Coach Green said she hopes to never have another game like this one again. Was it someone's birthday last night?Lou Henson said throw out your 2 worst games and your 2 best games and that's who you really are. I sure hope this is one of our 2 worst games.
This is the worst loss of the Green era.Coach Green said she hopes to never have another game like this one again. Was it someone's birthday last night?
I can't explain their lack of effort against a very good Michigan team on Sunday, but they were missing a key piece of the team for several of the earlier games with an injury, and probably still gelling somewhat with the newcomers. I have a great deal of confidence that Coach Green will get the team going.I happen to be a huge fan of the women’s team and am very bummed about their start.
Agree with everything posted, but the game was a complete blowout. I was really thinking this might be a top 15 team. Now, I will be happy with an NCAA spot.I can't explain their lack of effort against a very good Michigan team on Sunday, but they were missing a key piece of the team for several of the earlier games with an injury, and probably still gelling somewhat with the newcomers. I have a great deal of confidence that Coach Green will get the team going.
This was my feeling from the start of the seasonAgree with everything posted, but the game was a complete blowout. I was really thinking this might be a top 15 team. Now, I will be happy with an NCAA spot.
Yep, but I won’t forget that win against Iowa..This was my feeling from the start of the season
The team last year won a few quality games at most. We were a borderline tourney team last season and I see the same this season. I don't view this as a bad thing. Things are moving in the right direction whether we make the tourney or WNIT.
We beat 'em last year. They lost a lot of players. We didn't.Missouri is 7-4 with losses to Saint Louis Univ, Kent State, Virginia and Kansas State. they were 18-14 last year. It is a home game.
Good team to beat and get our confidence back!
Also need to avoid ill advised passes. Some turnovers were silly.I agree with a number of takes on here
I am not going to question Shauna Green but she played a tight bench last season until injuries and Big Ten season. It is quite telling that she hasn't used more of the bench in competitive games. I look for it to change but the more practices all the FR/transfers get in the better.
Post play is a real concern again this season. Outside of Bostic on the offensive and defensive end I don't think we have one other consistent post player on this team. Multiple times in the post yesterday a Missouri player either got better leverage in the post or the Illini defender was playing them in front with no help from the back. Missouri also drew Bostic away from the basket on defense a bunch of times especially in the 2nd half. Missouri made some nice shots but by drawing Bostic away from the hoop that gave Missouri the option to shoot from outside or feed it inside with our best post defender out of position.
This team is easy to scout so far. Bryant is outside shooter, Cook can shoot but more dangerous when penetrates into the lane, McKenzie is aggressive, Bostic is utility knife and Shoup-Hill is outside shooter. Outside of Bostic we have no post game on the offensive end. Shoup-Hill looks lost in the post and it showed yesterday. The problem I have is if we are a jump shooting team than we need to crash the boards. Outside of Bostic/McKenzie I don't see Shoup-Hill, Bryant or Cook crashing the boards. I am just stating these names since majority of playing time is with the starters. Bryant got one offensive board on a miss she attempted in the lane that came right back to her. Bryant/Cook played almost the entire game and scored 29 points with one offensive rebound and no free throw attempts.
Defensively I think the ladies are aggressive but a ton of breakdowns at most positions. Green is trying to play her best players right now and a lot of time that means starting Shoup-Hill but taking her out and rotating McKenzie/Peebles who are both undersized to the 4 spot. I hate to say this but I think McKenzie is a more effective post player at 5'10 than Shoup-Hill at 6'3. Hopefully we can get more bodies into the rotation as the season progresses even if for a short breather for Bostic.
Big Ten teams should watch the tape of taking Bostic away from the hoop. Adjustments will need to be made or we will get exposed against better teams in conference play.
she played some against misery........not much , but some..............What happened to Camille Hobby
6 minutes vs Michigan
DNP vs Missouri