November 9, 20187 yr Parking for wbb should be free until they draw enough for there to be a decent amount of vehicle traffic. Most games have probably 200 cars that need spots.
November 9, 20187 yr Author I can't help but think we are going to be better defensively without Brooke. I hate to say that but we just have so much more length on the perimeter now and it showed last night. We've always struggled to defend the three point line and we did a pretty good job of defending it last night against a team that likes to shoot threes. I also think playing Underwood at the 4 helps us from a defensive perspective. The two big lineup creates problems when you have to switch but Underwood is really a 3 playing the 4 so it gives us more versatility on the defensive end. I hope Aston sticks with this smaller lineup even when we get healthy. There will obviously be games (Baylor) where we will have to go bigger but playing Underwood at the 4 gives us so much more versatility.
November 9, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Js1 said: So I didn't get to see the game. From what I can gather: Higgs will continue to be a monster Sug isn't going to be the scorer Brooke was but she was facilitated well (almost 10 assists and would have had closer to 13-14 if Danni had hit shots?) Littleton can put the ball in the bucket Danni had a bad night - all shooters do Jatarie dbl/dbl Collier picked up too many cheap fouls and fouled out? How did Chaz, Jada and Warren/Joanne look? Aborrowa has a good looking shot now. She hit a beautiful turnaround in the game that was nothing but nylon I kid you not
November 10, 20187 yr 10 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said: Parking for wbb should be free until they draw enough for there to be a decent amount of vehicle traffic. Most games have probably 200 cars that need spots. Upper deck tix for mens and womens bball should be free.
November 10, 20187 yr Author Chasity Patterson announced she's transferring. Not surprising at all after last year and watching the opener. Higgs, Sutton and Littleton were getting minutes at point over Littleton. For whatever reason Patterson wasn't a fit with Aston. I think the moral of the story here is stop recruiting tiny guards.
November 10, 20187 yr Author I saw that coming after the opener. Patterson only got 9 minutes in a complete blowout. All the FR got more minutes except for Allen-Taylor and she played about the same amount of minutes as Patterson. When I saw Littleton running point over Patterson I knew she was gone. Patterson is a legit scorer but if you don't play defense and have a shit shot selection you won't play for Aston. Edited November 10, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
November 11, 20187 yr Baylor will play a top 25 opponent on the road tonight. Will be a good measuring stick to seeing how good they are going to be this season
November 13, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: Tonight’s game against Aston’s former team is behind the ESPN paywall. Boo Yeah, I don't know what the fuck ESPN+ is but I hate it.
November 13, 20187 yr 1 minute ago, kingkoopa6 said: How my bae Danni do? She was 1 for 9 with 4 points. She has not started the season well.
November 14, 20187 yr And that's all for 2019, as Endiya Rogers chose USC. Barring a transfer or JUCO.
November 15, 20187 yr Author McNeese State tomorrow night who is 0-2 with an 11 point loss to ULL and 24 point loss to Grambling. They are terrible. This should be a game where the freshman get heavy minutes.
November 15, 20187 yr Author 7 hours ago, Js1 said: And that's all for 2019, as Endiya Rogers chose USC. Barring a transfer or JUCO. They're looking at an Australian guard. Isabel Palmer. She's played on the JR Australian teams with or most recent Australian signee Hannan. She reminds me a lot of fellow Australian Kristi Wallace. Edited November 15, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
November 15, 20187 yr I was not aware we were looking at another Aussie. PG from the looks of it? She didn't set the world on fire at in her U16 games last year, shooting at least. Looks to be more of a facilitator.
November 16, 20187 yr Author Texas could beat McNeese State by a 100 if Aston didn't call off the dogs.
November 16, 20187 yr Author It's not against good competition but we are a good defensive team. Most of the points we've given up have been from offensive rebounds. This team is really active and long. Tough to score on in the half court.
November 16, 20187 yr Author I hope we stop recruiting small guards like McCarty and Patterson. McCarty did some really good things for Texas but the length is noticeable on the defensive end with players like Warren, Taylor and Williams. Having those extra 3 or 4 inches on the perimeter makes things so much more difficult.
November 16, 20187 yr 7 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said: Some Greg gym games would be cool against low drawing opponents. Do you know how many waivers UT would have to get to do that from the NCAA? Also, why would we disrupt volleyball for a basketball game?
November 16, 20187 yr 20 minutes ago, Pancho Negro said: Do you know how many waivers UT would have to get to do that from the NCAA? Also, why would we disrupt volleyball for a basketball game? No. How many? how many volleyball games are even left? When do they practice? Can’t fit 2-5 games in there somewhere?
