We are hoping for Utah to beat UCLA to make us a 2 seed. That is about as likely as Cal beating Arizona....ooops... :) We will probably play Oregon State on Friday, but we could play Arizona State if we climb to a 2. That is assuming that those two teams win their games on Thursday.
As for the ending of the game, I would not be too down on the team for the 4th quarter run on us. Once we were up by 22 I am sure that Tara told the team to run the clock down on every possession. When you have 10 seconds in the half court to execute, you are not going to be as successful as if you take the first good open shot in your possession. Several of those turnovers came on desperation passes at the end of the shot clock. But so long as we were taking 25 seconds off the clock for every 2 points we gave up we were gong to win. Would it have been better if we had executed our offense more successfully? Of course. But we did what the coaches wanted us to do the most--win the game by draining the clock. We did not actually need any more points to do that so long as we made every possession a long one.
Also, something I did not note in my write-up, which is done up top. Remember we were just bemoaning our inability to drive from the elbow to the basket? Well, both Belibi and Dodson did that today. Steps in the right direction.
As for the ending of the game, I would not be too down on the team for the 4th quarter run on us. Once we were up by 22 I am sure that Tara told the team to run the clock down on every possession. When you have 10 seconds in the half court to execute, you are not going to be as successful as if you take the first good open shot in your possession. Several of those turnovers came on desperation passes at the end of the shot clock. But so long as we were taking 25 seconds off the clock for every 2 points we gave up we were gong to win. Would it have been better if we had executed our offense more successfully? Of course. But we did what the coaches wanted us to do the most--win the game by draining the clock. We did not actually need any more points to do that so long as we made every possession a long one.
Also, something I did not note in my write-up, which is done up top. Remember we were just bemoaning our inability to drive from the elbow to the basket? Well, both Belibi and Dodson did that today. Steps in the right direction.