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Post by usdcoyote on Mar 23, 2021 6:53:48 GMT -6
Hannah Sjerven is one of the luckiest things that ever happened to USD. She has been awesome. Man do I hope we get her for one more year. Holy cow was she working her ass off down there last night.
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Post by elcoyote on Mar 23, 2021 8:24:15 GMT -6
Hannah Sjerven is one of the luckiest things that ever happened to USD. She has been awesome. Man do I hope we get her for one more year. Holy cow was she working her ass off down there last night. According to the Argus article she said she's coming back next season.
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Post by sdyotefan on Mar 23, 2021 8:47:46 GMT -6
That is fantastic news!! Has Monica made a decision yet?
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Post by Yotes on Mar 23, 2021 8:55:32 GMT -6
She has been awesome. Man do I hope we get her for one more year. Holy cow was she working her ass off down there last night. According to the Argus article she said she's coming back next season. I believe her quote was that it would be very difficult for her not to come back. Unfinished business. Sounds good, but you never know for sure.
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Post by 88grad on Mar 23, 2021 9:26:47 GMT -6
We definitely have what it takes (personal wise) to dominate in the Summit. I'm hoping these NCAA appearances become regular occurrences too! With that being said, it's evident that to swim in those deeper waters we need to look at getting longer across the board.
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Post by easmus on Mar 23, 2021 11:10:35 GMT -6
Certainly seems like the matchup you get makes a huge difference between winning and losing even a game in the ncaa tournament. Gonna be hard to get athletes like Oregon had to any Summit school.
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Post by gopheryote on Mar 23, 2021 13:04:59 GMT -6
Still not sure what to make of the game last night. I think we all recognize that if Oregon played that way all year they would be a 2 seed (or better). The Yotes may well have been better off if the starting PG played, as it may not have caused them to self-reflect and start over. Oregon was REALLY impressive - especially in the first half. The game plan was perfect, the shooting was red-hot, and defense was stifling.
That said, the Yotes seemed really lost against the press-back-to-a-zone. There were more ill-advised passes in the first quarter than the rest of the season combined. And not bad passes while trying to make a play, just throwing in the general area of 1 player in red and 3 in white. The only thing I noticed that was changed on the defensive side of the court was to play Watson more. (BTW - I had forgotten how quick, agile, and all around athletic she is...) There wasn't any additional pressure put on their now-new-PG (either a press or some other aggressive plan), while also not putting our bigger players in as an offset to help Sjerven. I'm afraid we didn't look prepared for what Oregon did - not just the size and type of athlete.
That isn't a dig, but rather an opportunity to recognize weaknesses and work hard to overcome them for next season.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Mar 23, 2021 16:42:08 GMT -6
I don't think that's unfair, goph. I think it really was just a matter of everybody getting a bit too comfortable in the mediocrity of Summit play without any kind of tournament wakeup call against a good team first. I'm not saying a Selland-led Jacks team duplicates Oregon or anything, but that game is always a different level of intensity and I think you need a little bit of the callous that builds up from working in that environment, both coaches and players, to really get ramped up to where they need to be for an NCAA Tournament game. And not having that, I thought, showed.
There was a difference in athleticism, obviously, but it just seemed like they weren't ready to really go, like they hadn't played South Carolina in back to back seasons or seen Gonzaga or Oklahoma. I honestly was surprised that they seemed so surprised by the floor shrinking. I thought it might take a trip or two or three to settle in but I didn't think it'd take until the game was for all intents and purposes over.
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Post by easmus on Mar 23, 2021 17:43:05 GMT -6
Something I found interesting, we were all mortified by the fact we had missed 25 shots in a row and only scored a point in the 2nd quarter, but we also only allowed 9 points in the 2nd quarter! Think about that. We only allowed 9 points to Oregon in a quarter and forced 23 turnovers in the game. Yeah we committed 14, but we forced 23! There are some silver linings there if you look for them.
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Post by elcoyote on Mar 23, 2021 17:52:50 GMT -6
One overlooked fact is that they weren't afforded the luxury of scrimmaging against the male scout team this season. I would imagine that would provide if not the size, at least the physicality that Oregon brought to the table along with the game prep scenarios.
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Post by Men's League Waterboy on Mar 23, 2021 18:29:43 GMT -6
That's a great point too.
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Post by easmus on Mar 23, 2021 19:13:31 GMT -6
One overlooked fact is that they weren't afforded the luxury of scrimmaging against the male scout team this season. I would imagine that would provide if not the size, at least the physicality that Oregon brought to the table along with the game prep scenarios. I also made that point when talking to someone today.
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Post by elcoyote on Mar 23, 2021 21:16:50 GMT -6
One overlooked fact is that they weren't afforded the luxury of scrimmaging against the male scout team this season. I would imagine that would provide if not the size, at least the physicality that Oregon brought to the table along with the game prep scenarios. I also made that point when talking to someone today. Maybe that was me and you didn't realize it. Cue Rod Serling
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Post by Yotes on Mar 23, 2021 21:38:55 GMT -6
One overlooked fact is that they weren't afforded the luxury of scrimmaging against the male scout team this season. I would imagine that would provide if not the size, at least the physicality that Oregon brought to the table along with the game prep scenarios. In all my years of following the program, I never realized that this happened. I wouldn't think this is normal...right?
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Post by captaincoyote on Mar 24, 2021 4:49:55 GMT -6
One overlooked fact is that they weren't afforded the luxury of scrimmaging against the male scout team this season. I would imagine that would provide if not the size, at least the physicality that Oregon brought to the table along with the game prep scenarios. In all my years of following the program, I never realized that this happened. I wouldn't think this is normal...right? Just about every womens college team practices against a group of male student volunteers once or twice a week. Typically they are former high school varsity starters that know what they are doing too. It obviously makes playing against females a little easier. Great way for the boys to stay sharp for intramurals as well.
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