[TheFarm07]

I watched the first replay and to be fair to Tara, she was not playing kill-the-clock from our last basket at about the 8 minute mark until the end the game.  For the first few minutes we were taking shots--just missing them.  Lacie hoisted up a very quick trey and missed and probably got a talking to--those long rebounds are the stuff of which comebacks are made.  I sensed the kill-the-clock strategy only for the last few minutes.  Coming as it did after a string of missed shots gave a very odd impression.  We just beat our toughest opponent and did not score a basket in the final 8+ minutes of the game.  An odd feeling.  But as Bob says--a win :)

Agreed.  We had good looks, good shots, they just rolled the wrong way.   The late end game was different, with ugly turnovers by Haley and Lacie', including her second bad inbounds throw.

I know that it may sound contradictory to what I posted earlier as I actually agree that I thought I didn't see much of the killing the clock strategy either. I just latched onto someone bringing that strategy up. My more pertinent point is that we made mistakes that we shouldn't have which contributed to Oregon making a run and the game ended up closer than it should have been.

As I earlier said, the win is the most important, but it would have been better if we have held onto that lead. However, that shouldn't over shadow the fact that this game showed that our depth is amazingly good. We might have had a better starting five, but I think that this is the deepest roster in terms of talent for as long as I followed the team for the last fifteen-ish years.

[TheFarm07]

I watched the first replay and to be fair to Tara, she was not playing kill-the-clock from our last basket at about the 8 minute mark until the end the game.  For the first few minutes we were taking shots--just missing them.  Lacie hoisted up a very quick trey and missed and probably got a talking to--those long rebounds are the stuff of which comebacks are made.  I sensed the kill-the-clock strategy only for the last few minutes.  Coming as it did after a string of missed shots gave a very odd impression.  We just beat our toughest opponent and did not score a basket in the final 8+ minutes of the game.  An odd feeling.  But as Bob says--a win :)

Agreed.  We had good looks, good shots, they just rolled the wrong way.   The late end game was different, with ugly turnovers by Haley and Lacie', including her second bad inbounds throw.

I know that it may sound contradictory to what I posted earlier as I actually agree that I thought I didn't see much of the killing the clock strategy either. I just latched onto someone bringing that strategy up. My more pertinent point is that we made mistakes that we shouldn't have which contributed to Oregon making a run and the game ended up closer than it should have been.

As I earlier said, the win is the most important, but it would have been better if we have held onto that lead. However, that shouldn't over shadow the fact that this game showed that our depth is amazingly good. We might have had a better starting five, but I think that this is the deepest roster in terms of talent for as long as I followed the team for the last fifteen-ish years.