Cal v. Baylor Women's Basketball Open Thread 11.22.09
by TwistNHook on Nov 22, 2009 1:00 PM PST
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I know you are currently face down in a giant pile of alcohol still celebrating last night's THRILLING Big Game victory over the hated Stanford Cardinal. And if you aren't currently drenched in some sort of liquid substance, what is wrong with you?????
But, it's time to take a look away from all the crazy highlights for a moment to realize that we got another BIG GAME! today, too. The Cal Women's Basketball team, currently ranked as high as 11 is about to take on the Baylor Bears, ranked as high as 8th in the nation. Clearly, a big test for our young, but talented Women's Basketball team. The game starts at 2 PM PST and will be televised on Fox Sports Net. Use this thread to discuss all the action. GO BEARS! BEAT THE............BEARS?
The Official Cal Bears website has a preview:
THIS WEEK'S OPPONENTS--A Look at Baylor The Baylor Bears (1-1) came into the season ranked No. 7 in the Associated Press Poll and No. 4 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll. The are currently ranked at No. 8 in the AP Poll and at No. 9 in the USA Today/ ESPN Coaches' Poll.
Baylor freshman Brittney Griner, a 6-8 forward with the ability to dunk, has been the most buzzed about player in women's college basketball as the season begins. Griner scored 15 points in Baylor's 74-65 season-opening loss at No. 9 Tennessee, nine of which came from the freethrow line. Guard Melissa Jones led the team with 21 points in the game, including going a perfect 10-for-10 from the freethrow line. Forward Morghan Medlock had a team-high 13 rebounds.
Baylor posted a 29-6 overall record last season and finished No. 5 in the final AP poll. The Lady Bears finished second in the Big 12 Conference, won the Big 12 Championship and were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament in the Sweet 16 by eventual national runner-up Louisville. Baylor returns one starter off last season's squad and boasts eight returnees and five newcomers on this year's roster.
The Baylor Bears were scheduled to play at Haas Pavilion last season on Dec. 22, 2008, but the game was cancelled when a rare December snow storm stranded the team in Oregon.
Baylor and Cal have faced one another three times with Cal looking for its first-ever regular-season victory over Baylor. Cal's only victory was an 82-72 win in the first round of the WNIT, March 26, 1981. Baylor has won the last two match-ups, 69-56 Nov. 25, 2007 in Waco and Nov. 26, 2005 on a neutral court at the Caribbean Classic. This is the first time the two teams have played at Haas Pavilion.
Baylor is the first of two Big-12 teams that Cal should face this season. Texas A&M will be playing in the Collier's International Classic at Haas Pavilion Dec. 5-6 and could take on Cal in the second round of the tournament. Last season, Cal was 1-1 against Big-12 schools including a 68-54 victory over Texas Tech in the Paradise Jam Tournament and the 86-75 loss at the hands of Oklahoma.
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Go Bears!
Beat the bears……errr….
;)
Go Bears Go
by Rocksanddirt on Nov 22, 2009 1:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Phew, I had to cycle through the channels to find the game in Sacramento. I’ve got it on CSN+ (channel 116)
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
LET'S GO BEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 2:04 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
(OF CALIFORNIA)
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 2:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Urg, missing layups already
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:09 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Brandon just made a powerful move to the hoop!
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:10 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
very quick and bouncy for a big girl
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 2:11 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
there it is again.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 2:12 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
You ain’t takin’ that rebound from Brandon, fake bears!
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Baylor has had at least two hideous shots take weird bounces through the hoop. Cal’s playing balls-out right now
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:18 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Heater got hurt? Anybody know anything about that?
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:19 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Man, is it only T-Bred and me watching this game? Cal’s playing with crazy awesome intensity right now
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
LEXI with an in-your face trey!!!
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:23 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Griner has a ways to go on offense. But yeah, her size is just troubling in itself on defense
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 2:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Griner is a freshman and will probably start dominating eventually, but right now she’s playing like a female Max Zhang
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:30 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Stallworth breaks the drought! Now let’s keep up the intensity on D!
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:37 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Crap, Griner is looking less Zhangish, and needless to say Cal doesn’t have a 6’8’’ player to counter that
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:43 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know if the announcers are misinformed, but it kind of bothers me that they said Rodger’s father died in an ‘accident’ during one of her high school games. Her Dad was murdered at halftime.
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:47 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, probably misinformed….
Gennifer Brandon is some kind of bouncy athlete. She’s really impressive… looks like a Sr out there.
What happened to Heater? Injury?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 2:51 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t know, I hadn’t heard anything til the announcers mentioned it. I’m looking for info right now
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:54 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cal down 8 at the half. After playing pretty good basketball for the first 10 minutes we went totally cold on offense, passing poorly and taking iffy shots. Solid defense has kept the game close, but unless the offensive execution improves that won’t matter.
I have been impressed with the intensity of play, however. Despite the sloppiness, Cal players have been all over the court and have been going to the floor constantly. Effort has been an A+. Hopefully execution catches up to desire. Brandon was the star of the first 10 minutes with a variety of impressive moves.
