Game last night was not

[the dog is on the loose]

Lost because of not playing William. While I agree that it was insanely stupid to leave her out it wouldn't have mattered. I was more pissed at VV being a dang ball hog and not passing at all.She wouldn't have passed it to William anyway. Plus the stupid refs took us out of our defense. Our girls didn't know what to do for fear of getting called for a blocking foul.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

It was lost because South Carolina was the better team.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

I agree with Mutt & the OP on one point. It was definitely difficult to play our hard nosed D after the first 8 minutes, if not earlier.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

Did y'all see William at one point where she went to the bench for about 2 minutes and then was sitting in front of scorers table on floor and she was breathing very hard. She looked to be laboring a little. I wonder if when he took her out again, he noticed she was completedly gassed. I really believe Vic loves those girls and he may have felt she just wasn't going to get it together. And I have often wondered when a gang pile on occurs after any big win, if injuries occur and they just don't admit it. Just an observation I might be all wet.

 

[boatsandhoes]

I saw a few things:
We don't have a go to person to get a bucket
we didn't have anyone that can guard Wilson....like at all. When she squared up at the free throw line it was already over.
Mcgowan will improve but she's too slow. That comes with 6'7". She's got game.
Helmet head was terrible, and I'm not being biased
VV can be good, but she sulks if shes not then overshoots out of control
while I'd like to pimp slap their PG, I must give her props. Controlled mo
We were out of gas after UConn. They were zapped

 

[00Dawg]

I still want to know how this happens:

Referees from the 1/23 matchup: Dee Kantner, Tina Napier, Bryan Enterline.


Referees from the 3/5 matchup: Dee Kantner, Mark Zentz, Felicia Grinte


Referees from the National Title Game: Dee Kantner, Brenda Pantoja, Tina Napier

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I saw a few things:
We don't have a go to person to get a bucket
we didn't have anyone that can guard Wilson....like at all. When she squared up at the free throw line it was already over.
Mcgowan will improve but she's too slow. That comes with 6'7". She's got game.
Helmet head was terrible, and I'm not being biased
VV can be good, but she sulks if shes not then overshoots out of control
while I'd like to pimp slap their PG, I must give her props. Controlled mo
We were out of gas after UConn. They were zapped

This pretty much sums it up. Would have liked to see what would have happened if the game was today without helmet head *****.

 

[Shooter McGavin.sixpack]

Exactly. It's not why we lost but how the hell do we get these same refs every time we play USCe. Kantner is Teddy Valentine levels of awful.

 

[Wizard.sixpack]

We simply ran out of gas because we had a MUCH tougher gauntlet than SC to overcome.

 

[Shooter McGavin.sixpack]

Good points. I'll add to this to your Vivians point. USCe was forcing her to go left and she got in the lane, but she couldn't finish with her left hand. She always tried to contort herself to shoot with her right hand and the shots were heavily contested. She needs to work on adding a left handed runner/floater to her offensive arsenal.

 

[the dog is on the loose]

Good points. I'll add to this to your Vivians point. USCe was forcing her to go left and she got in the lane, but she couldn't finish with her left hand. She always tried to contort herself to shoot with her right hand and the shots were heavily contested. She needs to work on adding a left handed runner/floater to her offensive arsenal.

No she needs to learn to pass the freaking ball off to her teamates. This is why I said she was being a ballhog. You could tell every time she touched the ball she was going to shoot it even if she was at halfcourt. She didn't even bother finding a teamate to throw to. Now if she was hot then let her have it like they did to william in the baylor game. VV was shooting bricks and just kept on shooting bricks.

 

[tcdog70]

any team that tries to guard 6'2" Wilson with a 5'11" player in a man to man defense will lose the game. It doesn't matter if you have energy or not. She is an all-American for a reason. They made not a single 3 point basket. I would have like to have seen a zone. The Kantner Ref ? How come she got to Ref all 3 of our SC games? Doesn't she live in SC?

VV alot of times got the ball with 6-7 seconds left and She had to shoot it. She probably had at least 3 shots go in and spin out. She is more effective when she shoots in transition rather than getting the ball with 5 seconds left on the shot clock.

 

[Shooter McGavin.sixpack]

The zone thing is where I totally disagree with Schaefer. He is a phenomenal coach but I don't get his flat out refusal to ever play zone. We don't have an answer for Wilson. In the game at their place, Wilson overwhelmed Richardson and Chapel with her size and in the next two games she was too quick for T. If ever there was a time to try a zone, it was Sunday.

 

[maroonmania]

We simply ran out of gas because we had a MUCH tougher gauntlet than SC to overcome.

That plus its been reported that we put in a tough practice on Saturday while SC was doing yoga. We should have been the ones doing yoga or anything else we could to get our legs back for the title game. Doesn't sound like we handled the situation correctly or we wouldn't have had Morgan William essentially physically unable to play most of the second half.