Assume #3 Women's basketball (4-0) will need to get great work from their training and medical staffs, and more importantly good performances from the bench, as they have a 3 game in 3 day opportunity after heading east to the U.S. Virgin Islands to participate this week at the Paradise Jam Classic tourney. For the Buffs it begins with a match-up against the future conference foe Cincinnati Bearcats (2-1) this Thursday. After that, they face off against the Kentucky Wildcats (2-2) Friday and the #10 North Carolina State Wolfpack (4-0) Saturday.
(All CU games are scheduled to be the 1st ones played each day, with all having 11:00 AM MT (2:00 PM Virgin Island) start times.)
All 3 games are scheduled to be available on either ESPN's ESPN+ or ESPN3 platforms. (I assume ESPN's listings which show the games are on ESPN+ are correct, but the CU schedule shows ESPN3.)
Note- Not that they necessarily mean much if anything, but in the last NET Rankngs I can find for last season (dated 4/2/23), the Buffs ended up at #20, while Cincinatti was #194, Kentucky #80 and NC State #18. (Undefeated NC State looks to potentially be the toughest battle for the Buffs (although of course ANYTHING can happen in ANY game, so they'd better start by taking care of business against the P5 challengers from Ohio and Kentucky). The Wolfpack are ranked #10 in this week's AP (Media) poll, and like the Buffs already have a signature victory, in their case a home win over ALWAYS tough UConn on Nov. 12th.)
Go Buffs!!!
(Preview(s) not available as I type this.)
Link to tournament homepage - https://basketballtravelers.com/sports/pjamwomen
Link to tournaments' schedule (all times local, so 3 hours ahead of Mountain time. There are actually 2 sets of 4 team tourneys going on, with conference-mate ASU one of the teams in the other group/ tourney.) - https://basketballtravelers.com/documents/2023/6/25//2023_WBB_Bracket.pdf?id=316
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Links with more more info on the upcoming opponents:
Cincinnati:
Roster - https://gobearcats.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://gobearcats.com/documents/2023/11/7/WBB_Season_Stats__1_.pdf
Schedule - https://gobearcats.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
Kentucky :
Roster - https://ukathletics.com/sports/wbball/roster/
Stats - https://ukathletics.com/sports/wbball/cumestats/
Schedule - https://ukathletics.com/sports/wbball/schedule/
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
NC State :
Roster - https://gopack.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://gopack.com/documents/2023/11/19/NC_State_Season__Nov._19_.pdf?path=wbball
Schedule - https://gopack.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
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Media links:
Live video:
For those who have a subscription, all games are scheduled to be shown on ESPN's ESPN+ service. The direct links for each game are:
Vs. Cincinnati - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/56852698-dca1-4a51-a885-5a15914f36a4 .
Vs. Kentucky - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/e3b5985e-97e1-4793-8d13-e46c9ab1047d
Vs. NC State - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/08e410c6-f3a6-49e3-b333-366e7d53e5c3
Live audio - The games will be available on 630 AM in the Denver/ Boulder area and maybe other stations in the Buff radio network. In addition, free audio streams for the games will be available at:
Vs. Cincinnati - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2853&type=Live
Vs. Kentucky - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2855&type=Live
Vs. NC State - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2857&type=Live
Link to link to live stats (All games) - http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=colo
For specific games (If blank, not available as I type this.):
Vs. Cincinnati - https://gogriffons.com/sidearmstats/wbball2/summary
Vs. Kentucky - https://gogriffons.com/sidearmstats/wbball2/summary
Vs. NC State - https://gogriffons.com/sidearmstats/wbball2/summary
Game notes: (Note- Left empty for games that don't have any available as I type this.)
Vs. Cincinnati - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2023/11/21/5_-_Cincinnati.pdf
Vs. Kentucky -
Vs. NC State -
(All CU games are scheduled to be the 1st ones played each day, with all having 11:00 AM MT (2:00 PM Virgin Island) start times.)
All 3 games are scheduled to be available on either ESPN's ESPN+ or ESPN3 platforms. (I assume ESPN's listings which show the games are on ESPN+ are correct, but the CU schedule shows ESPN3.)
Note- Not that they necessarily mean much if anything, but in the last NET Rankngs I can find for last season (dated 4/2/23), the Buffs ended up at #20, while Cincinatti was #194, Kentucky #80 and NC State #18. (Undefeated NC State looks to potentially be the toughest battle for the Buffs (although of course ANYTHING can happen in ANY game, so they'd better start by taking care of business against the P5 challengers from Ohio and Kentucky). The Wolfpack are ranked #10 in this week's AP (Media) poll, and like the Buffs already have a signature victory, in their case a home win over ALWAYS tough UConn on Nov. 12th.)
Go Buffs!!!
(Preview(s) not available as I type this.)
Link to tournament homepage - https://basketballtravelers.com/sports/pjamwomen
Link to tournaments' schedule (all times local, so 3 hours ahead of Mountain time. There are actually 2 sets of 4 team tourneys going on, with conference-mate ASU one of the teams in the other group/ tourney.) - https://basketballtravelers.com/documents/2023/6/25//2023_WBB_Bracket.pdf?id=316
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Links with more more info on the upcoming opponents:
Cincinnati:
Roster - https://gobearcats.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://gobearcats.com/documents/2023/11/7/WBB_Season_Stats__1_.pdf
Schedule - https://gobearcats.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
Kentucky :
Roster - https://ukathletics.com/sports/wbball/roster/
Stats - https://ukathletics.com/sports/wbball/cumestats/
Schedule - https://ukathletics.com/sports/wbball/schedule/
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
NC State :
Roster - https://gopack.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster
Stats - https://gopack.com/documents/2023/11/19/NC_State_Season__Nov._19_.pdf?path=wbball
Schedule - https://gopack.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
Their preview article - Not available as I type this.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Media links:
Live video:
For those who have a subscription, all games are scheduled to be shown on ESPN's ESPN+ service. The direct links for each game are:
Vs. Cincinnati - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/56852698-dca1-4a51-a885-5a15914f36a4 .
Vs. Kentucky - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/e3b5985e-97e1-4793-8d13-e46c9ab1047d
Vs. NC State - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/08e410c6-f3a6-49e3-b333-366e7d53e5c3
Live audio - The games will be available on 630 AM in the Denver/ Boulder area and maybe other stations in the Buff radio network. In addition, free audio streams for the games will be available at:
Vs. Cincinnati - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2853&type=Live
Vs. Kentucky - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2855&type=Live
Vs. NC State - https://cubuffs.com/watch/?Live=2857&type=Live
Link to link to live stats (All games) - http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/statmonitr.php?gid=colo
For specific games (If blank, not available as I type this.):
Vs. Cincinnati - https://gogriffons.com/sidearmstats/wbball2/summary
Vs. Kentucky - https://gogriffons.com/sidearmstats/wbball2/summary
Vs. NC State - https://gogriffons.com/sidearmstats/wbball2/summary
Game notes: (Note- Left empty for games that don't have any available as I type this.)
Vs. Cincinnati - https://cubuffs.com/documents/2023/11/21/5_-_Cincinnati.pdf
Vs. Kentucky -
Vs. NC State -
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