so Diggins will be missed?
I don't really understand your post, and am especially confused by the bolded portion (did you mean NOT focused elsewhere?) Concerning the FF game last season, several posters have said that Notre Dame was blown out by UConn, but I think people are forgetting the game and only seeing the final score. It's true that no Irish starter had a good game. UConn played excellent defense and Notre Dame missed makeable shots when they were available. But despite that, UConn only led by 6 points (61-55) with 5:45 left in the game. Then UConn went on one of their patented runs, and ND resorted to fouling to try to get back into the game, and UConn made 16 straight free throws. UConn performed exceptionally well, but the game was closer than many seem to recall.
Of course, you need to include the injured players coming back who didn't play last year for Louisville and the improved play in beating Baylor, Tennessee and California.
This sort of insulting, bickering tone is a blemish on an otherwise interesting thread.
The player returning from injury should certainly be considered, but did Louisville really change that much between their 24-point loss to Notre Dame in the BE tournament semi's on March 11th and their 33-point loss to UConn in the NC final? I agree they had a nice run, but I really didn't feel they were the second best team last season.
If you count both points scored and assists x2, then the sum of the individuals' contributions would exceed the points scored by the team (by assists x2), so there's something wrong with your method. It's like when people say a baseball player with 90 runs scored and 100 rbi's has account for 190 of a team's runs scored. So if a player hits a solo homerun they account for 2 runs?
Meyers described it correctly. You have not. They do post up in the high and low within the motion of the offense. They do not hold those positions because it is a motion offense that doesn't mean, however, that they do not work out of classic high low exchanges. Those have included, KML, Stef, Stewie, and Morgan. It is simply wrong to say there are no High low post principles executed within the offense. One of the strengths of UCONN's read motion offense is that it reacts to what the defense offers and exploits it as available including the high low post.
I submit that Notre Dame was better than U Conn that year . ND had experience and depth. Our Achilles' tendon was exposed the second Dolson got her 2nd foul early in ame.
Great points and it has been an unbelievable rivalry. I just thought N Dame was the better team Bria's and Steph's freshman year. This past year I thought we were the better team on paper- when Stewie became Stewie that eventually happened. Amazing stuff rue match ups etc... With my gang, I would have bet money on semi vs N dame that we would win going away. That game was not really that close. N Dam's body language was negative early. You are right - we were in position to win every game this year. Inthought our N Championship ended when Samarie Walker shipped out . We had zero depth at the post. It reared it's head in a regional vs Georgetown and the semis vs N Dame. but we're probably splitting hairs!
