Barring a collapse, Iowa will get first weekend home games, 2 wins appear likely
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South Carolina has lost twice already, including a loss to 15-4 Oklahoma. Gap is pretty small with them.
you hope Jan remembers this situation and coaches accordingly.
It's a bit natural to let your foot off the gas in a blowout but it can come back to bite you and almost did tonight. Hopefully they learned a valuable lesson.
agree to alot of this but what you hope is it's a coaching moment and they learn from it.
Im sure Jan will remind them their late game play nearly cost them.
Take the W and move forward.
I am late to women’s basketball. Got on the train Caitlin’s junior year. Once I got on I was surprised how sensitive the fans were. Not just specific to Iowa and it certainly extends to the W. IMHO, every negative comment or venting of a fan in a game thread does not have to be made into a debate. Just a comment participating in these threads the past few years…
If the coaches are going to tell the players then why are you worried about it come March? After the UConn disaster it's pretty clear that the coaches have stressed the importance of taking care of the ball and Iowa has improved in that area.
Is 17 turnovers great, no, but when the other team is forcing 20 turnovers a game it's also not a complete failure.
Yup, women's bb in general is way sloppier (is that even a word?) than the men's game. Always has been, always will be.
After a Maryland basket in those final minutes of regulation, Hannah was so slow in getting the ball in. Like she was letting Maryland get their pressure/press set up!
JJ needs to chew more arse with these ladies rather than being an ugly pant suit cheerleader. Constant clapping. Freese was in her ladies face constantly and got the most out of them. Totally outcoached JJ
I think it is a bit of scheme along with some sloppy play. Fixable though I think. From a scheme standpoint our opponents are making more of an effort to close down the pass to the interior so we are forcing it OR the backside help on defense is making the play. As I watch we run too many defenders towards the post that makes life more difficult. The backside offensive player's defender is closing in from behind so either the backside offensive player needs to stay higher or we need to rotate the ball quicker to get an open look at a 3. Also I see many times where our PG will pass to the 2 or 3 on the side as Ava is setting up, and then the PG cuts in between the 2/3 and Ava to go to the corner. It kind of brings more traffic to the area with not much intent.
All that being said more movement is better. Drawing fewer people towards the lane that clogs it up is better. But the gals have to take MUCH better control of the ball. They really had a helter skelter panic look in that last 3 minutes of regulation. Almost all of them. After that going to OT I thought they were cooked but I give them a TON of credit for settling down and taking control in the end on the road. One last thing.....If I were Ava I would be shooting FT line shots over and over and/or getting the ball there and driving.....that is there for her all day when Hannah is posting up.
Take care of Ohio State ladies and keep it rolling! 8-0 in BT play is pretty damn sweet!
I'm sure but I was only one and a half when that happened. I've never brought myself to look it up.
The better question is why didn't Jan think of that. You'd think after 35 years of coaching that she'd ask her players to throw crisp passes.
Does Jan know that you can run the baseline as an inbounder after a made basket? Hannah acts like she can't move and then telegraphs a pass. She had two stolen under the basket.
This is spot on. Most people would agree with this. Except the "fanboys" on here who will defend Iowa coaches no matter what.
Another good post. If the coaches are not reviewing the film of the last 5 minutes of the game to learn from, then, it might happen again.
Great to get the win, but, the game should have never been in doubt
what does the other team forcing 20 turnovers a game have to do with anything? Does that include non-conference games?
Iowa almost lost a 17 point lead in the last 3 minutes, seems like they might need to take care of the ball better. Seems pretty obvious
Calm down grampa. Let it go, you are sounding a bit deranged.
Houston doesn’t play like a freshman. She looks to be very confident out there. She needs to play more. I think if they had her in there the last five minutes of the fourth quarter this wouldn’t have happened. She’s just a smart player you can see it. I’m glad we have her three more years.
Much beating of dead horses.
Do we really need 57 posts telling us turnovers are bad?
Freeze is an ***. JJ is in her second year.
Maybe trust the process.
You’re right. They’ll probably only watch the first 35 minutes of the tape and turn it off.
Maybe? Hannah struggled with passing the ball and of the 3 freshmen, Journey is the one who rarely makes mistakes and has the lowest turnover rate on the entire team. She's easily the most productive rebounder on the team as well on a per 40 basis. Ten points on 5/8 shooting and 6 rebounds in 13 minutes is crazy productive.
If it's ever a question of subbing in Journey vs Layla right now, that's about as easy as it gets. There is nothing that Journey isn't doing much, much better right now, and subbing her in some more to give Hannah a blow earlier on wouldn't have been a bad idea. 43 minutes for Hannah was probably too much last night.
And I would tell you not to. It would be like going back and watching the BTCG in football from 2015. BRUTAL.
Disclaimer: I have never gone back and re-watched either
So how do you know that the staff isn't providing that kind of feedback exactly? Why do you think that the players committing the most turnovers are rewarded with the fewest minutes?
I was there for that. Still wouldn't have been as big of a collapse as last night but would have meant way more.
Nope. I'm not steeped in Drake or Oklahoma women's basketball history. If I had to guess, Jan was probably offered the job without a lot of searching going on in order to maintain continuity within a successful program. Seems to be working out pretty well so far.
There won’t be any smarter coaches on here if JenniB was coaching??
Well surely there are several that can do better than 8-0 in conference.
Dig deeper into her bio!
She could have been the perfect hire!
And you might even opine that the beat down she put on Iowa last year was because she wanted the Iowa job.
Its amazing that you have such insight into the inner psyche of someone that you don't even know. Incredible!
It's both a gift and a curse.
As we saw last nite, JJ continues to have these WTF moments.
Winning doesn't always cover up those issues. Losing a 17 pt lead in less than 3 minutes???????
That girl has a knack for being in the right place at the right time quite often. I don't know all of her overall stats, but she makes nice interior passes, rebounds like crazy, defends to the best of her abiliy and isn't afraid to shoot, and shoots pretty well from my perspective.
She is clearly a big piece of the puzzle for the next 3.5 years. IF she was 6"2'-6"3' should would be an absolute MONSTER.
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