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p_d_swanson
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Nebraska is giving up 83 ppg in Big 10 play? Are there some overtimes involved?
That's horrendous otherwise, especially from a team that was supposed to be decent, if not pretty good. |
They lost four senior starters who all played more than 30 mpg and who doubled as their four best defenders. They've also drawn some pretty good offensive teams (Iowa, Northwestern, Maryland) for their first three opponents. But even factoring that in, yes, they're less than stellar...
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purduefanatic
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| Posted: 01/14/16 9:57 pm ::: |
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So, who had Purdue undefeated in conference and all alone at the top of the Big Ten standings 2 weeks into January? Yeah, me either.
The game this weekend in Columbus suddenly becomes a huge one for Ohio State. They don't want to go 2 games behind in the standings.
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lola528
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ripleydc
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ripleydc
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| Posted: 01/15/16 9:31 am ::: Re: :: |
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| Why do you think Purdue is so much improved? |
There are a couple of reasons:
1. For the most part, the team has remained healthy. Bridget Perry is one of their best players and she missed most of last season. April Wilson was also playing hurt most of last year but is healthy this year. In addition, they brought in probably the best class of Versyp's era and they are all contributing.
2. Team chemistry is MUCH better than last year. To say it was a disaster would be an understatement. They have really come together as a unit.
Last year was an anomaly and it was basically a case of Murphy's Law...anything and everything that could go wrong basically did. |
Is the "team chemistry" in any way related to the departure of Whitney Bays?
The reason I ask, is that when she was at Maryland, I came to think of her as a somewhat negative influence. She certainly had the talent to be successful at UMd, but, to me, seemed lacking in that team-first mentality that makes a good teammate.
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purduefanatic
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| Posted: 01/15/16 1:10 pm ::: Re: :: |
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| ripleydc wrote: |
| Why do you think Purdue is so much improved? |
There are a couple of reasons:
1. For the most part, the team has remained healthy. Bridget Perry is one of their best players and she missed most of last season. April Wilson was also playing hurt most of last year but is healthy this year. In addition, they brought in probably the best class of Versyp's era and they are all contributing.
2. Team chemistry is MUCH better than last year. To say it was a disaster would be an understatement. They have really come together as a unit.
Last year was an anomaly and it was basically a case of Murphy's Law...anything and everything that could go wrong basically did. |
Is the "team chemistry" in any way related to the departure of Whitney Bays?
The reason I ask, is that when she was at Maryland, I came to think of her as a somewhat negative influence. She certainly had the talent to be successful at UMd, but, to me, seemed lacking in that team-first mentality that makes a good teammate. |
There were multiple factors.
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lola528
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| Posted: 01/15/16 10:16 pm ::: :: |
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I agree with purduefanatic. Purdue was playing hurt last year, which contributed to several of the losses, and some were close games. Morale got worse with each loss, and team chemistry, which was not great to begin with, suffered more and more as the season went on, until nobody wanted to do anything except have the season end so they could stop practicing, stop seeing each other, and get some sleep. After that hideous season ended, the returning players gathered themselves and started working on this season. They were lucky that this was a year for a European trip, and that helped them bond. Team chemistry flourished, and in the meantime, last season's injuries healed up pretty well (except for poor Torrie Thornton's knees, which will probably trouble her for the rest of her life), and everybody got very high about bringing Purdue back to where Purdue should be. We have a short bench, which will hurt us in some games, but so far, everyone is meeting expectations and some are exceeding. IF the Boilers can stay healthy and injury-free, it should be a great season! Of course, as Sheldon Cooper has said, "If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas." 
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ripleydc
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| Posted: 01/20/16 8:15 am ::: |
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It's looking more and more likely that Saturday's Michigan State at Maryland could be postponed, or possibly played in a nearly empty arena. (The latter could be a good thing for MSU.)
First major snow storm to hit the DMV in last couple of years is forecast to move into the area late Friday and dump a foot or more of white stuff, and stick around until late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
I hope the forecasts are wrong, because I really wanted to attend this game, and particularly see Aerial Powers in person.
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ArtBest23
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| Posted: 01/20/16 3:34 pm ::: |
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| ripleydc wrote: |
It's looking more and more likely that Saturday's Michigan State at Maryland could be postponed, or possibly played in a nearly empty arena. (The latter could be a good thing for MSU.)
First major snow storm to hit the DMV in last couple of years is forecast to move into the area late Friday and dump a foot or more of white stuff, and stick around until late Saturday night or early Sunday morning.
I hope the forecasts are wrong, because I really wanted to attend this game, and particularly see Aerial Powers in person. |
18-24 inches and a blizzard warning.
Frankly I think it would be irresponsible to bring the MSU women into these conditions. They really need to reschedule
Damn. This is Chloe Pavlech bobbehead day too.
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| Posted: 01/20/16 4:01 pm ::: |
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| If my Subaru can make it out of the garage I will be there. It sounds like the game is scheduled right in the middle though of the storm.
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ripleydc
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| Posted: 01/20/16 6:17 pm ::: |
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| You may be right. I'm just hoping they don't have to reschedule. About the only slim window I see on the Terps schedule is between Purdue and the big rematch in Columbus. But that could really hurt Maryland's chances against tOSU.
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buckeyewoman
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| Posted: 01/20/16 8:41 pm ::: |
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| Buckeyes scheduled to play at Rutgers on Sunday. Team and referee travel to that game could also be an issue.
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ArtBest23
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| Posted: 01/21/16 2:04 pm ::: |
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| So Ripley, people were stuck on the Beltway in their cars overnight, and the entire road system came to a halt last night in the DC area, and that was with a whopping seven tenths of an inch of snow. You think they're going to play a game in two FEET of snow and blizzard conditions?
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ripleydc
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| Posted: 01/21/16 6:17 pm ::: |
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Postponed!
Just announced.
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ArtBest23
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| Posted: 01/21/16 7:31 pm ::: |
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Postponed!
Just announced. |
Unless they were talking about the men, I think they just said on the news that they're moving the game to East Lansing.
EDIT. Never mind. It's the men's game on the road. Women's game is postponed with no makeup date yet set.
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mzonefan
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| Posted: 02/02/16 11:27 pm ::: |
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KBA made her walk-on's day today. Love this kind of coverage!
http://www.snappytv.com/tc/1332914
Halle started her career at Oakland and left right before the Beckie Francis stuff hit the news. She ended up at Michigan where her dad starred as a QB on the football team and where two brothers play FB now. Three kids from the same family on athletic scholarships at the same time is pretty darned cool.
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