WOW! OU running away from CU!

[sooner64]

CU players are reportedly sucking air hard. Not kidding, the play-by-play women said CU players are hunched over with hands on their knees at the FT line. OU up by 21, in what was a closely fought game, with 8:00 left.

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[sooner64]

Holy cowpies! 94-60. OU put it in another gear. No put down intended, but CU was ran out of the gym. Great Final game with the Dukies coming up!

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[Press]

Nice game OU. Good luck in San Antonio!

[swok34]

I think Colorado was really banged up after that Stanford game and with Lappe reinjuring an injured ankle......

They played their hearts out, and kudo's to the seniors for reaching the Elite 8.

OU stepped up when they needed to, on to the dookies. They actually have more depth than we have.....and they only have 8 on the roster.

I really like watching Lindsey Casey play, she rarely, rarely gets to play and though I was a little caught up and didn't pay a whole lot of attention the last 3 minutes, I know she made 2 shots......I think that's a record for her.. http://hoopscoop.net/ubb/smile.gif

[Jennifer]

The subs that rarely get in didn't really miss a beat when they played tonight. So glad they all got to play (and way to go Lindsay Casey==4 pts). She didn't make it off the bench during the sub-regionals.

OK, the announcers. This is just what I remember.
They screwed up some CU player names (Sabrina Horn and I think they said Sabrina Stafford once). They said that the OU men's team cheered on their flight back to OK when they heard the score of "Colorado's win over Texas Tech". THere was more, but I can't remember right now. I just really doubt that some of them take any teams seriously besided Uconn, TN, and Duke. ANd what's with changing to the TN/Vandy game while the OU/CU game is in play????? Gee, if anyone wanted to watch that, it's just a quick switch over to Espn.
OK, I'm off my soapbox now. On to San Antonio!!!!

[vickie1ok]

And what about those quality minutes from Shannon Selmon? Good for her, and it says alot about this team and they players who know their roles.

[mred]

Originally posted by Jennifer:
OK, the announcers. This is just what I remember.

What about "Coales" and "Cofield", both of which I heard several times? Granted, ISU announcers called Caufield "Cofield" several times during the ISU-OU game, but they have an excuse. http://hoopscoop.net/ubb/smile.gif

[swok34]

The men arrived back in Norman at 2 am Sunday morning.....surely no ones already put them back on a plane.

Landsakes, who's gonna meet the women's team, they are liable to show up in Norman at 4 AM.

I didn't mind the announcers so much, I like Coach Peck....but I really wish someone would have told her that Laneshia's name is Caaaaufield, not Coooooofield....she did that both nights.

And I came close to emailing ESPN and telling them, I know how to change channels on the TV, I DO NOT NEED them to help me out http://hoopscoop.net/ubb/smile.gif
The halftime show was allllllllllllll Connecticut & Dukies with a little showing of the Tenn/Vandy game.......
talk about Colorado getting no respect, OU's not far behind 'em.
Actually, I mentioned early, I didn't see any Big XII team burning doors down with media coverage.......I had to "order and pay" for the games that I thought would be really good games.......and
they were......bad choices, ESPN.

[horntooter]

Congrats OU. I'm ready to watch the Okies take care of the Dookies, and I'll be there to cheer you on.

[schooner2]

Originally posted by swok34:
And I came close to emailing ESPN and telling them, I know how to change channels on the TV, I DO NOT NEED them to help me out http://hoopscoop.net/ubb/smile.gif

I thought that was hilarious. What, does only 10% of the nation get espn2? I was a little amused so I went up to the TV and asked my wife if she liked this camera angle (espn2) or flipped it up one channel to espn and asked if she liked this camera angle. Get a clue ESPN, since when do both stations have to carry the same game.

[Roger B. Rowland]

"Holy cowpies! 94-60. OU put it in another gear. No put down intended, but CU was ran out of the gym."

I wouldn't get to excited about the score. Oklahoma blew the game open with a 16 point run beginning at the 12:50 mark. Ceal Barry conceded the game with nine minutes remaining. At that time she put Diana Spencer and Syreeta Stafford in the game. There were no Colorado seniors on the floor.

Coach Coale decided to leave her starters on the floor and ran up the score during the ensuing five minutes. During that time Oklahoma outscored Colorado by 14 more points. It was with 4:09 remaining that Coale took her starters off the floor.

I thought the Sooner players were outstanding.

It was unfortunate the Coach Coale chose to run up the score. It is another example of a youthful coach. It may come back to haunt the Sooners in the years to come.

[schooner2]

Oh please, don't make me laugh. That's by far the earliest Coale has ever decided to put in subs. It was just a 20-point lead not a minute before that. And you don't sub with 5 or even 4 minutes remaining with a 20 point lead. I could easily see Colorado chipping 15 points off the lead in the last 4 minutes which would begin to make things interesting. But that didn't happen.

