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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3134825, member: 1220"] Interesting because I saw the same thing. It was a real problem for Oregon St. I feel their failure to get the ball to Grymek was a combination of things. To begin with Grymek did not jump but that itself would not have been enough to cause the problem. The main problem was that two of the Beavers primary ball handlers do not throw good lob passes. Their passes to Grymek, as you stated were very diagonal and usually ended up just off of Grymeks fingertips beyond her reach. The fact that they had problems connecting with Grymek also made them hesitate when she did have great position and should have passed. The reason it worked better with Gulich is also for multiple reasons. To begin with Gulich had better hands and could jump for balls over her head. McWilliams had the ball in her hands more and she was a better passer to the post than Pivek or Slocum. Tudor, who was injured and out this season, threw the best lob pass of any of them. Probably because she shoots such high arching shots while the others are flat shooters. When you shoot high shots you emphasize dropping the ball in the right place, it is similar to a lob pass. She was the best at getting the ball to Gulich. Goodman seemed to be the best this season at making the passes to Grymek. The other guards not only did not trust Grymek but also did not trust themselves to make those passes, so they did not make them in rhythm but seemed to hesitate and that allowed the defense more time to react. I also think Scott R. has a plan or he would not have recruited or signed so many tall players. He envisions neither Brown or Aquino as centers. In the Jordan Brand Game Brown played at the 3. Aquino is not a post up player either and she will not be played as one. She will either play as a forward or at the high post on offense. That leaves Mitrovic and Morris at center and Jones as a swing center and power forward. On most other teams they would be locked into just the center position. Kennedy Brown chose OSt because she knew that with the other posts there she would not have to play at a post position. Neither Aquino or Brown are better face-up than back to the basket players. They also have enough ball skills to play on the perimeter. And with their height and passing ability, they will have no problem getting the ball into the post players. If you can imagine and offense with either Brown or Aquino with the ball on either the wing or high post and a team having to defend their shot while at the same time defending a tall post player from getting a pass in position from an equally tall player from the perimeter. They could pass the ball back and forth to each other and the smaller defenders couldn't do much about it. Then if you had Brown at the wing and Aquino at the high post with a 6'7" or 6'9' center posted up that would be a defensive nightmare. Now that might not be feasible on the other end though out a game, but if you needed the last basket to close a quarter or a game it would be indefensible. Or think of a time out defense they could put on the floor with all that length. [/QUOTE]

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