2006/2007 Women's Basketball

[UND92,96]

I didn't see Friday's game, but I did see yesterday's. I don't feel the Sioux played poorly at all, rather Regis had the 3 quickest players on the court and that showed in our turnovers. They were as active against us as I've seen anyone be in a long time.

What won it for us is depth (plus their inside players couldn't stop ours). Those runs at the end of the first half and middle of the second were because Regis wore down. Heck, they switched to zone middle of the second half after playing 27+ minutes of really good man-to-man D against us; foul trouble was one reason but I thought their legs were going too.

Call-outs to Sannes Guinn and Maffin, all of whom we needed to step up - and they did.

I hadn't seen the Sioux since early February and they are a different team entirely right now. Fun to see.

Regis got into the passing lanes, which a lot of teams do against the Sioux (Mankato, for one). However, I felt that some of the perimeter players who normally take very good care of the ball did a poor job of adjusting. Jahner just seemed lost for whatever reason (six turnovers and just four field goal attempts). Finally, some players realized that if the opponent is going to cheat that badly on the perimeter, you have to just take it to the hole. I guess my perception of Regis is skewed by the fact that I've seen them play a total of four times over the past three years, and I've just never been impressed. The Lopezes commit a lot of very dumb fouls, and they would really struggle in my opinion against a zone because they just barrel into the lane and should be very prone to charging fouls.

[star2city]

Not that it means much, but from the last poll, only nine of the top 25 rated schools remain:

1. Florida Gulf Coast University - 22 1 29-0 622

2. Glenville State College (W. Va.) - 1 2 30-2 587

3. University of North Dakota - 2 3 29-3 574

4. Delta State University (Miss.) 5 28-3 529

5. Washburn University (Kan.) 6 26-3 524

7. Southern Connecticut State University 7 28-2 471

11. California State University, Chico 13 22-4 355

12. University of California, San Diego 14 21-4 343

16. Clayton State University (Ga.) 18T 25-5 256

Of the two rated above UND, Florida Gulf Coast has played an extraordinarily weak (independent) schedule, but has blown out almost all their opponents. FGCU may encounter its first major test when it plays Delta State in the South final. Glenville State, which plays in the normally weak West Virginia conference, has lost to its only real OOC opponents: MSU-Moorhead and Washburn.

If UND and FGCU both make it out of their regions, they will be playing each other in the First Round.

Massey Ratings also give FGCU the top rating, but it confirms their schedule strength is unusually weak.

1 FL Gulf Coast 28 0 1.456 (1) 0.73 (188) D2 Ind

2 Lewis 27 3 1.339 (2) 2.92 (1) GLVC

3 S Connecticut 25 2 1.283 (3) 2.33 (17) NE 10

4 North Dakota 26 3 1.263 (4) 2.54 (8) N Cent

5 MO Western 27 2 1.260 (5) 2.17 (34) MIAA

6 Washburn 24 3 1.225 (6) 2.37 (13) MIAA

7 Augustana SD 22 4 1.137 (7) 2.05 (42) N Cent

8 CS Bakersfield 21 6 1.107 (8) 2.42 (11) CCAA

9 Glenville St 29 2 1.071 (9) 1.15 (125) WVIAC

10 N Kentucky 21 7 1.033 (10) 2.62 (5) GLVC

11 Drury 22 8 1.029 (11) 2.70 (3) GLVC

12 UC San Diego 21 4 1.028 (12) 2.04 (43) CCAA

13 Emporia St 21 6 1.027 (13) 2.44 (10) MIAA

14 W Texas A&M 28 4 1.019 (14) 1.75 (70) LSC

15 CS Chico 19 4 0.969 (15) 1.93 (54) CCAA

16 Stonehill 22 7 0.965 (16) 2.17 (35) NE 10

17 Bentley 21 7 0.954 (17) 2.27 (26) NE 10

18 South Dakota 20 7 0.952 (18) 2.26 (28) N Cent

19 Gannon 22 5 0.947 (19) 1.92 (57) GLIAC

20 Pace 23 8 0.924 (20) 2.16 (36) NE 10

21. Regis CO 23 5 0.920 (21) 1.81 (65) RMAC

22. American Intl 18 7 0.920 (22) 2.13 (38) NE 10

23. SIU Edwardsv'le 20 8 0.917 (23) 2.29 (21) GLVC

24. Bellarmine 19 10 0.912 (24) 2.63 (4) GLVC

25. Grand Valley St 21 7 0.903 (25) 2.22 (31) GLIAC

[UND92,96]

A couple of stats regarding Kearney that are probably meaningless but could bode well for the Sioux:

* they were 0-3 vs. Regis this year;

* they are just 7-6 on the road (not including neutral site games).

[farce poobah]

Regis got into the passing lanes, which a lot of teams do against the Sioux (Mankato, for one). However, I felt that some of the perimeter players who normally take very good care of the ball did a poor job of adjusting. Jahner just seemed lost for whatever reason (six turnovers and just four field goal attempts). Finally, some players realized that if the opponent is going to cheat that badly on the perimeter, you have to just take it to the hole. I guess my perception of Regis is skewed by the fact that I've seen them play a total of four times over the past three years, and I've just never been impressed. The Lopezes commit a lot of very dumb fouls, and they would really struggle in my opinion against a zone because they just barrel into the lane and should be very prone to charging fouls.

