2018-19 Season Discussion

DFW_Horn said:
There’s a hesitancy from all players on the team this year that minimizes the advantage the post player receiving the ball has. Too often a Texas post moves across the paint and gets good position but the player with the ball doesn’t immediately get them the ball meaning their defender can then get into defensive position and/or the double team drops down. I’m not calling out the guards because the other posts do it as well even though they have to know the advantage of getting the ball as soon as they ‘flash’. There was a glaring example yesterday when Jatarie had the ball in the corner and Charli jumped into position on the block with her defender trailing. Jatarie hesitated then passed it to a player on the perimeter. Having the longer, more athletic posts isn’t that big of an advantage if they rarely get the ball before they’re immediately boxed in by 2 defenders.
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We play tentatively... Scared of making a mistake and getting caught by the revolving door at the scorer's table. There's NO continuity unless we can get in transition and even that is difficult to establish with all the jerking in and out. I get using the bench in an attempt to wear down the opponent and keep legs fresh, but the revolving door is not the way.
 
Notre Dame's defeat by unranked North Carolina confirms what many have been saying: No contender is unbeatable this year; the national championship is wide open. I don't think Texas will go to Final Four Land; but the Notre Dame loss shows we certainly have the potential to beat Baylor. It will have to be a night when everybody is hitting their shots, and we really haven't had one like that all season. Let's hope we're due.
 
Okay, couldn't think of any other place to put this.
congrats to Danni on making the top five plays of the week for this shot vs Baylor. :hookem3:
 
With Sedona and Charli in the lineup next season, I hope our players continue to work on making good entry passes to the post.
 
Results beginning this past Monday through Saturday. Enough losses/upsets of teams ranked above Texas included to make Texas one of the top 16 a possibility.

02/18/19
#12 Oregon State 67 #2 Oregon 62
#5 Norte Dame 95 #9 NC State 72

02/21/19
Virginia Tech 73 #14 Miami 65
#16 Kentucky 65 #13 South Carolina 57
Indiana 75 #10 Iowa 73

02/22/19
UCLA 74 #2 Oregon 69
Butler 61 #11 Marquette 57
California 69 #17 Arizona State 60

02/23/19
#1 Baylor 73 #20 Iowa State 60
 
Don't see it, and we wouldn't deserve it, without winning out our remaining games except Baylor, and getting into finals of Big 12 Tournament. And really, we probably would need to beat Baylor, too.
 
It's very doubtful, but if things fall just right....I think we have a very good chance of winning one of the next two games and getting to the finals of the Big 12 tournament.
 
If we get into the top 16 and are able to host, I would certainly not turn up my nose at it. Simply because the team would have done enough to meet the metrics to get selected. Good enough for me.
 
Sug is currently tied with Carla Cortijo with 172 assists and is 55 assists from taking the #1 spot from Kamie Etheridge who had 226 assists her junior year.
 
I agree, that is very strange about Erin Grant being let go. Didn't say anything about her accepting a different job? I could see her leaving for that.
 
I was curious what Del Conte might be tweeting about the team. Find it very odd that there have only been two tweets in 4 days, considering the team qualified for the tournament. I only counted 3 tweets for all of March, to date, while there are numerous tweets promoting multiple other sports teams. It is whatever it is, but I find it odd.
 
Sure hope folks remember Erin Grant. Four consecutive state championships at Mansfield in the early 2000’s. My daughters AAU team beat her team the Arlington Golden Eagles for the 14U Southwest Region Championship. So we got to see her play a lot over her AAU and high school years. She went on to a wonderful career at Texas Tech. Then was an assistant at UTA with Samantha Morrow. So going back to TTech was probably a win for her. I always loved her calm demeanor and leadership......the consummate point guard. With a new coach at Tech, sometimes there is not a good fit. I hope she has good coaching choices in the future.
 
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