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Message: [QUOTE="Plebe, post: 3513569, member: 6927"] Strengths were guard play, defense and effort. Weaknesses were 3-point shooting, free throw shooting, lack of size. Old Dominion hung their hat on guard play, defense and effort. They did not have much size on their team. They had only one "starter" over 5'11, and I put that in quotes because she only played like 15 minutes a game and was a complete non-factor on offense. Their best rebounder was a 5'11" forward. Their scoring was very balanced, in the sense that their other 4 starters all averaged about the same amount of points. However, ODU wasn't loaded with great shooters. They had one starter (Morris) who could get hot from 3 and one bench player who was decent from range. So overall was a bit of an odd combination -- a very guard-heavy team, but most of the guards weren't very good shooters. Another problem ODU had on offense was poor free throw shooting. They got to the line quite a bit more than their opponents but only shot about 60% as a team, and (looking at the stats now) the two players who got to the line the most shot only 59% and 50%. I mean, what little I saw didn't have me jumping up and down about what an offensive genius the coach must be. But considering their significant weaknesses in size and shooting, I thought they compensated well in other areas. McCray at MSU is inheriting MUCH more potent tools, in terms of size and skill, than anything she had to work with at ODU. [/QUOTE]