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Post by ricke71 on Jan 27, 2019 14:41:51 GMT -8
Ain’t it the truth. When 3’s aren’t dropping, it’s that Beaver D that can take over a game. Many standout performances in that regard today - Katie, Mik, Taya and more. Three of 4 Quarters, WSU scores below 9 points. Their main gun was 4-16 and did not hit a 3 pt. shot. |
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Post by jrbeav59 on Jan 27, 2019 17:37:05 GMT -8
Ain’t it the truth. When 3’s aren’t dropping, it’s that Beaver D that can take over a game. Many standout performances in that regard today - Katie, Mik, Taya and more. Three of 4 Quarters, WSU scores below 9 points. Their main gun was 4-16 and did not hit a 3 pt. shot. Last four quarter scores 8, 9, 11, 11, 7, 8, 13, 7. |
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Post by bvrbooster on Jan 27, 2019 17:48:48 GMT -8
It drives my crazy when a team goes for the last shot of the half and ends up chucking up a prayer. I see it all of the time in mens and womens games. They mess around until there is little time on the clock then start moving. I don't understand why they wait until there is 7 seconds on the clock to go for the last shot. Agree with that 100%. My thinking is that, if anybody tracked the actual made baskets in that scenario, at any level, the percentage would be abysmal. So, if you get the ball with 25 seconds left, run your normal offense. If you're the Beavs, you'll be successful almost half the time. If they get the ball back with 13 seconds, they'll be successful about 1/3 of the time if they run their normal offense. If they do that hold till the last moment thing, it will probably be even less than 1/3. No data to back that up; just my observation from over half a century of watching basketball. |
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Post by 2ndGenBeaver on Jan 27, 2019 18:34:06 GMT -8
Some random thoughts....
- We must have made a deal with the devil to have the first half we had against UW, given how ugly this was.........just hope the deal was only for an ugly WSU game.
- Mik didn't get the memo to have an ugly game - if you were to tell me all but one OSU player were a collective 13/47 (~28%), I would have figured we took an L, especially if you also told me we shot 43% FT, only made 5 3 pointers and outrebounded WSU by 2). Thankfully Mik turned in another great performance (POTW, anyone?.....probably coming from Utah).
- a buzzer beater to end the quarter by Grymek from ~9 ft? Could another Beaver post player be getting ready for the "Gulich Gallop" through the post-season? (Need to come up with a better term for Marie's amazing post season play last year, granted).
- as pointed out here, we have decided to defer the opening tip off (KTMac has won one tip off, I do recall). Interesting approach.
- I notice how SR uses an intentional foul to trade out personnel and force media timeouts....
- Kudos to the WSU coach not putting any "lipstick on the pig" when the announcers interviewed her at the half.
Better to win ugly than lose pretty, as the saying goes.
Go Beavers!
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