As far as I can see, Azzi is really on top of the defensive calls and guiding others. Her one drive into the mid range was sweet. She is a perfect UConn player I give her my seal of approval.
On the other hand, I was really surprised Caitlin seems to force so much.
Surprisingly Yes. I really thought she would let the game come to her more in a 60+ pt blowout. But I guess she only plays at one speed. I think Cori was not to happy and yanked her pretty quickly each time she came in.
No surprise here. That’s what chuckers do. She found the perfect coach right in her backyard in Iowa to let her do whatever she wants. And in international play, the flops don’t work as well either.
I wouldn’t go quite that far. Coach Bluder at Iowa is an outstanding coach who’s built an offense around her freshman star who not only scored 27 ppg, shooting well over 50%, but also contributed over 7 assists per game to the best shooting team in the nation.
I don't agree with anything regarding this.
Slight exaggeration here. Clark shot 47% from 2 and 40% from 3. And if you eliminate her stats from the team stats, the rest of the Iowa team still led the nation in shooting. They actually shot better from 2 at 53% compared to 51.5 with her. From 3 they were identical at 40%. I'm glad she's at Iowa and not UConn.
After watching the game I can see why Paige's 'recruitment video' worked on Azzi. I saw at least two plays when she got open on the wing but the ball doesn't get to her. Perhaps they're saving that for the game against the Aussies.
Actually I think she played a pretty benign game until the fourth quarter, then she went into her usual undisciplined play. As in the olympics, except for Bird there is nobody willing to play PG.
I would argue that Iowa had some very solid players who were all given a lot more room to shoot because opponents were focused on containing Clark. I would also belabor the point that Clark dished out 193 assists to her teammates. The idea that Iowa would have been a better shooting team without Clark is a heck of a stretch.
To me she looked much more under control at the end of the Iowa season than she did at the beginning. I expected that on the National team: a) she'd realize that most of the players are better than her Iowa teammates; and b) that the coaching staff would drill that into the heads of all the players. Clark was not alone in forcing things when there were other options available.
Somebody noted after the last game that Clark was reticent to shoot......I think i commented that surely Clark would be back to her hypershooting ways soon enough.............case closed........As far as I can see, Azzi is really on top of the defensive calls and guiding others. Her one drive into the mid range was sweet. She is a perfect UConn player I give her my seal of approval.
On the other hand, I was really surprised Caitlin seems to force so much.
DeBerry did not look good on defense to me. I do not see quick lateral movement. She got taken by one of their players in the post way to easy.
But there is some real talent. PaoPao has improved alot , Citron looks like a stud. ND is going to be much improved, Johnson and Ware are tough as advertised and Betts is frighteningly good.
agreed...............Fudd seems to be playing under control at all times with very little wasted movement............in some ways she's a real throwback kind of player.......
