This was a high ceiling game for me. They outrebounded the Hoosiers by 12 and had 21 assists. Lots of 2-point meat left on the bone offensively, especially early as they came out a bit overamped and heaved some rushed shots from the paint that looked like more like kids throwing rocks off a bridge than basketball players shooting a basketball, but they still dominated. A few posts back I predicted that we wouldn’t get anything out of Kitts this season, but I was wrong as she was quite good and aggressive without excessive fouling defensively. Elsa’s 13 boards (6 offensive) in only 24 minutes and 5 dimes were great, although she rushed a few shots. If she stays strong and Kitts can play like she did today going forward, they just might have a higher ceiling than I’ve thought this year. Really want to get the win tomorrow and see to what extent they can compete physically with UCLA now that Elsa’s boarding hard and Kitts may be able to help there too.

Elsa owning the boards today, that's huge. Comfy lead in the 4th so on to the next!

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Sounds like Noel will be back soon. I do think he can still help this team, although it may be more matchup-dependent. Obviously he was able to make a huge impact in the win @ Northwestern as a small-ball post, and he could still provide that element moving forward. Certainly on defense, OSU has had some games like @ Iowa & @ Washington where they struggled to guard big, agile forwards & I would hope he'd provide some help there as well. It's good to hear something more promising about his return.

Rod Barnes, who was Cal-State Bakersfield's coach & hired Mays, previously was head coach at Ole Miss many years ago, and coached against the Buckeyes at the Puerto Rico tip-off which was sort of the coming out party for the 1999 Buckeyes team that made the Final Four.

Cal-State Bakersfield had a pimp on the coaching staff. Literally. They paid this guy Mays (a former player there 10 years ago) $3,000 per month to assist, and he was pimping a girl on the side everywhere from California to Vegas to Oregon and Washington. Mays has since been arrested and as part of a search police found he had hundreds of images of child porn including some as young as 4(!).

Chance hitting from deep early. Great sign

Watch out for the Zips.. they lost to Miami AT Miami by 3 and Miami got 30 foul shots and 16 more pts from the free throw line
The MAC tourney is at Rocket Arena and my dime is on the Zips