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TigerFan PhD Student Posts 1892 |
03-23-24 04:49 PM - Post#366254
Mountaineers -2.5 according to ESPNBET. Tigers will have to take care of the ball against WVU's ferocious pressure. |
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ToothlessTiger Senior Posts 338 |
03-23-24 04:55 PM - Post#366256
Berube's first loss as Tiger skipper was in 2019 in OT at Iowa. The only players who played in that game still playing are Ellie Mitchell and Kate Martin. |
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TigerFan PhD Student Posts 1892 |
03-23-24 06:04 PM - Post#366257
Up 14-11 after the first. Ellie hits a shot right at the buzzer but a split second too late to count. Tigers dominating on the glass so far. |
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Tiger81 Masters Student Posts 412 
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03-23-24 06:05 PM - Post#366258
Tigers up 14-11 after 1Q, driven as always by their tenancious D |
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sparman PhD Student Posts 1348 
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03-23-24 06:22 PM - Post#366259
Good D and excellent rebounding but shooting under 40% is going to hurt you. |
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Tiger81 Masters Student Posts 412
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03-23-24 06:27 PM - Post#366260
26-24 at the half, missing a lot of good looks, should be up by more |
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TigerFan PhD Student Posts 1892 |
03-23-24 06:28 PM - Post#366261
Up 26-24 at the half. WVU hits a three-pointer right at the buzzer which hurts but the Tigers handling pressure very well and winning the boards 23-12. |
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Albert08 Masters Student Posts 574 |
03-23-24 06:37 PM - Post#366262
Belker 0-3 from 3 and Chea 0-1. Hope they heat up in the second half, along with St. Rose. WVA is beatable, their bigs aren't doing much. We need to keep defending and rebounding and improve the field goal percentage. And make free throws. |
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TigerFan PhD Student Posts 1892 |
03-23-24 06:50 PM - Post#366263
Mountainers turn up the pressure and the Tigers come apart. WVU scores 12 straight points to go up by 7. Kaitlyn with a couple of terrible turnovers that turn into fast break points. Ouch. |
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sparman PhD Student Posts 1348
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03-23-24 06:51 PM - Post#366264
WVU bringing the heat and we are not responding well. |
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Albert08 Masters Student Posts 574 |
03-23-24 06:52 PM - Post#366265
Yea, getting rattled. I think they need to attack the basket inside, Chen, Chea, Belker, draw fouls. |
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Tiger81 Masters Student Posts 412
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03-23-24 06:53 PM - Post#366266
Amazing how many times WV pokes the ball without any fouls called. |
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sparman PhD Student Posts 1348
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03-23-24 06:54 PM - Post#366267
Bad call on Mitchell. Bad omen. |
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sparman PhD Student Posts 1348
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03-23-24 06:55 PM - Post#366268
Yes but we keeo making high danger passes. |
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TigerFan PhD Student Posts 1892 |
03-23-24 06:58 PM - Post#366269
WV is scrappy as hell and refs letting them be very physical. Ellie gets called on a very dubious pick and has to leave with 3 fouls. Not good. |
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TigerFan PhD Student Posts 1892 |
03-23-24 07:00 PM - Post#366270
Tigers had only 5 turnovers in 1st half. Have 9 in the first 5 minutes of the 2nd half. |
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Albert08 Masters Student Posts 574 |
03-23-24 07:02 PM - Post#366271
WVA getting away with lots of hand checking while pressing and harassing. |
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Albert08 Masters Student Posts 574 |
03-23-24 07:05 PM - Post#366272
The TOs keep on coming. Ugh. |
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sparman PhD Student Posts 1348
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03-23-24 07:05 PM - Post#366273
11 turnovers in juat this quarter. Wow. |
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Albert08 Masters Student Posts 574 |
