Clark was held to a 4 point second half in a late season game. Who did that, was it OSU? At any rate, I would guess that Clark is unguardable by a single player but also her passing off to unguarded players would negate the double team on Clark. But, somebody throttled her, there must be some inkling of how to attack the problem of her shooting from just about anywhere on the floor. Ideas?
That scenario is unlikely
Clark has plenty of help from their young center Hannah Stuelke, super-senior guard Gabbie Marshall,
Kate Martin, Molly Davis et al.
The question would be can our defense disrupt their offense sufficiently without fouling...assuming we score handily on a team that is average in D at best.
Then we win.
Mostly uncommented on is the schemes that UConn used to stop the Big East talent of our opponents. It worked to a charm
The problem is: how do you stop a team with more than 2 such creatures (typical of the Big East)...and that's the makeup of the best teams...I have confidence in Geno's creativity, but the problem may ultimately be unsolvable.
And it's premature to speak of such down the line matchups...You have to get there first and down the line disruptions occur regularly.
What's interesting to me is that Iowa, SC, LSU, the Cal U's all have X's on their back, while UConn, (possibly for the first time in memory...Rebecca shut up) for at least a round or two, can hide under the radar...if we take care of early business, which I think we will.
After that, folks will remember us and the damage we generally produce and it becomes a crap shoot, with us holding a good but certainly not overwhelming hand...
This is certainly a different team from the one seen even a few weeks ago.
Should be a fascinating tourney.
Can we win or final-4?
Perhaps.
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