Utah Women’s Basketball Independent
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USC 81 Arizona 64 The host Trojans assisted on 22 of their 27 FGM, and they did so in the darndest fashion. Juju Watkins threatened to break down her defender one-on-one, until one or two Wildcats went to help. Then Watkins gave up the ball to get 4 assists, and if the ball kept moving, […]
Among the six Pac-12 teams above .500, four of them are playing against a team below .500. The other two — Oregon St. and Utah — play each other. One-half game separates the Beavers and the Utes, so there are heavy tiebreaker implications. I haven’t been writing, which is the surest indicator that I’m not […]
I venture that had Utah visited the Oregon State Beavers Friday rather than the Oregon Ducks, it would’ve been Utah’s misfortune instead of Colorado’s. The Beavers, newly entered in the Top 25, beat #3 Colorado 68-62 in Corvallis. Meanwhile, #16 Utah sputtered at Eugene. The Pac-12 Network reported OSU coach Rueck said that the Beavers […]
I’m eager to play chess Saturday, because I haven’t completely been at the board on Friday nights. I’ve played three draws against three lower-rated opponents so I could get home to watch basketball. It occurred to me that Coach Rob would talk to me about this. When you’re not playing hard, you don’t want the […]
The four best teams in the Pac-12 played amongst themselves last Sunday, though I’m loath to say that doesn’t include Utah. USC 73, UCLA 65 was so critical to the state of our dissolving conference that I watched that game despite knowing the score already. My takeaway from last weekend’s games — whereas you might’ve […]
During one of northern California’s coldest, wettest spells of the year, I spent Friday night in the garage. Around midnight, while I was compiling numbers from Stanford at Cal — Stanford 78Cal 51 Stanford was better and Cal was worse while Cameron Brink was on the floor. After factoring out the last five minutes of […]
Andy Kaufman was a performance artist at the turn of the ’80s. Whether you thought Kaufman comedian or anti-comedian, brilliant or ‘what the fuck’, was up to you. The producers of the classic sitcom “Taxi” so enjoyed Kaufman’s “foreign man” persona, they offered him a role based on the character. Kaufman never liked the idea, […]
People with mental health issues lie convincingly when asked if we’re OK, because if you’re convinced, you’ll leave us alone. If you want to know if I’m OK, ask me if I’m writing. For some reason, I can’t lie about that. If I’m not writing, I’m not OK. I haven’t written anything in two days. […]
Colorado 74Air Force Academy 58 Long ago, a friend made a quip about Air Force that has stuck with me. I left the office, saying I was off to watch basketball. “Who’s playing?” Joseph said. “Air Force at Saint Mary’s”, I said. He laughed. “Air Force? Air Force has a basketball team?” “Uh huh.” “You […]
UCLA at Colorado: Tied with 2 seconds left in overtimeOregon St. at Stanford: Tied with 2:10 in the fourthOregon at Cal: 1-point game with 1:28 remainingSouthern Cal at Utah: UU’s 20-point lead reduced to 6 with 3:06 to go As ever, it’s in how you want to look at it. I think: This is why […]