[teejers1]

I think we prefer an uptempo game as long as we're playing with good court awareness and not throwing too many wild passes. We seem to do best when we're always moving and moving the ball. If we're standing around the perimeter passing it back and forth, or if all our plays are isolation from the top of the key, we're in trouble. Best case scenario, we have another block party, Anna and the Hulls get some steals, and we hit a bunch of shots in transition and on backdoor cuts.

I expect fewer successful backdoor cuts against UConn, as I don't think they overplay the pass to the wing as much as Texas did (and others do).
But maybe.  Backdoor cuts can work against any kind of D - it's all about surprise - and maybe UConn defenders drop their guard, so to speak, on the back door cut.  Hope so.

I'm wondering if Stanford can exploit the high-low game against UConn.  Just think our advantage is there, and not at guard position.

[teejers1]

I think we prefer an uptempo game as long as we're playing with good court awareness and not throwing too many wild passes. We seem to do best when we're always moving and moving the ball. If we're standing around the perimeter passing it back and forth, or if all our plays are isolation from the top of the key, we're in trouble. Best case scenario, we have another block party, Anna and the Hulls get some steals, and we hit a bunch of shots in transition and on backdoor cuts.

I expect fewer successful backdoor cuts against UConn, as I don't think they overplay the pass to the wing as much as Texas did (and others do).
But maybe.  Backdoor cuts can work against any kind of D - it's all about surprise - and maybe UConn defenders drop their guard, so to speak, on the back door cut.  Hope so.

I'm wondering if Stanford can exploit the high-low game against UConn.  Just think our advantage is there, and not at guard position.