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In reply to 12au • 12:06p, 2/11/25

This… the value of marquee wins cannot be overstated.

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In reply to IowaBear • 2:13p, 2/11/25

Agree Iowa. I have always thought over the years that in order to be Top 4 seed in NCAA Tourney, you have to beat at least a couple ranked teams. We beat a bunch of bad teams, which is what we have to do, but the Big 12 Conference is the weakest of the 4 conferences. We haven't beaten a ranked team yet. So beating a ranked WV team will help us move up . Then win against another ranked team later will help us move up the seeding. NCAA will not give us Top 4 seeding without a couple of ranked wins.

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In reply to BearTiger • 4:09p, 2/11/25

Utah was ranked when we beat them....

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In reply to Wbbfan29 • 4:26p, 2/11/25

Keep in mind wins can change their value. Utah can become a Q1 win. Of course the opposite is true. WV is a fringe Q1 win and could easily move to a Q2 win. In short root for Utah, KSU, TCU, WV to win when not playing BU

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In reply to IowaBear • 4:45p, 2/11/25

IowaBear said:
Keep in mind wins can change their value. Utah can become a Q1 win. Of course the opposite is true. WV is a fringe Q1 win and could easily move to a Q2 win. In short root for Utah, KSU, TCU, WV to win when not playing BU

I am just rooting for Baylor to play up to their potential as best they can. None of these teams, including us are consistent. We could come out there playing like we have the last few games or look like the team that played the first 5 minutes of the UCLA game or in the middle of the TCU game.

We can't start out slow tonight, miss half our free throws, shoot 3s at less than 20% and let their press get to us like it did at the end of the game with them last year or have Vonleh sitting on the bench in the middle of the first quarter. If we do those things, Quad wins are meaningless. Just play well. If we do and lose, I can live with that. But if we play well, we win.

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In reply to IowaBear • 12:52a, 2/12/25

IowaBear said:
The glaring issue to date is 0 Q1 wins. We're playing incredibly well right now. However, the wins were stacking are against really bad squads. That's why we aren't moving up the seed line yet. If we beat WV, KSU, TCu no doubt the gals will move up. Getting off the 7 seed line is the key imo. Get up to a 6 gets us a much better draw. The drop off in team talent after the top 8 is pretty big. The matchup against a 3 seed in the S16 would be much more favorable

I agree. I honestly think we can beat any of the 3 seeds as they are currently projected. The 2s I'm not nearly as confident about. Also, I'd like to also say that if we had Jana, I don't think we lose to Oregon or Indiana - and we are therefore talking about an entirely different body of work. I honestly don't think a 4 is possible unless we make an impressive, deep run in the Big 12 Tournament. The key for this team is Bella to be hitting from beyond the arc, Andrews to stop turning the ball over, and Vonlah playing aggressive. If all three are hitting at the same time, I do believe they can compete with just about anyone.

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