Women's Basketball: UCLA vs. Gonzaga Gameday Thread
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 8:32 PM PDT
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The UCLA flag is still flying in the tournament, as the #3 seeded Bruins take on the #11 seed Gonzaga tonight in the round of 32.
A lot has been made of this match-up and many in the national media feel that everything is there for an upset: Gonzaga is playing on their home court where they have lost just one game this season, which for their first round game against Iowa they sold out the 6000+ seat arena. Their star player, PG Courtney Vandersloot may be able to neutralize the Bruin press that has been so instrumental to their success all season long. Gonzaga last year knocked out the 2 seeded Texas A&M Aggies, so Gonzaga is not new to pulling off big upsets in the tournament in the early rounds.
Still, Gonzaga's schedule has featured weak teams, and if UCLA took Stanford out of it's schedule, UCLA's winning streak would match that of Gonzaga's yet still with a stronger schedule. The key tonight that is being talked about is Gonzaga's offense vs. UCLA's defense. Gonzaga leads the nation in scoring, averaging over 86 points per game, while UCLA has one of the best defenses in the nation. It will be interesting to see how tonight's game plays out, though UCLA at least has had experience in this type of match up by playing Oregon the last 2 years, so UCLA can hopefully draw on that.
What is at stake tonight for the Bruins is a chance to move on to the sweet 16 for the first time since the late 90s, as well as tie the school record for wins in a season. The game tips off at 6:30pm tonight on ESPN2. Hopefully i'll be able to track the game but if not, let this be our gameday thread.
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Please forgive me
I haven’t seen more than 3 or 4 women’s games this year, but I do always read the roundups here on BN.
How exactly is Gonzaga an 11 seed and playing in the 2nd round AT HOME?! And this isn’t even a pseudo-home (like Florida in Tampa 100+ miles away); no, it’s literally at their house! If an 11 seed got to play a home game against a 3 seed in the men’s tournament, I have to imagine there would be riots.
They were betting on Gonzaga losing in the first round?
Hope our ladies play better than the first round game. Go Bruins.
In the women's game they allow teams to play at home
and if they make the tournament they are guaranteed to play at home so as to make sure the arenas aren’t empty.
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I tweeted my followers to ask which I should take
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 21, 2011 5:17 PM PDT up reply actions
That + being placed in the same region as Stanford
particularly with <4 Pac-10 teams in the tourney… WTF??
formerly bruinhoo
The good old boys of Cal Poly SLO
Now we are 7-0, bottom of 6th inning. UCLA 7-10-1 and Cal Poly 0-2-2
2 Seed Duke and 10 seed Murry State
In a battle with 2 mins to go second half. Duke leading. 63-60.
DGB
by westwood12003 on Mar 21, 2011 5:56 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Sorry Marist??
Never mind. Duke pulling away from the red foxes.
DGB
by westwood12003 on Mar 21, 2011 5:58 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I hope they schedule a round at Pauley when we reopen.
Men and women! Maybe Men’s 1st weekend and women regional (or visa versa)? That would be really nice.
Go Bruins!
We are getting the Women's Gymnastics
NCAA Championship in the new Pauley. Hope it will help our girls to bring back another Championship.
+1
It woulld be great exposure for our university as well as showing off what we hope to be an impressive looking new Pauley Pavilion inside and out.
DGB
by westwood12003 on Mar 21, 2011 6:24 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
I love Coach Caldwell
great pregame speech!!
by insomniacslounge on Mar 21, 2011 6:35 PM PDT reply actions
wow
Our defense pulled a disappearing act
DGB
by westwood12003 on Mar 21, 2011 6:37 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Yeah
Forget the full court pressure for now
DGB
by westwood12003 on Mar 21, 2011 6:38 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Here we go!!!
We just need to slow the game down and have our defense set. Looking good after a slow start on defense.
DGB
by westwood12003 on Mar 21, 2011 6:43 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Yes, looking more like themselves offensively.
They looked horrible Saturday, couldn’t do anything. Glad they have a flow tonight.
Go Bruins!
If you have Directv in LA
Game is on ch 730 in standard def
by insomniacslounge on Mar 21, 2011 6:45 PM PDT reply actions
Dixon scores!
16-12, then a travel thanks to the press
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 6:50 PM PDT reply actions
Atoneye with a block and steal
leads to a basket from darxia
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 6:54 PM PDT reply actions
They need to start denying Vandersloot the ball
force someone else to facilitate the offense
by insomniacslounge on Mar 21, 2011 6:54 PM PDT reply actions
Nice feed from markel
Atoneye scores, and then a steal
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 6:58 PM PDT reply actions
UCLA forces a steal
then darxia with the travel
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:00 PM PDT reply actions
step 1: get slightly smaller ball
:)
by insomniacslounge on Mar 21, 2011 7:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Maybe, he's at all the games.
I thought he might be seeing someone on the team. Is he there?
Go Bruins!
He's not there
but he’s been tweeting about Morris and the game.
by insomniacslounge on Mar 21, 2011 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions
Dunno...
but Markel is in a long-distance relationship with Mike Moser.
BTW, relationships can actually make the difference as to whether someone declares for the NBA early or not. I know that one of the key reasons Kapono stayed his senior year was because his girlfriend (now his wife) was still going to be in school.
