Tonyc
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We need to learn to get the ball inside to Stef Kiah and Breanna especially, when facing a zone. Why?
Number 1 we will get opponets in foul trouble and that will make them defenseless.
Number 2 we will establish our inside game which will create more open outside shots and open everything else up.
Number 3 we will be able to take teams like ND and beat them at their own game.
Number 4 After reading Geno remarks of how impressed he was with Kiah in the LVille game and thinking about situations of playing Breanna 6'4 Kiah 6'3 and Stef 6'5 all together well that would just be awesome for us to score underneath and keep opponets away from the basket. IMO how does Griner stay out of foul trouble with all 3 playing around the basket. She cant foul only try to intimadate.
For me I think we will see alot more zone defenses for the rest of the season. I think Cuse and perhaps Duke will play alot of zone againest us trying to force us to shoot from the outside. For the rest of the season, I see alot of zone, double downs, and collapses in the middle when we get the ball down low. I would expect Geno to work on more plays where we get the ball inside to our bigs and when the shot clock is running down have dribble penetration to try to create fouls. Our outside shooting is coming along and will get better as more playtime is evident without worrying about injuries.
Im looking forward to the Cuse and Duke games. I think we will see alot of improvement and a tuff challange. Judgeing from the stats Cuses defense is questionable and both Cuse and Duke have played less then steller schedules. Duke hasnt had as tuff a schedule as they will have later in the year either. So we will see how good that defense is on Monday night.
Number 1 we will get opponets in foul trouble and that will make them defenseless.
Number 2 we will establish our inside game which will create more open outside shots and open everything else up.
Number 3 we will be able to take teams like ND and beat them at their own game.
Number 4 After reading Geno remarks of how impressed he was with Kiah in the LVille game and thinking about situations of playing Breanna 6'4 Kiah 6'3 and Stef 6'5 all together well that would just be awesome for us to score underneath and keep opponets away from the basket. IMO how does Griner stay out of foul trouble with all 3 playing around the basket. She cant foul only try to intimadate.
For me I think we will see alot more zone defenses for the rest of the season. I think Cuse and perhaps Duke will play alot of zone againest us trying to force us to shoot from the outside. For the rest of the season, I see alot of zone, double downs, and collapses in the middle when we get the ball down low. I would expect Geno to work on more plays where we get the ball inside to our bigs and when the shot clock is running down have dribble penetration to try to create fouls. Our outside shooting is coming along and will get better as more playtime is evident without worrying about injuries.
Im looking forward to the Cuse and Duke games. I think we will see alot of improvement and a tuff challange. Judgeing from the stats Cuses defense is questionable and both Cuse and Duke have played less then steller schedules. Duke hasnt had as tuff a schedule as they will have later in the year either. So we will see how good that defense is on Monday night.
