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Coach deserves extra credit for not losing her mind and cool when UNC's Toomey pushed off but was NOT called for her fifth foul.

I think Paye has to have been on beta blockers to survive Chuck in a big game. I mean, when he fouled out Agara, I thought her head was going to explode.

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Nice win, on the road, to a ranked team.

Ogden was a beast.
Best game of the season so far from Eschmeyer, who had 10 pts in 7 minutes
As others have noted, tough game for Agara; she played only 18 minutes and got 6 points.
Tough game for Indya Nivar who someone called the best Stanford player on the court: 5 pts, 4 turnovers, and 4 personal fouls.

In the fourth quarter and OT, Stanford held UNC to 17 points while scoring 27.  Clutch.  With  1:33 left in the game, UNC had a 65-61 lead and with a Clardy miss, EsPN gave UNC a 94% chance of winning. But Ogden got the offensive board and made a 7 foot jumper. UNC didn’t score again in the quarter and we tied the game and had a chance to win it (and yet still the coaches came under criticism on this thread).

Until MV72018 reluctantly praised the coach Payr, the tenor of this thread was [something bad happens] “omg, the coaches are horrible”. [something good happens] “props to the players”. I mean, I’m glad we aren’t throwing 20-year-olds under the bus, but it was funny to read this thread as a whole, as the game developed.

As someone noted, the defense continues to be ahead of the offense, but bear in mind that UNC is one of the best defensive teams in the ACC (second only to Duke and ahead of NC State).  As such, 45% shooting, 35% from 3 was… not bad.  But the key to the game was outrebounding UNC 40-28, including collecting 11/32 boards on our offensive end.  Also, free throw shooting (85%) was excellent, and we had assists on 17 of our 27 made field goals, which is great and had been an issue all year. While frustration with the offense is understandable, this was, all told, a step forward.

BC

It's usually a pleasure to get Debbie Antonelli doing the color commentary on TV. True again today. For all the folks who have been complaining about the offense, Antonelli was quick to observe that Stanford went to the double high-post "horns" set when NC was overplaying the elbow and causing turnovers on the split action. The coaches get credit for that second half adjustment. Eschmeyer's terrific 3-point play was set up on the horns set pick and roll. Antonelli also observed that when we went 5-out and tried to set up the split action in the 4th quarter, the ball movement stalled.

Nivar looked, well, exactly like she did as a freshman - can't shoot free throws, can't hit the 3, makes some aggressive defensive plays but decision making shaky. 

These kids are tough and they believe. The players and coaches both get big props for swallowing the horrible NC State loss and coming right back for a quad 1 win on the road. #WeBelieve

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Coach deserves extra credit for not losing her mind and cool when UNC's Toomey pushed off but was NOT called for her fifth foul.

I think Paye has to have been on beta blockers to survive Chuck in a big game. I mean, when he fouled out Agara, I thought her head was going to explode.

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Nice win, on the road, to a ranked team.

Ogden was a beast.
Best game of the season so far from Eschmeyer, who had 10 pts in 7 minutes
As others have noted, tough game for Agara; she played only 18 minutes and got 6 points.
Tough game for Indya Nivar who someone called the best Stanford player on the court: 5 pts, 4 turnovers, and 4 personal fouls.

In the fourth quarter and OT, Stanford held UNC to 17 points while scoring 27.  Clutch.  With  1:33 left in the game, UNC had a 65-61 lead and with a Clardy miss, EsPN gave UNC a 94% chance of winning. But Ogden got the offensive board and made a 7 foot jumper. UNC didn’t score again in the quarter and we tied the game and had a chance to win it (and yet still the coaches came under criticism on this thread).

Until MV72018 reluctantly praised the coach Payr, the tenor of this thread was [something bad happens] “omg, the coaches are horrible”. [something good happens] “props to the players”. I mean, I’m glad we aren’t throwing 20-year-olds under the bus, but it was funny to read this thread as a whole, as the game developed.

As someone noted, the defense continues to be ahead of the offense, but bear in mind that UNC is one of the best defensive teams in the ACC (second only to Duke and ahead of NC State).  As such, 45% shooting, 35% from 3 was… not bad.  But the key to the game was outrebounding UNC 40-28, including collecting 11/32 boards on our offensive end.  Also, free throw shooting (85%) was excellent, and we had assists on 17 of our 27 made field goals, which is great and had been an issue all year. While frustration with the offense is understandable, this was, all told, a step forward.

BC

It's usually a pleasure to get Debbie Antonelli doing the color commentary on TV. True again today. For all the folks who have been complaining about the offense, Antonelli was quick to observe that Stanford went to the double high-post "horns" set when NC was overplaying the elbow and causing turnovers on the split action. The coaches get credit for that second half adjustment. Eschmeyer's terrific 3-point play was set up on the horns set pick and roll. Antonelli also observed that when we went 5-out and tried to set up the split action in the 4th quarter, the ball movement stalled.

Nivar looked, well, exactly like she did as a freshman - can't shoot free throws, can't hit the 3, makes some aggressive defensive plays but decision making shaky. 

These kids are tough and they believe. The players and coaches both get big props for swallowing the horrible NC State loss and coming right back for a quad 1 win on the road. #WeBelieve