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Post by kiyoat on Oct 25, 2023 11:51:09 GMT -6
Most recent projected playoff bracket/ computer ranking:
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 25, 2023 11:37:02 GMT -6
Don’t look now, but UNI is coming on strong with a real chance to finish the league schedule 7-1. They've struggled badly on the road, let's see how they do at Illinois State this week. At any rate, can't wait to play UNI in our first playoff game this year. No kidding. That's our reward for a great season. Having to play a resurgent UNI team in the first round. Hopefully at the DakotaDome instead of the UniDome. More motivation to beat the Jacks and get a seed, I suppose.
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 25, 2023 11:15:32 GMT -6
I know this is more of a Summit League than a USD WBB thing, but I did like AJ's answer to a question during his interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eyp1kPkGOR4What is it about North and South Dakota why there are so many competitive women's teams from here?
AJ: "I think it goes back to before I started coaching. I think women's basketball in this area was always incredibly strong. Back in the Division-II days, the NCC. National champions came from the NCC. They are used to filling arenas. They are used to following women's basketball.... The high school basketball in this area is fantastic. There are a bunch of elite women's players in Division-II and NAIA that are from this area. For us, it's about capitalizing on those things that have always been here... So tradition and the talent in the area have a lot to do with (current) success."
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 25, 2023 10:09:26 GMT -6
They finally put Grace's interview up:
On being named preseason All-Summit: "It feels nice to be recognized, but at the same time, teams that aren't ranked at all could come out and beat everybody. So it really has no influence on us."
On having a target on your back as a player: "...If someone's guarding me really well, or multiple people, ... someone's gonna be open... someone else is gonna have a great shooting day... It's nice to just be very dependent on my teammates and trust them."
On playing with pace: "I love it. I love playing fast... You'll see, I'm a very: Go, Go, Go! type of player. Last season it was hard with less players... you can't sprint the whole game.... My coaches were like: SLOW DOWN!... So now it's so nice to be able to just go out and push the ball, run the court. In the offseason we all worked on that... we're back to our old ways, and it's very exciting."
Has developing your 3-point shot been a focus? "Um... I would say yes. It's just about reps, at that point. Making sure you get in the gym every single day. Even if it's for five minutes. Go touch a basketball- type of thing. Even for confidence. I know it helps my confidence if i've touched a basketball yesterday on our off day. I know I'm gonna shoot good today.
On bringing in new players into your team culture: "Two weeks in (transfer players) were calling me like: 'Let's go and get ice cream' ... We're all just best friends, and we would do anything for each-other. That's the type of culture we have."
On growing into a leadership role: "It was definitely a struggle at first. I was not the most talkative person, especially my freshman year. In my Sophomore year, in my opinion, I led by example more than talking. I slowly developed into more of a talkative, communicative role."
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 25, 2023 10:03:57 GMT -6
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 25, 2023 9:47:25 GMT -6
There have been a lot of offers going out in WBB lately, so I thought I'd clean up this matrix (on the first post), and take out some of the "light interest" kids for 2024, 2025 and 2026. I mean, I was only basing those on Twitter follows, which is about as accurate as a Ouija Board or Tarot Cards... Thoughts: 1. With the number of offers out for 2026, I have to imagine they are not putting all the eggs in a Tori Oehrlein or Ashlynn Koupal basket, which makes a lot of sense. 2. One might think that getting the big Tori Schlagel commitment in the 2025 class could help land our Libby Fandel or Jaiden Haile offers, too? If not them, I think it would be smart to keep looking at other wing/ post players to balance that class out. There are 5 scholarships for that group, if my calculations are correct. 3. 2024 has a couple of studs, but there will still be a scholarship open in that class. I wonder if they are planning to keep an open schollie, use it on a transfer, or maybe have one to give Coral? There are options. Maybe they will have a better idea of program needs by the end of the season. Smart. 4. I know some of you have reservations about offering kids too early, but I love it. Especially for local region kids. Glad that we have some 2027 and 2028 offers out there.
