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USA U18 in action today in FIBA Championship games

I like how ONO goes after the ball for rebounds.
 
The rotations out of this 1 2 2 zone are HS JV BAD!
 
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Anyone else notice how some players run to the same spots down the floor. Its like they are not talking to each other with who has who and where they should be going. I have noticed 3x now. Especially when #13 and #8 are on the floor together
 
Argentina shooting 50% on FTs. USA shooting 42% on FTs. Where is Azzi Fudd??
 
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There's no running box score so I'll guess that there have been 70 fouls called
 
Lots of missed ft's, point blank layups and put backs. SMH. Team USA should have had at least 95 points, but...……………......I'll take it. :D

A tip o' the cap to UConnCat. She called it. She said team USA would win by 30-40 points, they did!! ;)
 
Kaizen said:
Black screen? (it back now)
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Technical difficulties. Everybody had a black screen including me. I thought it was just me. I rebooted twice. :confused:
 
Alydar said:
There's no running box score so I'll guess that there have been 70 fouls called
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I hope this game was not an omen as far as what we can expect from the referees. :confused:
 
Haven't see this many missed free throws since high school.

Williams never got into rhythm (missed four FTs :eek:) until late in the game, was OK rebounding and passing. ONO need a lot of work on her D, looked indecisive, wass out of position a lot, didn't move her feet well but did look OK on offense and her rebounding was OK.

Prince was, by far, the best player in the game. Moves great, defends, nice shot.

Sloppy game. Hope they pick it up for the next one. :D
 
In other group A action today, Puerto Rico 74 - Chile 69
 
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USA should have won that game by 60. That's a really bad Argentina team.

Team USA looked disjointed from the opening tip. They look like a team that has been together for little more than a week. The U17 team had more time together, a bunch of scrimmages and a 3-game tournament before its competition. We should keep that in mind.
 
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Based on this one game, which is really fool's folly, one should not expect either of our Freshmen to have a great impact in their first year. Let's hope the rest of the tournament and, more importantly, the pre season practices show them in a better light.
 
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Scoop said:
Lots of missed ft's, point blank layups and put backs. SMH. Team USA should have had at least 95 points, but...…………….I'll take it. :D

A tip o' the cap to UConnCat. She called it. She said team USA would win by 30-40 points, they did!! ;)
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it's those rims I'm telling you...........totally unforgiving
 
boreifs said:
Based on this one game, which is really fool's folly, one should not expect either of our Freshmen to have a great impact in their first year. Let's hope the rest of the tournament and, more importantly, the pre season practices show them in a better light.
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I surely don't think you can make any judgments from that one game or any of these international games for that matter............I'm pretty confident that CW will be playing and making an impact next season..............
 
I obviously got the wrong feed. I had to see a HS rec league fiasco complete with clutching, falling down, and passes flung into the middle of scrums, wild shots, and a whistle every 7 seconds. Argentina is terrible and if the US couldn't run a coherent offense against this club, they've got problems. Coco is correct, the U17 team would beat this U18 team. As for the two UConn kids, I'd hold off on the anointing and legend talk for now. They've got a long way to go to be a factor at the collegiate level, especially at UConn.
 
BobbyJ said:
I obviously got the wrong feed. I had to see a HS rec league fiasco complete with clutching, falling down, and passes flung into the middle of scrums, wild shots, and a whistle every 7 seconds. Argentina is terrible and if the US couldn't run a coherent offense against this club, they've got problems. Coco is correct, the U17 team would beat this U18 team. As for the two UConn kids, I'd hold off on the anointing and legend talk for now. They've got a long way to go to be a factor at the collegiate level, especially at UConn.
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I was trying to be polite, but I can’t disagree. The two UConn recruits showed absolutely nothing on a team that looked to be very poorly coached. The U17 team would beat this team by 20 points.
 
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Maya Moore's stats from her first U18 FIBA Americas tournament:

FG: 14-40 35% 3FG: 1-7 14%

ONO and CW shot 3-3 and 3-5, respectively. They grabbed rebounds and dished out a couple of assists each. They played 13 and 14 minutes. It was a rugged game with lots of fouls. They did fine.
 
Just got around to watching the first half, and I haven't read a single appraisal of this game. Yet.

One can immediately see this team as opposed to the U17 is not about pace. In the offensive end this team rarely cuts through the lane or uses quick passes, preferring to go 1V1. Lots of missed assignments on both ends. Liv got caught twice moving her feet too slowly and using hand checks to hold position. International refs will let you use your body a lot, but hand checks are a no. CW turned the ball over twice. Every time down the floor I keep imploring them to move the ball on offense to no avail. Most of the forwards look like they're running in mud. Most of the guards look like they have eyes only for the basket. I'm still rooting for Joens to do something positive. 3:56 in the half and she draws a shooting foul. I look at the score at 3:07 and their up by 20. You and I know the should be up by near 40.

Yep, the U17 wouldn't just beat this team, they'd run them out of the gym on athleticism alone. This team is not a fun watch.

And to the guy/troll who thought there's nothing to putting together a group of fine talent and winning a championship, and that Carla was such a horrible coach, you should be forced to watch this team every day, all day, for the rest of your life.
 
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boreifs said:
I was trying to be polite, but I can’t disagree. The two UConn recruits showed absolutely nothing on a team that looked to be very poorly coached. The U17 team would beat this team by 20 points.
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as far as I'm concerned these games are almost meaningless when it comes to judging how effective a player will be during the college season...........Peoples is most likely going to be ND's lead point guard in two years.........somehow I think she may be end up being a pretty good player for that program despite how she played against a lousy Argentina team................certainly feel the same about the two UConn recruits and the majority of the other players on the U18 team
 
UConnCat said:
Maya Moore's stats from her first U18 FIBA Americas tournament:

FG: 14-40 35% 3FG: 1-7 14%

ONO and CW shot 3-3 and 3-5, respectively. They grabbed rebounds and dished out a couple of assists each. They played 13 and 14 minutes. It was a rugged game with lots of fouls. They did fine.
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Just out of curiosity, was Maya going into college or was she between her junior and senior year?
 
By the way, I called Smith and Blackwell for having good games on Monday.
 
UConnCat said:
Maya Moore's stats from her first U18 FIBA Americas tournament:

FG: 14-40 35% 3FG: 1-7 14%

ONO and CW shot 3-3 and 3-5, respectively. They grabbed rebounds and dished out a couple of assists each. They played 13 and 14 minutes. It was a rugged game with lots of fouls. They did fine.
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based on those international stats, I guess that Moore kid probably never got off the bench wherever she ended up playing basketball................:rolleyes:
 
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