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SIU's defensive numbers are really good, though they've been against a pretty weak schedule. They are 3rd in the NCAA in points per game defense (50.2), 8th in FG% defense (33.1%), 21st in 3pt. defense (25.2%), 35th in 2pt. defense (39.1%), 20th in turnovers forced per game (22.5), and 1st in...

I agree with all of this. One thing that stood out to me with the rebounding was that the effort did increase throughout the game, but often we would have 2-3 players going for the same rebound, so they would fumble it or tip it right over to Louisville. Just not smart basketball, and not...

I'm not sure I can really even name names, the team just looked so deflated starting around when Louisville went up 68-52, in a way I never really saw last year except the Kentucky game. At one point Prawl looked really frustrated (I think it was after Louisville got yet another offensive...

I was pretty disappointed yesterday that when some players clearly gave up in the second half, she didn’t just bench them the rest of the way. It was clear we weren’t coming back. At that point put in Wynn and others who are at least going to put in effort to the end.

Well that’s my point, I agree with you. I expected more growth from Cooper in those areas this season. We need more leadership and consistency from our seniors. I’m not sure if Kim demands it (to be honest, I’ve been confused at times by some of the senior selections for the post-game interviews...

I had similar thoughts about Coop’s draft stock during the game yesterday, but IMO it’s not necessarily that she needs to be in a new “system” to succeed, but she needs to seriously grow her leadership skills. I was there in person yesterday and there was no communication happening among players...

lol the Jumbotron just had a clip of Jaida singing a Christmas song and labeled her Favor Ayodele.

Me too! Tiffany Bird is reffing so I’m afraid for us.

I'll be there! Hoping to see a win, but I'm not sure I see it: Louisville 79, Tennessee 73 Hope they prove me wrong!

I think you may be right, but I do think there is something that maybe goes beyond analytics, that even if the press and the traps aren't "working" early, eventually teams do mentally (and sometimes physically) wear down from having to figure it out again and again and again. We saw this quite a...

Florida St. and Oklahoma both stand out to me. Those ended up coming down to a single possession with Zee hitting a winning shot for us against Florida St. (79-77) and then us losing after making a comeback in the 4th quarter against Oklahoma (87-86). We were down by 16 going into the 4th...

What do you mean by attention? Barker is 1st on the team in scoring, Zee is 4th. Barker/Zee are 2nd and 3rd on the team in field goal attempts and usage rate, behind only Cooper. They are 1st/2nd in free throw attempts.

I guess a generous interpretation would be that voters saw that Taliah Scott got injured and only played 14 minutes, and thought the blowout wouldn't have been so bad had she not gotten hurt midgame. But I don't think voters are paying that much attention.

We moved up 5 spots in the NET to #22 with the Winthrop blowout. We are now 1-2 in Quad 1 games as NC State has moved up to #30 so that's now a Q1 game. Louisville on Saturday gives us a shot at a 2nd Q1 win.

Yep, they said on the broadcast during the game that it was illness and she tried to give it a go in warmups but decided to sit out. I know Tessa Johnson missed their last game with illness, too, so must be going around. I think Makeer was out today, too, though I didn't hear the announcers say why.