Pac-10 Women's Basketball Tourney: Cal vs. UW Open Thread
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 12:45 PM PDT
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PrintCal women kick off their postseason against the Huskies, who have been dismantled by the Bears the two times they've played. UW women's basketball is frankly a mess. They're 8-21 this season. Somehow they beat Oregon by 20 despite their current state of mess. If they did lines for women's hoops on a regular basis, Cal would probably be favored by 30, considering they've lost in their two matchups by a combined total of 58 points.
However, the Bears did limp into the tournament with pretty painful losses to the Bruins and Sun Devils, and even Coach Boyle knows this is a huge game to reestablish Cal's confidence going into the tourney (also a podcast included in the link by Daily Cal Beat writer Jimmy Tran analyzing their road to the finals).
Now, holding a team accountable for two losses to ranked opponents in the second month of the season doesn't seem fair.
But even Bears coach Joanne Boyle admitted to the harsh ramifications of two other losses-a pair of late-season ones to teams that Cal had already defeated earlier this year.
"What makes it more dramatic is when they happened," she said of the Bears' recent defeats at the hands of Arizona State and UCLA. "They happened back-to-back, which we haven't done (during conference play since 2005-06), and they happened at the end of the season.
"If you have a loss at the beginning of the season and the middle of the season, everyone just moves forward. But back-to-back at the end of the season, we've got a lot at stake."
With the clock ticking on the collegiate careers of Ashley Walker and Devanei Hampton, it is an understatement that Boyle's squad has a lot at stake.
A solid beatdown here followed by an impressive showing in the conference tourney could very well do the trick.
Tipoff is scheduled for 1:15 PST. You should be able to view the action by going to the Pac-10 woman's tournament site here and clicking on the side where the Windows Media Player box is located. If you guys and gals have trouble with that I'll try and find alternate feeds, but that's your best bet.
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Let me write down the roster numbers so I know who each of these players are
2 Natasha Vital 5-8 Guard JR/2V Stockton, CA/Lincoln
3 Rachelle Federico 5-11 Guard SO/1V Tucson, AZ/Flowing Wells
5 Angelei Aguirre 5-11 Guard FR/HS Dallas, TX/White Plains
10 Lauren Greif 5-10 Guard JR/2V Portland, OR/Lincoln
11 Kelsey Adrian 6-1 Guard/Forward SO/1V Langley, British Columbia/National Elite Development Academy
15 Casey Morris 5-9 Guard FR/HS Fairfield, CA/Piedmont
20 Devanei Hampton 6-3 Forward/Center SR/3V Oakland, CA/Oakland Tech
21 Alexis Gray-Lawson 5-8 Guard RS JR/2V Oakland, CA/Oakland Tech
22 Rama N’diaye 6-5 Forward/Center JR/2V Dakar, Senegal/Keisei (Japan)
24 Shantrell Sneed 6-0 Forward SR/3V Fairfield, CA/St. Mary’s
44 Ashley Walker 6-1 Forward/Center SR/3V Modesto, CA/Grace Davis
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:24 PM PDT reply actions
4-0 Cal, 18 minutes left
Hampton starts off with two freethrows, Walker with a putback
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:24 PM PDT reply actions
There are barely 200 people at the Galen Center.
Huskies get a nice backdoor cut, Walker responds off glass, 6-2.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:25 PM PDT reply actions
Grey Lawson finds Walker deep in the post, UW comes right back with a FG. 8-4.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:27 PM PDT reply actions
Hampton just fakes out her defender to death, then Grey-Lawson with a fastbreak pullup to make it 12-4.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:28 PM PDT reply actions
Walker is pretty much unstoppable so far, and she gets an And-1. 14-4 first timeout.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:29 PM PDT reply actions
Nice job by Sarah with a pullup J, Natasha VItal responds with a pullup fadeaway; 16-6.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:31 PM PDT reply actions
Walker with another easy layup; Bears up by 12 with 12 and a half left in the 1st.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:34 PM PDT reply actions
Shantrell gets her first hoop, UW gets two free throws and a fastbreak layup; 20-10 California.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:35 PM PDT reply actions
Hampton gets a nice high arching pass from Adrian down low for the layup. 22-10, Bears up 12.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:40 PM PDT reply actions
I think UW is trying to play a zone
But their players are too short and the Bears are just lobbing the balls over them and still finding Hampton and Walker down low. Hampton with another easy hoop to put Cal up 14 with 8:20 left in the 1st.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:42 PM PDT reply actions
Now Walker's got the jumper going
Bears by 14. Huskies can’t seem to get much inside unless it’s on a drive or baseline cut.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:45 PM PDT reply actions
Grey Lawson gets called for 3 seconds and a charge. She’ll probably sit the rest of the half to avoid foul trouble (she has 2).
