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Post by believeinthebeavs on Jan 13, 2024 13:29:14 GMT -8
Listened to the archived UA radio broadcast of the last 5 minutes of regulation and the 2 overtimes. Link is here if you're interested. arizonawildcats.leanplayer.com/past-eventsIronic (being kind here) how their PBP guy whines and moans nonstop about the refs being biased in favor of OSU. He is a total whiner, no attempt at objectivity. I like how Barnes revised to bite on his whining. She said the difference was they did not box out multiple times.
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Post by beaveragain on Jan 13, 2024 15:35:37 GMT -8
A few random thoughts-
First game this year were I didn't hear the other team smack into Beers, got to give them that anyway. No dirty play.
This was easily the Beav's worst passing game. There were two passes that hit the UA players in the middle of their backs. Talia attempting a behind the back pass that failed where a normal pass would have been fine and probably successful. Three side passes that were so slow (and intercepted) that I was baffled at how they thought they could succeed.
Yeah for Talia hitting that three to take it into overtime. She puts a lot of pressure on herself as the old timer on the team and I'm glad she came through for them.
The overtime offense seemed to consist of "give Beers the ball and cross your fingers". In the two overtimes I could detect one offensive set. Otherwise they just wandered around waiting for Beers to do something.
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Post by jimbob on Jan 13, 2024 18:26:38 GMT -8
While I liked Kennedie's game last year I wasn't sure if she was good enough for this level. I was wrong as usual. She plays basketball like a soccer player, uses quick spurts of energy. Her leg and core strength is impressive. In basketball you always want your players to play taller than they are but with Kennedie you get a player playing shorter. Her legs and waist are always bent like a spring under tension. She is that way pretty much the entire time she is on the court even when on the key waiting for a free throw to be shot. When dribbling she is so low is hard to steal the ball from her. Kennedie and Donovyn's improvement over last year is nothing short of amazing. Donovyn was ranked in the 80's and Kennedie was over 100. Those rankings should never equate to starting and running the point in a power conference. I'd expect then to be eaten alive in the pac 12 but they are holding their own. If you asked me about it I'd have to give credit to Aleah for bring them along so quickly. Speaking of Aleah, listening to the game on the radio Ron commented that Rueck was talking with Aleah and getting her view of the game. This is happening almost every game. He values her input and is showing that he is starting to rely on it. I can't think of a first year assistant coach given that kind of trust. He let her call the plays as a point guard more than any other player that I've seen. Aleah was one of those players that was able to make huge improvements from year to year and Donovyn and Kennedie are showing that she can do the same for her players. As the players and coaches were gathering for their post-game huddle I saw Aleah single out Kennedie and give her a big hug and pat on the back and said a few words to her---I'm thinking she might have said something like "I told you that you could do this"!
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