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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3803766, member: 1220"] Arkansas can beat a lot of teams when their shots are falling, but the certainly can't beat everyone. They need to have the right matchup for their game to mitigate their lack of an inside presence on both offense and defense. Tenn scored at will on them in the post and on short jumpers in the key. Plus they totally dominated the boards. Those were areas that Baylor could not take advantage of. Which brings us back to your statement about Baylor. The areas that Baylor was strong in the past they are not anymore. They have yet to play anyone decent except for Arkansas. Other than Di Di they really do not have any other top flight defenders on their team. They could not stop Arkansas from driving and scoring off the dribble or challenge their shots with post defense. Tenn did both. Shots dropping aside, against a team Baylor should have dominated in the post they failed to do so. No Baylor does not have an effective inside and outside game. Smith is an opportunist who needs open space and lanes to be effective against top competition. Playing along side Brown and Cox allowed her to do so. You can count the players who are a viable threat from outside on two fingers. Certainly timing ( or the on any given night factor ) does come into play. But that only applies if the gulf of talent in respect to matchups is narrow enough to allow it to be a factor. As I stated in other posts Neighbors does not have the personal this season to mitigate his lack of post effectiveness on either the offensive or defensive end. He has sold out post play to favor his style of play. To have any sort of consistency you have to have some sort of half court options. Next season they are getting a talented 6"5" guard who will fit into his style of play. That might help somewhat. [/QUOTE]

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