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Women’s college basketball has grown in popularity over the past few decades, and the sport hit another milestone on Thursday night. ESPN broadcasted a College GameDay episode live from Baton Rouge ahead of No. 9 LSU vs. No. 1 South Carolina, and the game won the night among national sports.

South Carolina’s 76–70 win over LSU officially averaged 1.56 million viewers, topping the NBA’s matchup between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat on TNT at the same time, which only averaged 1.38 million viewers, according to Sports Media Watch.

The rivalry between South Carolina and LSU has quickly become a staple in women’s college basketball, as it is a matchup between each of the last two national champions. The Gamecocks are 18–0 to begin this season, while the Tigers are 18–3, cementing both teams in the national championship conversation again.

damn

i’ve watched two lady vols games in person this season and they were both really fun. lotta threes, lotta drives on mismatches, lotta chaos under the basket.

also, it should be said, a lotta tough d. the sec is a very physical conference and one caveat to lsu and s carolina’s records is that i don’t believe they play conference rivals until after christmas - that’s when it starts getting real

Merged EPM data with salaries to see who has outperformed/underperformed their contracts so far.

Players on rookie deals were excluded.

A few people asked, so putting these out for each team

First up...
ATLANTA pic.twitter.com/zSbFWE5vvw

— AOP_NBA (@aop_nba) January 27, 2024

Teams are scoring more this year than they did last year. Why? pic.twitter.com/yuYeWX2tOF

— Todd Whitehead (@CrumpledJumper) January 28, 2024

ah interesting would think thatd lead to more points for both teams

If you zoom out and compare offensive indicators from the 2013-14 season to now, you'll see all of the familiar drivers for super-charged offenses: faster pace, smarter shot selection, and more points per shot. But these macro trends have started to level off more recently. pic.twitter.com/e2ysQiZKiF

— Todd Whitehead (@CrumpledJumper) January 28, 2024

the larger trends

https://imgur.com/a/Da2m1H7

there’s a pretty clear hierarchy this year that I circled, with a tiny bit of overlap:

group 1: boston
group 2: serious contenders
group 3: up and comers, or teams that thought they were going to be serious contenders who have serious questions
group 4: stuck in the mud
group 5: tanking
group 4: stuck in the middle

ha i was looking at that earlier and noticing that its visually broken up into three groups

get to make a lot more normal shapes if you just leave the bucks out of contenders

that chart of why teams are scoring more is good because it confirms my suspicion that o boards are the next frontier

a lot more loose rebounds floating around now with smaller lineups and more threes being taken

yeah celtics have talked about how theyre crashing more this year and that was their reasoning

of course you need to balance crashing with stopping a potential fast break. fast breaks are still very valuable so i expect this trend will reach equilibrium soon

tho if you are a very switchable team like the celtics it may not matter as much if you are a bit late getting back

Sabonis tonight:

20 PTS
26 REB
5 AST
10-11 FG

1st player to reach those numbers in a game on 90+ FG% since Wilt in 1969. https://t.co/mNmF3q01qe

— StatMuse (@statmuse) January 30, 2024

it occurs to me that with so many threes being taken in modern hoops (and rightly so) there are inevitably fewer made baskets per shot attempt, so that the total number of rebounds per game has probably increased in a statistically noticeable way, making comparisons with pre-three rebounding stats is a bit misleading.

Josh hart with an very pleasing stat line

10-10-10-2-2

the kidd

the full house

devin booker this month has had games of 44, 46, 52, and 62 points

i love bookers game. also love that hes willing to mix it up with anyone and be a heel. he was jawing with paolo the other night.

yeah its funny he used to be considered soft

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFM87oHXoAAs61p?format=jpg&name=4096x4096

lol

listening to the Lowe Post from last Friday, and he said that Embiid is averaging the most points per minute in the history of the NBA, including Wilt

and wilt never even had to play against al horford

lol

INSANE but true: Tonight, the Suns Big 3 will have played in more games together than the Nets’ Big 3.

(via Reddit/Commandrr) pic.twitter.com/CTXGTKXLBq

— Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) January 31, 2024

seriously wow

sounds like a massive jinx to me

The Knicks have elbowed their way up to #3 in the Synergy Net Ratings today. https://t.co/7milskUBiv pic.twitter.com/cANFCD9B35

— Todd Whitehead (@CrumpledJumper) February 1, 2024

this is an even cleaner visual of the hierarchies I posted before

yeah that's pretty spot on

it will be nice for knicks fans if they make the second round this year

injuries starting to pile up for them tho

scoring 60 is bad now

This is the first season in NBA history in which multiple players have scored 60+ points in a loss.

It’s happened 3 times in the last 15 days. pic.twitter.com/i4fi5IOQyS

— StatMuse (@statmuse) February 4, 2024

have some dignity and score 59 if you’re gonna lose

need a meme of ben kingsley in bobby fisher handing out certificate after certificate that say "scored a 60 piece"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v38lu0Bi0Kk

lol

One of my fave proxies for Giannis' otherworldly combination of ballhandling, speed and power is the number of unassisted dunks he creates. If you take the top 100 most prolific dunk seasons since 96/97 and sort by % unassisted, Giannis' last 6 seasons = the top 6 overall

— Frank Madden (@fmaddenNBA) February 8, 2024

Curry 11 threes tonight

This makes me shake my head every time I see it lol pic.twitter.com/bXh79rJ9eV

— Joe Viray (@JoeVirayNBA) February 9, 2024

yeah he’s the babe ruth of threes, just completely broke the mold

more than the next 3 combined xp

This is insane.

Here's the TOP 10 players since 1997 to attempt at least 1,000 shots from 5 to 10 feet, sorted by FG%.

1. Nikola Jokic - 58.7% (1,059/1,805)

2. Jonas Valanciunas - 50.7% (828/1,632)
3. Joe Johnson - 49.8% (1,344/2,700)
4. Chris Paul - 49.7% (927/1,867)
5. Luka… pic.twitter.com/6rcSKQbOgc

— Ryan Blackburn (@NBABlackburn) February 11, 2024

Top Top 10 FG% seasons from 5 to 10 feet in NBA History with at least 150 FGAs:

1. Nikola Jokic (2023) - 64.8%
2. Gheorghe Muresan (1997) - 64.5%
3. Robin Lopez (2021) - 61.5%
4. Jokic (2020) - 61.4%
5. Jokic (2022) - 60.9%
6. Jokic (2021) - 60.5%
7. Jokic (2024) - 60.5%
8.… pic.twitter.com/VUQPjLyNoo

— Ryan Blackburn (@NBABlackburn) February 11, 2024

the bunny man

mr flippity

Big Honey bunny

Obv just have to let him get closer to the hoop and he’ll miss

jaylen and jayson are elite point guards now dont look at the other guy there is no pattern

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGpA1HlaIAA2k8Q?format=jpg&name=4096x4096