[2006alum]

DVR'd and not sure when I'll get a chance to watch, but very encouraging to hear how well we played! Stoked that Lexie and Brown are playing their way into the players they were hyped to be as recruits!

BTW, Smith is on her way to an A-A kind of season: in conference play she's averaging a double-double, 4.5 blocks per game, a 3:2 blocks:fouls ratio, and >.900 from the line. And she's on pace to average the highest ppg (19.7 on the season) of any Cardinal since Chiney in 13-14. I can't remember the last time we've had such a complete player - neither Jayne nor the Ogwumikes were solid outside shooters, and Candice was never a blocking and rebounding machine. 

And I'll say it again: it's also a testament to Tara's prescience in switching to the Princeton. This team has really come into their own running this offense, and Smith's versatility would never have been as pronounced under the old triangle offense. I am really in awe of Tara's chessmaster-like ability to see three moves (and seasons) ahead of everybody else. Jones is the epitome of a positionless, Princeton-style player, and both Prechtell and Brink are apparently extraordinarily versatile for bigs. I really really hope Tara will get one more championship before she mic drops. She 'deserves' it under every definition of that word.

[2006alum]

DVR'd and not sure when I'll get a chance to watch, but very encouraging to hear how well we played! Stoked that Lexie and Brown are playing their way into the players they were hyped to be as recruits!

BTW, Smith is on her way to an A-A kind of season: in conference play she's averaging a double-double, 4.5 blocks per game, a 3:2 blocks:fouls ratio, and >.900 from the line. And she's on pace to average the highest ppg (19.7 on the season) of any Cardinal since Chiney in 13-14. I can't remember the last time we've had such a complete player - neither Jayne nor the Ogwumikes were solid outside shooters, and Candice was never a blocking and rebounding machine. 

And I'll say it again: it's also a testament to Tara's prescience in switching to the Princeton. This team has really come into their own running this offense, and Smith's versatility would never have been as pronounced under the old triangle offense. I am really in awe of Tara's chessmaster-like ability to see three moves (and seasons) ahead of everybody else. Jones is the epitome of a positionless, Princeton-style player, and both Prechtell and Brink are apparently extraordinarily versatile for bigs. I really really hope Tara will get one more championship before she mic drops. She 'deserves' it under every definition of that word.