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 24, 2023 14:04:24 GMT -6
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 24, 2023 13:58:25 GMT -6
Macy Comito, 5'9" PG Carlisle, IA All-Iowa Attack AAU Prep Girls Hoops #4 player in Iowa
twitter.com/MacyComito
Prep Girls Hoops #3 Iowa
Offers:
2023 May - Bradley Aug - Eastern Ill, Marquette, Drake Oct - Green Bay, USD
2024 May - Cleveland St Jun - Butler, Utah St Jul - Belmont, DePaul
*edit: followed by Devin, Amber and Chris on new staff* edit: Committed to Iowa State
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 24, 2023 10:05:10 GMT -6
Just getting the thread started. We have gone more that halfway through the conference slate, but this will be the first pairing with 8th-place Oral Roberts. Their only win in the conference was against last-place St Thomas. With that having been said... St Thomas just took leage-leader Omaha to a 5th set! The parity is a little wild in this League right now, so no under-estimating anyone, I guess. I'm hoping for a sweep in the Mabee Center on Thursday. Interesting that they went from an out-of-regulation low-ceiling rec-center court with roll-away bleachers: .... To a 10,154 - seat, cavernous, oval-shaped basketball arena in the Mabee Center:
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 23, 2023 13:53:24 GMT -6
followed by Carrie and DevinAshna Ramlal, 5'-9" GuardRosemount HS, MN (MSP) MN Fury AAU twitter.com/AshnaRamlallwww.instagram.com/ashna.ramlall/Offers:2023 Oct - USD2024 May - WisconsinJul - Green Bay, NKU Aug - USD(re-offer)
This is USD's first 2028 offer! Also offered her older sister, 2027's Amisha
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 23, 2023 10:39:14 GMT -6
Well here we are, ESPN gameday or no, 4-0 in MVFC, and the Defending National Champs, #1 ranked bunnies coming to the Dome! A lot of great work to get here, now let's support the Yotes to taking the next step. I believe we've done it before, knocking off a #1 team in the Dakota Dome, let's do it again! Coaches Poll finally giving us some credit....jumped up to #9. This will be a top-ten matchup no matter how you slice it.
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 23, 2023 10:35:07 GMT -6
MVFC Update 10/23:STANDINGS SCHOOL ............CONF CPCT. OVERALL PCT.South Dakota State 4-0 1.000 7-0 1.000 South Dakota .....4-0 1.000 6-1 .857Northern Iowa .......3-1 .750 4-3 .571 North Dakota State 2-2 .500 5-2 .714 Southern Illinois ....2-2 .500 5-2 .714 Illinois State .........2-2 .500 4-3 .571 North Dakota ........2-2 .500 4-3 .571 Youngstown State .2-2 .500 4-3 .571 Missouri State ......2-2 .500 3-4 .429 Murray State ........1-3 .250 2-5 .286 Indiana State .......0-4 .000 0-7 .000 Western Illinois .....0-4 .000 0-7 .000 FCS Coaches Poll: # | team(votes) | prev. | 1 | SDSU(26) | 1 | 9 | USD | 16 | 11 | NDSU | 15 | 12 | SIU | 12 | 17 | UND | 9 | 26 | UNI | 31 | 29 | YSU | 29 | 34 | ISUr | 25 |
STATS Perform Poll: # | team(votes) | prev. | 1 | SDSU(56) | 1 | 4 | USD | 6 | 11 | SIU | 12 | 12 | NDSU | 14 | 15 | UND | 11 | 23 | UNI | 30 | 24 | YSU | 25 |
Massey Rankings: # | team | prev. | 1 | SDSU | 1 | 3 | NDSU | 3 | 4 | SIU | 4 | 7 | USD | 9 | 10 | UNI | 14 | 11 | UND | 8 | 18 | YSU | 22 | 27 | MSU | 25 | 31 | ISUr | 29 | . |
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'Red Herring Bets' odds linkteam | Auto- bid | prev |
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| 100% | 99 | USD | 20% | 18 |
| 88% | 82 | SIU | 4% | 6 |
| 76% | 79 | NDSU | 4% | 5 |
| 76% | 76 | UNI | 11% | 6 |
| 59% | 36 | UND | 4% | 11 |
| 45% | 66 | YSU | 3% | 2 |
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| 17% | 32 | MSU | 1% | 1 |
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MVFC Top-5 Team Stats for USD: rank | Stat | # | prev. | 2 | Score Def | 12.6 PPG | 3 | 5 | Yds Def | 321.4 YPG | 5 | 5 | Rush Off | 161.3 | N/A | 4 | Pass Def | 180.4 YPG | 3 | 3 | Pass Efficiency Off | 169.3 | 2 | 4 | PT Ret | 10.0 Yd | 4 | 5 | Kickoff | 42.3 NET | 4 | 1 | FG Kicking | 7-7 1.000 | 1 | 1T | Sacks Against | 0.86 SPG | 1T | 4 | Sacks By | 2.43 SPG | 4 | 3 | Penalty Yds | 48.3 YPG | 3 | 1 | Red Zone Def | 68.2% Conv | 1 |
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| 4 | Rushing | Travis Theis | 81.1 YPG | 5 | 4 | Receiving | Carter Bell | 68.3 YPG | N/A | 4 | FG | Will Leyland | 1.0 FG/game | 5 |
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| 4 | Tackles | Brock Mogensen | 8.7/game | 5 | 4 | TFL | Nick Gaes | 1.25/game | 4 | 4 | Sacks | Nick Gaes | 0.75/game | 3 | 5 | Sacks | Brendan Webb | 0.64/game | 4 |
