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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 1998928, member: 3535"] I'm a fan of the movie Wargames which a poster provided a link a while ago. I'm also a Star Trek fan. Also a Star Trek Next Generation Fan. I usually am in the middle of "who is best etc" but with this team I'm happily VEXED. :) Therefore imo the best thing to do is what the WOPR (War Operations Planned Response) did in Wargames claiming the best move to make in Global Thermonuclear War was not to play. And as for Star Trek Next Generation The Borg claimed it was futile to resist. It imo is futile to figure who is best for this team. They are the perfect ying-yang. While you mention the reason why Lou hits as many 3's is the defenses worry about Collier and Gabby down low. Yet if that were the case, then why don't teams play more zone and sag? For example you can go back to the postgame presser - The Texas coach and Muffett BOTH said "They thought about playing zone but decided against it." Did they decide against it because of Gabby or because of Lou? Or because of Gabby and Collier vs the combined great shooting Lou, Nurse and Chong? Take a look at Lou's 2nd 3pt basket vs Tulsa. She was in the corner. She caught the pass. The defender was close to her, but the defender was BOTH smaller and not in her grill but she was close. To me- it first looked like Lou was set to make a pass after she caught it. To me it looked like she then noticed the defender wasn't completely in her grill though she was close and the defender was smaller so Lou just easily shot it over the defender. IMO KML couldn't have gotten off that shot. Now think about if you play zone vs UCONN. Lou would move to the top side of the zone in which the opposing team has small guards- she'd shoot over them easily because most zones the intent is to stop the ball from going inside. It's not always the intent but it usually is. Unlike KML, Lou is 6'3 - she has size and releases/shoots the ball high. VS a zone she can slide to the side in which the guards are smallest near the top and shoot there all day. You heard Meg Culmo say Lou loves shooting from the top. Because SHE DOES. She's a zone buster due to her shot and her size. You can say she is also a freak. She is like KML when it comes to shooting but she is longer and quicker. And KML was 1st team a/a. A super great. That defender needed to play perfect defense on Lou or hope she misses. How often over the course of a game do college kids play perfect defense? I'm reminded of the Monty Python and The Holy Grail movie of the battle between King Arthur and The Black Knight. At the end the Knight wants to keep fighting but has no arms left and Arthur says "what are you going to do, bleed on me?" In a zone what are those small guards going to do to affect Lou's shot? The reason they are in a zone is to stop the inside. So once the ball finds Lou, do you think Lou would even notice the small guards running at her? But then again I'm sure Lou isn't that worried because someone like Gabby is such a great offensive rebounder so she doesn't feel as much pressure if she misses, thus she shoots with more confidence knowing her team as she uses the expression "has her back." . But then again Gabby can be the terrific offensive rebounder because a player like Lou forces the other team to extend their defense thus giving Gabby more room to utilize her quickness. But then again . . . Ahh forget it!! I'm like the WOPR- I'm not playing!! How about a nice game of chess? [/QUOTE]

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