Utah Women’s Basketball Independent
Unaffiliated but friendly with the University of Utah, the Big 16 Conference, and other Pac-12 remnants
Say you want to talk to Batman, but you’re just an ordinary taxpayer in Gotham City. Maybe you can walk through dark alleys, hoping to get mugged. Or you call the Justice League, and leave a message. Good luck with that, but should your words to Batman get by all the gatekeepers, then, oh, reach […]
I’ve been questioning how much heart I want to put into this basketball season — I’ve not yet attended a game — but after chess class Tuesday, I watched the second quarter at Baylor in the school’s parking lot, then raced around at halftime looking for a sports bar (unsuccessfully). That sounds typical, at least. […]
Utah finished the regular season ranked #3 by the AP voters. In itself, I found that rather shocking, because I thought they’d never vote Utah ahead of Stanford if the decision were close. The Utes’ #3 rank makes the following much, much easier to write. When the team was outside the top 25, it almost […]
Cal had to at least stay close at Utah Thursdfay for that game to well follow the double overtime epic in #3 Stanford at #21 Colorado. When Pac-12 Network finally cut from Boulder to Salt Lake, the Golden Bears and Utes were near halftime, and the Golden Bears trailed by six. Swell, until Utah made […]
I used to tell this story too often and prematurely to make it a good story, but it might be appropriate and good now. Utah coach Roberts was named to the national coach of the year watch list yesterday. The Utes are ranked #4 by the AP, and a Pac-12 season championship game with #3 […]
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 […]
I lost a game when I could’ve forced mate in 7, scored 65 on a test, and dreamed I killed a kid. Maybe I shouldn’t be writing. Nah, writing will be OK. Maybe it’s publishing I shouldn’t do. Utah 100 Oregon 92 For Utah, the most encouraging aspect of that win was Oregon not tying […]
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 […]
Stanford 62 Oregon 54 I told you Cameron Brink would triple with points, rebounds, and blocks. I didn’t think she’d do it the next day. I also said Stanford would crush Oregon, because Oregon isn’t such a good basketball team, ranked in the Top 25 earlier because sportswriters like Coach Graves, and don’t like change. […]
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 […]