Preview:
We get Oregon State for the 3rd time, which has got to be the most difficult first game in the Pac 12 tournament we have ever had. The two sides know each other well, obviously. While conventional wisdom is that it is hard to beat another good team 3 times in a season, I think their loss of Kennedy Brown probably hurt them more than our loss of Haley Jones, and Belibi has improved enough to help us. Given that Jenna Brown is reportedly going to be ready for the Pac 12 tournament, I like our chances.
On the other hand, Oregon State last night was firing on all cylinders. Kat Tudor was 6/7 from three point range and OSU buried WSU. As Rueck said in a courtside interview, it has taken OSU a while to adjust since injury altered their lineup, but adjust they have, and we are going up against an improved OSU team. We had better be improved too.
We get Oregon State for the 3rd time, which has got to be the most difficult first game in the Pac 12 tournament we have ever had. The two sides know each other well, obviously. While conventional wisdom is that it is hard to beat another good team 3 times in a season, I think their loss of Kennedy Brown probably hurt them more than our loss of Haley Jones, and Belibi has improved enough to help us. Given that Jenna Brown is reportedly going to be ready for the Pac 12 tournament, I like our chances.
On the other hand, Oregon State last night was firing on all cylinders. Kat Tudor was 6/7 from three point range and OSU buried WSU. As Rueck said in a courtside interview, it has taken OSU a while to adjust since injury altered their lineup, but adjust they have, and we are going up against an improved OSU team. We had better be improved too.