Utah Women’s Basketball Independent
Unaffiliated but friendly with the University of Utah, the Big 16 Conference, and other Pac-12 remnants
Utah beat Weber State 86-46 Thursday 11/7 in Salt Lake. Fifth-year senior post Mayè Tourè, a transfer from Rhode Island, led all scorers with 22, and was one of five players with a game-high 5 rebounds. The Utes led 47-14 at halftime, after the Wildcats shot 6-for-22. Weber St. made 26 turnovers leading to 38 […]
UCLA and Utah play an unusual Thursday game for ESPN’s sake. Who’s starting at the 3 for Utah tonight? I think it’ll be Wilke. Matyson looks like a confident shooter lately. Dasia Young hit a game-winner in traffic as a 6th man. Remember what a nice surprise Reese Ross was, many games ago? I’ll guess […]
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 […]
Both Washington teams lost today; for the Huskies, it was their first loss. Washington at Louisville was one of the best games I’ve seen. Louisville played more bothersome defense, and effectively attacked the Husky defense (2nd in the nation in FG% allowed before this game). Auburn 69 Washington St. 62 The fast break when the […]
48 Texas at San Antonio61 Oregon The term “also ran” got its start in racing forms. One horse won, one horse placed, one horse showed, and the rest of the field “also ran”. “Also ran” is not such a bad thing. An Olympics also-ran is pretty effing great, whether in 4th place or last — […]
UCLA 95Florida St. 78 As UCLA brushed Florida St. aside, I had this thought: I’m in the 96th percentile of American chessplayers. If you put me across the board from Caruana or another player in the 100th percentile, the game begins 0-0, but eventually it’s windshield vs. bug, and it was never really close. Among […]
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. […]
Hooboy, I’m more tired than usual. Fell asleep during Oregon at Portland, and Pacific at Arizona State. I’m not sure why. Some writers exert themselves in harrowing adventure, or running through airports. I sit on my butt, fueled with coffee and Spindrift. Advent of Code started, and that’s hard on my brain, because I’m not […]
Considering our respective rankings before last night’s chess game, I expected to beat my opponent quickly, leave the chess club early-ish, and save myself from watching basketball at dawn. That’s as hazardous a manner of thinking for chessplayers as it is for basketball teams (and any competitive entity); our game was next-to-last to finish, and […]