Billboy1 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Should not loose to this team three times when talent is not better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmbilliken Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 3 hours ago, Billboy1 said: Should not loose to this team three times when talent is not better Dayton is clearly the better team. We don't have enough rebounding and aren't quick enough on the front line to compete with NCAA teams. Hopefully they make the NIT and have a good run like last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billboy1 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Sorry but Dayton is not that much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 Is a high enough seed to get home games in the NIT still realistic? The overall resume is clearly down from last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doowop Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 `Stone needs to start recruiting bigger, stronger, more athletic players who are strong rebounders. They are similar to MU in that they have good outside players but not strong inside players. If Stipanovich had a teammate who was also strong inside she may have been even better than she is. However, with no one else as a threat inside, she got dominated today by the other team's center. She stopped Stepanovich's inside moves. Stone's front line is like the one the men had with Crews, soft and slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 1 hour ago, doowop said: `Stone needs to start recruiting bigger, stronger, more athletic players who are strong rebounders. They are similar to MU in that they have good outside players but not strong inside players. If Stipanovich had a teammate who was also strong inside she may have been even better than she is. However, with no one else as a threat inside, she got dominated today by the other team's center. She stopped Stepanovich's inside moves. Stone's front line is like the one the men had with Crews, soft and slow. Looking at the current roster, she definitely has a type of player she likes. It seems to skew more towards heady gym rats and less towards athletic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 2 hours ago, JMM28 said: Looking at the current roster, she definitely has a type of player she likes. It seems to skew more towards heady gym rats and less towards athletic. ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwyjibo Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 I wanted to look at SLU's chances at getting into the NIT and then if they were in would they get a home game. I think they are in but their case is not as strong as some appear to imply. The Women's NIT uses 6 (I posted about this in years passed) rankings and throws out the high and low ranking to get a composite index. Note the RPI is counted twice so it cannot be thrown out. SLU is ranked thus (they do better when their margins of victory are added in): Massey 88 Moore 73 NCAA RPI 93 RealTime RPI 93 Sagarin 69 72 Bennett 62 The first five ranking systems are named by the WNIT but not the 6th. I am guessing that the 6th is Sagarin's other ranking (Predictor or Golden Mean) or possibly Bennett (even though SLU is ranked well with this it is a bad system generally). Anyway, SLU will have a composite 80 or 81. Given that both the NCAA and the NIT have automatic bids (tournament and regular season champs respectively) they will be giving those bids to some teams who are worse than SLU. Regardless, I would estimate only 10-14 teams with worse records getting NCAA bids. So 81 puts SLU in the NIT as around the 30th best team--that is not good enough to guarantee them a home game but it makes it more likely than not. Officially, the home team is selected by a number of factors (officially: " fan base, host bids, facility availability, tournament seed, travel constraints, etc" ) and I think all those things work in SLU's favor as well. FYI, ESPN has GW as an 11 seed at-large in their bracketology for the NCAA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Thanks for posting this. So it sounds like one home game is still a decent bet, but probably no home game in the second round if we make it that far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doowop Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 On 3/4/2017 at 9:12 PM, JMM28 said: Looking at the current roster, she definitely has a type of player she likes. It seems to skew more towards heady gym rats and less towards athletic. If that is true, then the kind of talent she likes will have a hard time qualifying for or going far in, the NCAA Tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SluSignGuy Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FromDaEastSide Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Another lady from Louisville, I think they have a 2017 guard committed from the Louisville area as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Molly Lockhart (2018) committed to SLU. She's from the same HS as Tasia Jeffries, a 2017 SLU signee. Lockhart is a 6-3 center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUBillsFan Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 In case anyone is wondering and too lazy to google it: Women's NIT selection is tonight. 2017 Dates The 64-team field will be announced late Monday evening, March 13, 2017. The first round will kick off Wednesday, March 15, with the event culminating on Saturday, April 1 with the championship. Selection – Monday, March 13. Round 1 – March 15-17. Round 2 – March 18-21. Round 3 – March 22-24. Round 4 – March 25-27. Semifinals – March 29-30. Championship – Saturday, April 1, 3 p.m. ET. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 We (and four other A10 teams) are officially in. The seeding will be out in a few hours. http://www.womensnit.com/news/2017-postseason-wnit-field-announced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills71 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Women to NIT http://www.slubillikens.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27200&ATCLID=211519599 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Almost wish we hadn't gotten in. More mediocrity to celebrate. This season was her best shot to make it and I think next year will be a down year, I don't think they have much waiting to replace Sadie inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmith19 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Kemph is the one who makes this team go. So even with Stipo leaving, we should have one more shot at making the tourney. I'm not too optimistic beyond next year, but maybe the two Louisville freshmen will set the world on fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Just now, hsmith19 said: Kemph is the one who makes this team go. So even with Stipo leaving, we should have one more shot at making the tourney. I'm not too optimistic beyond next year, but maybe the two Louisville freshmen will set the world on fire. I don't know if I agree with that. Kemph is phenomenal but she's a score first PG. she doesn't get her teammates involved enough to "make the team go". IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3star_recruit Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Kemph lead the league in assists with 7.5 apg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 1 minute ago, 3star_recruit said: Kemph lead the league in assists with 7.5 apg. That is shocking. I don't really look at women's stats and from watching her in 5 or so games this year and many last I've always viewed her as a scorer over a distributor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doowop Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Who are the two Louisville freshmen? What positions do they play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufanskip Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 19 minutes ago, billikenfan05 said: That is shocking. I don't really look at women's stats and from watching her in 5 or so games this year and many last I've always viewed her as a scorer over a distributor You are way off. She is a very good distributor. She is Imo very balanced and can find the open teammate or score as needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, slufanskip said: You are way off. She is a very good distributor. She is Imo very balanced and can find the open teammate or score as needed. Maybe less than right but I wouldn't say way off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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