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:48 PM PDT reply actions
Cal breaks up the fastbreak. No easy baskets for UW today.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:50 PM PDT reply actions
N’diaye with a nice cut to the basket; Molly Williams for UW responds with a layup of her own. 28-14 with 4 minutes left in the 1st.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:52 PM PDT reply actions
Vital with the 3! Bears up by 17, 3 minutes left.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:54 PM PDT reply actions
Bears defense seems to be content to keep the paint clear and let the Huskies win with jumpers. UW gets one but still trails by 14.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 1:56 PM PDT reply actions
I’m the 23 year old male version of Shirley Temple.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 13, 2009 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
Good call. I’m 27.
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Someone thought I was 31 yesterday. Thirty fucking one.
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by Spazzy Mcgee on Mar 13, 2009 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions
Bears break up the Huskies’s final play of the half. California 31, Washington 17 halftime.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:00 PM PDT reply actions
This is like the least intense Cal open thread I’ve ever done. Is this what eating pot brownies feels like?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Oh shit, Around The World contest! Winner gets $500 of 76 gasoline. Compelling! Go Michael!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:01 PM PDT reply actions
Michael (the Cal fan) just won the gas he needs to get back to Cal! You lose Larry (UW fan)!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Fuck that shit. I’m enjoying myself. Hoops is hoops.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:09 PM PDT up reply actions
I guess you get just excited watching the middle court game at the RSF when you got next after next?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 13, 2009 2:11 PM PDT up reply actions
Cal dance team performed something semi-modern. The UW cheerleaders on the other hand appear to be stuck in 1955.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:08 PM PDT reply actions
sloppy finish to first half
they should pick it up and blow this team out by the buzzer.
by BearBallCarrier on Mar 13, 2009 2:10 PM PDT reply actions
I am throughly enjoying this halftime broadcast more than any other halftime broadcast in recent memory.
that tourney logo
is oddly comforting.
by BearBallCarrier on Mar 13, 2009 2:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Hey Avi
When you post links, would you mind clicking the “Open Link in New Tab/Window” button?
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There should be a box with a check mark that states to open the link in a new tab. Click that box to make it eaier for all involved.
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I figured I’d ask because you’re now a Big Dog around here
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 13, 2009 2:21 PM PDT up reply actions
Huskies keep on getting denied in the post, have to settle for jumpers. 34-19.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:18 PM PDT reply actions
Nice volleyball rebound by Hampton, then Walker rebounds Hampton’s miss and gets the 2 shot foul.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:19 PM PDT reply actions
My stream is so choppy, it’s RIDIC
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 13, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Mine goes in slow motion for thirty seconds, then goes fast fast in the next five.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:22 PM PDT up reply actions
mine better now
was choopy early tho.
by BearBallCarrier on Mar 13, 2009 2:24 PM PDT up reply actions
This will end with a bear mauling you, you know.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Whoa, that was a NICE backdoor cut
Too bad it didn’t go in.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:23 PM PDT reply actions
Randle would foul out after 5 possessions
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 13, 2009 2:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Cal is up 17 with just under 15 and a half left
Bears offense has kind of slowed down. They might be toying around a bit though.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:27 PM PDT reply actions
7 fouls overall in 6 mins. I think that might be slowing down the game a bit.
by CaliforniaBone on Mar 13, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Bears already with 5 team fouls. Huskies could be shooting free throws soon.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:29 PM PDT reply actions
You’re such a worry wort
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 13, 2009 2:29 PM PDT up reply actions
N’diaye with some nice production off the bench. Bears have doubled up UW, 42-21, 13:30 left.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:30 PM PDT reply actions
LOL, one of the Cal fans is knitting.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Nothing wrong with knitting!
