K ST up 8 in OT

It looks like Crooks has gained more weight. I hope the refs call a decent game when Vonleh goes up against her. Vonleh as much as I think she is slow seems to move better to me than Crooks. Question is how much will Crooks get away with. Late in the overtime she came down court and just rammed an ISU player to the floor, no call. This wasn't even close to not being a foul. She had her back to the KSU player, but made a forceful push into the player....akin to a driving player extending the elbow. Crooks just did it with her whole body.

The other thing I heard and saw is that ISU no longer considers a free throw a certainty. For years, they haven't even lined up anybody to get a rebound when they shoot FTs. Now they have the normal two there. The announcers remarked that they FT situation has "normalized". They are 9th in the league at 71%.........of course that would be an improvement for us. You just don't want to foul Crooks. KSU on the other hand does have FT problems.

farmageddon on hardwood. two programs respecting one another but loathing at the same time. two kansans starring for iowa state. yoki lee injury-benched. it made for a great game in a splendid atmosphere. k-state was fortunate ryan's end of regulation trey didn't fall. it would have been just like emily to put it to her home state cats.

I had the game on while I was doing stuff around the house. I looked up a few times and noticed Crooks wasn't on the court, but then I'd look at gamecast and she had 17, then 23, ending up with 28 points. She played 34 minutes, though. Guess she makes the most of her time on the court

For those interested. There's a good article out about Emily Ryan's story and why she missed the start of last season. Emily was battling a pretty bad eating disorder. She spent 3 months this past summer at a rehab getting the help she needed.

Emily is a strong young lady to overcome and get herself healthy.
She seemed to turn the ball over more than typical in the KSt game. KSt was really pressuring her.

Watching TCU vs ISU. ISU has no defense. Van Lith, shortest person on the court, scoring consistently in the paint. Corn girls hung with then for awhile, but frogettes pulling away. Starters had to play more than usual and they're gassed. Final 82-69.

OK State plays the spoiler again...up by 40 on KState at start of Q4. Final 85-55.

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OK State plays the spoiler again...up by 40 on KState at start of Q4. Final 85-55.

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If OSU could have beaten Houston.....Houston, really.....they would have the same number of losses as us.

BYU defeats #20 Okie State 68-64!

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BYU defeats #20 Okie State 68-64!

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Provo is a tuff place to play regardless of whether BYU is good or not. I don't have time to look it up. Have we won anything up there in any sport the last 2 or 3 years?

KState playing WV in Morgantown on Fox right now. Tight game so far in first half. WV up 36-30 at half.

I'm just not that impressed with KSU. I think they get bounced early in the NCAAs with or without Lee. Lady Bears will beat them in Manhattan

Final #17 WV 70, #12 KSU 57.

Kstate looses to WV…good outcome for BU

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I'm just not that impressed with KSU. I think they get bounced early in the NCAAs with or without Lee. Lady Bears will beat them in Manhattan

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You got a lot more confidence than I do. They didn't hit their 3s today even when open. Get them back to normal and it is a different story. It also sounds like we will see Lee. I think they may have been over playing her injury. I don't see how someone has an actual foot fracture and get back this quickly. Announcers seemed to think she would be back next game.

Hopefully Walker can speed by their press. It looked pretty good when I saw them play ISU.

wvu just out-quicked k-state and with no yoki in the middle they dominated the paint. quinnerly is a really difficult guard without someone with talent protecting the goal. serena sundell stirs the pot but yoki lee makes the stew. wvu was just better. look forward to hosting baylor monday, but first ku.

What was Lee diagnosed with? There's different variations of fractures that include different timetables. From what I've seen of KSU they struggle with athletic teams. I think they'll struggle with BU in space. If we get out in transition I don't see KSU keeping up. They've been exposed a bit. Unfortunately for the Wildcats the B12 doesn't have a lot of teams capable of exposing their glaring weaknesses

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What was Lee diagnosed with? There's different variations of fractures that include different timetables. From what I've seen of KSU they struggle with athletic teams. I think they'll struggle with BU in space. If we get out in transition I don't see KSU keeping up. They've been exposed a bit. Unfortunately for the Wildcats the B12 doesn't have a lot of teams capable of exposing their glaring weaknesses

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the program published after mri that she had a "fracture in her foot." i agree that k-state has issues with super quick teams. lee protects the goal in ways other k-state centers simply cannot. her defense is what is missed most.

Yeah I should state that I think KSU is still a darn good team. I just think they have a pretty clear ceiling. I expect them in the S16

TCU playing WV today at Ft Worth...starts 11am.on ESPN2.