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Very sparse crowd.  OK what was Tara telling them to do?  ;) 

Even though Vanguard was short, they were fairly scrappy and well-coached.  At least our young bigs looked the part, even if the level of competition makes it hard to assess them.  They moved well after rebounds, hung onto the rebounds without getting the ball slapped away, made some semi-difficult put-backs, and ran the floor really well.  Kaylee Johnson has a bright future and a great opportunity.  She plays a position of need so she has to get playing time.  She was moving well on defense too and generally seemed comfortable.

All the guards looked really good.  Amber did not do a lot in limited minutes but that doesn't matter, we know what she can do.  Lili was excellent as a primary scorer.  She was able to find her shot easily in a variety of ways.  Roberson did well at the point, as did Alex Green at the 2.  We definitely have a glut of players who can play the wing - Greenfield, Karlie, Bonnie, any of the guards if Tara wants a three-guard look, and I believe both Rooks and McPhee.  Given the experience there, I'd be surprised to see much from Rooks or McPhee this season.  If they would have to be playing quite well to make it into the rotation. 

I liked the new offense.  Even this early, players were aggressive looking for their shot.  I did not see those horrible hesitations where they pass endlessly around the perimeter waiting for the defense to…fall asleep? get confused? let us shoot so they can get the darn ball back? that I dislike in the usual zone offense.  Not too many assists because people were making good individual moves a lot.  How many times did a guard or wing dribble around and end up at the rim within the half-court offense? 

[chimera]

Very sparse crowd.  OK what was Tara telling them to do?  ;) 

Even though Vanguard was short, they were fairly scrappy and well-coached.  At least our young bigs looked the part, even if the level of competition makes it hard to assess them.  They moved well after rebounds, hung onto the rebounds without getting the ball slapped away, made some semi-difficult put-backs, and ran the floor really well.  Kaylee Johnson has a bright future and a great opportunity.  She plays a position of need so she has to get playing time.  She was moving well on defense too and generally seemed comfortable.

All the guards looked really good.  Amber did not do a lot in limited minutes but that doesn't matter, we know what she can do.  Lili was excellent as a primary scorer.  She was able to find her shot easily in a variety of ways.  Roberson did well at the point, as did Alex Green at the 2.  We definitely have a glut of players who can play the wing - Greenfield, Karlie, Bonnie, any of the guards if Tara wants a three-guard look, and I believe both Rooks and McPhee.  Given the experience there, I'd be surprised to see much from Rooks or McPhee this season.  If they would have to be playing quite well to make it into the rotation. 

I liked the new offense.  Even this early, players were aggressive looking for their shot.  I did not see those horrible hesitations where they pass endlessly around the perimeter waiting for the defense to…fall asleep? get confused? let us shoot so they can get the darn ball back? that I dislike in the usual zone offense.  Not too many assists because people were making good individual moves a lot.  How many times did a guard or wing dribble around and end up at the rim within the half-court offense?