Saturday game time

[BabHorn]

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[jusme828]

Go Horns!!!

 

[BabHorn]

early story on the game from Miss State. First meeting between the two schools.

 

[jusme828]

seriously, UT needs a better staff on the media, web, interactive end of the program. NOTHING up yet!!??

BabHorn, can u go take over????

 

[BabHorn]

probably see a story on the selection late tonight or tomorrow morning.

Game preview likely to be out Friday, maybe Thursday.

I hope I'm wrong about the timeline cuz I want to read more about the matchups.

The two teams are pretty similar in height with their C having 95 blocks for the season, 70 more than the next closest. Their best PG coming into the season, Sr. Marneshia Richard, isn't showing at all in the stats so I assume she got hurt before the season started. Can't find anything on that. News releases only got back through Feb that I can find out. They play basically eight players. Horns match up well in size. We'll see how else they matchup. MS is going to be tough. 22-9 overall, 8-4 on the road, and 2-1 on neutral courts. They went 2-1 against LSU, 0-2 against Tenn (close losses), lost by 7 to Maryland, lost by five to Auburn and beat Vandy. They averaged 68 ppg overall but only 61 ppg in the SEC. They gave up 55 ppg overall but 59 in the SEC. That two pt. winning edge in the SEC is pretty slim. They were 8-6 in SEC play. Horns faced at least comparable competition in the Big 12. I would favor the Horns simply because I think Texas is a better perimeter shooting team but their 6-5 C will be a load for our posts. She will clog up the middle. Horns will have to either pass to the side she is not covering or pull up for the short jumper before she can react to block the shot. Of course, they will face similar problems with our Ashleys who have blocked 71 shots (Lindsey) and 58 (Gayle). Should be a nailbiter.

 

[BabHorn]

short story similar to Miss State's is up on Texassports.com

 

[Rexy]

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[True2Horns]

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[cynt]

The thing that concerns me about Miss St is that they competed in a tough conference just like our team. So hard nose defense and every game counts is not new to them. It should be a great game.

 

[TXtoCO]

MS St played withn 7 of Maryland at Maryland and also played within 5 points to Auburn. They have wins over Vandy and LSU? We better not take them lightly just because we are a 6 seed and they are an 11.

 

[cynt]

TxtoCO - I absolutely agree. It's tourny time and no one can be overlooked. The moment you overlook them is the moment your team might be heading home.

It's tourny time

 

[TXtoCO]

My favorite time of year but also a sad time of year because I know it will all be over in a few weeks and we will go back to waiting for the next season to begin. I am not nearly as big a fan of the WNBA as I am NCAA basketball, but at least it is a bit of a pacifier until the NCAAs start up again.

 

[BabHorn]

A more detailed game preview from texassports.com is up. The link to the complete notes links to some great info if you are a junkie (like me!

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Not very much at all on Miss.State and possible matchups, though. If the Horns win, they will play Monday at 7pm.

 

[BabHorn]

I was just looking at the MS website and saw a pic of their 6-5 center, Chanel Mokango. She seems as slender as Lindsey. That could be a good matchup for Lindsey--someone similar in build that she can bang with.

 

[jusme828]

Carla will play in the tournament...and have surgery afterward.
The Link

also, on KVUE news at 10 the team declares that "anything less than sweet 16 will be a disappointment." they sounded really motivated!!!

 

[TXtoCO]

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[overseasbbfan1]

i'm just glad it's a morning/afternoon contest so i can follow the stats live

...i'm 7-hours ahead these days so i usually have to read about games after-the-fact.

 

[BabHorn]

another good story from texassports.com about the freshmen .

 

[BBV_Horn]

Hmmmm....as much as I like Michelle Voepel, she apparently has no faith in Texas....
The link to her blog posted on another thread intimates she doesn't think we'll even get out of the first round....

I'm hoping the Texas team we know is capable of kickin' some serious butt shows up....I do not want to end this season on an embarrassing note!!

go horns, go!!

 

[Seattle4UT]

I don't blame Voepel for her current thoughts about Texas. UT has only beaten Missouri twice since mid-February. Hardly worthy of an endorsement.

 

[jusme828]

ESPN coverage map of saturday's games.

 

[TXtoCO]

Are they going to be streaming this so that when they cut away to another game I can watch the rest of the game online like I had to do with the men's game last night?

 

[BBV_Horn]

They are not cutting away if you go on regular ESPN2...

It might be on NCAA.com, too....

I JUST CAN'T WAIT FOR TOMORROW!!!