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creekdipper said:
Funny watching ESPN interview Caitlin Clark after their Big Ten championship win. Clark's a great player and obviously the big draw...capable of scoring 40-some points when on...but she shot 6-17 for 18 pts today.

Meanwhile, her teammate and close friend Monica Czinano was unstoppable. She averaged 24 points over the three games and shot 76% today. Seems like they could have given her a little airtime. She was the difference when it counted (played great defense, too).

Czinino is only 6'3" but can dominate inside. I see a lot of her game in Karoline Striplin, although Strip has more range. Czinano has a wider build, but Karo is strong. Big Ten not as physical as SEC, but they play exciting basketball.

Indiana's Hillary made Clark's life miserable the whole game, and Clark was visibly upset at the tight defense. Shows how a locked-in defender can disrupt a great offensive player.
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Iowa has a tendency to put out some pretty good average-sized posts.........Megan Gustafson (6-3) was a nightmare for opposing teams and a walking double-double. She was the 80th ranked player in the class of 2015 and by her senior had off the chart number: Points (1,001 or 27.8 points per game), Rebounds (481) Field goal percentage (.696) Field goals made (412) Double-doubles (33) and for her career, she had Points (2,804)Rebounds (1,460) Field goal percentage (.656) Double-doubles (88). Would love to see Stripin grow into this type of player and think she has the type of post-game that may be capable of it. This freshman to sophomore year will be very telling, but I think she has got it. 10-15 pounds of lean muscle and continue to work on her back to the basket game with 3-4 go-to moves off the glass and maybe a baby hook and she will be in the business. She just hasn't seen the floor enough this year to really start showing what she is capable of. I think she is the type of player that wants to get a lot better and play a lot. Just have that feeling. Off-season is going to be huge.
 
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If it wasn't for still having a Big 12 Tourney to play UConn would either be in Greensboro or Spokane. It remains to be seen if they can move out of either of those regions and play in one of the lower one seeds.
 
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volnationnj said:
SC could have used 30 from Boston today. Up 14 in the fourth quarter and losing would be impossible if you had a player who
"No one can stop".
I can't wait for the next banner:
South Carolina
Winner of the 2021-2022
SEC Championship
Almost
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SC won the SEC season championship but lost the SEC tournament. A regular season SEC championship is banner worthy. I'm sure the LV's have hung many.
 
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Poultrygeist said:
SC won the SEC season championship but lost the SEC tournament. A regular season SEC championship is banner worthy. I'm sure the LV's have hung many.
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Always thought and still do that the regular season title is the top reward because you won over a long and varied schedule of all the teams. The SEC Tourney was invented to make money and provide all the teams a second chance to get to the NCAA. It is fun to watch and I know there are a lot of fans that think it is the top reward. I will always believe the regular season title is the top reward in any conference.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Always thought and still do that the regular season title is the top reward because you won over a long and varied schedule of all the teams. The SEC Tourney was invented to make money and provide all the teams a second chance to get to the NCAA. It is fun to watch and I know there are a lot of fans that think it is the top reward. I will always believe the regular season title is the top reward in any conference.
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I agree it should be, IMO. It's the culmination of the whole conference season, not just four days. But the tournament is a very nice accomplishment as well.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Always thought and still do that the regular season title is the top reward because you won over a long and varied schedule of all the teams. The SEC Tourney was invented to make money and provide all the teams a second chance to get to the NCAA. It is fun to watch and I know there are a lot of fans that think it is the top reward. I will always believe the regular season title is the top reward in any conference.
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If they played home and home with everybody it would be.
 
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Rickster said:
If they played home and home with everybody it would be.
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Impossible with 14 teams used to be the way it was decided. With two more teams coming in getting the league to 16 would like to see it divided into two divisions and you play everybody twice in your division and four games against four teams from the other division. Yes that is 18 games would like to see the women go back to that like the men play and other women conferences play.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
Impossible with 14 teams used to be the way it was decided. With two more teams coming in getting the league to 16 would like to see it divided into two divisions and you play everybody twice in your division and four games against four teams from the other division. Yes that is 18 games would like to see the women go back to that like the men play and other women conferences play.
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Thats my point. Unless you have a home and home with everyone.....who's to say who the best team is? A tournament is the best way to do it and thats why I believe we still have one. I would prefer to go with the regular season if no one had a home floor advantage.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
I wonder who is going to be the unfortunate one team to get UConn as their number two seed in their region. This is going to be one of the best NCAA reveals ever.
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I still don't see UCONN as a FF team. Beating an unranked team in the conference final is just not impressive to me. And watching that game last night, the number of turnovers they had with minimal pressure from NOVA, I can't wait until they face a tough defensive team from the SEC.
 
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And1 said:
I still don't see UCONN as a FF team. Beating an unranked team in the conference final is just not impressive to me. And watching that game last night, the number of turnovers they had with minimal pressure from NOVA, I can't wait until they face a tough defensive team from the SEC.
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You could be right, but going to be scary for that number one seed to know that is who they have to get by to get to the final four.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
I wonder who is going to be the unfortunate one team to get UConn as their number two seed in their region. This is going to be one of the best NCAA reveals ever.
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Probably gonna be Stanford. I think they're currently the last #2 seed, but could move up to #7 overall. Hopefully, that's where they peak so they can't get that #6 spot in Bridgeport.
 
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And1 said:
I still don't see UCONN as a FF team. Beating an unranked team in the conference final is just not impressive to me. And watching that game last night, the number of turnovers they had with minimal pressure from NOVA, I can't wait until they face a tough defensive team from the SEC.
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Their offense is clicking, though. They haven't played anyone good, but they have scoring, size and depth at every position. They will be tough.
 
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And1 said:
I still don't see UCONN as a FF team. Beating an unranked team in the conference final is just not impressive to me. And watching that game last night, the number of turnovers they had with minimal pressure from NOVA, I can't wait until they face a tough defensive team from the SEC.
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Besides SC, what SEC team is a tough defensive team? They already beat Tennessee and did that without some of their better players. I could understand more if you said a tough defensive team, regardless of the conference. They may not play a SEC team. Many of those turnovers last night were unforced. It should be a concern. You have high hopes for Tennessee, and they lost to an unranked team in the SEC Conference Tournament. UConn blew out the unranked teams they played in the recent tourney. But you are right, no need to get overly excited about a win over an unranked team except that unranked team beat them earlier.
 
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NoBackBoard said:
Louisville most likely, possibly Baylor. I don’t see the selection committee putting them with Stanford, USC or NC State.
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Louisville seems unlikely. They would have to move up to #5 overall, which I don't see happening unless Baylor screws up at the B12 tournament. Right now, the order of the #2's is Baylor, Iowa State, LSU and UConn. Both LSU and UConn are done, so I don't think UConn can leapfrog them. Maybe Iowa State slips a few notches, but I can't see UConn moving up more than 1 spot.
 
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