Agree that we didn't adjust - ie, "didn't take care of the ball very well". As to Jahner, she was guarded by players that were quicker and playing her hard on the perimeter.

I just think that we tried to play into their strength (perimeter) vs our strength (cutters, jam it inside). Thankfully, we found the mismatches starting about 10: into the game.

[UND92,96]

It's hard to know what to make of Kearney. On the one hand, you obviously can't deny that they've won two games they weren't expected to win to reach this point. However, Augie was coming off a home loss to Omaha, and clearly wasn't the same team we saw in Grand Forks a month ago. Concordia-St. Paul had a nice season in the NSIC, but they played three close games this year with Moorhead, who we saw was nowhere near the caliber of the Sioux. I guess the bottom line is that to me, beating the Sioux on their home court is a whole different thing from beating a struggling Augie or a good-but-not-great Concordia-St. Paul in close games on a neutral court. If UND plays a solid game tonight, I'm pretty confident they'll be heading to the Elite 8 for the first time since 2001.

[The Walrus]

It's hard to know what to make of Kearney. On the one hand, you obviously can't deny that they've won two games they weren't expected to win to reach this point. However, Augie was coming off a home loss to Omaha, and clearly wasn't the same team we saw in Grand Forks a month ago. Concordia-St. Paul had a nice season in the NSIC, but they played three close games this year with Moorhead, who we saw was nowhere near the caliber of the Sioux. I guess the bottom line is that to me, beating the Sioux on their home court is a whole different thing from beating a struggling Augie or a good-but-not-great Concordia-St. Paul in close games on a neutral court. If UND plays a solid game tonight, I'm pretty confident they'll be heading to the Elite 8 for the first time since 2001.

I'm debating, if I should go

I've only made 5 womens games this year Northern at home, Augie at home, St Cloud on the Road...(All Bad)

On the good side USD and Duluth at Home..(Good)

Hope I'm not a Jinx..?

Maybe it would help if I coached UNK, I heard thier Coach went into labor this afternoon....?

[Sioux27]

Let's go SIOUX!!!!

[Hambone]

18-13 Sioux up in the first.

[southpaw]

anyone know if there is a direct link to the video feed? my windows media player in internet explorer doesn't work, so i'd need the direct feed i can just paste into windows media player. any help is greatly appreciated.

[Hambone]

28-20 with 10:30 left in the first. Talk about an offensive explosion for both teams.

UNK is 10-13 from the field, and UND is 12-19.....WOW.

[Sioux27]

http://fightingsioux.xosn.com/liveEvents/l...B_OEM_ID=13500#

See if that works.

[sprig]

anyone know if there is a direct link to the video feed? my windows media player in internet explorer doesn't work, so i'd need the direct feed i can just paste into windows media player. any help is greatly appreciated.

http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia-live/xoste...8834_070312.asx

[southpaw]

http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia-live/xoste...8834_070312.asx

thanks sprig, that works perfect!

[Sioux27]

92-65...........Let's keep it rolling into the Elite 8

Great job Sioux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Diggler]

FINALLY.

[star2city]

Congrats to the Sioux women!!!

UND 108

UNK 75

Final

65% shooting from field

Gene said the last six minutes were the best basketball played by a UND team in some time.

[star2city]

Naples-News: FGCU wins over Delta State

Next game: UND vs. 32-0 Florida Gulf Coast

[SiouxMD]

Congratulations to the Sioux!!!

[Smoggy]

Naples-News: FGCU wins over Delta State

Next game: UND vs. 32-0 Florida Gulf Coast

FGCU seems ripe for the picking.

[star2city]

Elite 8:

Texas A&M Commerce (28-8) vs Clayton St (Ga) 28-5

UND (32-3) vs FGCU (32-0)

Glenville St (WV) (33-2) vs UC-San Diego/Cal St-Chico winner

S. Conn St (31-2) vs Drury (Mo) (25-8)

[SiouxMD]

Naples-News: FGCU wins over Delta State

A couple of interesting quotes from the above article:

How else do you thank the undefeated basketball players who handed FGCU its first national title? The final score: 57-44.

Which national title would that be? The regional championship title?

It

[siouxrunner]

Who was on the All Tournament team?

[Diggler]

Check out FGCU schedule, especially the game on 2/2. While they are no doubt a good team, they haven't played anyone. They've had maybe 7 games that are even close to challenging.

[UND Fan]

Who was on the All Tournament team?

From what I saw on the internet, they only named four: Fisher from UNK, Kimbrough, Langen and MVP Maffin! There had to be more but...... I suppose they were players not in attendance.

[UND Fan]

What a great game the Sioux played tonight! Kearney played very well and we won by 30+! Must have been one of their better performances in many years!

If they continue to play like that, they will be tough to beat!