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:52 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
While looking for info on Heater I finally found a little info on Rama
On my way out the door tonight, I got a chance to talk with 6’5" senior center Rama N’diaye, and I asked her how her rehab on her knee was coming along. The answer is slow.
She told me that she’s still working on it, but that she’s still feeling pain and wasn’t sure when she’d be ready to play. I asked if she thought she’d be ready for this Sunday’s game against Baylor and she didn’t seem confident as she intimated that she wasn’t sure.
Doesn’t sound very good – I think I’d be thrilled to have her playing by the opening of Pac-10 play.
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:56 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
blockquote FAIL
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 2:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Cool interview with Tierra
It’s great to see her at all of these games with her teammates, making the most out of her situation. Coaching future?
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 3:06 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Cal may have used up all our mojo for this weekend – another Baylor shot hits the rim and backboard before going down, and then a Brandon floater goes halfway down before popping out.
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 3:12 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Yikes. Things are falling apart.
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 3:14 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
A field goal!!! Celebrate!
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 3:22 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Lexi vs. Griner might not be the best offense-defense matchup to exploit.
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 3:24 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Christ, when Griner is standing in front of you, DON’T SHOOT THE BALL!
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 3:26 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Hey Norcal, don’t you have better things to do than watch bball and post? I have an idea clean the apartment!!!! =p
Norcalnick's chick. Go Bears!
by aee07 on Nov 22, 2009 3:31 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
BOOM roasted!
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
hey when’s volleyball?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 3:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
oops just saw that we lost.
feel better now, danzig? DO. YOU. FEEL. BETTER?!?!?!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 3:33 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I swear that loss was psychosomatic. These girls are smart and we’ve been going to the tourney for the past few years. They all know how the seeding works. They knew our RPI was too high and we’d end up with Texas or PennSt. So they all secretly wanted an extra loss. I swear, this shit was psychosomatic.
by danzig on Nov 22, 2009 3:36 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
but if we won out, could we have gotten the #6 spot possibly?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 3:38 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Possibly, but I highly doubt it… the Big10 teams just keep dominating their weak conf and we prob won’t be able to jump them. I think, in the end it’s safer to go for the 11-14 seed.
by danzig on Nov 22, 2009 3:41 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
is hawaii actually as good as their record indicates or are they just ‘boisestating’ their conference?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 3:43 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Exactly. They don’t play anybody too hard. However, having seen them play, I’d say they’re one of the best serving teams in the country. They’re small but fast.
by danzig on Nov 22, 2009 3:45 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
WE WON THE BIG GAME!
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 3:39 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Well, at least we’re not rolling over and dying
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 3:42 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I'll take the blame for this one
The game dissolved as soon as I made the mistake of criticizing Griner. Oops
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 3:49 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
what happened?
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 3:56 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
well, dunking is 1000x harder in a live game
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 3:57 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
I hate it when teams try to make a point by scoring a lot of points. It’s a real dick move, especially when it doesn’t work…like Harbaugh going for two or Griner trying to dunk on us.
by paleodan on Nov 22, 2009 5:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
How is it that that play ended with Griner getting free throws?
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 3:55 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Answer: Because she is a freak of nature.
by paleodan on Nov 22, 2009 5:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
They figured it must have been a foul
when she missed instead of just bad eye-hand coordination.
by tjalorak on Nov 22, 2009 6:52 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
well,
we really just need to shoot better. and they let griner get in their heads. they’d miss shots when she ‘altered’ them even though griner had no shot at actually blocking them.
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by Thoroughbred on Nov 22, 2009 3:58 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
I think Lexi is putting too much pressure on herself, and it creates a situation where our offense is less cohesive. We’re not playing as a team on offense.
I’m OK with the defensive performance for the most part
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by norcalnick on Nov 22, 2009 4:01 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
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Wasn’t she pushing in a previous game too? Might have been the St. Mary’s game.
by tjalorak on Nov 22, 2009 7:17 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Heater was on the bench with a boot on her left foot.
No idea what happened. Haven’t seen anything, and don’t recall any problems from Tuesday’s game. Maybe she hurt it in practice?
Doubt she would have made much of a difference today, anyway.
by Oaklandishbear on Nov 22, 2009 5:03 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
Griner showed no class.
Boy, when she wasn’t contested, she was VERY smooth shooting the ball. Any time she went into the lane, though, and got doubled or tripled, she struggled. What a beast on defense, though. Yikes.
On her attempted dunk, I was watching from the other end of the floor but it looked after she got fouled on the attempt, she then forcibly shoved Mooch out of the way during the stopage. I thought it was technical-worthy, but I need to watch the replay…
by Oaklandishbear on Nov 22, 2009 5:05 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
We all saw the same thing…. except the refs, that is.
by danzig on Nov 22, 2009 5:08 PM PST up reply actions 0 recs
Man, Griner sounds like a guy in interviews. I mean, REALLY like a dude.
by BlackandOldGold on Nov 22, 2009 6:00 PM PST reply actions 0 recs
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