Next we get the mountain teams. On Friday evening our team will be in Salt Lake City to take on the Utes. On Sunday we play the Buffaloes in Boulder. Both games will be high altitude tests - literally and figuratively. Our team must come out on fire to pass each test. In fact that goes for the rest of February, all of March, and early April (hopefully.) I'll remind you that the Utes can absolutely destroy teams who don't effectively defend the three-point line. The Buffs came one great out-of-bounds play and an overtime period of beating the Cardinal. So, this is the PAC12 Tara's been praying for, for decades! Well, it's here. And man-o-man, boys and girls, we've got to be 1000% ready for each and every contest, from here on out! These links will get you to the mountain websites:
https://utahutes.com/sports/womens-basketball
https://cubuffs.com/sports/womens-basketball
The PAC12 conference season has been turned into a pre-NCAA Tournament tournament! Have you checked out Charlie Creme's latest bracketology? He's got six strong PAC12 teams scattered around - and if those perennial eastern darlings that populate the top of the rankings aren't ready for absolute battle - this NCAA Tournament could be packed with shocking demises from top to bottom. Can you see Oregon having to battle Arizona State in the Elite Eight? Or Stanford (even without three starters) upsetting South Carolina to reach the Final Four? Arizona taking Baylor to the final minute in the Regional Semi and then the Bears having to face UCLA in the Regional Final? Oregon State could win the Fort Wayne Regional. I don't think the eastern sports writers (including Charlie) realize what it's like to face any of these six PAC12 tigers on a good night. Just ask Oregon, or the Beavers, or Stanford.
www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/bracketology
We will be in Salt Lake and see if the team takes your advice!
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