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Post by coyoteglory on Jan 4, 2018 20:14:55 GMT -6
I am surprised the Yotes are winning by this much but not that they are winning. The USD women aren't getting enough respect and have a lot of talent. they will compete for the title and people will realize it at some point. coyotecrazie is right. when we are shooting well and playing unselfish, we can beat anyone in the conference.
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Post by coyoteglory on Jan 4, 2018 20:08:25 GMT -6
We have been playing Duffy and Trimboli all half at the 4 and 5 positions. I wonder if this is something the coaches will look to go to more often.
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Post by coyoteglory on Jan 4, 2018 19:41:18 GMT -6
Used to be a big fan of McKeever but I'm not a fan of her recent games where she's taking more shots than almost anyone else. The shots she's taking aren't good shots, and she gets blocked a lot. I would much rather Bradley be taking those shots and getting those minutes. McKeever needs to focus on being the high energy player we need. I'm worried that we'll lose out on her good aspects when she starts focusing more on taking lots of shots (8 this half).
Besides that, I like the way we are playing this half. We are proving that we can do it with the best of them which is great for our confidence.
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Post by coyoteglory on Jan 2, 2018 18:24:07 GMT -6
Very nice first quarter and a 27-14 lead. I guess Jaycee Bradley has shown up big so far with 3 triples and the Coyotes are 5 out of 6 from deep. The team is really playing well and playing with energy. Just keep it up and demoralize the Bison. I think our previous discussion on Jaycee gave her the boost she needed! Regarding the point guard discussion, I still think we need a true PG. There are times on the fast break, like a few times with Arens, where she just doesn't see the open person. Overall though, I thought we passed much better this game.
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Post by coyoteglory on Jan 2, 2018 15:52:41 GMT -6
why would mckeever not be the point guard? she does very well bringing the ball up court and has good handles. she is the person I would want both with the ball and guarding the ball on D. She is crafty and if it came down to a player being pressured in a late game situation I would feel the best with her guarding the rock. if anything she is the best pure point guard on the team. I do agree that everyone could work on their passing. I agree that she has great handles and is certainly our best defender. But she's not a point guard. She's more naturally an attacker and shooting guard. She doesn't see the floor very well (part of this might be due to her size) and also isn't fantastic at passing out of her drives. I think she's a solid player. I just disagree that she's a point guard, and far from a pure point guard.
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Post by coyoteglory on Jan 2, 2018 12:12:32 GMT -6
To Jaycee's defense I don't think she has been setup to get good shots off. It seemed like last year the Coyotes were taking open threes and that hasn't been the case as much this year. I don't really seeing the team trying to set her up much. The Coyotes game this year tends to focus on isolation and getting player to exploit one on one matchups to get to the rim. I don't think that necessarily fits into Bradley's strengths. I would like to see more ball movement as well. This comes back to the problems mentioned earlier regarding no point guard. Arens and McKeever are not point guards and neither passes particularly well, and Duffy played that role last year but is now playing inside. Maybe one of the Freshman would be better at setting up/passing?
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Post by coyoteglory on Jan 1, 2018 11:29:47 GMT -6
Easmus has got this right. And I actually think Jaycee's struggles have part of the reason we haven't been as good this year versus last. We need her to start shooting better if we want to compete with the best in the conference.
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Post by coyoteglory on Dec 30, 2017 15:04:38 GMT -6
Duffy played very very well today, with 24 points and 10 rebounds. But this Denver team is not that good. We also played much of the second half without one of the two posts, and played much better that way. It will be interesting to see if we can do that against bigger and better teams.
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Post by coyoteglory on Dec 18, 2017 21:11:51 GMT -6
Too many cooks spoil the broth. Roles need to be a little more clearly defined and somebody needs to be looking out for their teammates more than themselves. I don't know who that player will be, or if she even exists on this team. That said, it really goes to show what Fogg brought defensively (and offensively, for that matter) last year and the glue that this team is missing in the form of Bridget Arens. It's a lot easier to run an "equal-opportunity" motion offense when you've got one selfless player out there looking to set picks and get loose balls to help the team instead of her stat line. The unselfish is right on. We have too many people who only know how to create a shot for one person.
