[BillBradley]

My concern is that we won't have anybody on the team next year who can initiate offense under intense pressure from a top flight defender. I don't see anybody with that kind of handle, and I see guards at Louisville, Baylor and S Carolina who will bring that (after Aari is gone, there's nobody in the Pac 12 who comes close to that intensity). I am also concerned, but less so, that we don't have anybody who can stay in front of those same guards when we are on defense, although Lexie did a pretty good job on Cooke when she was finally given a chance. I think we will be awesome in the front court, but do we have the players to get them the ball? 

P.S. this was even a problem this year, but Ki was just good enough to get us over the top. We would have lost the last three games without her.

Yep, that's a really good observation. The P12 teams next year don't have guards like that, and they sure caused us issues in the tourney on both sides of the ball. I could see a scenario where we are ranked highly all year, do well in the P12, but hit this stumbling block in the tourney.  Neither Jana nor Jenna have that type of quickness. Lacie might do better against quickness in that she has great speed and is big/strong enough that she won't get knocked off the ball too easily.

[BillBradley]

My concern is that we won't have anybody on the team next year who can initiate offense under intense pressure from a top flight defender. I don't see anybody with that kind of handle, and I see guards at Louisville, Baylor and S Carolina who will bring that (after Aari is gone, there's nobody in the Pac 12 who comes close to that intensity). I am also concerned, but less so, that we don't have anybody who can stay in front of those same guards when we are on defense, although Lexie did a pretty good job on Cooke when she was finally given a chance. I think we will be awesome in the front court, but do we have the players to get them the ball? 

P.S. this was even a problem this year, but Ki was just good enough to get us over the top. We would have lost the last three games without her.

Yep, that's a really good observation. The P12 teams next year don't have guards like that, and they sure caused us issues in the tourney on both sides of the ball. I could see a scenario where we are ranked highly all year, do well in the P12, but hit this stumbling block in the tourney.  Neither Jana nor Jenna have that type of quickness. Lacie might do better against quickness in that she has great speed and is big/strong enough that she won't get knocked off the ball too easily.