start of the fourth. BYU went stone cold and continued turning the ball over (which both teams had been doing throughout the entire first half). The Cats scored the first 23 points of the quarter, with the Cougars finally hitting a pair of desperation treys in the final :30. Final: 72-63.

UC finished with 15 turnovers (14 in the first half), while BYU gave it away 24 times (13 in the first).

The Cougars effectively took Jillian Hayes out of the offense until the fourth quarter, when she drew a ton of fouls. She hit 12-of-16 from the line in the game, finishing with 16 points and 13 rebounds (8 offensive).

[D.A.H.]

when byu was here for football (iirc, tubbs was still the coach), i was amazed how well they travel. I don't know if some of their crowd were local LDS members, but, either way, their support was impressive. as to the lady cats, are they generating more buzz right now than fball and/or men's bball?

[swilsonsp4]

This has little to do with yesterdays’ game specifically, but it has to do with an NCAA women’s end-game rule that mirrors the same in the NBA. In the final minute of regulation, if a team is inbounding anywhere in the backcourt, they may call time-out, allowing them to inbound at the hashmark in front of their bench.

I’m not at all a fan of this. Why should a team be able to avoid full-court pressure in the most critical portion of a close game, just because they have thus far pocketed a time-out? I understand why the rule exists in the NBA, as The League promotes its stars (more so than its teams) and wants them to have sufficient time to score. Perhaps I’m in the minority but I’ve always watched team sports, not for the individual players, but for the teams. For that reason, I hope the NCAA men’s competition committee never follows suit.

[Carthage World]

when byu was here for football (iirc, tubbs was still the coach), i was amazed how well they travel. I don't know if some of their crowd were local LDS members, but, either way, their support was impressive. as to the lady cats, are they generating more buzz right now than fball and/or men's bball?

The fanbase is heavily concentrated in the Mountain West (Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada) but they have a visible presence nationwide and will travel near and far to support their teams.

[longtimefan]

This has little to do with yesterdays’ game specifically, but it has to do with an NCAA women’s end-game rule that mirrors the same in the NBA. In the final minute of regulation, if a team is inbounding anywhere in the backcourt, they may call time-out, allowing them to inbound at the hashmark in front of their bench.

I’m not at all a fan of this. Why should a team be able to avoid full-court pressure in the most critical portion of a close game, just because they have thus far pocketed a time-out? I understand why the rule exists in the NBA, as The League promotes its stars (more so than its teams) and wants them to have sufficient time to score. Perhaps I’m in the minority but I’ve always watched team sports, not for the individual players, but for the teams. For that reason, I hope the NCAA men’s competition committee never follows suit.

I’m with you on this, I hate the NBA rule. I’d rather see them bring back the NBA backcourt foul rule. If you were fouled before you crossed half court, you were awarded one free throw plus the ball. That would dramatically change the end of games now.

[sedz]

Hot take: I think timeouts should be eliminated from all sports. Make the games more like soccer. Other than built in breaks like halftime and media timeouts, the players have to implement strategy or make adjustments during gameplay. Coaches can guide things, but most of their work is done before the game.