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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 4306733, member: 12088"] This is a good thought. I agree with much of what you say. But I’m also struck by this recurrent theme in the boards this season of how big all the real competition is likely to be. This is true. Still all of them, and us too, like to play 4-out for at least part of the game. It’s not all about being big, since big is also slow. Stanford tended to play 4-out most of the time. Tara could do this last year because HJ and the Hulls were on the long side and very high energy. Her lineup was full of 6-1s and 6-2s. But Prechtel was the only real big who came off the bench and she’s not primarily a low post player like Brink. Belibi is a great post, but at 6-3 she’s pretty much got the same dimensions and similar skills to AE. When they had Brink and FB on the court together, they were quite similar to Liv and AE in size and energy. SC’s primary lineup also didn’t feature two bigs. Saxton played the 4 but wasn’t a shooter so folks tended to think of her as a big. She’s a great rebounder and defender and she’s really athletic. But she’s only 6-2. She is, however, a quick 6-2. Amihere is a long 6-4, but she wasn’t their starting 4 and even did time at 3. My question is, can CD match up with Saxton or Amihere? She’s not as strong as Saxton, but she plays excellent D and is a much more skilled scorer than either of them. With her at the 4 in a 4-out scheme, the pressure is on them to guard her. I don’t know if Lou is really ready for such a role at this level, though she played the 4 often enough at Fairfield. But they mainly played zone. I’m not saying this would be our main scheme. But if we use a 4-out for part of these games, like when Geno sees that CD or Lou is having a good shooting night along side Paige and Azzi, the problem is on them more than on us. How will they match up with us? [/QUOTE]

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