As much as I loved to see OU really plays its game in the 2nd half, I hate that OU had to do it against a Big 12 team. Likewise with Tech on Saturday. Would have been a great feeling to do this to other teams from around the nation.

[mred]

Originally posted by schooner:
And you don't sub with 5 or even 4 minutes remaining with a 20 point lead. I could easily see Colorado chipping 15 points off the lead in the last 4 minutes which would begin to make things interesting.

Comebacks like that <u>never</u> happen, http://cyclones.fansonly.com/sports/w-baskbl/recaps/010601aaa.htmlright?</a> http://hoopscoop.net/ubb/smile.gif

[vickie1ok]

Roger, do we have a (really big) chip on our shoulder?

ESPN was questioning Coales decision taking her top 6 players out at the four minute mark.

If Barry conceded the game at the 9 minute mark, then ESPN missed it and she is a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE coach. No coach worth a tinker's damn ever concedes a game with 9 minutes left. EVER.

Do I need to send you a pick-axe to chop that chip off your shoulder?

[vickie1ok]

An addendum to Roger.

I watched the last 10 minutes of the game again and Diana Spencer came into the game with 1:35 when Ceal Barry truly conceded. She may have been in earlier for a time, but clearly was taken out. Both (seniors) Bowman and Nightengale were taken out at that 1:35 mark. Next time you decide to make snide remarks towards OU and Sherri Coale, I suggest you have a few facts on your side.

[carolann]

Go, OU. Get the Dookies! I see OU as the clear favorite in that match-up. I could not believe how badly OU was destroying the Buffs last night.

As for UConn/Tenn. - Just call me Robin. The Huskies are the gold standard. Their offense is a beautiful sight unless yours is the team trying to defend. Tenn is peaking at the right time this year with the help of their freshmen. The freshmen are adding the scoring ability that Tennessee was lacking earlier in the year.

[ChipperF1]

"It was unfortunate the Coach Coale chose to run up the score. It is another example of a youthful coach. It may come back to haunt the Sooners in the years to come."

Roger, All I can say is 85-60, and 95-60. Those were the scores of when Colorado "ran up the score" on Nebraska this year.
I didn't whine about those one bit, because the complaint is a crock. The point of the game is scoring points, especially in a championship game.

Colorado showed a lot of courage to get this far, but I saw it out there, the injuries got to 'em. The fatigue got to 'em. Sometimes it happens that way in the postseason. You are too beat up and too tired to continue.

To say such a statement in spite mocks the very courage and skill those CU Buffs showed this weekend, and throughout the second half of the season.

But then again, I shouldn't be too surprised. After all we're taking about fans of Vichy Colorado.

[Bevo]

Congratulations, OU. You have proven yourselves to be the class of the Big XII this year. Now go prove that you are the best in the nation!!! Beat Duke! Beat UCONN! Beat Tennessee!

[schooner2]

Originally posted by Bevo:
Congratulations, OU. You have proven yourselves to be the class of the Big XII this year. Now go prove that you are the best in the nation!!! Beat Duke! Beat UCONN! Beat Tennessee!

At least we only have to beat 2 of the 3! http://hoopscoop.net/ubb/smile.gif

[metromaniac]

Let's go http://hoopscoop.net/ubb/ou.gif !!!!

Beat Duke then bring on the late game winner, whomever it ends up being!!!!


Go Big 12!!!!!

[kate dawg]

chipper. you're right..but not all CU fans are like that! Where's the love?

And correction on the Di Spencer thing...she went in with 9 minutes left, then she came out with three minutes left, and then went back in when they pulled the seniors one last time.

I too think she conceded the game early...she knew her team had been broken.

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[KSUron]

We were VERY proud of both OU & CU. Both teams are made up of classy players and coaches. The graduating seniors will be missed but I will bet they will go on to have very successful lives. It has been fun watching them play. And the cupboard is a lot farther from bare in both schools than most people think.

[Roger B. Rowland]

"Next time you decide to make snide remarks towards OU and Sherri Coale, I suggest you have a few facts on your side."

I was present (section 6, row k, seat 24 centercourt) at Boise. Given the fact that I write about the Colorado games, I take copius notes including substitutions. There are classical signs exhibited by Big 12 coaches when they will concede the game to their opponent. In fact, I made that observation about Marian Washington when Kansas played in Boulder.

Again, I would state: "I thought the Sooner players were outstanding." I don't begrudge the Oklahoma players their due reward. They deserve to be in San Antonio.

"Roger, All I can say is 85-60, and 95-60. Those were the scores of when Colorado "ran up the score" on Nebraska this year."

There is a difference when subs score compared to starters. If I am able to make this observation from the stands then I am sure Ceal Barry did the same. This was not the only action by Coach Coale that caught my eye. But it was the one which I thought would have an impact in the future.

"If Barry conceded the game at the 9 minute mark, then ESPN missed it and she is a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE coach. No coach worth a tinker's damn ever concedes a game with 9 minutes left. EVER.

