[BBGuru]

The press conference is up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAMuCer4j...e=youtu.be

Tara: 

"We didn't shoot the ball well, and I can live with that.  But we did not defend them worth a lick.  Very disappointing from my perspective."

"We weren't attacking the basket the way we needed to."

My thoughts are:

"Overall we were out-played."---TVD.

I guess this is deemed to be primarily the players' loss.

I agree our guards needed to attack the basket much more aggressively but our shooters got a lot of good looks. They just missed. Also if the first option is to get the ball to Chiney and the second option is to kick it out to the set shooters, I wonder if they actually have the latitude to be spontaneous and decide the play has broken down and now it's time to attack. We also need more screens! They should be a natural part of the offense.

Again we seem to live and die by the 3 which theoretically seems sound since according to Stanford's Game Notes:

"Lili Thompson (43.9) leads the Pac-12 in 3-point field-goal percentage while Bonnie Samuelson (41.7) is third, and Karlie Samuelson (40. ) is fifth."

I guess it makes sense to rely on our great 3pt shooters but when the team is being well-guarded by aggressive defenders and those shots don't fall we need to have an already established alternate plan.

[BBGuru]

The press conference is up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAMuCer4j...e=youtu.be

Tara: 

"We didn't shoot the ball well, and I can live with that.  But we did not defend them worth a lick.  Very disappointing from my perspective."

"We weren't attacking the basket the way we needed to."

My thoughts are:

"Overall we were out-played."---TVD.

I guess this is deemed to be primarily the players' loss.

I agree our guards needed to attack the basket much more aggressively but our shooters got a lot of good looks. They just missed. Also if the first option is to get the ball to Chiney and the second option is to kick it out to the set shooters, I wonder if they actually have the latitude to be spontaneous and decide the play has broken down and now it's time to attack. We also need more screens! They should be a natural part of the offense.

Again we seem to live and die by the 3 which theoretically seems sound since according to Stanford's Game Notes:

"Lili Thompson (43.9) leads the Pac-12 in 3-point field-goal percentage while Bonnie Samuelson (41.7) is third, and Karlie Samuelson (40. ) is fifth."

I guess it makes sense to rely on our great 3pt shooters but when the team is being well-guarded by aggressive defenders and those shots don't fall we need to have an already established alternate plan.