Campbell called for the foul
Vandersloot makes 1 of 2, Bruins up 26-23
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:10 PM PDT reply actions
Rebekah Gardner!
31-23, and another steal, then UCLA turns it over again
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:11 PM PDT reply actions
And one for gonzaga
foul goes to Nina Earl on the break
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:12 PM PDT reply actions
Nzekwe with a great pass
Atoneye scores, then Gonzaga throws the ball away
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:14 PM PDT reply actions
Mariah called for the bump
Gonzaga will be shooting freethrows after the break
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:15 PM PDT reply actions
Gardner hits both
Then Markel with a steal, but doesn’t score
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:20 PM PDT reply actions
Nina Earl fouls
Gonzaga to shoot 2 more
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:21 PM PDT reply actions
can't seem to put any separation between us and them
just as we look to extend the lead, they get back in..
great interior pass
Gardner lays it up and in
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:22 PM PDT reply actions
Atoneye with an offensive board
and gets fouled, will shoot 2
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:24 PM PDT reply actions
and ours looks like a model! lol
"Success is never final, Failure is never fatal. It's Courage that count's" - John Wooden.
Halftime
UCLA keeps the lead with Dixon and Morris spending major minutes on the bench, other players stepping up
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:25 PM PDT reply actions
Randomness
Vandersloot would be the good last name for a James Bonds/Austin Powers villainess. Tho it would be pronounced, “Wonderslut”
by insomniacslounge on Mar 21, 2011 7:27 PM PDT reply actions
Yeah...
a Zags fan said we were going to get “Vanderslooted”. I almost quipped back, what, you mean we’re going to be abducted and murdered by a homicidal Dutchman?
Wow..totally forgot about that
Ok, that’s better…err…worse
by insomniacslounge on Mar 21, 2011 7:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Atonye gets fouled
Hey, they have more fouls than us!! (this half)
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:43 PM PDT reply actions
Questionable foul call
but an and 1 for Gonzaga, 41-39 Bruins freethrow coming
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:45 PM PDT reply actions
Jasmine gets fouled
Down 5, going to the line after the timeout
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:48 PM PDT reply actions
Gonzaga gets the lead back
but another blocking foul now on Gonzaga up top
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 7:54 PM PDT reply actions
So, has any player scored & assisted like this before? Not sure I've ever heard anything about it...
I was just talking to the hubs about it
This just wouldn’t happen in the men’s game – if you can score and dish it out like that, you’d leave before you even reach those plateaus.
UCLA heating up from 3
what a surprise, UCLA averages 2 made 3s a game
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 8:02 PM PDT reply actions
They're really giving them a lot of room out there.
I hope they extend the d now and we can get some easy lay-ins.
Go Bruins!
Even when this team is playing poorly and losing
it’s really easy to root for them. They’re still on the floor and working their tails off. Come on, find an extra gear girls!
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I tweeted my followers to ask which I should take
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 21, 2011 8:10 PM PDT reply actions
what a pass from campbell
Walker lays it up and in
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 8:12 PM PDT reply actions
Unfortunately we'll never host an ncaa game
Fans wouldnt show up
All 3. But we looked better each time we played them
DGB
by westwood12003 on Mar 21, 2011 8:38 PM PDT up reply actions
I was joking.
The idiot announcer has said it about 20 times. And I agree about looking better each time.
Go Bruins!
OK, But Seriously...
I know it was brought up before, but why the hell are we playing an 11 seed ranked 19th in the nation AT HOME in the 2nd round? Stuff like this really doesnt help the legitimacy of the sport.
Last game they played subpar, but it caught up with them in this game
That Stanford pac-10 tourney game was a back breaker, up 11 and lose had mental effect on the team.
I'll have a recap tonight/tomorow
Need a few hours to walk away from this one, sad way for the season to end
by truebluebruin24 on Mar 21, 2011 8:40 PM PDT reply actions
that's too bad...
but zags played a great game. can’t take anything away from them. Wonder what the outcome would have been on a neutral court.
I hope we bid on hosting once Pauley reopens
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I tweeted my followers to ask which I should take
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 21, 2011 8:41 PM PDT reply actions
Yes.
This is just wrong. In the men’s tourney you have to earn home court advantage. Being the higher seed hurt us.
Go Bruins!
Gonzaga had a 20 game win streak... They should have been the 3 seed
And we could have played somewhere else
Just looked it up
They’ve awarded host sites for next year already, but not for 2013 when Pauley will be open again. Bid DG!
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I tweeted my followers to ask which I should take
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 21, 2011 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Seeding
I don’t care about any of this…I still want to know why a three-seed is playing an 11-seed on their home court. I do not give a f—-k about the logic. How is this possible?
If they didn't make sure hosts were playing at home
There would be a lot of empty seats.
Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I tweeted my followers to ask which I should take
by Ryan Rosenblatt on Mar 21, 2011 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
$$$
I think they choose the sites years in advance, and they’ve decided that the women’s games need to all be played geographically close, in order to get people to actually show up to the games…
And an 11 seed thats not really an 11 seed.
The whole thing stinks.
You play well all year to earn the right to start the tournament against lesser teams
not get caught up in the BS politics of why womens bball isnt making any money. UCLA got royally screwed and they deserve better. This could have been a sweet 16 matchup. Probably should have.
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