November 16, 20187 yr UConn I know has 2 home courts they rotate between so once the Erwin center is gone and the new facility is being built I don’t see why Greg couldn’t be one of our home courts. Since we’ll be freed from the Erwin center contract it should be a lot easier to make that happen
November 16, 20187 yr On 11/15/2018 at 4:02 PM, Pato del Muerto said: Some Greg gym games would be cool against low drawing opponents. We should play 80% of our m/wbb games at Gregory. It will not happen because of $ but we should.
November 16, 20187 yr 16 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said: No. How many? how many volleyball games are even left? When do they practice? Can’t fit 2-5 games in there somewhere? Multiple for both men and women. And the NCAA doesn't give out waivers lightly. As I've mentioned before both on this site (shaggy) and others, you can't just plop down and play a regulation basketball game in Gregory just because. The court, backboards, electronic equipment, etc. all have to meet the NCAA regulations for both men and women. That isn't the case in Gregory, and the university would have to spend money to get this completed (unnecessary waste) or apply for waivers. But the NCAA isn't giving a waiver without a good reason, especially when there is an up to code arena sitting right there in the FEC. I get it--the FEC sucks. I'm on board with this. But this fan dream (and the "i know the solution because i"m smart and the athletic department isn't!" attitude) needs just a tad bit more logic. Gregory is fitted for volleyball. The athletic department did that specifically for them. The reason we do the orange/white games in gregory is because squad scrimmages aren't regulated by the ncaa. You could probably even play an exhibition game in there too if you really wanted to. And volleyball has the end of the season and playoffs. I wouldn't want to displace them going into playoffs for a meaningless OOC November basketball game. That would suck for them.
November 16, 20187 yr I would also argue this is the reason the new arena is going to be smaller/more cozy and actually configured for basketball. Edited November 16, 20187 yr by Pancho Negro
November 17, 20187 yr 4 hours ago, Pancho Negro said: I would also argue this is the reason the new arena is going to be smaller/more cozy and actually configured for basketball. I undertstand the ncaa bs, if we wanted to play at GG we would. The ncaa would not stop us, we would print a waiver and send it to them for a rubber stamp. CDC is trying but we'll see what they actually build. Any arena is smaller/more cozy than the drum. Edited November 17, 20187 yr by Goodman
November 18, 20187 yr Looks like ISU will be a pest at Hilton again. They just crushed #24 Miami there today
November 19, 20187 yr 16 hours ago, perfectchaos007 said: Looks like ISU will be a pest at Hilton again. They just crushed #24 Miami there today OU lost to USF, who lost their best player to an ACL. Big 12 is now 30-2 to start the year (OU and Tech each have a loss, everyone else is undefeated) We play Quinnipiac Friday at 5 ET, then the winner of Missouri/Michigan Saturday 7:30 ET and then the winner of the other side of the bracket (99% probably Duke) at 7:30 ET Sunday. This is a really good chance to pick up at least 2 quality wins - Michigan or Mizzou and then Duke. Michigan and Duke are RV and Mizzou is #16. I think we want Mizzou and Duke, because Mizzou is ranked and Duke will probably end with a high RPI because they play in the ACC and also have 2 more top10 teams on their OOC schedule.
November 19, 20187 yr 3 hours ago, Js1 said: OU lost to USF, who lost their best player to an ACL. Big 12 is now 30-2 to start the year (OU and Tech each have a loss, everyone else is undefeated) We play Quinnipiac Friday at 5 ET, then the winner of Missouri/Michigan Saturday 7:30 ET and then the winner of the other side of the bracket (99% probably Duke) at 7:30 ET Sunday. This is a really good chance to pick up at least 2 quality wins - Michigan or Mizzou and then Duke. Michigan and Duke are RV and Mizzou is #16. I think we want Mizzou and Duke, because Mizzou is ranked and Duke will probably end with a high RPI because they play in the ACC and also have 2 more top10 teams on their OOC schedule. missouri dropped (still ranked) after losing to Green Bay at home.
November 20, 20187 yr Author Looks like Joyner is working out on the side of practice in these pics. She probably isn't too far away from returning. Edited November 20, 20187 yr by texasstrong12
November 23, 20187 yr Quinnipiac is Baylor or we’re Not very good as we’re trailing 24-11 in the 2Q cant play D without fouling too many turnovers can’t close out on shooters Edited November 23, 20187 yr by Js1
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