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Post by yoteforever on Dec 21, 2020 12:50:15 GMT -6
USD women’s basketball is in GREAT shape. We lost a ton of talent no doubt but to say others won’t or can’t develop is out of bounds. That’s exactly what is wrong with social media. You get knee jerk reactions to situations you know nothing about. There’s a reason Coach P recruited each and every kid we have on that roster. They will play a large role in the remaining games.
And what I’m about to say isn’t exclusive to USD, but every team of any sport has been affected by Covid-19 protocol. For some, it’s lack of practice time. For others it’s start and stop because on contact tracing. For others it’s isolation and having a hard time to deal with it all.
Hoopmom is correct when she talks about their trip they just finished. Play in Peoria, Illinois against a very good Bradley team and win in convincing fashion. Then it’s on to Norman, Oklahoma to play a perennial Big 12 upper division team. And they played well. They beat us. That’s gonna happen to a team that’s still trying to find their identity. But from Vermillion to Peoria to Norman to Vermillion is 2000 frickin miles. That’s tough. Very tough. USD is playing SEC, BIG 12, BIG 10, PAC-12 teams on an annual basis now and we are holding our own. For those critical of their effort put your butts in a car and drive like they did. Your friends and family would say you’re NUTS. The lady Coyotes did it and survived. One heck of a trip to prepare you for the upcoming conference schedule.
Peplowdki, Ugofsky, and Hempe are going to be very good players. Guebert has to get outside the shadow of her sister and just be Macy. Krull, Watson, and Hansen are really good freshman. BUT they’re freshman. Like Woody Hayes once said...the best thing about freshmen is they become sophomores. Our coaching staff is AWESOME. Not just Dawn but the entire staff.
We are set for a great conference season. I like our chances....I love our team
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Post by gopheryote on Dec 21, 2020 13:09:41 GMT -6
Couple observations: - Hanna's 2 quick fouls were a result of OU having a strategy of going at her and daring the officials to call an offensive foul (head down, hook with elbow, etc.). It worked, and I would fully expect almost every team to do something similar early. Even if it is only called 50% of the time, that's a win for the other team. - The announcers - who were awful - mentioned that the team bused to Bradley and then bused to OU, getting to Normal last night. Is that right? If you are taking a bus, why in the world would you pick those two opponents (OU game was a recent add)? They certainly looked tired and disinterested in the first half.- Hansen is improving each time out - noticed her being in good spots on defense today. - I wonder if it is time to ask what happened to the sophomore class?- Officials were, well, it wasn't their best day. One was very whistle happy (maybe she wasn't used to physical basketball), and one may not have blown his whistle all day. Just generally felt like they weren't ready for either team to box out, post up, fight though screens, etc. The Yotes did not adjust to the style of game being called until foul trouble was already a problem. - First half shooting: oof. Wowza - I didn't mean things to sound so negative! Given the travel schedule, the first half made a lot more sense (my preference would have been to skip OU and keep the miles down), not to mention all the minutes going to freshmen on a trip like that. And my question about the sophomore class is much more literal/practical - they were capable players last year, so are they hurt, sick, whatever now? The minutes are so limited and sporadic that I wondered if they were OK - I chalked it up to injury so far. |
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Dec 21, 2020 13:16:27 GMT -6
Couple observations: - Hanna's 2 quick fouls were a result of OU having a strategy of going at her and daring the officials to call an offensive foul (head down, hook with elbow, etc.). It worked, and I would fully expect almost every team to do something similar early. Even if it is only called 50% of the time, that's a win for the other team. - The announcers - who were awful - mentioned that the team bused to Bradley and then bused to OU, getting to Normal last night. Is that right? If you are taking a bus, why in the world would you pick those two opponents (OU game was a recent add)? They certainly looked tired and disinterested in the first half.- Hansen is improving each time out - noticed her being in good spots on defense today. - I wonder if it is time to ask what happened to the sophomore class?- Officials were, well, it wasn't their best day. One was very whistle happy (maybe she wasn't used to physical basketball), and one may not have blown his whistle all day. Just generally felt like they weren't ready for either team to box out, post up, fight though screens, etc. The Yotes did not adjust to the style of game being called until foul trouble was already a problem. - First half shooting: oof. Wowza - I didn't mean things to so negative! Given the travel schedule, the first half made a lot more sense (my preference would have been to skip OU and keep the miles down), not to mention all the minutes going to freshmen on a trip like that. And my question about the sophomore class is much more literal/practical - they were capable players last year, so are they hurt, sick, whatever now? The minutes are so limited and sporadic that I wondered if they were OK - I chalked it up to injury so far. I don’t think the questions about the sophs are out of bounds at all. They’ve all pretty obviously been passed up by the freshmen class. That’s just a fact. It’s the danger in trying to read the future off garbage time minutes in 30-point blowouts against other teams’ subs. Hitting 3s up 30 with no pressure and everybody laughing and smiling is a whole different animal than doing it when things are serious. |
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Dec 21, 2020 19:26:56 GMT -6
NDSU just beat Kansas on the road. Kansas beat Oklahoma by 10.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Dec 21, 2020 19:40:13 GMT -6
Bison now have beaten UNI, Green Bay (twice) and Kansas and needed OT to beat UND. Summit might be a bit salty this year.
