Recent content by JoePgh

I would compare her to Katie Douglas, who played for the Ct Sun quite some time ago. Despite not being very quick, she was considered one of the best defenders in the WNBA, because she knew where to position herself and how to force ball handlers into other Sun defenders. I think Allie's...

I think it all comes down to whether Barker had started her shooting motion before K9 established her position. If the offensive player is in motion and has even one foot off the ground to start a shooting motion, then the window for the defender to establish her position has closed. That...

@cferraro04 , How would you adjust your analysis now that it is known that Blanca will not play?

How do Azzi's and Talaysia's minutes per game compare? Without checking any stats, I believe Azzi plays about 25 minutes per game. I would guess that Cooper's minutes are higher than that, despite the Tennessee substitution pattern, because she is TN's best player and most reliable scorer...

Here is an observation that no one has made: If you look at all the team statistics that are reproduced above, just one of them ("Field Goal Percentage") correlates almost exactly with the consensus Top 5 teams in most rankings. All of the other team measures include some top teams and some...

That adds plausibility to the conjecture that UConn plans to have Gandy treat this year as a redshirt year, hoping that by 2029 when the NCAA has to make a decision about that, they will also see it that way notwithstanding her brief appearances in two early games. But any further...

There is a TV commercial running in Connecticut in which Sarah has a speaking part. She is very straightforward (almost deadpan) in explaining the offer, matching the personality that she projects on the court. I think there is a good chance that Jordan's Furniture may give away a lot of...

I do think it's correct to say that Tennessee has the most athletic team that UConn has faced this year. Louisville had several good athletes, and Ohio State and USC each had one very athletic player, but just about everyone on the Tennessee roster is a star athlete. I also watched Tennessee...

If Serah misses more than a few games, Ayanna and Jana may become significant pieces of the regular rotation.

Sorry, maybe I'm too wonky (in retirement, I sense that I am becoming less so), but this chart doesn't do it for me. The title is "Adjusted Offensive Rating" (presumably the horizontal axis)and "Adjusted Defensive Rating" (the thankfully labeled vertical axis). Which begs the question: What...

This all seems quite plausible, including the margin of victory. I was totally surprised by UConn's MOV against Notre Dame. My only quibble: Does Jana's presence or absence really swing the evaluation of the bench contribution from UConn to Georgetown if she doesn't play? Even if she plays...

Regarding the effect of the 2015 and 2016 teams on the sport, I think that a very recent quote from Caroline Ducharme is pertinent. About a week ago, commenting on the gathering of players from those teams, she said that at that time she was a "little girl" (probably meaning middle-school age)...

I think Hidalgo will be (in effect) double-teamed whenever she has the ball, with one person guarding her shot and the other guarding her drive. The purpose will be to force her to become a passer, which should work because: (a) that is not her forte; and (b) unlike in previous years, there are...

Ines is at Gonzaga and Saylor is at Maryland. Where is Qadence?

Because she has now graduated from seventh grade ...