Baylor defeats Winthrop 140-32

[charlie_1]

I believe the score was close to what the Masery rating predicted. So not a big surprise.

 

[Smallvol#1]

I'm not sure what Kim's relationship with Holly is like but her love and admiration for Coach Pat runs deep...as does all of Baylor Nation. It's a respect she learned as a player at La Tech and as a member of Pat's Olympic team. Mulkey would never do anything to disrespect the memory of Coach Pat...especially in Pat's house.

This is true. We met a lot of Baylor fans in Des Moines, stayed at the same hotel as they did. I was impressed and appreciative of the way they spoke about Pat. And they had a lot of good Kim/Pat stories to tell. I've followed them ever since and like what I see. Overall a great bunch of knowledgeable basketball fans who love and support their team just like we do our Ladys. They even have a token jerk (a mod no less:ermm, but that is one area where we far surpass them...we have a lot more jerks posting, and somehow they either do not have trolls or manage to control them. I don't believe I have ever read a post on their board where anything ugly or hateful was said about one of their players...critiques, yes, but not venom and put downs. Unless they are playing UT or South Carolina, I pull for them....Go Bears!

Hi, BUBear:hi:

 

[bobkitten]

I'm not sure what Kim's relationship with Holly is like but her love and admiration for Coach Pat runs deep...as does all of Baylor Nation. It's a respect she learned as a player at La Tech and as a member of Pat's Olympic team. Mulkey would never do anything to disrespect the memory of Coach Pat...especially in Pat's house.

I had the same impression about the Stanford game.

 

[bballcrazy]

I was at the BU- Winthrop game. I can tell you it was an epic mis-match. If Mulkey had played only the bottom 5 players for the entire game it would have still been a 70+ point victory. I have never seen such an inept team in college ranks. Yet they had two fairly good players. Every one else merely run up and down the floor. Some on social media are saying that baylor should have just passed the ball around taking a shot clock violation or merely passed the ball back to them to show a little mercy. I can't help but believe that those who say such never played much sports. It's awful hard to tell your team not to perform.

So you are saying that your bottom 5 are better than Ohio States 11 who only beat Winthrop by 40 rather than 110? Or did Ohio State decide not to embarrass a team into the 140 to 150 range?

Davis was on the court in the fourth so stop making excuses.

 

[Trixietrouble]

Raoul (from mich is much followed by the twitter wbb world for his insight) tweeted the following article on this
Baylor women’s basketball openly lies about its blowout disgraces | New York Post

It's tough to tell your girls not to compete at the fullest, but the optics of this win are terrible for the Baylor program, and for WCBB as a whole.

Highlights of fast breaks and threes when the game was completely out of hand...

Way too many P5 schools are scheduling cupcake after cupcake (even ND to some extent this year), and in reality it only hurts their own program. Baylor did not grow one bit in the win over Winthrop - and they have some other really low rated teams on their schedule as well.

Not really helpful to the girls on the Baylor team in the long run, and I don't think games like these sell tickets, since the outcome is long predetermined.

 

[Amb3096]

It's tough to tell your girls not to compete at the fullest, but the optics of this win are terrible for the Baylor program, and for WCBB as a whole.

Highlights of fast breaks and threes when the game was completely out of hand...

Way too many P5 schools are scheduling cupcake after cupcake (even ND to some extent this year), and in reality it only hurts their own program. Baylor did not grow one bit in the win over Winthrop - and they have some other really low rated teams on their schedule as well.

Not really helpful to the girls on the Baylor team in the long run, and I don't think games like these sell tickets, since the outcome is long predetermined.

I disagree that Baylor has nothing to gain from games like this. This becomes an opportunity for Lauren Cox and Natalie Chou to play big minutes, put up good numbers and gain confidence. Same as the benefit for Tennessee scheduling the likes of Troy so that MeMe Jackson and Alexa Middleton can gain confidence during actual game time.

The game may be predetermined, but there are benefits for the bench to play in these kinds of games and help develop them to become more of an asset during games against tougher competition.

 

[Trixietrouble]

I disagree that Baylor has nothing to gain from games like this. This becomes an opportunity for Lauren Cox and Natalie Chou to play big minutes, put up good numbers and gain confidence. Same as the benefit for Tennessee scheduling the likes of Troy so that MeMe Jackson and Alexa Middleton can gain confidence during actual game time.

The game may be predetermined, but there are benefits for the bench to play in these kinds of games and help develop them to become more of an asset during games against tougher competition.

RE: confidence for the freshmen - I agree with you IF the confidence gained is not FALSE CONFIDENCE. I think you can feel like Lebron against rank greater than 100 teams, and then reality sets in when you take on a top 10 team.

But if the player is mentally struggling with confidence, I could see where a game against Winthrop might cheer them up.

 

[Amb3096]

RE: confidence for the freshmen - I agree with you IF the confidence gained is not FALSE CONFIDENCE. I think you can feel like Lebron against rank greater than 100 teams, and then reality sets in when you take on a top 10 team.

But if the player is mentally struggling with confidence, I could see where a game against Winthrop might cheer them up.

In the case of freshmen players like a Cox or Chou, who were top HS players that are struggling to get adjusted to the college games, I believe that the confidence will help them despite the lesser competition. It's not like they are scrub players; they were recruited to be key players for the team. So it's basically your second scenario. The repetition and exposure to playing "college games" will help them without the pressure of having to perform that way against a team like UConn. Sometimes, feasting on cupcakes is just what the doctor ordered.

 

[Coach Jumper]

in the case of freshmen players like a cox or chou, who were top hs players that are struggling to get adjusted to the college games, i believe that the confidence will help them despite the lesser competition. It's not like they are scrub players; they were recruited to be key players for the team. So it's basically your second scenario. The repetition and exposure to playing "college games" will help them without the pressure of having to perform that way against a team like uconn. Sometimes, feasting on cupcakes is just what the doctor ordered.

well said

 

[bobkitten]

Wow, was this really necessary??

- largest margin of victory in NCAAW history
- 2nd most points scored in NCAAW history

Kim, put on the brakes when Baylor played UT.
How embarrassing for lil ole' Winthrop...

Not only did it seem like Kim put the brakes on vs UT, but also that Tara did not really make a big effort to beat us, either. I wonder about that...