Big 12 2020-21

Discussion in 'Women's College' started by superpoke, Sep 11, 2020.

  1. superpoke

    superpoke Member

    Sep 15, 2011
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    More changes from fall to spring:

    Yuuka Kurosaki has signed with a management agency in Japan and it appears from Mark Carr's Twitter response that she will not return to Oklahoma for the spring. Kurosaki had one of OU's three goals in Big 12 play and the Sooners' only assist.

    Matt Fannon has quietly had a total staff turnover at Iowa State.
     
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  2. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
    Club:
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    Nat'l Team:
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    Thanks, I am always interested in news about Japanese players, and Kurosaki was a very promising talent when she left Japan two or three years ago. :thumbsup:
     
  3. Texas Futbol

    Texas Futbol Member

    Manchester United
    United States
    Sep 10, 2020
  4. 2233soccer

    2233soccer Member

    United States
    Sep 13, 2020
    Nat'l Team:
    United States

    I wonder if all these players would be on the watch list if all the other conference had played a full season. There are definitely some strong players in the Big 12 but just curious how they would have matched up with the full competition in place.
     
  5. 2233soccer

    2233soccer Member

    United States
    Sep 13, 2020
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Does anyone have a full schedule for the conference? It looks like only OSU and one or two others have posted games but not all in the conference have games posted yet???
     
  6. superpoke

    superpoke Member

    Sep 15, 2011
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    More spring changes: Texas has five players from their just-signed class now listed on their roster.
     
  7. Wildcatter

    Wildcatter Member

    Sep 9, 2018
    they won't be eligible to play in the spring games
     
  8. superpoke

    superpoke Member

    Sep 15, 2011
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    It doesn't look like anybody in the conference except OSU has released a spring schedule yet. No one else has anything listed on official sites or social media, and OSU's schedule is the only one up on the conference site as well.

    In addition to the OSU slate, other conferences have these games on their schedules:

    ACC: Duke at West Virginia, March 27

    Conference USA: Oklahoma at North Texas, March 4; Texas Tech at North Texas, March 28

    Missouri Valley: Northern Iowa at Iowa State, Feb. 28

    Southland: Abilene Christian at Texas Tech, March 7
     
  9. AtypicalSoccerMom

    AtypicalSoccerMom New Member

    Jan 9, 2020
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
  10. superpoke

    superpoke Member

    Sep 15, 2011
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    I think that KU schedule shows why we haven't seen many released yet in the Big 12 - I'd bet there's a lot of difficulty in working around other conferences' scheduling guidelines if a school isn't looking for a slate of power conference opponents.

    I'm surprised OSU was able to rescue three of the games it had scheduled for fall nonconference.
     
  11. superpoke

    superpoke Member

    Sep 15, 2011
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
  12. superpoke

    superpoke Member

    Sep 15, 2011
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
  13. 2233soccer

    2233soccer Member

    United States
    Sep 13, 2020
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Why are they calling the game with Oklahoma an exhibition game? Is it because Oklahoma has such a poor record this year? They are in the same conference so that doesn't make sense
     
  14. Texas Futbol

    Texas Futbol Member

    Manchester United
    United States
    Sep 10, 2020
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    Baylor will kick off the Spring season vs. #8 Texas A&M then followed by #9 TCU.

    https://baylorbears.com/sports/womens-soccer/schedule/2020
     

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  15. Texas Futbol

    Texas Futbol Member

    Manchester United
    United States
    Sep 10, 2020
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    - Agreed! Heavy attention to the conferences who have played in the fall. Pac 12, Big 10 and others playing catch up - a lot of talent there!
     
  16. Wildcatter

    Wildcatter Member

    Sep 9, 2018
    Will be interesting to see how selection committee handles selecting the at large bids.

    Do they take into consideration teams who may have looked good in the fall but had players leave for the pro ranks? Will be interesting to see how some teams handle losing players to the NWSL or other pro leagues. Also if some of these teams in the BIG10 or PAC12 only get 6-8 games in do to cancelations how does the committee compare them to a BIG12, SEC or ACC team who may have 14-18 games played
     
  17. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here is a link to an article I have written about the at large bids for this season. It discusses one possible approach that I think would produce a credible bracket.

    The article does not address the question of players, who played in the Fall, leaving for the pro ranks before Tournament time. I am not sure that would be viable to consider, especially when we are dealing with the possibility of players likewise not being available for Covid-related reasons.
     
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  18. Wildcatter

    Wildcatter Member

    Sep 9, 2018
    Thanks that looks like it took a lot of work! Very interesting read. I think the players leaving for pro ranks will be interesting to see what affect this has. For teams like North Carolina and Florida State its probably not that big of a deal. It’s next player up. For others losing their star player now makes them a completely different team
     
  19. superpoke

    superpoke Member

    Sep 15, 2011
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    Looks like Baylor may already have a cancellation. That A&M game was supposed to be an exhibition and they had a neutral-site game with Missouri in their announcement graphic that has now been scrubbed from the text.
     
  20. Texas Futbol

    Texas Futbol Member

    Manchester United
    United States
    Sep 10, 2020
  21. 2233soccer

    2233soccer Member

    United States
    Sep 13, 2020
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    There are still 5 schools that have not posted spring schedules - anyone know the schedules for the other schools or when those will be posted?
     
  22. sockerdad06

    sockerdad06 Member

    Sep 12, 2004
    that was very well thought out - great job.

    you mention the ncaa seeds the top 16 - so we know those. You then assume that the next 16 would be the 1st round hosts (not seeded). However, the NCAA after they seed teams, they then start to pair teams geographically. They have typically allowed the higher 'rated' team to host. But it is not unusual for two teams to play in the first round that are both in the top 32.
     
  23. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This is what I always had thought until about 2 years. In discussions with a coach who was familiar with how the Committee discussions go, he indicated to me that in most cases, the unseeded host teams in fact are the next 16, though my understanding was that still was not always the case. I know the Committee has been considering explicitly (at least for itself) ranking the Top 32, but they had not decided on that yet as of January 2020. So, my using the seeds and unseeded first round hosts may not be exactly right, but it is about the best I can do.
     

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