They gave us a tough game at home last year that we didn't clinch until final minutes per my recollection. I know they shoot a lot of 3s and have a lot of international players on their roster. Anyone know how theylook this year? Hopefully Queen (assuming she plays) and Nalyssa can stay out of early foul trouble and be fully available for the 4th quarter. Hope Sarah and Hannah can get some real minutes and look comfortable. Interested to watch Caitlyn tomorrow - if she does well against a much better team then that bodes well for the season. Really like her ability to initiate offense from the high post and her rebounding and toughness. Thoughts?

Since their mascot is the Bulls are they the Lady Bulls which makes no sense or the Bullettes or what?

I was at Baylor at a time when the women's teams were the Bearettes. The USF ladies are, apparently, the Bulls as well.

If there's one thing you need to know about USF coach Jose Fernandez, it's that he will not shy away from competition.

"Our guys came in focused and ready after playing Jacksonville," Fernandez said Monday. "It's going to be a different type of test for us on both ends of the floor."

Nov 19, 2019: USF 46 @ Baylor 58
USF's Maria Alvarez knocked in a three-pointer to shrink the Baylor lead to 35-34 with 5:02 left in the third quarter. USF hung around with the Lady Bears in an ugly game of basketball where the Bulls shot just 28.8% from the floor on the night. Baylor, the defending national champions, shot 35.6% and only made one three on the evening.

Although Fernandez' team had seven makes from deep last year in Waco, they finished 29.2% in that department for the game, which he noted will have to change if they want to pull up an upset against the No. 4 team in America.

"We missed too many shots," Fernandez said, recounting last year's game. "We missed too many open shots that you need to knock down to win those type of games. We have to shoot a big number. They're too good for us to be shooting in the 30s or the high 30s. We've got to shoot somewhere - 44, 45 or above and shoot a really nice number from three and the free throw line."

Tonight: Dec 1, 2020 Baylor @ USF
USF's three-point shooting prowess was on display against Jacksonville in the opener. A 6-of-12 start from behind the arc cooled down to a 34.4% mark for the game - three different players had multiple makes from the three-point line on Saturday. That's without Alvarez, who missed the game in recovery with a season-ending leg injury suffered last season.

While USF's success comes from shooting the basketball, Baylor's comes from dribble penetration and getting the ball inside to two of the best bigs in the country in Nalyssa Smith and Queen Egbo.

"Queen and Nalyssa Smith - there's not many programs that have a 4-5 down there, and Nalyssa's good enough to play the 3 as well in some instances. Both very talented," Fernandez said.

Egbo missed Baylor's opener - an 82-37 victory over Central Arkansas - for an undisclosed reason. Last year, the 6-foot-3 junior was the 2020 Big 12 Sixth Person of the Year and gashed the Bulls off the bench with 16 points and 10 rebounds, one of seven double-doubles on the year. 6 of Egbo's 10 rebounds were of the offensive variety against USF, helping Baylor to 9 second chance points.

"We'll be ready for Queen if [Mulkey] does play her or if she doesn't," Fernandez said. "I thought the Caitlin Bickle kid did a really, really good job in the minutes that she played."

Bickle scored 14 points against Central Arkansas, second only to Smith's 25, and added 11 rebounds for her first career double-double. Both totals for Bickle were career highs in her first career start for Baylor.

USF's counter to the Smith, Bickle and Egbo trio will be in the form of Beatriz Jordao, Shae Leverett and Bethy Mununga inside. Jordao impressed off the bench Saturday with the Portugal native's first double-double (12 points, 14 rebounds) since her collegiate debut at Ohio State in 2018 and was recognized with a selection to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll. Leverett and Mununga, however, both saw their time on the floor decrease as foul trouble increased. The two seniors both had four fouls against Jacksonville.

"We need Bethy and Shae to play minutes," Fernandez said. "They can't be on the bench. You look at Bethy and Shae and they played less than 23 minutes a piece and they both had four fouls. That's just not them doing what we practice. It just can't happen."

- Excerpted from Will Turner, Bulls 247, 30 Nov 2020

GarlandBear84 said:

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Since their mascot is the Bulls are they the Lady Bulls which makes no sense or the Bullettes or what?

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It's 2020 they can identify however they please. Obama said so.

Do not get confused by pic above. The game time is 6 p.m. central. Not that anyone on here ever gets confused ...............other than me.

AirBear said:

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Do not get confused by pic above. The game time is 6 p.m. central. Not that anyone on here ever gets confused ...............other than me.

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I deleted the USF photo to avoid confusion.

The starters for tonight's game are both Oliver's, Moon, Smith and Queen Egbo per the Baylor game notes on the official website.

Di Di is now listed as day to day.

I'm confused.

DFW Bill said:

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The starters for tonight's game are both Oliver's, Moon, Smith and Queen Egbo per the Baylor game notes on the official website.

Di Di is now listed as day to day.

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I'm surprised that Carrington isn't starting, but don't know any details. As far as Didi - she looked good to go at the first game. Was bouncing around all over the place. I noticed when she jumped up off the bench to encourage the team or disagree with the refs that she didn't set back down very gently like an injured person would, instead she practically plopped back down on the seat. And she was hip bumping the players when they came off the floor and so forth, I sure hope she's able to come back and have a good Senior season.

When Smoaky interviewed her yesterday she seemed to feel ready to go, but is waiting on final medical approval.

geewago said:

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DFW Bill said:

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The starters for tonight's game are both Oliver's, Moon, Smith and Queen Egbo per the Baylor game notes on the official website.

Di Di is now listed as day to day.

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I'm surprised that Carrington isn't starting, but don't know any details. As far as Didi - she looked good to go at the first game. Was bouncing around all over the place. I noticed when she jumped up off the bench to encourage the team or disagree with the refs that she didn't set back down very gently like an injured person would, instead she practically plopped back down on the seat. And she was hip bumping the players when they came off the floor and so forth, I sure hope she's able to come back and have a good Senior season.

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Kim is going to limit Carrington minutes till later in the season. There was a post of Carrigan doing a drill and you can hear Kim in the background yelling "take it easy, take it easy"

Kim understands old knees and takes care of them. Limit minutes not needed to be able to give minutes when needed most.

GarlandBear84 said:

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Since their mascot is the Bulls are they the Lady Bulls which makes no sense or the Bullettes or what?

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One thing is certain, they are NOT the cows! Last night the announcers called them the Bulls too.

I had similar thoughts when the Lady Bears played Georgia. They were just called the Dogs (or is it "Dawgs" for people who cannot spell?).

historian said:

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GarlandBear84 said:

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Since their mascot is the Bulls are they the Lady Bulls which makes no sense or the Bullettes or what?

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One thing is certain, they are NOT the cows! Last night the announcers called them the Bulls too.

I had similar thoughts when the Lady Bears played Georgia. They were just called the Dogs (or is it "Dawgs" for people who cannot spell?).

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Yea because calling them *****es is completely inappropriate.

Cows would also be inappropriate.

historian said:

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Cows would also be inappropriate.

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As would Heifers