03-23-24 07:08 PM - Post#366274
We were supposed to be the "third quarter team," but not today. |
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sparman PhD Student Posts 1348
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03-23-24 07:10 PM - Post#366275
Every mistake that can be made, we are making. I don't think we have ever played a worse quarter under Berube. |
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TigerFan PhD Student Posts 1892 |
03-23-24 07:14 PM - Post#366276
Oooof. 12 turnovers in the 3rd quarter after 5 the entire first half. WVU really turned up the heat. Down 42-33 with 10 minutes to play. |
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Tiger81 Masters Student Posts 412
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03-23-24 07:15 PM - Post#366277
Yeah, 12 TOs in 10 minutes is ugly. |
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TigerFan PhD Student Posts 1892 |
03-23-24 07:28 PM - Post#366278
Tigers showing a little more fire but the WVU pressure is relentless and we're having trouble just getting shots off. Down 8 with 4:20 to play. |
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sparman PhD Student Posts 1348
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03-23-24 07:43 PM - Post#366279
Well, this will be epic if it happens. |
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TigerFan PhD Student Posts 1892 |
03-23-24 08:05 PM - Post#366280
Terrific season. Tigers just ran into a defensive buzz saw today. The lousy call on Ellie for her third foul didn't help. |
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Tiger81 Masters Student Posts 412
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03-23-24 08:11 PM - Post#366281
Tough way to end the season. To win a game like this the Tigers needed to shoot better and keep a lid on Quinerly, who was spectacular, and not implode the way they did in 3Q. Princeton actually outscored WV in the other quarters but it was not their day. Thanks to Kaitlyn, Ellie and Chet, they left a legacy of success and tenacity and I will miss watching them play! |
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sparman PhD Student Posts 1348
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03-23-24 08:27 PM - Post#366283
Fabulous careers, not sure how we replace them. Will look forward to seeing them play next year. We know the Mitchell family and they are justifiably proud. |
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Albert08 Masters Student Posts 574 |
03-23-24 08:37 PM - Post#366285
After losing Cunningham, Stone and Connolly, I wasn't sure they could fill those shoes and maintain the prior level of success. But Kaitlyn, Ellie and Chet really shone all season and led the newcomers to great success, maybe even better than last season. Kudos to them. At Ivy Madness I chatted with a Harvard guy who knows (and maybe coached?) Kaitlyn and knows her family. While I'm still guessing she'll play her final year at USC or UCLA, he said she may be leaning toward playing her final year at Stanford, having to do with her choice of medical school - though I imagine it would be difficult to do a first year of med school while playing basketball in the ACC. Maybe some more pre-med courses. We'll see. |
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1LotteryPick1969 Postdoc Posts 2277 
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03-23-24 10:56 PM - Post#366288
We know the Mitchell family and they are justifiably proud. From the mean streets of Chevy Chase  |
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ToothlessTiger Senior Posts 338 |
03-24-24 10:34 AM - Post#366295
Tough to replace for sure. Carla lost Alarie when she was POY and won Ivy title the next year. She lost Meyers when she was POY and won the title the next year when Chen was POY. So it can be done. Scoring will not be a problem next year but rebounding and defense may be. I have total faith in Carla. Don't quite see the point in the "mean streets " comment. |
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sparman PhD Student Posts 1348
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03-24-24 11:29 AM - Post#366303
From the mean streets of Chevy Chase As anyone who plays competitive club tennis will readily attest.....
Don't quite see the point in the "mean streets " comment. All in good fun. |
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1LotteryPick1969 Postdoc Posts 2277
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03-24-24 11:43 AM - Post#366304
From the mean streets of Chevy Chase As anyone who plays competitive club tennis will readily attest.....