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Post by yoteforever on Dec 21, 2020 19:51:57 GMT -6
That’s great. Having more than 2 teams is good for the league.
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Post by elcoyote on Dec 21, 2020 22:47:19 GMT -6
Wasn't NDSU's coach an assistant at Kansas before taking the Bison gig?
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Post by hoopsmom on Dec 21, 2020 22:48:54 GMT -6
NDSU just beat Kansas on the road. Kansas beat Oklahoma by 10. But when Kansas played them, Oklahoma only had six players. |
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@ Oklahoma
Dec 21, 2020 23:01:08 GMT -6
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Post by sdyotefan on Dec 21, 2020 23:01:08 GMT -6
Also Oklahoma's leading scorer, Williams, was back against the Coyotes after missing two games and scored 19 in the game.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Dec 21, 2020 23:05:08 GMT -6
Wasn't NDSU's coach an assistant at Kansas before taking the Bison gig? He did spend a year in Lawrence. |
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Dec 21, 2020 23:22:20 GMT -6
I'm just saying NDSU probably isn't going to be a 40-point game this season.
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@ Oklahoma
Dec 21, 2020 23:49:42 GMT -6
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Post by kiyoat on Dec 21, 2020 23:49:42 GMT -6
I’m glad NDSU is getting better. Definitely a good thing for the league when another program that has a history of fan support for women’s teams gets back to winning. I’ll be even happier when they knock off the Jacks in the SLT semifinals....
Unfortunately, I don’t see the league RPI going up when you have ORU and WIU falling into the 300s. It’s more like a rotation than elevation.
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Post by Coyote Fan on Dec 22, 2020 2:46:34 GMT -6
I am not intentionally slamming the team to slam them I was just giving my observations. Sometimes observations when not totally positive come off as slamming. So be it. Of course the program is in great shape and no one is disputing that. I have been gushing all over this team but it is true that for whatever reason the middle two classes just haven't produced. Dawn is gonna give the best players their time on the court. She seems to favor upper classmen as Korngable is a good example. She didn't have a big role until sometime in her junior year. You can look at it as a bit of a lull in those two classes or that the freshman class is just awesome. It probably falls somewhere in between. There is no question that losing Duffy, Frederick, McKeever and Arens hurts significantly. The middle classes haven't been the best but that doesn't mean that they still won't improve a lot because Dawn is amazing at player development. I can't think of a coach in USD history that I would rank above her in that development aspect.
As far as OU I cannot wait for them to make the return trip. I think there is gonna be some payback to be had. By then Williston should have a say again her former team. Did anyone that watched the game see the love that she received from her former teammates. It was pretty cool.
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Post by Coyote Fan on Dec 22, 2020 2:53:17 GMT -6
NDSU is another example of how it doesn't have to take 3 or more years for a new coach to have an impact. Good coaches generally show that they are good fairly quickly. Not always but more so than not IMO. For Amy Williams at Nebraska that was not the case for whatever reason, probably a culture thing more than anything.
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