Good read on Hoopfeed

[RealHusky]

Hey! That rhymes!

Some good stuff in here from Geno (e.g. Rejected plan to adjust to altitude and whistles not being quick enough).

http://www.hoopfeed.com/content/2012/03/29/final-four-coaches-preview-denver/

 

[sarals24]

Hey! That rhymes!

Some good stuff in here from Geno (e.g. Rejected plan to adjust to altitude and whistles not being quick enough).

http://www.hoopfeed.com/content/2012/03/29/final-four-coaches-preview-denver/

"I suggested turning the oxygen off in the plane on the way over there for about an hour and get them used to sucking for breath, but he advised us not to do that."
HA!!!

 

[HoopsHoppy]

Interesting, Muffet talked about UConn as a team with a spread of scorers but that ND strength was a level of defense ahead of any other team in the final four. Seems to me that both the record and watching has UConn with the top defensive prowess.

 

[RealHusky]

Did Coach Muffet say that, HH? I read that she thought that ND's defense does not receive the recognition that she thinks that they deserve but not that they are the best in the FF. Their defense is good. They are:

5th in Scoring Defense (UCONN is 1st)
26th in Field-Goal Percentage Defense (1st)
3rd in Steals (25th)
20th in Three PT FG Defense (4th)

With their high steal count and their care for the ball they are 5th in TO Margin (23rd).

So, they are a very good defensive team but clearly not the best of the four. (Our free throw defense needs some work, though. Kentucky was nearly perfect from the line during our last game.)

 

[Bestiarius]

Hey Real Husky, are you a fan or in need of a diet? In any case, thanks for posting the link - interesting.

 

[HoopsHoppy]

Real Husky, I might have misread based on the paragraph and heading. Below is what I was looking at - "better than other teams" and in the context of a coaches discussion of the final four teams. No big issue - they're good (real good) but for tenacity and a smothering defense, they're no better than second in the final four.
On what Notre Dame does better than other teams
We take a lot of pride in our defense. We have a really determined, relentless approach defensively.

 

[RealHusky]

Hey Real Husky, are you a fan or in need of a diet? In any case, thanks for posting the link - interesting.

A fan...well, I suppose I could stand a lose a pound or two...

You have made me second guess my alias. I now recall that my mother, in the pre-PC days of our distant past, used to refer to boys in need of a diet as being "husky." Now I resemble that remark.

 

[rocky rococo]

Our free throw defense needs some work, though.

KML is the best FT defender in the country. Mainly because she's the only FT defender in the country.

 

[RealHusky]

Real Husky, I might have misread based on the paragraph and heading. Below is what I was looking at - "better than other teams" and in the context of a coaches discussion of the final four teams. No big issue - they're good (real good) but for tenacity and a smothering defense, they're no better than second in the final four.
On what Notre Dame does better than other teams
We take a lot of pride in our defense. We have a really determined, relentless approach defensively.

Div 1 Ranking (UCONN/ND/Stanford/Baylor)

Scoring Defense 1 / 5 / 7 / 37
Field-Goal Percentage Defense 1 / 26 / 8 / 2
Steals 25 / 3 / 290 / 162
Three PT FG Defense 4 / 20 / 3 / 22

(Since Baylor has been added to the mix we had better list Blocked Shots per Game!)
Blocked Shots 29 / 60 / 34 / 1

You are right HH. They are all good defensive teams but UCONN is the best of the four. However, it is quite quite difficult to pick the next best, at least by their team stats.

(All of these ranking mean little, I suppose, but considering them does serve as a distraction as we anxiously await the games in Denver.)

 

[DaddyChoc]

KML is the best FT defender in the country. Mainly because she's the only FT defender in the country.

she stopped that crap, didnt she?

 

[rocky rococo]

she stopped that crap, didnt she?

I think that as her rebounding improved, she got moved down into the first position on the block and away from the shooter.

 

[DaddyChoc]

I think that as her rebounding improved, she got moved down into the first position on the block and away from the shooter.

make sense... I'll look at some of the latest games and see what I see

 

[Icebear]

I think that as her rebounding improved, she got moved down into the first position on the block and away from the shooter.

Yes, she did.

 

[Bestiarius]

KML is the best FT defender in the country. Mainly because she's the only FT defender in the country.

Would be illegal in the NBA, and it didn't work anyway.

 

[Icebear]

Would be illegal in the NBA, and it didn't work anyway.

Doesn't matter in the NBA because so many are horrible Fou Shooters to start with.

 

[RealHusky]

Yes, she did.

I am happy for the change. That raised hand thing struck me as unseemly and if that wasn't enough it was wholly ineffective.