WBB: General Thread of Cyclones Women's Hoops 2021-2022 Season
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I don’t like seeing us drop, but wow…the top ten are playing and beating up on each other left and right. That’s impressive seeing the parity there. That’s different than any year I can remember. Literally any top ten team can beat any other.
It's quite crazy how many top 10 teams are playing each other. Most of the teams in the top 10 win a loss is to another team in the top 10.
Heck, UConn and South Carolina are playing each other twice this season in non-conference, once in a tourney in the Bahama (SC Win) and than again at SC. Lots of good out of conference matchups.
We at least have one game that will be of national interest, Iowa, since we are both hanging around near the Top 10. Throw in two players recognized nationally plus rivalry and it will generate a bunch of interest.
I'll be interested to see how Iowa bounces back from COVID interruption vs Duke on Thursday. I don't think it will be as big an impact as Baylor had last season.
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To me these early polls mean very little (except to make fans feel good) as teams are just starting to play. One thing the early polls do is put a target on your back if you have a good rating so lesser teams have a motive to play harder. I do like that there have been more games by teams from/with tougher competition than in the past. The polls that mean something are the mid to late January ones.
At this point, we need to learn how to play two posts at the same time. Probably not ideal since I don't know how much we can trust any of our posts to play perimeter defense. We can't lean on our four starting guards to play 40 minutes every game. Might Fred see double-digit minutes?
Holy s***. Worst case scenario. Can’t even play 5 x 5 in practice effectively with these numbers.
Low roster numbers mean more playing time per player, stress, fatigue, and maybe a higher incidence of injury. And, each injury impacts the remaining players' time on the court and increased the chance of injury.
Is it just me or are we part of that subset of programs where this happens to us more frequently than average? Anyway, a short discussion of this possibility was prescient if we start seeing our wonderful cast of players start to show wear in their battles with the clock and the opponent?
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WBB: General Thread of Cyclones Women's Hoops 2021-2022 Season
Two missing team members of the twelve: Fredrick and Kane. Kane has an internship at Clemson as noted above. Fred was in pictures of the squad get-together a few days ago, so I'm guessing she just had something else going on when the team pic above was taken.
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I think it was stated earlier in the season that her injury was related to last season's stress injury (basically shin splints?)
Meh, I'm ok with it. let them play, rankings don't matter till March IMO. Then seeding is more important for the tourney. Finish strong in the conference and get to the Sweet 16 I'll call it a successful season.
Not much choice than to get Fred some minutes. I think she can hold her own for a few minutes here and there. Don't think they have much choice other than to give her a shot or you'll have your team run down by conference time. Right now you have three posts, a deep bench guard and a walk on guard as options. In the could've been world it would have been nice if either Wise or Johnson had come back for grad school or Feuerbach had not transferred. If MEM doesn't come back we won't have a backup point at all off the bench.
And, so much for the Fritz "just precautionary" thing although maybe they were just being super optimistic.
Been set up twice in recent years for Sweet Sixteen and couldn't get it done. More so at home with Carleton and company than last year (not a good draw and not at home). Think Sweet Sixteen is an "at least" goal for the year.
Yep, that Carleton yr was disappointing. I think maybe this yr is stronger defensively than that one?
On paper I'd guess we'd be 10-12 point favorites. Wildcard is Mulkey and playing in front of a big crowd of not Cyclone fans.
