03-08-2024, 06:15 AM
Re: Cam missing more shots lately, I have a totally unsubstantiated theory: I wonder if the eye surgery she had after last season is wearing off? I've known others who have had similar issues, where initially after the surgery, they have great vision, but then the problems slowly creep back in.
The reason I'm asking is that it almost seems like Cam isn't seeing the precise position of the ball correctly - some of her TOs are where she's grabbing not *quite* where the ball is and it gets deflected, and her shots sometimes look like she's just slightly off about where the basket is. This would also explain why her FT % is slowing come back down to earth, as well as her outside shooting. And, anecdotally, I feel like I've seen her squinting more at the free throw line the way she used to last season and prior.
As for the rest of the team/game, I only saw the second half, where we played fabulously, but I thought we looked really good across all phases of the game - especially given how physically Cal was playing.
And yes, we do need our supporting cast to step up in most games, but tonight we got what we needed from the players who had the ball - Brink, Iriafen, Lepolo and Bosgana took 53 shots - the rest of the team took 10, and no other player attempted more than 2 shots. Particularly since many on this Board have all season been criticizing our guard supporting cast, I would think folks here would be happy that we seem to find and feed the hot hand from game to game. Precisely because we don't have reliable outside scoring from any one player, I'm glad we seem to be good at rotating until we find the hot hands (in this case, Bosgana and Lepolo), and then settling in with those players. It also makes it hard to scout for the opposing team when every game we seem to be featuring different players.
Conference semifinals should be two great games with teams that know each other really well. I agree that we should probably get a one seed if we make the finals, though some of this depends on what happens with Iowa, Ohio State, and Texas in their own tournaments. I tend to think either USC or UCLA will lock up a one seed if they win the tournament, so it's likely SCAR, Pac 12 winner, Big Ten winner, and ?
The reason I'm asking is that it almost seems like Cam isn't seeing the precise position of the ball correctly - some of her TOs are where she's grabbing not *quite* where the ball is and it gets deflected, and her shots sometimes look like she's just slightly off about where the basket is. This would also explain why her FT % is slowing come back down to earth, as well as her outside shooting. And, anecdotally, I feel like I've seen her squinting more at the free throw line the way she used to last season and prior.
As for the rest of the team/game, I only saw the second half, where we played fabulously, but I thought we looked really good across all phases of the game - especially given how physically Cal was playing.
And yes, we do need our supporting cast to step up in most games, but tonight we got what we needed from the players who had the ball - Brink, Iriafen, Lepolo and Bosgana took 53 shots - the rest of the team took 10, and no other player attempted more than 2 shots. Particularly since many on this Board have all season been criticizing our guard supporting cast, I would think folks here would be happy that we seem to find and feed the hot hand from game to game. Precisely because we don't have reliable outside scoring from any one player, I'm glad we seem to be good at rotating until we find the hot hands (in this case, Bosgana and Lepolo), and then settling in with those players. It also makes it hard to scout for the opposing team when every game we seem to be featuring different players.
Conference semifinals should be two great games with teams that know each other really well. I agree that we should probably get a one seed if we make the finals, though some of this depends on what happens with Iowa, Ohio State, and Texas in their own tournaments. I tend to think either USC or UCLA will lock up a one seed if they win the tournament, so it's likely SCAR, Pac 12 winner, Big Ten winner, and ?