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LADY RAIDER BB MIDDLE TENNESSEE vs GRAND CANYON, Fri. Nov. 8, 6:30 pm, ESPN+ Murphy Center

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Middle Tennessee welcomes the GCU Antelopes (Lopes) of the WAC Conference to Murphy Center Friday night. The Lopes come in 1-0 after easily defeating Cal State Bakersfield 93-52.
Last year GCU gave MT one of its 5 losses in Phoenix 68-59. After a strong start to the season The Lopes finished the year with 3 straight losses to finish out a successful 25-8 season.
This year GCU is the preseason #1 pick in the WAC. They return 3 key players & 7 new faces.
They are led by preseason WAC POY selection guard Trinity San Antonio.
Should be a game not to miss as Grand Canyon may represent the best team the Lady Raiders will host this 2024-25 season.
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FOOTBALL New conference realignment rumblings

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In the wake of the House settlement, the AAC plans to implement and minimum revenue share schools have to commit to in order to be in the American.

Just read Wyoming is opting in and sharing revenue as well as some other MWC. I really don't see how any CUSA school can afford it. Even Wyoming as their revenue is only $50m. (Ours is $40m). I guess the roughly $10m they are getting in exit fees, hoping to build till new revenue comes in. IDK.

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Season Predictions

jakeboldenbrp
MTFAN61 said:
Glad you brought up Gregory. Definitely need more production at her #2 position. One thing I would like to see is a quicker decision to bring in Davis while Gregory is in her funk. Can't afford to wait 15-20 minutes if she's shooting 0-6 from the field. Savannah Davis looks very capable on the floor while Gregory struggles mentally with her game.
If we're playing a team like Tennessee, & Gregory is still struggling by the first media timeout would like to see Davis get a shot.
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I’m inclined to agree with you but defensively Gregory is very good regardless how off her shooting is. CRI mentioned (not explicitly naming anyone in particular) that the newest additions still have a ways to go on learning how he likes for them to play defense. Based on the exhibitions, she falls in that group. She did look better in her minutes against NKU. As Davis gets equated with the college game we may see a quicker hook on cold shooting nights.
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jakeboldenbrp said:
I think it will be evident the game plan this early in the season is double (or NKU’s case, just collapse the entire zone) Boldyreva when she catches in the low block and force MT to shoot the 3. Everyone on the floor is capable of doing that.

I’m interested to see how the team responds when Scott isn’t on or teams start to hedge the high ball screens that frees her up. I’m not too concerned since they’re still scoring well while Gregory is still trying to find her shot.

This team shoots too well to stay in a zone and they’re too quick at the guards to stay in man. We are a real headache for opposing defenses this year.
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Glad you brought up Gregory. Definitely need more production at her #2 position. One thing I would like to see is a quicker decision to bring in Davis while Gregory is in her funk. Can't afford to wait 15-20 minutes if she's shooting 0-6 from the field. Savannah Davis looks very capable on the floor while Gregory struggles mentally with her game.
If we're playing a team like Tennessee, & Gregory is still struggling by the first media timeout would like to see Davis get a shot.
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Season Predictions

jakeboldenbrp
MTFAN61 said:
Seen a specific trend that a lot of deep run tournament championship teams have shared through the years. I think this MT team shares many of those same traits.
All those teams had lots of talented role players where any one player was capable of a big time breakout on any given night. They were all well coached, & fundamentally sound with a solid defensive scheme. And they all had that 1 super star that was almost impossible for anyone to stop including the major power schools.
I see this Lady Raiders team with all of those same traits including the all important super star everyone has trouble stopping. I think this is the year where Ta'Mia Scott is capable of becoming that unstoppable super star for Middle Tennessee. And depending on how far she's willing to take us, we're capable of going places Middle Tennessee has only dreamed of in the past.
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I think it will be evident the game plan this early in the season is double (or NKU’s case, just collapse the entire zone) Boldyreva when she catches in the low block and force MT to shoot the 3. Everyone on the floor is capable of doing that.

I’m interested to see how the team responds when Scott isn’t on or teams start to hedge the high ball screens that frees her up. I’m not too concerned since they’re still scoring well while Gregory is still trying to find her shot.

This team shoots too well to stay in a zone and they’re too quick at the guards to stay in man. We are a real headache for opposing defenses this year.
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Season Predictions

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Seen a specific trend that a lot of deep run tournament championship teams have shared through the years. I think this MT team shares many of those same traits.
All those teams had lots of talented role players where any one player was capable of a big time breakout on any given night. They were all well coached, & fundamentally sound with a solid defensive scheme. And they all had that 1 super star that was almost impossible for anyone to stop including the major power schools.
I see this Lady Raiders team with all of those same traits including the all important super star everyone has trouble stopping. I think this is the year where Ta'Mia Scott is capable of becoming that unstoppable super star for Middle Tennessee. And depending on how far she's willing to take us, we're capable of going places Middle Tennessee has only dreamed of in the past.
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Season Predictions

jakeboldenbrp
ESPN has introduced BPI to women's basketball this season! Going through the updated numbers after the first two days of games (everyone on our schedule has played their first game except for Purdue, Belmont, and Sam Houston), the Lady Raiders' are expected to go 28-3 with their only losses @ Tennessee (10% chance to win), vs. Iowa State (34.5%), and Kansas State (15.4%).

Something to note about BPI -- it takes some historical context into their data this early into the season. Our percentages actually went up vs Iowa State and Kansas State but didn't move against Tennessee which (to me) would imply their first game against Samford has not been calculated into the algorithm. And I full expect the data to shift more and more as we go through our first couple of weeks.

I know this means nothing, but I'm glad they are incorporating it into the women's game because it's interesting data to compare how teams fare against one another based on their season's results.

Some other games to note as of 11/6
88.4% vs. Grand Canyon
56.4% vs. Purdue (play their first game tonight vs. IPFW)
65.3% @ Belmont (play their first game Thurs @ Kansas State)
87.2% @ Cal Baptist
51.2% @ Princeton (big swing after their surprising loss @ Duquesne, scored 4 points in the 4Q to blow 7 point lead, lost 76-66)
71.4% @ Liberty
86.8% @ FIU
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FOOTBALL Let's discuss last three ballgames...

ewglenn
sWiley said:
Or maybe it's a change in the level of competition ?

Sorry but beating up on UTEP and their 3rd string QB tells me nothing.

Let's see what Liberty's YPC is on Saturday before we get too excited...
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I don’t doubt that’s been a factor but we made a backup QB for LT look like a future hall of fame NFL QB. I think that wouldn’t happen if we got another shot at them. Liberty will probably expose a lot of our weaknesses.
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FOOTBALL Let's discuss last three ballgames...

sWiley
ewglenn said:
I think Brian Stewart moving up to the box has made a HUGE difference. It’s crazy how such a small change can have major impacts on the team.
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Or maybe it's a change in the level of competition ?

Sorry but beating up on UTEP and their 3rd string QB tells me nothing.

Let's see what Liberty's YPC is on Saturday before we get too excited...
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