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Post by coyoteglory on Dec 16, 2017 15:12:49 GMT -6
We missed way too many layups and ball movement and movement without ball was slow. Give Tulsa credit they defended the perimeter well and really hustled the whole game. We missed more FTs than normal. Our D didn't close out their 3s often enough so when you add that all up a close loss is going to happen. Will be a great wakeup call! Even at home must have an intense effort all 4 Qs against every team!! Go Yotes!!! I think sdyotefan is right about this. Tulsa did play a good game. They made lots of open 3's, so we have to give them credit. And we missed lots of layups. But I also think Coyote Fan's post is right. Our offense looks terrible. As good as Mckeever is, we won't be able to compete with the best of the summit league with her taking 15 shots a game. Like I said earlier, I would like to see us give the ball to Arens less in the open court and more in set plays. She struggles to pass and move the ball with her head down, and in general, she was better last year when she played off the ball more. Hopefully Dawn will figure that out by looking at the video. I'm also with Coyote Fan in that Bradley must be in the game at the end. She's too good of a shooter not to play at the end of the game.
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Post by coyoteglory on Dec 16, 2017 15:05:23 GMT -6
Coyotes take on San Jose State Sunday who are 2-7 with 5 of those loses coming on the road. Most of their loses are not by large margins. The Yotes need to approach them like they are Duke and take care of business! GO YOTES!!! If we approach every game like we against Duke, I think we win the conference this year. We are certainly capable.
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Post by coyoteglory on Dec 16, 2017 14:49:08 GMT -6
Wow... do we look sloppy today... Just not a great game for us overall. Not sure what the solution is.
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Post by coyoteglory on Dec 16, 2017 14:18:47 GMT -6
Coyote Glory you are right on. That was some pretty bad basketball that first half. There is no way that Tulsa should be leading this game. The Coyote offense looks very out of sync which has seemed to be a theme all year. The movement without the ball is not good. The passing is not good. Where is Jaycee Bradley this year. It seems like she has taken a step back. She is, or should I say was one of the best three point shooters last year. Why are the Coyotes not looking to free her up for some good looks from outside. I used to always see her take open threes and that almost never happens anymore. It is not all just simply the defense. The Coyotes are not working hard to get good shots. Allison is in ISO alot but honestly that isn't that bad of a thing because she does well getting to the rim and drawing fouls. The whole atmosphere was flat for most of the half. I know people hate when I talk about attendance but it would be generous to say that there is 500 there today. Frederick simply needs to stop shooting. Many of her shots are not even close. Tulsa is no better than a mid level Summit team. Other then Duffy and McKeever I worry that our sophomore and freshman classes are for the most part weak. There is not one freshman that I have been impressed with so far. I think you hit the issues spot on. We just don't have much movement (i.e., PASSING) and I'm not sure why that it is. I think someone said on this blog earlier that running the ball through Allison has hurt the movement. Duffy played point last year and it seemed to move a bit more so maybe that could help? But it definitely wasn't as bad last year. And as good as Arens is, the ball just doesn't move enough because she puts her head down when she dribbles. I also wonder if that's why Bradley hasn't gotten more looks. Simply not enough movement to get her open. I wonder maybe if the two freshman guards should get a chance. We've never seen them much in the normal flow of the game. But there are easy changes like the coaches telling Frederich to pass at least sometimes in the post. She's a good defender and rebounder but she hurts us too much offensively at times. I also agree about the atmosphere. I think a good atmosphere can breed more unselfish (just winning) play, so hopefully that changes moving forward.
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Post by coyoteglory on Dec 16, 2017 13:27:08 GMT -6
This first quarter has led me to believe that I'm just not sure how good we can be this year with our two posts. Liveringhouse has some upside when she starts shooting well, but I think Frederich touches the ball 10 times a game and shoots 7 of those. It's frustrating because she has such a high potential, but her 3 shots this quarter illustrate what may happen against good teams. They'll just let the ball go into the post and know that she'll always shoot it. And our we struggle on the post on Defense too. I'm hopeful the coaches will help but I'm not sure when we play big teams our successful we can be. I guess we'll just have to hope that we shoot from the outside well in those games.
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Post by coyoteglory on Dec 9, 2017 14:15:20 GMT -6
Trimboli is playing with experience. I love her moves under the basket. Elusive. I like that more stuff is running through her.
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