We sometimes expect a lot from this team, prob because of the great start to the season but also because the bar was set so high from previous teams. I like to go back and occassionally look at the scores from last season’s games as well as the ones from the two championship teams. They were not winning every game by double digits even in those seasons. Some of these players are young this year and the starting five is all new, so I try not to nitpick. I get it when Dawn is hard on them, that’s her job as she sees it. But as fans, most of us should just appreciate how well this team is doing so far and realize they should improve even more between now and tourney time. I couldn’t be happier with this team so far.
As for their style of play compared to previous teams, I find this squad more enjoyable to watch with all of the different ways they can score. And the defense is right there statistically with past great teams. Maybe the one thing that worries me a tiny bit is that there always seems to be one player from the better teams that goes off on SC for huge numbers. That needs to be fixed before the tourney by the coaches and is what kept last years team from being perfect. Yeah, the Iowa game still sticks in my “craw”.
