We'll see how the Pac-12 tourney goes, but first things first. We have Utah and then the Oregon schools at home. Through all our struggles, I think we are better (probably not much better) but still better than we were a few months ago. We had a very winnable game against AZ State and we blew out Arizona and Colorado by bigger margins than when we first faced them. Individually, McPhee and Kaylee are playing better and hopefully Bri is slowly breaking out of her slump.
I'm still concerned about our numerous turnovers, a lot of them off unforced errors and our habit of stagnating on offense or at least going through stretches where we can't make a field goal even if the hoop was 20 feet wide. Lili can be hit or miss too much for my liking and Karlie needs to be more involved in our offense. She is such a great shooter that we need to get her more looks at the ball. We are still largely point-deficient at the point guard position as well.
I am just looking at a gradual, but constant improvement that can help us not only through the 3 remaining regular season games, the conference tournament and the NCAA tournament, but into next year, where it should be our year to make significant noise and take back our regular season crown and perhaps even grab a #3 seed or better in the Big Dance.
All of our graduation losses are from the scout team and we pick up 4 freshmen with 3 of them that look like they could make contributions their rookie season. We won't have any excuses of lack of experience. McCall, Kailee, Karlie and Bri will be seniors. McPhee and Kaylee are going to be juniors and Marta and Alanna will have a season under their belt.
I'm still concerned about our numerous turnovers, a lot of them off unforced errors and our habit of stagnating on offense or at least going through stretches where we can't make a field goal even if the hoop was 20 feet wide. Lili can be hit or miss too much for my liking and Karlie needs to be more involved in our offense. She is such a great shooter that we need to get her more looks at the ball. We are still largely point-deficient at the point guard position as well.
I am just looking at a gradual, but constant improvement that can help us not only through the 3 remaining regular season games, the conference tournament and the NCAA tournament, but into next year, where it should be our year to make significant noise and take back our regular season crown and perhaps even grab a #3 seed or better in the Big Dance.
All of our graduation losses are from the scout team and we pick up 4 freshmen with 3 of them that look like they could make contributions their rookie season. We won't have any excuses of lack of experience. McCall, Kailee, Karlie and Bri will be seniors. McPhee and Kaylee are going to be juniors and Marta and Alanna will have a season under their belt.