Is this strategy worth a try?

So in the space of a few days, Gulich learns to play the forward position efficiently and somehow Grymek contributes offsensively and Taya is benched?  A lot of our offense presumes that our 4 (Taya) operates on the perimeter, rotating around smoothly in coordination with other players for various play calls.  So either those plays all change or we move Gulich out there.  Sounds pretty disruptive to Thickhead.

Interesting thought. Will be interesting to see if SR employs a strategy like this....
I suspect given what I have heard about Baylor's ability to get up and down the court, we are going to need Jo's minutes and fouls in spelling Marie and getting her some moments of rest.

Go Beavers!

I don’t see Grymek having that big a problem getting up court with Kalani Brown. They are good in transition because their bigs get rebounds like crazy and get the outlet pass going quickly.   

Actually, I think the first thing we ought to check is to see if our shooters are hot.  If they have the two big girls in there, will they be able to guard our four perimeter shooters?  It seems like we could get our players open. In particular, it would be great if Corosdale were to be hot. And, you know, I’ve seen Gulich take 3’s in warm-ups and she’s not half bad; maybe she should give it a shot? Threes would outpace two’s they get by dominating us inside. 

Marie has played the 4 many times, and has the athleticism to be one of the best at that position. But Jo's gotta be able to go head to head at center - it's the one concern I have but to have them both in the midst of a 2-3 zone would be fun to change things up, especially if the rest of the squad is hitting the outside shot.

I'm puzzled by people's attitude about Baylor. Maybe we should just send them a no thanks, but we don't want to get hurt letter and concede the loss?

Baylor lost their starting PG and are playing a Frosh.

OSU has beaten 3 top ten teams, Baylor has played 1 and lost.

The Beav's have won two games in the tourney and hasn't even played especially well.

So long as Marie and Taya don't get into foul trouble and Taya keeps rebounding like she has, and one guard has a hot day shooting the 3 I don't see how Baylor wins. But that's me, I figure past results have some connection to future games.


And I was born a Beaver (boy was mom surprised)

Not all of us think a loss is a foregone conclusion, however it will take a great game to beat them.  I also think, or at least hope, that it will take a great game by baylor to beat us.  

On the Baylor site, a poster stated that Oregon St really has no match up for both Cox and Brown on the floor. I said that they could put Grymek at the post and move Gulich to forward. I was thinking the same thing. I do not envision them starting the game that way but one has to be able to consider possible game adjustments based on in game results. Making Gulich attempt to deal with both Cox and Brown would wear her down if not foul her out. Taya played really well the last game, but would she be able to contend with the Baylor front court underneath? Using both Grymek and Gulich at the same time are surely options to consider.

It reminds me of the game Oregon lost against Miss st. They had no answer for McCowan who scored 35 pts mostly on put backs from her 12 offensive rebounds. They tried everyone, except the player who would have had the best chance the little use 6'6" Giomi. While not an offensive threat she blocks out well and could have been used to keep McCowan off the offensive boards which is how McCowan scored most of her points. Graves focuses on offense but sometimes you have to make adjustments that require trade offs.

The question is if Oregon would miss only one of four outside threats more than they would be hurt by the combination of Brown and Cox inside. The early part of the game should make that decision.