It's amazing to me, that as a senior, she still makes that many mental errors. That was the worst game she's ever played.
Q is not ready to play in these situations !!Tip your hat to ND. They were well prepared and played great.
Citron caused Paige to have one of her worst shooting nights probably ever.
First time I have felt the team really missed Aubrey.
I wish Geno would use those Big East scrimmages to let Q and Ines to log some serious minutes. The team was gassed in the fourth quarter.
Two 1 seeds didn’t make it out of the second round last season. Could end up facing an 8 or 9 seed if we make it to the sweet sixteen.Barring a miracle in Columbia, we are looking at a 3 or 4 seed (hopefully not a 4), and an uphill battle in the sweet 16. If we get a 4 seed, and face a 1 seed, I can't see getting out of the sweet 16.
THIS.Hidalgo was going to go right no matter what and we still couldn`t stop her.
That is why victor64 said to let get into more games wen they have a big lead to learn!Q is not ready to play in these situations !!
Brady is showing real improvement the last few games. Another step in her development would be the ability to quickly close in front of a charging guard like Hidalgo and take a charge or two.Agreed with everything, but especially RE: the Hidalgo pick and roll. It was amazing to me that they could not stop her at all. Got the ball into the paint again and again, sometimes completely untouched. Did we watch any tape and game plan at all for this?
Nika “took the game off”? A step too far with those words.
She's not quick enough for that. But, I was wondering why she was behind the screener versus on the side and hedge. ND intentionally used who Ice was guarding as the screener because eventually that forced her to take Hidalgo. That was smart offensive planning. To be clear...I'm not blaming Ice.Brady is showing real improvement the last few games. Another step in her development would be the ability to quickly close in front of a charging guard like Hidalgo and take a charge or two.
(Well, perhaps not a guard as quick at Hidalgo but your average guard perhaps.)
Agree. Get her 30 minutes against Butler. Won’t happen but one can dream.Q is not ready to play in these situations !!
I agree on this. Nobody's a bigger DT fan than me, but please -- announcers, call the game in front of you.I love Taurasi, but interviewing her during the game was a swing and a miss. Not her fault.
NO, NO, NO. Let's NOT fall into the PRECONCEIVE understanding or, should I say, the CULTURE of Geno's practice-time philosophy/STRICT RULE or DECIPLINE in deciding the game-time PT ! ! We may get the impression of Ines was not CAPABLE of handling an assignment of guarding a player such as Hidalgo, but , WHO knows? Its a matter of MATCHUP . Hidalgo is 5"6, Nika is 5"11, Ines is 5"9. My point is: Smaller guy Ines maybe Matchup better than bigger Nika against much smaller Hidaldo? If you don't try, how would you know? You recruited Ines from faraway Portugal, you must have seen some useful quality in her for the good of the team. She is a sophomore, and she performed some decent games last season, why not insert some ENERGY of her into our depleted and exhausted player pool ?The ND game was way above the level of play that Ines is capable of. She just isn’t that level of player.
If there was a 7-game series in college basketball, we would win in 6.
We may get the impression of Ines was not CAPABLE of handling an assignment of guarding a player such as Hidalgo, but , WHO knows? Its a matter of MATCHUP . Hidalgo is 5"6, Nika is 5"11, Ines is 5"9. My point is: Smaller guy Ines maybe Matchup better than bigger Nika against much smaller Hidaldo? If you don't try, how would you know?
Why would Ines be the primary ballhandler with Paige and JK?Ines with Hidalgo in her shorts would've resulted in a turnover probably every possession.
It's fine.. as a freshman, you feel less fear and pressure than when you're expected to be the great. Notre Dame has absolutely no expectation from the Hidalgo girl. At not for this year... Hidalgo is the entire offense and next year her average will drop significantly because she is not in a Clark type of situation.I'm guessing you meant Westbeld, not Watson.
You've made some good points, but I'm not moved by the injury situation since Notre Dame was also missing an injured all American and they also played with only 7 players, 3 of whom played all 40 minutes. Yet they didn't have anyone foul out, and they didn't have their best player play one of the worst games of her career.
Why would Ines be the primary ballhandler with Paige and JK?