[cardfan1996]

Tara who I always assumed was superstitious changed her lineup after a winning streak. I can’t remember her ever doing that. She has only tried two lineups consistently in however many games (except due to Lepolo’s injury):

Lepolo, Agnes, Haley, Cam, Hannah

Lepolo, Kiki, Haley, Cam, Hannah


No other experiments except during injury all year and unfortunately it’s too late to experiment now.

I suspect Kiki will be back in the starting lineup for the PAC-12 tourney, or she might double down on Agnes. It will be interesting to see.

One problem is that Kiki has no reliable shot other than a point-blank layup.

I don’t like either of Tara’s lineups to be clear. But literally any starting lineup is better than the one that has both Agnes and Lepolo starting. That Agnes and Lepolo combo really is, and has been since November, the worst of all possible options. I had my “lucky” shirt in the dryer and I didn’t bother wearing it when I saw that starting lineup.

Stanford won comfortably and easily vs Utah and Colorado at home without Lepolo and Agnes was on the bench for much of those games. And when Agnes was in, the other team went in a run. I believe Stanford would have lost both those games if Lepolo had not been injured. Stanford was already down by double digits at the beginning of the Utah game before her injury. That combo doesn’t play well together and the way Stanford needs to score to win comfortably is not within either of their skillset. It is what it is.

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Now you have 3 very poor defensive rebounders - Hannah, Lepolo and Agnes - so you can’t get the ball and transition.

There were lots of problems today, but rebounding wasn’t one of them.  We outrebounded Utah 37-23 and held them to 7 offensive rebounds (in 32 opportunities).

BC

I felt like they converted a lot of those 7 offensive rebounds and some led to backbreaking 3s. I need to rewatch the game.

[cardfan1996]

Tara who I always assumed was superstitious changed her lineup after a winning streak. I can’t remember her ever doing that. She has only tried two lineups consistently in however many games (except due to Lepolo’s injury):

Lepolo, Agnes, Haley, Cam, Hannah

Lepolo, Kiki, Haley, Cam, Hannah


No other experiments except during injury all year and unfortunately it’s too late to experiment now.

I suspect Kiki will be back in the starting lineup for the PAC-12 tourney, or she might double down on Agnes. It will be interesting to see.

One problem is that Kiki has no reliable shot other than a point-blank layup.

I don’t like either of Tara’s lineups to be clear. But literally any starting lineup is better than the one that has both Agnes and Lepolo starting. That Agnes and Lepolo combo really is, and has been since November, the worst of all possible options. I had my “lucky” shirt in the dryer and I didn’t bother wearing it when I saw that starting lineup.

Stanford won comfortably and easily vs Utah and Colorado at home without Lepolo and Agnes was on the bench for much of those games. And when Agnes was in, the other team went in a run. I believe Stanford would have lost both those games if Lepolo had not been injured. Stanford was already down by double digits at the beginning of the Utah game before her injury. That combo doesn’t play well together and the way Stanford needs to score to win comfortably is not within either of their skillset. It is what it is.

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Now you have 3 very poor defensive rebounders - Hannah, Lepolo and Agnes - so you can’t get the ball and transition.

There were lots of problems today, but rebounding wasn’t one of them.  We outrebounded Utah 37-23 and held them to 7 offensive rebounds (in 32 opportunities).

BC

I felt like they converted a lot of those 7 offensive rebounds and some led to backbreaking 3s. I need to rewatch the game.