I’ve been pleasantly surprised with a couple of things: 1-How well the team has responded to him. They play hard and seem to be having fun. 2-How well he makes adjustments during a game. A couple of times you could see some frustration on the players but they always seemed to come back to center.
I caught part of the second half. Fordham has three really nice players. Heremaia was 8-11 on 3 pointers and led all scorers with 29. Asiah Dingle is a transfer from Stony Brook where she was their top scorer last year. Anna DeWolfe, a preseason A-10 First Team selection, also had a good game.
Yes, a coach can really make a difference both positive and negative. Coach Novak appears to be use team and individual player pride rather than intimidation and fear. I had a coach like that in high school and he got more out of me than I knew I had. We may have lucked into a coach that can get us back to Vic days. Fan support needs to increase because the guys are really giving the effort.
I understand what you are saying. In fairness to Coach McCray-Penson the players she brought in are contributing big time. Anastasia Hayes is an assassin and J Jordan brings a toughness. Hayes is a great contrast to the steadiness of M Taylor.
Can you imagine what would happen if UConn had a game where they committed 36 TOs and had no FG for an 8 1/2 minute stretch? The world would probably end.
Wight St. and Milwaukee have both started out 0-2. Gotta be considered fairly disappointing for 2 of the better teams in the Horizon last season.
It was a dramatic difference from the MSU team I watched last year. They looked motivated and hungry, played very hard throughout the game. Last year the intensity definitely wasn't there.
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I've noticed an increasing number of coaches are sitting players after their 1st foul if it's early to middle of 1st quarter, much they often sit players after their 2nd foul in the first half. Wes Moore of NC State did this with Elissa Cunane in the 1st quarter of the S. Carolina game.
I think she has 2 fouls now. 14 turnovers by ND before the half..
Sounds like Tennessee
I went to Tudor Fieldhouse last night to watch a new-look Rice team host the Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana. I was curious to see how the defending WNIT champs looked after their star players and head coach all departed. Plus I'm a secondary fan of ULL.
Rice hired its new coach, Lindsay Edmonds, from NC State, where she spent 8 years as an assistant to Wes Moore. I'm curious if @LETTERL can provide any insights and impressions about Edmonds' time there. I'm also wondering if @triaddukefan remembers Edmonds from her playing days at Appalachian State (she was then known as Lindsay Smith).
We'll see if ULL can draw momentum from their inspired comeback next week, when they make the trek from Lafayette to Baton Rouge to face the snooty ritzy resource-hogging state flagship university (did I get that right, @triaddukefan
Can we throw out the record books?
I dare you!I wonder what would happen if i went into the chat room now and started talking about the Duke-UNCW game
