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Message: [QUOTE="diggerfoot, post: 3412377, member: 1673"] I watched the Tennessee game, this time with two questions in mind. I had claimed that the lack of assists to made baskets was due to "heroic" play, not missed put backs, at the beginning of the game. The first quarter indeed was a lot of one-on-one basketball with Dangerfield, Walker and Williams in particular. It was so striking that I actually began thinking this was not "heroics" in facing a tough foe, but they actually were instructed to forget all they were taught about passing and do their best Ogwumike impressions. My puzzlement then is whether this was some deliberate strategy at the start. It may have worked for Dangerfield, but not as a team. It really was so striking to me that I question my own "hero" theory and wondering what was the real cause. The second puzzling observation was I do not think people have to worry about 4 on 5 basketball with Irwin in the line-up. Quite the opposite appeared to be true for Tennessee. We trust Irwin to make wise decisions, but she does not make quick decisions. It seemed like the scouting report may have been to guard Irwin like any other player and force her to make mistakes. This obviously limits her value as a facilitator, though for the few minutes she is in the game against tough opponents, or ones playing man-to-man, she still can be a screener or, somewhat ironically, as an inducement for 5 on 5 basketball. I could be way off base with either puzzling observation, which makes the Boneyard a perfect place to share them! [/QUOTE]

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