The initial significant overhaul of the 2023 ladies’s NCAA event can be found in the last video game Sunday as No. 8 Ole Miss dismayed No. 1 seed Stanford 54-49 on the Cardinal’s house court at Maples Structure. Stanford signs up with 2 1-seeds on the males’s side, Purdue and also Kansas, in leaving in the initial weekend break of March Chaos.
The Rebels’ win sends out a females’s No. 1 seed house prior to the Sugary food 16 for the very first time because 2009, and also finished a day that had actually been controlled by chalk as half the local semifinals were established. Ole Miss advancements to the Sugary food 16 for the very first time because 2007.
Just how much will Ole Miss go and also just how does its win alter the race in the Seattle 4 Regional? Couple of anticipated the Rebels– that in 2019-20 went 7-23 total and also 0-16 in the SEC– to make it this much. Yet under instructor Yolett McPhee-McCuin, that took control of in 2018, the Rebels’ protection has actually become their business card. They rattled Stanford, the 2021 nationwide champs which shed in the Last 4 semifinals in 2015.
When the period opened up, several booked South Carolina and also Stanford, the previous 2 nationwide champs, for the Last 4. Yet just one of them has the possibility to be in Dallas. The Gamecocks continue to be unbeaten; they covered South Florida on Sunday to progress to the Sugary food 16 in the Greenville 1 Regional.
As Stanford is entrusted to lament an appealing period that went sidewards, without any Pac-12 event title and also an amazingly very early leave from the NCAA event, ESPN’s Alexa Philippou, Charlie Creme and also M.A. Voepel check out what took place in Sunday’s huge astonishment what troubles to seek Monday as the Sugary food 16 is completed.
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Psychological Train Yo reveals delight over Ole Miss win
After the Rebels dismayed 1-seed Stanford when traveling to development to the Sugary food 16, Yolett McPhee-McCuin states, “This is for all individuals with a buck and also a desire.”
What failed for Stanford and also what did Ole Miss do right to disturb the No. 1 Cardinal?
Creme: The quantity of missed out on layups was astonishing. In the 3rd quarter alone, Stanford missed out on 6. They maintained the Cardinal in an opening the whole evening. Some misbehaved good luck. Others were the item of ruthless competitions by the Ole Miss protection. Yet the Cardinal merely obtained outworked. The expression “they simply desired it extra” has actually come to be excessive of a saying, however if it’s ever before ideal, this would certainly be the evening. And also in spite of making simply one basket in the 4th quarter, the Rebels played tougher and also, for the majority of the video game, played smarter. Stanford instructor Tara VanDerveer appeared worried regarding the sturdiness and also strength Ole Miss would certainly give Maples Structure. Her gamers really did not appear to obtain it till it was far too late.
Just as good as Ole Miss’ protection was, the Stanford infraction has actually been an issue for a couple of weeks. None of the young gamers increased to the event in late-season losses to Utah and also UCLA, and also the Cardinal ended up being also depending on Haley Jones and alsoCameron Brink All of it advanced Sunday evening as the remainder of the group integrated for just 13 factors (Edge had 20 factors and also 13 rebounds; Jones had 16 and also 8). Both All-Americans weren’t sufficient.
Philippou: Ole Miss is taken into consideration a defensive-minded group, however it was a masterclass efficiency on that particular end of the flooring from Train Yo’s team. The Rebels objected to 43 of Stanford’s 52 basket efforts, consisting of 32 of 37 in the paint and also 28 of 32 by Jones and also Edge, according to ESPN Statistics & & Info. The Cardinal could not also start outdoors flooring, as Ole Miss succeeded at returning in shift. Many thanks to that initiative, Stanford never ever looked comfy offensively, inevitably devoting even more turn overs (21) than basket made (17 ), going 10-for-32 on layups and also obtaining outrebounded 43-39– which Edge attributed to Ole Miss’ physicality down reduced. Though Stanford secured a little bit extra defensively in the 2nd fifty percent, Ole Miss made the Cardinal spend for their slips with 24 factors off turn overs and also going 10-for-12 from the charity line in the 4th.
Edge claimed after the video game this Stanford group did not have grit this year, while VanDerveer appeared to think it was even more of a concern of absence of experience amongst the young backcourt. It’ll be interesting to see whether/how they can enhance in those locations with such an enhanced elderly team leaving The Ranch in the offseason.
Voepel: When Ole Miss last mosted likely to the Sugary food 16 in 2007, it did so behind future WNBA gamer Armintie Cost. As a No. 7 seed, those Rebels beat then-No. 2 Maryland, which was the safeguarding nationwide champ, in the 2nd round. Carol Ross was the Rebels’ instructor after that, and also like McPhee-McCuin constructed her group on protection, however they had in Cost an actual offending standout, and also they won that video game versus the Terps 89-78. They copulated to the Elite 8 prior to being up to ultimate nationwide champ Tennessee.
Sunday, as Charlie and also Alexa mention, this team of Rebels primarily pressed the life out of Stanford’s infraction. The reality the Rebels went as long without racking up in the 4th quarter and also still won simply demonstrates how mind-blowing their protective hang on Stanford was.
What’s Ole Miss’ ceiling and also just how does Stanford’s loss effect what occurs in the Seattle 4 Regional?
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Ole Miss stuns 1-seed Stanford to progress to Sugary food 16
Ole Miss advancements to the Sugary food 16 for the very first time because 2007 with win versus No. 1 Stanford.
