HuskyNan
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Nan - thank you!
I really like USF - Jose seems like a solid coach and they always play hard but as you say they just don't have the horses. I think teams can make a mistake of looking at the record and taking them lightly - I know a lot of fans and boneyarders do.
And a lot of folks look at Uconn's stats in a vacuum, not seeing that when they don't score 85 and win by 30+ that it is because they are off, and not a result of the other team disrupting what they want to do. You don't have to block shots or be in the other persons face at all times to disrupt the rhythm of an offense and make them take shots that are just a little different from what they are comfortable with. USF is very good at that.
I was impressed with Taylor yesterday. She had a few really nice offensive plays. And it looks like Orekhova is finally finding her game having struggled early I guess with injuries. They also have some height, but to those who think getting post players is easy, none of them seems really talented.
I do hope Jose gets some recruiting success - there is a lot of competition from other FL schools with bigger profiles, but his ability as a coach deserves better players. Be interesting if his name starts cropping up for higher profile openings.
I really like USF - Jose seems like a solid coach and they always play hard but as you say they just don't have the horses. I think teams can make a mistake of looking at the record and taking them lightly - I know a lot of fans and boneyarders do.
And a lot of folks look at Uconn's stats in a vacuum, not seeing that when they don't score 85 and win by 30+ that it is because they are off, and not a result of the other team disrupting what they want to do. You don't have to block shots or be in the other persons face at all times to disrupt the rhythm of an offense and make them take shots that are just a little different from what they are comfortable with. USF is very good at that.
I was impressed with Taylor yesterday. She had a few really nice offensive plays. And it looks like Orekhova is finally finding her game having struggled early I guess with injuries. They also have some height, but to those who think getting post players is easy, none of them seems really talented.
I do hope Jose gets some recruiting success - there is a lot of competition from other FL schools with bigger profiles, but his ability as a coach deserves better players. Be interesting if his name starts cropping up for higher profile openings.
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His press conference is on the Bulls site and it is very good.
http://www.gousfbulls.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=3200843&db_oem_id=7700
Also sort of fun listening to Orekhova - she has a southern/southwestern influenced accent which always sounds odd from an Eastern European background.
http://www.gousfbulls.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?id=3200843&db_oem_id=7700
Also sort of fun listening to Orekhova - she has a southern/southwestern influenced accent which always sounds odd from an Eastern European background.
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click under the "press conferences" tab and look for the UConn game
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Perhaps the next Rutgers of the BEast mid to late 2000s, and certainly the lead candidate for the #2 AAC team in the next few years, though they lose Orekhova and McDonald. Seem to be tapping the international market well with four foreign-born players on the team.
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