N C State Preview and Game Thread

3397char

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Not a smart (on the court) basketball team or coach, they’re just not.

throw the ball in the backcourt and you could eat up 6 seconds minimum.
Nah that is not on the coach, the team captain cannot just stand flat footed and assume she is going to get fouled .

with that said, that is the 2nd time that ref Calle a jump ball prematurely.
 

FanaticHeel

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12.6 sec open player in the back court and you throw it to a player into double cover. Just a poor decision, Throw the damn ball in the back court and run time off the court and get the foul.

R Kelly I'm sick and tired of seeing her trying to split defenders with the dribble and turning the ball over.
 

kystroup

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I think there are a lot of things CB does really well - I realize I may be in the minority on this.

That said, I am always going to question the stall ball approach when we have a lead.

And as great as Indya was tonight, and as great of a recruiter as CB is, I think starting a 50% FT shooter at one of the guard spots speaks to a failure of roster contstruction
 

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Great win and we are still the worst late game executing team in college basketball history. Still two fouls to give.
The key to fouling on purpose to burn clock is to get them to dribble because then they are not able to go into a shooting motion. That is what you coach.

we did it successfully twice but then NCSU managed a play where they did not dribble. But it was not a great shot so I’ll take it.
 

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I will say as Indya’s biggest critic she was huge tonight. CB also managed the bigs well - Taissa is going to be special
Very interesting how much she was in late in the game. It is not like Toomey played poorly. I am guessing CB trusted Taissa more as a FT shooter and ball handler when protecting a lead?
 

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The good,
Pretty much dominated the second half on State's home court.
Team played with a lot of effort.
Defense was very good.
LG and IN were nice offensively.

The not so good.
Nearly every player on the team made a mistake down the stretch to keep State in the game.
Everyone on the board knew how those last 2 FTs were going to play out.
She hit a couple of nice baskets in the 4th, but we sorely need the good version of RK to elevate this team to what it can be,

All in all-
GDTBATH
 

mpaer

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I try to stay even kilt on Rawleighs team . GF loves them
After the game she mentioned like 2 years ago CB made some comment about Reynolds
So she thinks she is a turd
I honestly dont get the hate from Wes moores fans
 
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blueblood7

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Ill take the win. Especially after watching our coach single handedly try and give the game to NC State. I dont get it. We are up 9 and have STATE on their Heels. She decides to slow the game down with 4:30 left in the game. 4:30 did I say 4:30 Hold the ball till no time left on the shot clock hoping for a play or get fouled slinging up a rushed or bad shot. Really, lol She hoping to get fouled with a poor shooting free throw team. She has no clue. She also has forgotten we have a bench. We could be running teams out the gym. Esp a NC State team with a shallow bench. We were so lucky to come out of this with a win. Ill let you guys sing her praises with her non stop poor late game management. Ill just take the W.
 
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4theHeels19

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Huge team win. Had to know we were going to make things interesting at the end (CB’s trademark) but pulled it out nonetheless. So impressed with Lanie tonight. Nivar’s confounding at times, but we rely on her and need her. 16pts (7/12 FG), 7 boards (3 of the team’s 4 O boards were hers), and 6 assists. Not to mention her D all night. Monster game, definitely don’t win this one without her. Hope we take some confidence from this and start building from here. Kudos to coach for the 3rd quarter response and somehow getting it done (but man, can we work on some end of game composure?!). Great job Heels!
 

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I also agree we pulled the ball out and stalled too much early too.

but I guess
-you limit them possessions, particularly in transition and in 1:1.
-able to get defense back and set up multiple times.
-we had just 2 OR the entire game not counting Indya’s last second FT clanks - all 3 by Nivar for the game and you get her back in FT position.

- I don’t get why you pulled Harris from the backcourt and put Taissa there. Either way throw her the ball and at least 4 seconds runs off the 12 second clock and she might make em.
 

23UNC

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The key to fouling on purpose to burn clock is to get them to dribble because then they are not able to go into a shooting motion. That is what you coach.

we did it successfully twice but then NCSU managed a play where they did not dribble. But it was not a great shot so I’ll take it.
The main play I am talking about was the one where Trygger scored. Harris let her player take 2-3 dribbles and pass the Trygger for a layup. That cannot happen and it is a pattern this year in late game situations