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In the post game interview with the Pac12 announcers, Cam talked about "honestly how disappointing it was to have to play through that much". Cal was definitely extra physical, oftentimes cheap. Easier said than done, but Cam has got to keep under control in games like this. She was upset a lot out there and it showed in both the fouls she picked up and her missed shots. Expect to see more of it - it's March. 

She also said that she was grateful no one was hurt.  I think she meant no Stanford player was hurt.  Because Onyiah was most definitely hurt.

Cam has shown she works hard to improve.  I expect she is learning right now.

Off the court, she needs to learn to acknowledge the trials and tribulations her opponents have to go through, whether it is sickness or injury.  She also needs to learn that if/when she is asked about an honor, she should compliment those who might have gotten the award, and maybe acknowledge the difficulty the judges might have had.  I hope she will learn that.

On the court, she seems to need to learn better to control her emotions.  One foul seemed to be from her reacting to the harassment.  Focus that energy on getting into a better situation early, not on taking down the opponent.

I like a lot about her, but she has some rough edges sometimes.  I believe she will work them out.

In the post-game interview, Kiki seemed the most composed.  She had a great offensive game,, but you will often see her standing in the middle watching her player put up unguarded shots.  I will grant that perhaps that is what her coach wants (zone defense), but as a fan, it hurts me to see a defensive player not being on a shooter.  Certainly it helps the rebounding totals if the opponent misses.

I think the team is doing a bit better against the swarm-of-bees defense but it still really affected us.  Even when we didn't lose the ball and got a pass out to the perimeter, we rarely got a shot off.

I'm wondering about the short shots early in the game, esp. Cam.  From every point on the court, and obvious on the FTs.  Nervousness?   I kinda hope so and that the nervousness won't show up later.

I think a win Friday should assure a #1 seed (even with a loss in the P12 finals).  But it likely will be a tough game.  I am not a fan of playing by different rules at the end of the season.  It seems clear that the refs do that, but who authorizes it?

No one has yet mentioned the rather blatant flop by Agara at the end of the first half. (Tiffany Bird made the call in Stanford's favor.) Fans of Cal could reasonably argue that Cal lost the game in the last 32 seconds of the first half.  Iriafen got Suarez in an arm lock but it was misinterpreted by a ref who called the foul on Suarez at Q2 0:32.  Then 26 seconds later, Agara flopped resulting in a second foul on Suarez.  Those two fouls surely impacted her play (9pts first half) and led to her fouling out.

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In the post game interview with the Pac12 announcers, Cam talked about "honestly how disappointing it was to have to play through that much". Cal was definitely extra physical, oftentimes cheap. Easier said than done, but Cam has got to keep under control in games like this. She was upset a lot out there and it showed in both the fouls she picked up and her missed shots. Expect to see more of it - it's March. 

She also said that she was grateful no one was hurt.  I think she meant no Stanford player was hurt.  Because Onyiah was most definitely hurt.

Cam has shown she works hard to improve.  I expect she is learning right now.

Off the court, she needs to learn to acknowledge the trials and tribulations her opponents have to go through, whether it is sickness or injury.  She also needs to learn that if/when she is asked about an honor, she should compliment those who might have gotten the award, and maybe acknowledge the difficulty the judges might have had.  I hope she will learn that.

On the court, she seems to need to learn better to control her emotions.  One foul seemed to be from her reacting to the harassment.  Focus that energy on getting into a better situation early, not on taking down the opponent.

I like a lot about her, but she has some rough edges sometimes.  I believe she will work them out.

In the post-game interview, Kiki seemed the most composed.  She had a great offensive game,, but you will often see her standing in the middle watching her player put up unguarded shots.  I will grant that perhaps that is what her coach wants (zone defense), but as a fan, it hurts me to see a defensive player not being on a shooter.  Certainly it helps the rebounding totals if the opponent misses.

I think the team is doing a bit better against the swarm-of-bees defense but it still really affected us.  Even when we didn't lose the ball and got a pass out to the perimeter, we rarely got a shot off.

I'm wondering about the short shots early in the game, esp. Cam.  From every point on the court, and obvious on the FTs.  Nervousness?   I kinda hope so and that the nervousness won't show up later.

I think a win Friday should assure a #1 seed (even with a loss in the P12 finals).  But it likely will be a tough game.  I am not a fan of playing by different rules at the end of the season.  It seems clear that the refs do that, but who authorizes it?

No one has yet mentioned the rather blatant flop by Agara at the end of the first half. (Tiffany Bird made the call in Stanford's favor.) Fans of Cal could reasonably argue that Cal lost the game in the last 32 seconds of the first half.  Iriafen got Suarez in an arm lock but it was misinterpreted by a ref who called the foul on Suarez at Q2 0:32.  Then 26 seconds later, Agara flopped resulting in a second foul on Suarez.  Those two fouls surely impacted her play (9pts first half) and led to her fouling out.