Good win for OU yesterday against Thomas Moore! Not much commentary is needed as the story on d3hoops.com says it all...ridiculous shooting from Kulavic and Findley...I have to add that I've never wanted to chuck my water bottle at the refs so bad...Im glad they didnt let the refs get the best of them...looking foward to more conference games

OU loses 80-60.  messiah played a good game and made all the big shots ( taking 17 more than OU despite losing the rebounding margin) and we just weren't finishing when we needed it (we only shot like 36% or something)...congrats to them and we'll be coming out tomorrow looking to redeem ourselves

This may sound like a silly question, but is there more than one list of all americans? im thinking along the lines of there being a couple different nat'l rankings type thing.  i find it absurd that kulavic would be a preseaon all american and not make the list of finalists!? i've had personal experience playing against a few of the people on that list and i find it difficult to believe that she would not make the cut if they did...

I guess the voters thought despite her TOs, kulavic was STILL the best player in the SCAC...im not sure why thats so confusing...the petrels wouldnt be the team they are without her...and her other stats, especially her 58.5fg% (keep in mind, shes's a gaurd) stick out like a sore thumb as well...the 4 or 5 possesions a game she turns the ball over might as well be missed shots, of which she has less than any other player...and she IS averaging less than 5pg, its 4.9 

great game today in Atlanta by both teams...in the end, depauw took better care of the ball which is shown in the TOs and steals sections of the stats...hopefully these 2 teams will get to meet up one more time next week...

first off, the opinions of one player may have nothing to do with the opions of the team...secondly, i want to make it clear that i look foward to game day against depauw because of the competition, and because i respect them as a good team...ive been playing them for years and as far as good sportsmanship and hard work, i have no reason to "dislike" them...

as far as kulavic fouling out, she's only done so twice on the year so her not fouling out tomorrow is no indication of the refs "not letting" her foul out...its been rare if we've ever experienced home cooking...if anything, the refs here may allow a more physical game but its on both ends...

and for the game in greencastle, did I ever say the sole reason OU lost to depauw was free throws and bad referring? if it seemed so, then my bad for poor articulation...my point was that it would have been extremely difficult for any team to win against a good team under those kind of circumstances

anyways, it should be a great game tomorrow...depauw's a little deeper, a little bigger, but OU has a lot of intangibles going for them, they're shooting at home, and if they play to their potential, we should get the W...

to comment on player of the year, is it fair to say it will most likely come from whoever wins the SCAC tourny? obviously katie k is the  obvious choice for OU and certainly deserving even if OU doesnt win out but as far as depauw goes, i think cassie pruzin is more deserving than fernandez...13ppg, 6.6 boards per game (slightly more than fern.), she's got more than respectable percentages on fg, 3pt, and free throw, 4assist pg, and ~2.5steals per game...and fernandez is only avg 1.2ppg more than pruzin without all the other categories which makes her much more well rounded...

auguste has good enough stats and a hell of an athlete but id be very surprised if POTY came from a team with a 11-11 record...

trinity has also got prato-mathews and meghan scholbe with exceptional stat lines (sholbe's a little better in my opinion)

and yes i have to agree, its doubtful katy williams would be considered simply due to her teams performance this year...id be willing to bet POTY to come from OU, depauw, or trinity

yes there was allegations of home cooking at the depauw game...that was because the refs at the depauw game were much worse, whereas at the CC game, it wasn't as extreme....its not unusual to complain about a 33 ft attempt differential...yes 19 is pretty bad (and it wasnt because OU wasnt getting fouled "on the shot") but the home team is expected to have the advantage when it comes to the reffing at any school...  but just becuase bad reffing was commented on one game doesn't mean OU is gonna blame every loss on the refs..

DPUlefty22, first of all, dont assume you know anything about a game that you did not see. you have no idea what the refs were like since like i said, you obviously were not there (and even if you were you're clearly biased against OU anyway) and although the refs were not good, i doubt any OU fan or player would point to the refs as  the reason they lost the game.

secondly, i find it interesting how you keep referring to depauw's wins as "impressive statements" etc. they are the reigning national champs, why is it so impressive and such a statement for them to handle decent teams? it may be unimpressive for them to lose, and a statment for another team to beat them, but as natl champs they are expected to have a significant winning margin.  whoop-de-doo

Im gonna have to go with flightof thepetrel on this one and not because only did depauw lose Bondi, they lost doughty who in my opinion was the ringleader that made the team go...yes they return some good players but as close as the games were between the two teams last year, they are likely not going to be enough with OU returning everyone...in addition to a deep and impressive freshman class

Can anyone supply any details of the trinity games this weekend?  Is there an internal problem going on within the team that is affecting their playing?  Any comments?

i'm all for girl's basketball and a big women's athletic supporter but at the college level the difference of men's and women's height and athletic ability is too much for depauw's women to hang with them...that being said, i think the women's depauw team is great and i'd take them over a lot of D2 schools

does anyone have more details on the trinity/rose hulman game?  without knowing anything, its a probability that trinity came in too cocky and gave the game away...trinity is clearly the better team overall but a big pat on the back to the engineers....especially playing 40 min, that's so impressive that they managed to beat a great team with no big subs...for Carlson and Forsyth, the win was well deserved as far as this season is concerned...this certainly makes the OU/trinity game a crucial one for seeding if trinity loses to depauw...I don't think trinity will upset depauw but you never know...

dirty south pretty much said it all...the petrels came out and it seemed as if depauw was totally unprepared for the initial intenisty and the petrels quickly led by 9...the major difference was depauw's consistency...i can't wait until they can put a whole game together, but they are young and a complete 40 minute game will come eventually

     As airball1 said, the petrels had the lead in the second half up to 19 points but Southwestern finally caught on to the press, got the ball up the floor, and started getting wide open threes near the end of the game...from what I hear they have not shot that well all year...

    Also, southwestern's inside game was hard to defend in the halfcourt...OU small posts are forced to front and even helpside from the small gaurds couldn't stop George from scoring...

   The lady pirates just got hot near the end and that, added to the fact that OU was probably a little worn out on a sunday game on the road was the reason for the slim 6 point difference...

   They still took care of business even though it wasn't pretty...the game at home should show a wider spread