01-20-2025, 03:16 AM
I had to watch the game in replay...
Anyone besides me impressed with how the team played against such an elite defense? Our defense was not so good though.
Congrats to Agara for getting a double-double. Previous double-doubles by Duke opponents in regulation have been a player on each of Maryland, So. Dakota St, So. Carolina, and So. Florida.
Someone above mentioned inbounds plays... What did you think of that today?
I felt Stanford had better ball control against the "elite defense" than I expected. And, as the announcers noted, Stanford adjusted at the half, which to me is a reflection of good coaching and players that can adjust mid-game. Too bad that didn't happen mid 2nd quarter.
Stanford had 20 turnovers. Duke's average forced turnovers is 21.3. 3 of Stanford's turnovers were in garbage time (Papadaki & Green were in the game, so everyone was playing with players they don't normally play with.)
Stanford did shoot 44.4% from 3pt. We just couldn't get enough open shots.
Rebounds: We got 27.5% of OR chances and 70.6% of DR chances (sum of 98.1, a slight disadvantage)
Some thought Heal had a poor day, but she wisely played the correct 9 minutes as she was the only player with a positive +/-. If only the entire team had played that way... Ogden was close with a +/- of 0 for her 25 minutes.
I was impressed that Paye got everyone (I think) on the court at the end. It is easy to do that when you're up by 25, but more challenging to do it when you're down by 21. (Stanford was down 21 when the rarely used players got on the floor. Stanford had 12 players in the stat sheet; Duke had 10.)
As for our players that didn't produce as much as they usually do, we should remember that Stanford historically has shut down the top players of many teams, even great players on great teams. I presume that's what Lawson's game plan was.
81alum, you continue to be astute in your analysis. And +1 for CompSci87's point.
Anyone besides me impressed with how the team played against such an elite defense? Our defense was not so good though.
Congrats to Agara for getting a double-double. Previous double-doubles by Duke opponents in regulation have been a player on each of Maryland, So. Dakota St, So. Carolina, and So. Florida.
Someone above mentioned inbounds plays... What did you think of that today?
I felt Stanford had better ball control against the "elite defense" than I expected. And, as the announcers noted, Stanford adjusted at the half, which to me is a reflection of good coaching and players that can adjust mid-game. Too bad that didn't happen mid 2nd quarter.
Stanford had 20 turnovers. Duke's average forced turnovers is 21.3. 3 of Stanford's turnovers were in garbage time (Papadaki & Green were in the game, so everyone was playing with players they don't normally play with.)
Stanford did shoot 44.4% from 3pt. We just couldn't get enough open shots.
Rebounds: We got 27.5% of OR chances and 70.6% of DR chances (sum of 98.1, a slight disadvantage)
Some thought Heal had a poor day, but she wisely played the correct 9 minutes as she was the only player with a positive +/-. If only the entire team had played that way... Ogden was close with a +/- of 0 for her 25 minutes.
I was impressed that Paye got everyone (I think) on the court at the end. It is easy to do that when you're up by 25, but more challenging to do it when you're down by 21. (Stanford was down 21 when the rarely used players got on the floor. Stanford had 12 players in the stat sheet; Duke had 10.)
As for our players that didn't produce as much as they usually do, we should remember that Stanford historically has shut down the top players of many teams, even great players on great teams. I presume that's what Lawson's game plan was.
81alum, you continue to be astute in your analysis. And +1 for CompSci87's point.