Friday, February 2, 2024

Doggy's Doghouse 2/3/2024

 








 

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GO UCONN!!!!!

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Here is my UConn/St. John's II Pregame Report

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HOW DO YOU NOT LOVE NIKA!!!!

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** Designates Upset

Games Friday February 2st, 2024

No. 4 Stanford No. 15 USC (Late Game)
No. 6 Colorado Washington State (Late Game)
No. 7 UCLA California (Late Game)
No. 20 Utah Washington (Late Game)
No. 25 Princeton 79 Yale 59

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From the Ball State Game

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Allie Ziebell - Full Game
Full line: 21 points (8-13 FG, 5-10 3-PT), 
8 rebs, 4 assists, 2 steals, 1 block
 
 

Straight from the Dog


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By PHIL

Alternative ranking

Some time ago, I proposed an alternative way to rank teams. Here is another one. Your task to figure out how these teams are ranked.

This time should be easier because I’m going to provide some hints.

• As before, this is a derivative ranking and requires access to some ranking system. The first list uses Massey
• While the prior example was motivated by the criteria used by the selection committee, that’s even more true of this one
• the metric doesn’t quite work for South Carolina but I don’t think anyone will quibble with my arbitrary placement

Frankly, my initial guess was that UConn would be a little higher on this list but 5th is pretty darn good. It’s not quite as high as their NET (3), or their Massey ranking (4), but it’s well above their AP ranking. I see this as good news as the selection committee doesn’t officially consider AP ranking but they will consider this metric.

1. South Carolina
2. Kansas State
3. Indiana
4. Iowa
5. UConn
6. Colorado
7. Stanford
8. Oregon State
9. Gonzaga
10. UCLA
11. Notre Dame
12. Texas
13. Virginia Tech
14. NC State
15. Ohio State
16. Louisville
17. Baylor
18. Utah
19. USC
20. LSU
21. Texas A&M
22. Washington State
23. TCU
24. Marquette
25. Auburn

For anyone I’m interested in looking at Massey rankings. I also did the same exercise with AP rankings.

1. South Carolina
2. Kansas State
3. Indiana
4. Iowa
5. UConn
6. Oregon State
7. Colorado
8. Stanford
9. Notre Dame
10. Gonzaga
11. UCLA
12. Texas
13. Virginia Tech
14. USC
15. NC State
16. Ohio State
17. Louisville
18. Baylor
19. Utah
20. LSU
21. Texas A&M
22. Washington State
23. TCU
24. Marquette
25. Auburn

If you haven’t memorized the selection criteria, shame on you (just kidding), here they are:

Criteria used by the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee to evaluate a team includes (alphabetically):

• Bad losses
• Common opponents
• Competitive in losses
• Conference record
• Early performance versus late performance
• Head-to-head
• NET ranking
• Non-conference record
• Observable component
• Overall record
• Regional rankings
• Significant wins
• Strength of schedule

Milestone watch

• Aaliyah Edwards reached 1571 career points with her 22 points in the Villanova game. She passed Wendy Davis to take sole possession of 24th place, and needs 11 points to tie Gabby Williams.

• Aaliyah Edwards now has 863 rebounds with 7 against Villanova. She is in sole possession of 14th place, and needs 34 more to catch Olivia Nelson-Ododa

• Nika Mühl had 569 assists after her 10 assists in the Villanova game. She passed Bria Hartley to take 7th place and needs 16 more to tie Sue Bird.
• Geno Auriemma now has 1198 wins and needs three more to reach the 1200 plateau.
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SPIDER STATS
 
Plus one for every assist block point rebound and steal. I don’t add extra for offensive rebounds as it already seems to favor the bigs. Minus one for every missed shot (2, 3 or foul), turnover or foul committed.

Charles Dickens tale of two cities: it was the best of times it was the worst of times.

Spider tale of two halves: it was the worst of halves it was the best of halves. 

Second half defense swarmed and helped like in the streak of blowouts. Nika great, KK played well, Ice looked better. Shouldn’t Q play a bit more?

UConn 98 Villanova 42. Olsen 4.

Nika 23/39, Aaliyah 22/34, Paige 20/39, KK 12/29, Ice 5/14, Ashlynn 5/36, Amari 2/1, Qadence 2/7, Ines 1/1. All positive.

Late had to watch men’s game. UConn: must see tv!

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UCONN LINKS

Several links are pay sites. Sorry!


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