Ooh, beating SD a third time is going to be tough, but I guess it's better than being on the same side of the bracket as the team that swept you the whole season.

Still on the same side as a team that swept us...UCSB. And the long minutes for Ryann, Nya, Megan & Avery are exacting a toll on their shooting. For the season, we shoot just under 31% from beyond the arc; last 3 games: 20.3%. Tired legs IMHO.

Santa Barbara has the best 3-pt defense in the conference, holding opponents to 26.1%. They've held us to 16.8% in the 2 games this season. Assuming UCSB beats Riverside, we'll play them on 1 day less rest than we're used to. Definitely don't like that matchup.

Also, not real optimistic about us playing games on consecutive days at this point. Not that Gross had an alternative to the long minutes if we were going to stay in contention, which we did until the last game.

All true!