Undefeated Women's Hoops in the Top 25

[Buffnik]

 

[DBT]

Sweet!

 

[hokiehead]

Next game tonight. 6:30MT. ESPN+

@Southern Utah

 

[BeBe]

I'm still in "show me" mode on this. Yes they are undefeated but too many of those games have been against weak teams. In the NET, CU is ranked at #44 https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-basketball-net-rankings
and in Massey rankings they are at #35. https://masseyratings.com/cbw/ncaa-d1/ratings
Both of these seem more realistic to me than the #25 from the AP poll.

 

[Not Sure]

Gotta start out by beating the weaklings before you can start playing with the big hitters. The CU womens hoops team has shown steady improvement the last few years. They beat Stanford last year, which is no small accomplishment.

 

[buffgal]

I'm still in "show me" mode on this. Yes they are undefeated but too many of those games have been against weak teams. In the NET, CU is ranked at #44 https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/basketball-women/d1/ncaa-womens-basketball-net-rankings
and in Massey rankings they are at #35. https://masseyratings.com/cbw/ncaa-d1/ratings
Both of these seem more realistic to me than the #25 from the AP poll.

Same thoughts. I've seen too many CU women's hoops teams go through the non-conference playing weak teams that should have beaten easily and they did. Then here comes the conference schedule and they start to lose.

Until I see how we do against Pac-12 competition on the road, I think we are not in the top 25.

I will enjoy it for now but I'm wary.

Beating Stanford last year has nothing to do with this year's team. I hope they beat Stanford home and away this year, but time will tell.

I have seen this kind of record and ranked under KMM, Lappe and now JR. In all of those seasons, there was one NCAA bid and they hosted and lost badly in the first round.

 

[buffgal]

In this week's rankings, the Buffs are back to receiving votes even though they won two games

Quote from this article:

Women's college basketball Power Rankings: Which undefeated teams are NCAA title contenders?

Ten teams remain unbeaten. But this undefeated trio really has what it takes to raise the national championship trophy in 2022.

www.espn.com

A tournament berth would mean a lot: Nebraska, Colorado
Colorado (9-0) hasn't been tested yet; its strength of schedule is ranked 244th. The program got as far as the Elite Eight under Ceal Barry, but the Buffs have made the NCAA tournament just once (2013) since she left coaching in 2005.

Now in her sixth season in Boulder, coach JR Payne hopes to get the Buffs back in the Big Dance. Last season, they made the WNIT and had a regular-season victory over Stanford, one of just two teams to beat the Cardinal.

I didn't quote the Nebraska part of the article.

This is the reason I don't think we know how good this team is. Strength of schedule ranking 244th tells us nothing about whether this team is good or not. We will find out when the conference season starts

 

[MarkW]

The NCAA tourney committee uses the NET to help with determining bids. So, here we go,

CU is #33 currently. That puts them 4th in the Pac 12. Stanford and Arizona 7 & 8 respectively. Oregon is 28th (with a lot of injuries)

The highest rated opponent so far is Marquette at #58.

I fall firmly in the "can't tell anything about the team until they play a bunch of conference games" category.

The Buffs begin conference play at Oregon and Oregon State after playing SMU and San Francisco in the next week.

 

[buffgal]

Maura Singer has medically retired. I knew she didn't make the road trip to Southern Utah but I was hoping it wasn't her knee again. Sadly it was her knee and she has been advised by her doctor not to play collegiate basketball.

CU Buffs’ Maura Singer to medically retire

Colorado’s Maura Singer was working on her ball screen coverage defense at practice on Dec. 5 when she felt a pop in her knee.

www.buffzone.com

Get better soon, Maura.

 

[hokiehead]

I don't follow WBB that closely so this may be the norm, but just saw on FB that kids 12 and under get in free to the Stanford game on Friday

 

[buffgal]

The team wants and needs a big crowd on Friday.

If you can, attend this game.

 

[WasianCU]

CU is the last remaining undefeated team in the nation and back in the rankings at #22. We still have a weak SoS but Friday night we face off against #2 Stanford. Let's go Buffs!

 

[BuffDog]

I won't be able to make the game but have 2 GA tickets available to a Buff fan.

 

[MarkW]