JoePgh
Cranky pants and wise acre
- Joined
- Aug 30, 2011
- Messages
- 3,778
- Reaction Score
- 22,295
Geno made one very interesting comment about Louisville's offense in the "preview" press conference which does not seem to have been noted. He was asked how UConn would stop Antonita Slaughter from firing up 3's, and he said (approximately), "He (Walz) must be a genius. I've watched all of their games in the tournament, and even in Game 5, every time that girl catches, she is wide open for a three. You would think that by Game 5, the defenses would have figured out that they have to guard her. Tomorrow night, if she makes all those shots with a hand in her face and we lose, I'll give her credit. But if she is as wide open as she has been, that's on our defense. If I figure out how Jeff is doing it, I'm going to do the same thing with Kaleena."
He has a point -- after Slaughter made 10 (I think) 3-point shots against Baylor, you would think that Cal's smart coach would have figured out that she has to be guarded. But she was still putting up wide open threes in the semifinal game. I didn't try to figure out if the offensive sets were somehow working miracles to make that happen, but I will be interested to see if it happens tomorrow night.
Obviously, you have to guard Schoni Schimmel also, but it shouldn't be beyond the capabilities of Final Four teams to guard two perimeter shooters.
He has a point -- after Slaughter made 10 (I think) 3-point shots against Baylor, you would think that Cal's smart coach would have figured out that she has to be guarded. But she was still putting up wide open threes in the semifinal game. I didn't try to figure out if the offensive sets were somehow working miracles to make that happen, but I will be interested to see if it happens tomorrow night.
Obviously, you have to guard Schoni Schimmel also, but it shouldn't be beyond the capabilities of Final Four teams to guard two perimeter shooters.