Do I need to send you a pick-axe to chop that chip off your shoulder?"

Who has the chip? The Colorado players were outplayed and suffered the requisite loss. The Sooners were the superior team and will reap the reward.

[YCN]

Roger, you remind me of a former Boulder Camera movie critic that I chanced to meet one time - you wouldn't be her husband by any chance?

I noted that she [the Camera critic] always liked to take copious notes at the movies she attended - and although I am at a loss to see how such a critic can let the movie "come through to her" when that same critic is so intent on recording the brute content of that movie, that the movie simply cannot begin to come to her.

I hope that at some point in your life you can find peace with simply knowing that things in life will be what they will be.

[Roger B. Rowland]

"Roger, you remind me of a former Boulder Camera movie critic that I chanced to meet one time - you wouldn't be her husband by any chance?"

Sorry, I can not claim to be that person.

"I hope that at some point in your life you can find peace with simply knowing that things in life will be what they will be."
I guess, I have failed to get my point across. The Big 12 is filled with coaches from the "old school" (Barry, Conradt, Sharp, and Washington) and coaches from the "new school" (Mulkey-Robertson and Coale).

I have spent a lot of time around coaches that are from the "old school." From that experience I have learned that certain tenets are part of the job. For example: "Be humble in victory." "Be gracious in defeat." "Never kick your opponent when they are down, you might have to play them again in the future."

If I accept "...knowing that things in life will be what they will be." then I could not cheer on Oklahoma in the biggest upset of the year. http://hoopscoop.net/ubb/wink.gif

[YCN]

Roger, I wouldn't expect you to. In fact, I don't want you to.

I'm afraid that you might jinx my club. I'd rather have a slight reduction in support than a serious increase in pucker factor.

[Roger B. Rowland]

"I'm afraid that you might jinx my club. I'd rather have a slight reduction in support than a serious increase in pucker factor."

My impact on a team over 900 miles away is about as real as the curse on the Boise State bench. http://hoopscoop.net/ubb/biggrin.gif

[vickie1ok]

Roger, you stated that Barry pulled all her starters at that 9 minute mark, which simply was not true. She pulled everyone at the 1:35 mark; I have it on tape. Before that, she was substituting back and forth. If you are a journalist, you are not only a biased one, but not a very truthful one.

Now, did she hold out hopes her team would win at that point? No, obviously not. But that doesn't mean she told her girls (either verbally or non-verbally), we've lost, so let's give up with so much time left in the game. I simply don't believe that from a quality coach like Barry. A good coach never quits coaching no matter the score. And believe me, Coale has been on that side of the fence more than a few times. I'm sure Barry has delivered a few of those lopsided losses on Sherri.

I didn't say you didn't give credit to the better team, but you still continue to throw little frogs towards Sherri. (something about there were "OTHER" things ALSO but.....)

Well, you are right about one thing. Sherri is young, and her best days are ahead of her. And yes, I realize all Big 12 teams will hunt her now; they have been doing it all year. I wouldn't expect anything less, and neither does she.

Bottom line is, you seem to be awfully obsessed with Sherri Coale, and apparently spent alot of time watching her...

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[Roger B. Rowland]

"Roger, you stated that Barry pulled all her starters at that 9 minute mark, which simply was not true."

I think you need to reread my original post as you have not quoted me correctly.

[Roger B. Rowland]

"If you are a journalist, you are not only a biased one, but not a very truthful one."

If you wish to judge my writing, then take a look at the article that I wrote for the game.
http://home.att.net/~rbrowland/cubasketball.htm

I am more than willing to accept any comments and my email address is freely available under my profile or on my webpage.

[swok34]

All I know, and I've only watched the second half tape once...
is that once Jamie Talbert picked up her 4th foul and Shannon Selmon subbed in, the game was all of a sudden a 20 point swing.

I think at this time of the year, basketball etiquette may be a little different. OU was taking 3-pointers, which is typically a lower percentage shot than say a fast-break lay-up.

Who know's what Sherri Coale was working on for the future with her starters? I have seen her pull her starters at the 10 minute mark of a second half in blow-outs, but I've seen her substituting patterns change over the past 6 weeks and she seems to place 1 or 2 bench players in with 3 or 4 starters.

Sherri's motto to her players has been not necessarily playing against the other team at times, but against the game.....

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[elfdenmom]

Hey it is Easter weekend. Pax Vobiscum. I think we all get a little defensive when our favorite teams and coaches are criticized. I know there are a couple of posters on Raider.com that I would like to level with a sledge hammer.

Rodger sees the game from one perspective and the rest of you see it from another. Rodger has made several astute posts in the past and will in the future, I hope.

I believe we are all agreed one one point. We want the Sooners to win in SA, and I certainly wouln't mind a bit if OU ran up the score on Duke and Connecticut or Tennessee!