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Please start knitting at next year’s Big Game.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:40 PM PDT up reply actions
No
but I’ll give you some grief for it.
BWAHAHAHAHA
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 13, 2009 2:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Cal has most of its second unit on the floor. Looks like Boyle’s giving the starters as much rest as she can before tomorrow’s game.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:34 PM PDT reply actions
I like the really ugly ones
Like the ones they sell at the NBA All Star game. The stuff you’d see pimps and posse members wear.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Then again, I got one at Dallas tournament appearance in 90’s that was passable as something RED WHITE AND BLUE to wear on 4th of July ironically. That’s about as good as it gets for a hipster like me.
What color scarf are you wearing right now?
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 13, 2009 2:39 PM PDT up reply actions
UW’s post game was pretty much eliminated today; they haven’t gotten anything inside at all.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:37 PM PDT reply actions
Nice fastbreak
UW’s offense is totally stagnant. Cal’s defense has been pretty good today.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:39 PM PDT reply actions
It's 47-23, 9 minutes left
If we lose this I’m personally cutting your arms off and feeding them to you.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:41 PM PDT up reply actions
48-26, 7:55 left
UW playing desperate, Cal just busy running the shot clock off over and over.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:44 PM PDT reply actions
39. Cal’s kinda playing around right now.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Did you SEE the game last night?!?!
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 13, 2009 2:49 PM PDT up reply actions
Bears getting closer to the 30 point margin. Huskies just don’t have the athletes to compete.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:50 PM PDT reply actions
I wish Ed Orgeron coached women’s NCAA basketball
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 13, 2009 2:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Walker, Grey-Lawson and Hampton have barely played the entire second half. Should be well rested for the Condoms.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:53 PM PDT reply actions
Well, they were last place in the conference…
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 13, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
These Husky cheerleader songs are indeed difficult.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:56 PM PDT up reply actions
what do they yell after kelsey hits the FT?
by BearBallCarrier on Mar 13, 2009 2:55 PM PDT reply actions
Have you ever been on a sports team BearBallCarrier?
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:57 PM PDT up reply actions
When the 11th/12th man/women get PT they’re usually cheered on pretty vocally by their teammates.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions
kelsey is not the 11th or 12th player on this team though. and they are saying a particular cheer. but thanks for that.
by BearBallCarrier on Mar 13, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
No it isn’t. Bears have played like crap since you came. Huskies have played crappier. Your appearance only affects us.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
We’re all winners today.
Except for carp.
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by Thoroughbred on Mar 13, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Player control foul makes it sounds like they need to sit in the corner.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 3:03 PM PDT reply actions
I think if they kept stats on this, you’d have about ten Husky points in the paint to Cal’s 40.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 3:04 PM PDT reply actions
And we all lose
I was the closest though!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 3:05 PM PDT reply actions
If this was Price Is Right you’d be the winner. Yet you’d be a loser for being on Price Is Right. It’s the Price Is Right Paradox.
Pet control foul on zoonews!
If you’re part of the problem you’re not part of the solution.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 3:07 PM PDT up reply actions
Go Bears!
Let’s take it to ASU tomorrow!
by BearBallCarrier on Mar 13, 2009 3:07 PM PDT reply actions
Oh sweet, now they’re playing 70s showtunes in the postgame.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 3:10 PM PDT reply actions
Cellllllllebrate Good Times!
So many great As memories with that one!
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Oh sweet now they’re playing Journey!
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Press conference just started
Boyle’s voice is a little hoarse. Seems like she was yelling a lot.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 3:16 PM PDT reply actions
One of the microphones isn't working
Talk about skimping on production.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 3:20 PM PDT up reply actions
Ashley refers to USC as their buddy team.
Seems like they always play each other close, so next game is a must-see.
by Avinash Kunnath on Mar 13, 2009 3:22 PM PDT reply actions
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