01-06-2013, 07:59 PM
UConn lost to ND at home yesterday! (I missed it) Let's see what that does to the polls. Unfortunately, that probably means Stanford drops another place, but hey, I'd have to say it is worth it. Wasn't it about 3 years ago that #1 beat #2, who beat #3, who beat #4, who beat #1, or some sort of vicious circle?
The Stanford-Utah game was webcast and I don't see a way for it to be repeated (nor do I know how one would capture it). The cameras were fairly tight on the players so you couldn't see all the players, and we kept missing basketball as they would put up replays & graphics for the home crowd (clearly this was the feed to their big screen). So it was harder to follow what was going on.
I got confused by the game time and came in an hour late, several minutes into the second half. So I missed whatever KZSU might have said about Toni as well. The release after the game indicates she was "held out as a precaution".
But I am DELIGHTED about Sara's performance. In preseason she had some flashes of brilliance, taking the ball aggressively to the hoop. She did that today. I have the impression she must have really worked hard over the summer, and came back ready to make the starting lineup. I love it when hard work pays off. 18pts beat her previous career high (frosh year vs USF) of 14.
Beware what you wish for. Tara wished for a better PAC-12 WBB. It seems we have it.
This was our season low in offensive rebounds and in offensive rebounding %. Despite a near-average, defensive rebounding %, the total of the two was also our season low. Our season-low 4 second-chance points all came on free throws late in the second half. They had our opponent's season-high 8 three-pointers.
But on the good side of the ledger, we had our season low of just 6 turnovers (avg 12) with a season low of 1 that wasn't a steal. Utah thus had a season low of just 1 point off turnovers (avg 10). While our 19 assists were not a season high (avg 14, high 21), our A/FG was a season high at 70%. Our A/TO was also a season high. We also had a good number of steals (9, avg 5, high 11). Our FT% was really good at 11 of 12.
Other than that, we were pretty close to our season average.
I didn't see the relatively weak first half by Chiney, but what I saw was Jos playing the post & Chiney out more. Thus her (and Stanford's) rebounding was down, esp. on the O-boards. I suspect this also increased our A/FG ratio as well, since Chiney's good interior play doesn't tally up the assists.
VG, I see it differently than "Jos and Ruef often simply stayed glued to the pick rather than get a hand out or any sort of help to the perimeter defender."Â I didn't see enough of today's game, but I've seen them follow the dribbler enough to cause me concern in previous games.Â
One thing I again saw in Amber was her going for an O-board. Great if she gets it, but her job (IMHO) is to get back on defense, which I believe she should do more of. That showed up in the UConn game.
KZSU asked Chiney whether anyone said anything about her 3pt shot. She said not. At one point, it looked like Chiney may have rolled her ankle and was out for a while, but she came back. She didn't mention it during the radio interview. But it makes one appreciate the offensive experimentation.
(By the way, Sam Fisher (KZSU announcer) indicated that the print media press conference gets whatever two players they want, and KZSU, by rule, is stuck with the third choice. But today, Chiney apparently came out after the press conference. So, it appears maybe the athletic department wasn't leaving KZSU in the lurch.)
The Stanford-Utah game was webcast and I don't see a way for it to be repeated (nor do I know how one would capture it). The cameras were fairly tight on the players so you couldn't see all the players, and we kept missing basketball as they would put up replays & graphics for the home crowd (clearly this was the feed to their big screen). So it was harder to follow what was going on.
I got confused by the game time and came in an hour late, several minutes into the second half. So I missed whatever KZSU might have said about Toni as well. The release after the game indicates she was "held out as a precaution".
But I am DELIGHTED about Sara's performance. In preseason she had some flashes of brilliance, taking the ball aggressively to the hoop. She did that today. I have the impression she must have really worked hard over the summer, and came back ready to make the starting lineup. I love it when hard work pays off. 18pts beat her previous career high (frosh year vs USF) of 14.
Beware what you wish for. Tara wished for a better PAC-12 WBB. It seems we have it.
This was our season low in offensive rebounds and in offensive rebounding %. Despite a near-average, defensive rebounding %, the total of the two was also our season low. Our season-low 4 second-chance points all came on free throws late in the second half. They had our opponent's season-high 8 three-pointers.
But on the good side of the ledger, we had our season low of just 6 turnovers (avg 12) with a season low of 1 that wasn't a steal. Utah thus had a season low of just 1 point off turnovers (avg 10). While our 19 assists were not a season high (avg 14, high 21), our A/FG was a season high at 70%. Our A/TO was also a season high. We also had a good number of steals (9, avg 5, high 11). Our FT% was really good at 11 of 12.
Other than that, we were pretty close to our season average.
I didn't see the relatively weak first half by Chiney, but what I saw was Jos playing the post & Chiney out more. Thus her (and Stanford's) rebounding was down, esp. on the O-boards. I suspect this also increased our A/FG ratio as well, since Chiney's good interior play doesn't tally up the assists.
VG, I see it differently than "Jos and Ruef often simply stayed glued to the pick rather than get a hand out or any sort of help to the perimeter defender."Â I didn't see enough of today's game, but I've seen them follow the dribbler enough to cause me concern in previous games.Â
One thing I again saw in Amber was her going for an O-board. Great if she gets it, but her job (IMHO) is to get back on defense, which I believe she should do more of. That showed up in the UConn game.
KZSU asked Chiney whether anyone said anything about her 3pt shot. She said not. At one point, it looked like Chiney may have rolled her ankle and was out for a while, but she came back. She didn't mention it during the radio interview. But it makes one appreciate the offensive experimentation.
(By the way, Sam Fisher (KZSU announcer) indicated that the print media press conference gets whatever two players they want, and KZSU, by rule, is stuck with the third choice. But today, Chiney apparently came out after the press conference. So, it appears maybe the athletic department wasn't leaving KZSU in the lurch.)