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 And so no one really practiced or executed what they now so desperately need to execute.  Our players had to retool and learn new skills--really a new offense, even if it is the same system.

As for that practice, this year's players last year only had a total of 1/3 of the time on the floor (69 minutes of the 200).  (I'm not counting Agara (not a driver) or Lepolo (not playing, I presume).)  So they wouldn't have had that much time to practice driving anyway.   Lepolo did drive through the lane some, but not to shoot or deliver the ball to someone at the basket, but instead to make the defense move so she could get someone free on the 3pt line.

If anyone hasn't watched Duke yet, I think you'll see why it looks like a team composed of Hull quintuplets.

I think we have to set solid & stationary screens, with the moving player bumping into her teammate to force the defender to trail or go around the screen. There will be no collapsing to the key by any Duke defenders; No defender will be even 5 feet off a 3-point shooter. Can Stanford score in the transition? Maybe but it will be difficult. Can Shay make something happen? Maybe, but a defender trailing her will still block her shot. Maybe if she can dish to Agara...

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 And so no one really practiced or executed what they now so desperately need to execute.  Our players had to retool and learn new skills--really a new offense, even if it is the same system.

As for that practice, this year's players last year only had a total of 1/3 of the time on the floor (69 minutes of the 200).  (I'm not counting Agara (not a driver) or Lepolo (not playing, I presume).)  So they wouldn't have had that much time to practice driving anyway.   Lepolo did drive through the lane some, but not to shoot or deliver the ball to someone at the basket, but instead to make the defense move so she could get someone free on the 3pt line.

If anyone hasn't watched Duke yet, I think you'll see why it looks like a team composed of Hull quintuplets.

I think we have to set solid & stationary screens, with the moving player bumping into her teammate to force the defender to trail or go around the screen. There will be no collapsing to the key by any Duke defenders; No defender will be even 5 feet off a 3-point shooter. Can Stanford score in the transition? Maybe but it will be difficult. Can Shay make something happen? Maybe, but a defender trailing her will still block her shot. Maybe if she can dish to Agara...