[RuralFan]

It has now been about three hours from the end of the game.  I am still angry.  How could Stanford have put on the court a team so unprepared?  This was a nationally televised game with much advertising before hand and many will think it funny if Stanford is even mentioned as a top ten team.

Vic Schaeffer was a defensive coordinator in 2011 for Texas A&M, and Texas beat Stanford in a National Semifinal game with exactly the defense he used today. Even worse, Jeanette Pohlen was the Stanford point guard for much of that game.  Did Jeanette and Tara not remember?  In any case, we had no more answers today than we did a decade ago.

We obviously have a point guard problem, although I thought Lacie Hull did well in her minutes.  On the other hand, our other point guards didn't have much luck. I think the apparent game plan may have been to blame.  You can't stand around if you want to poke holes in Vic's defense and stand around is exactly what we did. Several times we did get past the press and had three on two situations. We immediately slowed the ball and waited for Texas to set up their defense.

Wasn't it a brilliant move for Haley Jones to bring the ball up the court?  I would argue it was a brilliant move for Texas. It took Haley out of the offense and resulted in some crazy passes that mostly ended up in the seats.

This is a early season game and surely everything will be fine later.  I hope so, but not if we don't good deal smarter about what we are trying to do.

[RuralFan]

It has now been about three hours from the end of the game.  I am still angry.  How could Stanford have put on the court a team so unprepared?  This was a nationally televised game with much advertising before hand and many will think it funny if Stanford is even mentioned as a top ten team.

Vic Schaeffer was a defensive coordinator in 2011 for Texas A&M, and Texas beat Stanford in a National Semifinal game with exactly the defense he used today. Even worse, Jeanette Pohlen was the Stanford point guard for much of that game.  Did Jeanette and Tara not remember?  In any case, we had no more answers today than we did a decade ago.

We obviously have a point guard problem, although I thought Lacie Hull did well in her minutes.  On the other hand, our other point guards didn't have much luck. I think the apparent game plan may have been to blame.  You can't stand around if you want to poke holes in Vic's defense and stand around is exactly what we did. Several times we did get past the press and had three on two situations. We immediately slowed the ball and waited for Texas to set up their defense.

Wasn't it a brilliant move for Haley Jones to bring the ball up the court?  I would argue it was a brilliant move for Texas. It took Haley out of the offense and resulted in some crazy passes that mostly ended up in the seats.

This is a early season game and surely everything will be fine later.  I hope so, but not if we don't good deal smarter about what we are trying to do.