NCAA Tournament 1st Round: No. 21/23 Rutgers Women's Basketball vs. BYU
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BYU stinks and Rutgers leads 26-24.Guarantes performance in recent games has been less than stellar.
BYU does not stink. Please stop with the asinine statement(s).
RU scored more points in the fourth quarter than the first quarter. BYU played lights out for a few minutes in a 40-minute game and won. For those saying Diamond should have been a bigger part of the offense, is she not the point guard? She can call her own number. I think that blast by BYU rattled the Scarlet Knights. They recovered and got it back to a one-point game; BYU held on to the lead at the end.
Some of you criticise RU for not guarding the three but only when the other teams makes them. RU guards the three and gets called for a foul, then you lament that the RU player made a stupid foul.
Sad for Gilles, Guirantes, and Mack. I hope the loss is fuel for the rest of the team.
Some of you criticise RU for not guarding the three but only when the other teams makes them. RU guards the three and gets called for a foul, then you lament that the RU player made a stupid foul.
Sad for Gilles, Guirantes, and Mack. I hope the loss is fuel for the rest of the team.
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I don't know what you've seen this season, but what I've observed is that the coaching staff has directed the point guard play, even when Zippy started at point. I also have not seen plays run for her or sets that open it up for her to work. Also, it has to be stressed in the huddle that others should look for her spotting up for open threes. Too many times, a tough shot is forced up inside while she or Martino are standing open for three looks.
Some teams' best chance to beat us is to get hot from three. We could surely could have done better against that. Scouting report told you the two that shoot it really well. You don't want open looks. Make them put it on the floor, at least. If players foul on D, let them take responsibility. If the refs make poor calls, let's acknowledge it and call it out.
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You're talking a bit about me cause that's what said about THIS game. But isnt that what defensive coaching and adjustments are all about? You try to take away what is working for the other team?
Same for Diamond. She makes all the desicions out there so even if the coach says shoot more, she would decide not to?
Exactly. To me, the defense really felt out of sync when Mack picked up her 4th foul. Otherwise, no explanation - a lot of unforced TOs throughout the game and zero rebounding overall. Giles who is usually pretty sure-handed on the boards had an off day.