Don't quite see the point in the "mean streets " comment. All in good fun.Exactly. And, I'm from the other side of the tracks in PG county. I guess ultimately the humor is that she is such a relentless rebounder, which is contrary to Coach Carril's theory on rebounding and number of garages. |
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1LotteryPick1969 Postdoc Posts 2277
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03-24-24 11:50 AM - Post#366305
Terrific season. Tigers just ran into a defensive buzz saw today. The lousy call on Ellie for her third foul didn't help. We had no answer for the high pick for Quinerly. I did not see the entire game, but in the portions I watched, we never doubled her off the pick. She just went one on one down the right side of the lane. |
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Tiger69 Postdoc Posts 2818 |
03-24-24 05:14 PM - Post#366322
Tough end to a great season. As long as we can get Carla to stick around things will continue to improve. |
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JDP Masters Student Posts 581 |
03-24-24 06:15 PM - Post#366325
Hi Tiger69, I suspect you have little cause of worry - especially with a high quality coach that spent 17 years at a D3 school. The Princeton job (men's and women's) is a very good job. Perhaps it does not pay as well as a Power 5 school, but I think it is one many mid major coaches and Power 5 assistant coaches and even some Power 5 head coaches would desire. What do Tiger fans think - over the last five seasons is there a material difference in the success of the Princeton or UNC programs. The Tar Heals have 5 NCAA wins (1 sweet 16) vs. 2 for the Tigers. Perhaps more money, a better schedule, no academic index, and NIL vs. need based aid - but are the NCAA NET achievements that different? Princeton was a 34 this year, UNC was 37. What are the upgrade schools for Carla - UConn for sure, perhaps Stanford when Tara VanDerveer retires (to reconnect with Henderson I suspect if Carla's upgrade schools go in different directions, and if Berube believes she has maxed out the potential of the Princeton program, then any competitive coach would look for a place with a higher upside and a large retirement nest egg. But even then not likely, and likely that larger list is less than 20 schools.Do you have a different view / worry. I expect Berube will be around for a longtime (ex UConn move). I am still waiting for Amaker, Henderson & Jones to leave for greener pastures. |
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sparman PhD Student Posts 1348
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03-24-24 08:48 PM - Post#366328
Mitchell went to a Catholic school (Visitation, which has sent several others PU's way). While the socioeconomic traits can vary, I always thought Catholic leagues generally tend to produce the kind of player Carril sought. For example, probably the best HS league in the country is the WCAC in the DMV (which includes traditional powers DeMatha, Gonzaga, and St. Johns, but actually the No.1 team in Post rankings is lesser known Paul VI). |
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SecS3 Junior Posts 246 |
03-25-24 12:47 PM - Post#366411
One big advantage UNC has in having more wins and a sweet 16 is that they obviously get better seeds. That and Carlie was their PG when they went to the sweet 16. 
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Albert08 Masters Student Posts 574 |
03-25-24 09:05 PM - Post#366448
Wow, the halftime score of the Iowa-West Virginia game is exactly the same as it was in the Princeton-West Virginia - WVA trailing by 2, 26-24. The third quarter was a disaster for us, Iowa had better be prepared for this third quarter, or they may actually get sent packing early. |
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penn nation Professor Posts 21276 |
03-25-24 09:07 PM - Post#366450
Very little scoring tonight in the 2nd quarter. Iowa being somewhat careless with their passes. It has been a very physical game--refs have let them play for the most part. |
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penn nation Professor Posts 21276 |
03-25-24 10:29 PM - Post#366458
3rd quarter was fine, first 4-5 minutes of the 4th quarter were almost their undoing. Extremely physical. Had the game gone another minute or so, probably 5 different WV players would have ended up fouling out. I don't think there were any Iowa transition baskets. Game was completely played at WV's pace. Stuelke still seems like she's ill (she missed the previous game), got her points but was not a particularly effective scorer inside. Otherwise Clark would have been in double digits for assists once again. |
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Albert08 Masters Student Posts 574 |
03-25-24 10:49 PM - Post#366459
As a Princeton fan I will admit it's probably sour grapes, but WVA was badly underseeded as a #8 seed, should have been a 5 or 6 seed. They're very good. |
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penn nation Professor Posts 21276 |
03-25-24 11:01 PM - Post#366460
I didn't see the Princeton game, but Iowa was basically giving WV open three point shots all game long. WV made enough of them in key spots to stay in this one. |
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sparman PhD Student Posts 1348
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03-26-24 10:22 AM - Post#366477
My thought watching the game, as well. |
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SecS3 Junior Posts 246 |
03-26-24 02:20 PM - Post#366527
It's also what can happen when Caitlin Clark is just a really good player and not Superwoman. |
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penn nation Professor Posts 21276 |
03-26-24 02:31 PM - Post#366529
It's also what can happen when Caitlin Clark is just a really good player and not Superwoman. She had a typical Clark game (which is Superwoman quality) except for the assist category but, as mentioned, Stuelke wasn't particularly strong at converting excellent passes from Clark that she received down low. She did get to the line a bunch of times, but this was not reflected in the Clark stats. |
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