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 23, 2023 8:58:05 GMT -6
Summit League Weekly (Oct 23)Standings: # | team | w/l | overall | (pr) | 1 | Omaha | 9-2 | 10-11 | (1) | 2 | Kansas City | 7-2 | 16-5 | (2) | 3 | Denver | 7-3 | 8-10 | (3) | 4 | South Dakota | 6-3 | 12-8 | (4) | 5 | NDSU | 6-4
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| 6 | SDSU | 4-6 | 6-14 | (6T) | 7 | North Dakota | 3-7 | 6-16 | (6T) | 8 | Oral Roberts | 1-8 | 3-18 | (8) | 9 | St Thomas | 1-9
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Rankings # | team | RPI* | (pr) | 1 | South Dakota | 108 | (101) | 2 | Omaha | 128 | (148) | 3 | Kansas City | 139 | (144) | . |
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| 4 | Denver | 210 | (207) | 5 | NDSU | 222 | (215) | 6 | North Dakota | 265 | (270) | 7 | St Thomas | 284 | (292) | 8 | SDSU | 311 | (307) | 9 | Oral Roberts | 314 | (310) |
*NCAA RPI Individual Stats Leaders
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| Blks/S | Trinity Freeman Oral Roberts | 3.56 | Kelley Johnson NDSU | 10.33* | Alaina Larson Oral Roberts | 0.48** | Leah Green Kansas City | 4.97*** | Madison Harms South Dakota | 1.23 | Katie Van Egdom SDSU | 3.51 | Sydney Henry Kansas City | 10.05 | Cadi Boyer Denver | 0.42 | Ella Voegele St Thomas | 4.21 | Carly Gillen Kansas City | 1.22 | Sylvie Zgonc SDSU | 3.51 | Briley Decker Denver | 9.66 | Leah Green Kansas City | 0.41 | Stella Winterfeld SDSU | 4.04 | Cadi Boyer Denver | 1.16 | Ali Hinze NDSU | 3.46 | Avery Van Hook South Dakota | 8.72 | Erica Fava Omaha | 0.40 | Breanna Rivas Oral Roberts | 3.68 | Molly Mirabelli Denver | 1.11 |
* #34 in NCAA **#33 in NCAA *** #25 in NCAA Comments:Upsets are happening! but the order of the standings still isn't changing much. #4 USD took down #1 Omaha #6 SDSU took down #2 Kansas City #9 St Thomas took down #5 NDSU The top 5 of Omaha, KC, Denver, South Dakota and NDSU are all only a total of 2.5 games apart - Omaha still has the pole position for now, but the gaps in this group are narrowing, with USD and NDSU merging the middle tier with the upper one. Despite the closeness of the top-5, a top-3 RPI group is forming with USD, Omaha and KC. We will see if that group can also pull away in the standings.... The bottom 4 of UND, SDSU, ORU and UST are now a little more ordered, with a total of 3 games separating 6th from 9th place. We are starting to see some upset wins over top-tier teams, but at this point they are all 4 fighting to get into the Summit Tournament (only 6 teams make it). games back from 1st place, and games left: # | team | w/l | games back | games left | 1 | Omaha | 9-2 | 0.0 | 5^ | 2 | Kansas City | 7-2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | Denver | 7-3 | 1.5 | 6 | 4 | South Dakota | 6-3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | NDSU | 6-4
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| 6 | SDSU | 4-6 | 4.5 | 6 | 7 | North Dakota | 3-7 | 5.5 | 6 | 8 | Oral Roberts | 1-8 | 7.0 | 7x | 9 | St Thomas | 1-9
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$ = clinched season championship ^^ = clinched BYE ^ = clinched SL Tournament x = eliminated from conference season champ z = eliminated from Tournament This is the time of the season where the order of teams start to calcify, so for teams vying for a championship, or vying for a playoff spot, things are getting tougher...
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 21, 2023 8:09:35 GMT -6
The sister Ashna is an 8th grader! Class of 2028. Both could end up a little taller. Right now 5-10 and 5-8. Great job getting in the door early with lil sis.
Amisha's offer list is earlier in this thread...
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Post by kiyoat on Oct 20, 2023 8:21:21 GMT -6
Big win last night! Cardiac Coyotes do it again! I'm hoping as we move toward the tournament we can find a way to win the first 3 instead of the last 3 but a win is a win! One nice thing is that we are hosting the tournament. Even if we don't get the #1 seed, I think the crowd and location gives us a boost! a top-two seed would be very very important this year, with the parity. No need to be exposed to another upset opportunity. Right now we are in 4th place, but have some winnable matches in the near future. I could see us moving into the top-two if we take care of business, and knock off Denver and NDSU the second-time around. Go Yotes!
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