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Message: [QUOTE="victor64, post: 2670008, member: 7101"] Joe, I had court side seats for the game Friday. It is amazing how much more you can see live than on TV. My observations about the defense. 1. Young changed everything. I think they focused on Mabry and Ogowonbale. Young getting hot and staying that wy made them change their focus. 2. The Huskies were a half step slow in things they normally do very well--closeouts (especially on ball reversals), defending the dribbler, help side defending, boxing out and preventing offensive rebounds. 3. Z killed them defensively. She could not handle Shepard when they played man and was often confused where she was supposed to be in the zone. 4. They could not match up defensively especially when Z was in. My guess is that based on the sub pattern, Z was the blame for the unusual number of layups ND got out of their half court offense. 5. Shepard was too quick and strong for Z. Collier and Lou weren't great on the wings. I don't know if you noticed but Lou and Danger both played out top on the zone. ND was able to move the ball easily against their zone. To summarize, Shepard, Young, second chance points and Z combined for the worst defensive performance I have seen from a Geno team in a long time. I know it is a team effort to give up 91 points and I may be pointing a finger unfairly at Z. It is what it is. [/QUOTE]