Taylor Jones is a finesse player...

I've been impressed with her ability to fight for position.   She has significant core strength already.   Give Macy and company a year or two and she will be a rock. 

Jeff Macy is the strength and conditioning coach.   Has  been for several years.  Many players past and present have thanked him by name.  

Taylor Jones will be a star in the Pac-12. IMO the best Freshman big they have had. And as we know the Beavers low post players always seem to get better.

Cuz the ref did not call it?

Yea, they will rarely call that - players are allowed to bully their way to the rim if legs are used instead of shoulder and it’s gradual. I’ve never liked it, but it’s how the game has been called since I can remember. Defensive player could have flipped on one of the contacts and the refs wouldn’t have bitten.

Not sure about comparison of competition.  Baylor had a few high profile games last year but typically plays some really, really bad cupcakes throughout OOC and the Big 12 is nowhere near as good top to bottom as the Pac 12 is.

I never said she can not play physically. Just that her body and skill set is more finesse oriented than physical. Learning to be more physical is a skill that can be developed with more experience. The problem with most posts coming out of high school is that they seldom face bigger players so it takes them a while to adapt to that style of play. In Contrast, Brown did face some taller and larger players, so she is very good at defending those types. I was also referring to play on the defensive side of the court, not the offensive end that you provided the video depicting.

What Jones did to the defender is what larger more physical players would do to Jones. If you notice in the video, the defender is too upright which does not allow her to get either position or leverage. When you have a lower center of gravity it gives a player an advantage to start with. The very reason Mattie a 6' Mattie is effective in the post is the combination of her size and a lower center of gravity. Height, size, center of gravity, strength, and positioning are all factors that play a role. A deficiency in one area can be compensated for by strength in another. For example, Jones's long legs create a high center of gravity. But that same long-legged body type comes with long arms that give her an extrodinary reach that allows her to play taller than her height.

I am sure that this thread was created as a response to my categorizing of Jones as a finesse player. You seemed to interpret that as being a deficiency. It is not. She is certainly more of a finesse player than she is physical (not because of a lack of strength, but body type) and that can have its own advantages. Whether they are more finesse or physical, each player, through experience learns how to use their own strengths to advantage while mitigating the other player's weakness.

In games, an advantage on one end of the court will often manifest as a disadvantage on the other end. I then becomes a question as to which is the better trade-off often dictated by game situations. This puts Oregon St, who has depth and versatility at a distinct advantage in matching up with a variety of different opposing rosters.