Utah Women’s Basketball Independent
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The 2025 Utah Utes lost three of their last four, while senior guard Kennady McQueen is out with an ankle sprain. The 2024 Utes ended their season with an NCAA second-round loss to host Gonzaga. They played their last 30 games without junior guard Gianna Kneepkens, lost to a broken foot. Last year, the Kneepkens […]
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 […]
When I put my mind to avoiding spoilage of movie endings, sports scores, or news items, I can. Something happened within the University of Utah athletics department. It’s days-old, stale news, but I’m waiting for Coach Roberts to tell me about the car — or cars. Utah’s Crimson Collective — how that’s separate from the […]
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 […]
Stanford 79 Albany 35 In the first five minutes, Cameron Brink had 2 points, 2 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 2 assists. She’s going to triple again, I thought, but Albany then stayed beyond Brink’s reach — until the 4th, when a Great Dane offensive rebounder tried to put it back, and Brink smacked it away. […]
Washington was one of the Pacific-12’s tougher representatives at the last NCAA tournament. The Huskies burst at the end, after a poor first-half in conference play. Washington looked really good vs. Pacific. I thought it could be acceptable for Washington if they play at least this well through non-conference play. The Huskies were better than […]
Today, each of the six Pac-12 teams with league records greater than 7-7 plays against a conference opponent with a record less than 7-7. In almost every league in the country, that would make for a dreadful boring day, except #7 and #8 in the Pac-12 are Washington State and Oregon, who are vying for […]