Creme: Iowa need to be grinning. Not just is the No. 1 seed currently off the beaten track, however the high-scoring Hawkeyes have only defensive-oriented, offensively tested groups staying in the area. Not a solitary group left– Texas, Louisville, Ole Miss, Colorado or Duke— is mosting likely to outscore Iowa. That claimed, this area can likewise be Ole Miss’s for the taking. Over this whole weekend break we have actually been searching for that a person group to produce brace disorder. That group is the Rebels. As long as the course looks great for Iowa, there isn’t a group staying in Seattle 4 that Ole Miss can not defeat either. It has actually been a very long time because a No. 8 seed got to the Last 4.
Voepel: The very first time a No. 8 got to the Last 4 was 1992 withMissouri State And also the most affordable seed to make the Last 4 on the ladies’s side is No. 9 Arkansas in 1998. However, we’re speaking about actually unusual incidents. For Ole Miss to duplicate what Missouri State and also Arkansas did, the Rebels will certainly require to maintain doing what they have until now defensively, however will certainly require even more infraction. Due to the fact that in either Texas or Louisville, they will certainly encounter a group that can protect in addition to them, however has extra offending choices. Obviously, if we wind up with a Duke-Ole Miss local last, it may be first-to-40-points victories.
Philippou: If various other groups can duplicate what Georgia did to Iowa on Sunday, it could not bode well for the Hawkeyes. Stanford had gamers that recognized what it required to win a championship game, however with them got rid of, it is difficult to see any one of these staying groups having the ability to play in a transcendent style to rip off a group as warm as Iowa. Yet, hi, that’s why you play the video games.
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Stanford sheds sphere for important turn over in
Haley Jones transforms the sphere over, offering Ole Miss the sphere with 16 secs left on the clock.
What’s following for Stanford?
Creme: After the loss to Ole Miss, VanDerveer described the group’s lack of experience as a trouble. She’s most likely right. The young gamers at Stanford really did not look all set for the group’s largest video games in February and also March. They particularly kept an eye out of their aspect versus the Rebels.
If Stanford is to continue to be on top of the Pac-12 and also a Last 4 challenger following period, those young gamers require to establish quicker in the off period than they did this period. Talana Lepolo and also Indya Nivar really did not end up being the point player that VanDerveer so seriously required. Jones needed to soak up much of that obligation, and also she will not exist to trust. Changing Jones’ experience, dependability, and also manufacturing is job top.
Along with doing not have a real point player, Stanford obtained subjected late in the period for an absence of reliable shooters. The most effective one, Hannah Jump, was also depending on a person obtaining her the sphere, a trouble worsened by the point player concern. Dive is preparing to return for her added year, however will certainly require aid to optimize her capturing skills. Edge will certainly exist to develop about and also will certainly be among the very best gamers in the nation, however lineup repair and also specific advancement will certainly need to be top priorities throughout the summertime.
Voepel: Stanford played most likely its worst video game of the 2021-22 period in the nationwide semifinals and also shed toUConn Which’s no color towards the Huskies; also instructor Geno Auriemma claimed he assumed it took Stanford playing below average for UConn to win.
Currently, the Cardinal have actually left prior to the championship game video game once more– means in the past– however in a a lot more unsatisfactory style. There will certainly be second-guessing by the Cardinal followers regarding why this group appeared to worsen rather than much better as the period advanced.
I have actually asked yourself over the last 3 years regarding Stanford discovering the best turnings constantly with a lot ability. The chemistry the Cardinal had the ability to keep in the pandemic-impacted 2020-2021 period– when at one factor they invested 9 successive weeks far from house– simply really did not execute the last 2 periods. Shedding the leaders they did at the guard placement like Kiana Williams after the 2021 Last 4 and also Anna Wilson after the 2022 Last 4 pain, also.
Which group beyond the leading 16 seeds that’s playing Monday has the very best possibility to development to the Sugary food 16?
Creme: No. 12 seed Florida Gulf Coast may be all set to take one more action and also get to the program’s initial Sugary food 16. After defeating Virginia Tech in the preliminary last March, the Eagles attracted a lengthy and also sports Maryland group, a poor competition for just how Karl Smesko likes his groups to play. Smesko runs his infraction based upon the analytics that state the just excellent shots are high-percentage layups or optimal worth 3-pointers. FGCU led the nation in made 3-pointers however were likewise 2nd in 2-point basket percent. In Saturday’s gain Washington State, the Eagles depended greatly on those layups with terrific success.
Considering That Villanova does not have a shot-blocking existence inside or lengthy wing protectors, FGCU ought to have the ability to use the exact same approach. Villanova likewise permits its challengers to fire 33.3% from behind the arc. That rates 290th in the nation. Decreasing Maddy Siegrist, the country’s leading marker, will certainly be a difficulty for the Eagles, however of the top-four seeds they can have attracted rounded 2, Villanova is the very best competition.
Philippou: Both Colorado and also Duke are recognized for their protective identifications, however the Buffaloes can strike 3-pointers in such a way Fight it out merely can not (Colorado went 13-for-27 from the arc in its first-round gain Middle Tennessee). This can be a low-scoring video game, however in those kind of scenarios all it takes is a couple of crucial chance ats the correct time ahead away with a win– and also the Buffs have a far better possibility of creating that (maybe from Jaylyn Sherrod, that certainly has that dog in her).
Voepel: I will not be amazed to see 2 No. 5 seeds, Louisville and also Oklahoma, bear down Monday. Undoubtedly, neither is extremely much outside the leading 16, so these would not be substantial troubles. And also the Cardinals, certainly, were a Last 4 group last period. And also although they needed to go to the cable with No. 12 seed Drake in the preliminary, credit report for that mosts likely to the Bulldogs.
