Really excited about the direction of this program. Imo we’re knocking on the door to moving from good team to great team. To get to that next level, (judging by the few games I’ve watched) we should have an emphasis on limiting second chance points by rebounding. We’ll need to be aggressive on the boards, box out, secure the ball, outlet pass, etc, etc. I didn’t think we were that undersized tbh. Jennifer has actually done a great job recruiting size. Also secondary focus should be making a point in including the bench more. While it will probably affect outcomes or scoring margins in games, in the long run, it will make us a deeper team. Again, phenomenal job by the team and coaching staff. Excited to see where this goes

Great season overall. Hats of to this team and to Jennifer Gross for building up this program. A few thoughts:

• Sage is the real deal. She controlled the paint on defense. I honestly think she’d hold her own against anyone
• Cierra Hall played well and efficiently. 4/6 beyond the arc, got boards, assists, steals, even a block. Only tough stat was the 6 TO’s
• Our achilles heel was rebounding. We got absolutely crushed on the boards
• Didn’t feel outmatched. Not sure everyone agrees, but felt this was actually a winnable game unlike the Stanford matchups in the past. MSU was the better team but not by a mile. If we cleaned up the rebounding, maybe we’d have a shot
• Developing a bench would help. Would not only give our starters some much needed rest but could open up game plans like trying the full court press earlier. That seemed to work well
  

Very impressive year overall. Hopefully this group returns the core, maybe schedule more tough OOC competition (if possible and pandemic situation allows) and next year should be good. Program isn’t that far from taking the next step imho

On tv on ESPNU. Stobbart is phenomenal on defense. No doubt she lives up to defensive player of the year in BW. But we need to hit open looks. And MSU has been draining too many 3s

Looks like Wright St upset Arkansas. So winner of our game faces 13 seed Wright St

Yeah MSU will be a tall task. They beat one of the tournament favorites in Maryland and went undefeated in a solid conference.

On the bright side, we bring an MVP type player in BW poy Hall, a tough defense featuring Stobbart (BW dpoy) Konrad (1st team defense), a solid floor general with great vision in Trpcic (13 assts vs Oregon) and a proven scorer in Turner who has come up big in key games (19 pts vs Oregon and 22 in BW final against UCI). From the limited amt I’ve watched, Harris and Gibb play well off the bench, but our starters take most of the minutes.

This article has Cierra Hall as one of the five players to watch in the region: https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/31083672/women-basketball-tournament-2021-players-teams-watch-region-region

While it's a much better draw than Stanford, Missouri State has a very impressive resume:

• In the last tournament in 18-19, they made the Sweet 16 knocking off 2 ranked teams prior to falling to Stanford by single digits
• Nationally ranked this year and in 19-20 even though there was no tournament
• Beat a #2 seed in Maryland this year and crushed a good #11 seed FGCU by 25 points
• Top ranked mid major: http://collegeinsider.com/womens-mid-major-top-25
• Edit: Perfect 16-0 in the 12th ranked conference by rpi (Missouri Valley). For comparison, the Big West is ranked 16th best by rpi

We're going to need a near flawless performance.

Props to the Bison, good game. Very physical team and a barometer of where we need to be. That said, call me crazy, but imo we had a chance in both the Cal and NDSU games. It felt like we belong in both games. Let's see how this season progresses

Absolutely unacceptable. And we want to grow interest in our sports?

Run defense needs serious work. Last week, thought Cal's running game was just next level. Now, thinking it might just be our defense.

Game day baby! Let’s go Ags! This is doable. Go shock em ags!

Despite Cal’s elite defense, this is probably as good a chance as we’ll ever have to beat them. Maybe our best team ever? imo it will come down to preventing their defense from scoring which means our O-line needs to make sure Maier has time. Unfortunately I have us losing this one but we have a shot for sure. 23-13 Cal

Anything new here? Or are we bandless for the Cal game?

L @ Cal
W @ San Diego
W Lehigh
L @ NDSU
W Montana
W @ N. Dakota
W Poly
W @ SUU
L Weber
-bye-
W @ Portland State
W Montana State
W @ J Street Tech

i have us going 9-3 and getting back into the playoffs. Hoping we win at least two out of three at home vs Montana, Weber and MSU

Impressed by Stanford. They always seem to provide a humbling experience. But still a phenomenal season overall. All the best to our outstanding seniors. And Sage Stobbart showed flashes of what she can provide on both ends. With Bertsch graduating, she has big shoes to fill. Definitely a step in the right direction for our program- we just played an elite team.

Nice win by the Eaters! Well coached with solid D. Should have a shot at the next one too

I tend to agree with most of your points, and am happy we’re in the tournament esp where fans can travel. However, there’s the flip side of the coin. Had the committee erred the other way and seeded slightly better than rpi, we would’ve been a 13. And 13 seeds have won 6 times. It’s not that far fetched considering our win streak, winning the BW regular season 3 straight years, and our average margin of victory (how many 20+ point wins have we had this yr). On Saturday, ESPN even predicted a 13 seed. Again, I do understand the travel angle, but imo we got the short end of the stick. And hopefully the ladies will still compete on Sat.

This site gives us a 4% chance of advancing- better than any other 15 or 16 seed, half the 14 seeds and even one of the 13 seeds. This just reinforces that our team was underseeded. Need to play our best game and let the chips fall where they may.

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2019-march-madness-predictions/womens/

Latest ESPN projection has us as a 13 seed squaring off against Oregon State: http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology

Impressive performance. Glad the starters were taken out early to keep their legs fresh for tomorrow