Utah Women’s Basketball Independent
Unaffiliated but friendly with the University of Utah, the Big 16 Conference, and other Pac-12 remnants
Stanford hasn’t lost a conference game in a while, so let’s imagine they’ll earn one of the double byes in the tournament. Who gets the other? Colorado (probably joining the top 25 Monday), #10 Utah, #14 Arizona, and #21 Oregon are within one game of each other in places 2-5. Arizona and Utah tip off […]
I said Arizona 72 Oregon St. 69 on Jan. 6 figured to be one of the best games I’d see all year, but that had to be crazy. It was the first game of the season for me, and this is the mighty Pacific-12, where an instant classic is born every two hours. The games […]
How would you prefer to think of UCLA? RealTimeRPI and the Associated Press put the Bruins in the top 10, whereas NET ranks UCLA #26. Larry Sheppard — NCAA official of the year (1994) in women’s basketball — was always quick to tell me that sportswriters don’t know anything. Maybe you can’t trust the AP. […]
News: Junior guard Alyssa Marin made four free throws in the last eight seconds to pull UC Santa Barbara ahead of Cal State Bakersfield 63-62 Wed. at the Thunderdome. Marin also completed the Gauchos’ last defensive stop with the rebound. Opinion: The UC Santa Barbara Thunderdome isn’t my favorite venue. I’ve received four parking tickets […]
Bloody hell. Arizona St. called in sick, and their visit to the Huntsman Center Friday is canceled. I wanted that game to happen. One, I had a quip about Utah’s pregame preparation for the Sun Devils (I might still think it’s funny before the Utes visit the Desert Financial Arena in Tempe Feb. 19). Two, […]
The middle of January is too soon to name the conference freshman of the year, but barring injury, I think the frosting on the cake reads ‘Oregon St.’s Raegan Beers’. Beers recorded her 10th double (20 pt, 12 rb, two blocked shots of remarkable prescience) in the Beavers’ 79-69 win at Tempe Sunday. She won […]
I was so impressed with Arroyo Grande HS (Arroyo Grande, Calif.) freshman guard Kathleen Hutchens that I committed to my suggestion that she be scouted, even though I could only see her highlight clips for four years. I heard UC Irvine sent someone to see her. Hutchens hired an agency that seems to be in […]
Stanford beat Cal 60-56 Sunday at Haas, after trailing 56-53 with 4:08 left. The Golden Bears’ last six possessions resulted in three missed field goals, two missed free throws, and two turnovers. One of those field goal misses was open from the elbow, and late free throws are late free throws. Make those, and they […]
I thought Arizona 72 Oregon State 69 will be remembered as one of the best games I’d see this season, despite 2.5 months remaining, and having seen none yet for comparison’s sake. In Tucson, the Wildcats and Ducks were tied at 53 with 8:04 to go. Oregon State ran 12-0 to restore the their long-standing […]
I thought the Pac-12 mountain teams would feel the transfer loss of three seniors from Utah and one from Colorado (whose best player graduated, to boot), but the Utes and Buffaloes are a combined 26-3, with +47 in scoring differential. Utah won 85-58 in Salt Lake on Dec. 14, with 42 points, 10 rebounds, 7 […]