A Bit Disappointing

[Sweetest OU Girl]

To see Baylor get beat by ND.

What does it say about the Big-12?

1. #2 Baylor loses to a #1 on a neutral court.
2. We (a #5) lose to a #4 on their home court.
3. #5 Texas gets blistered by @1 UCONN.

The conference should have been able to win at least one of those it seems to me.

 

[SoonerNorm]

Baylor might have won if they would have made 4 layups they missed in the łast 6 minutes.

 

[sybarite]

Why? They all went as seeded.

I had thought Baylor would beat Notre Dame, about a 55% probability in my thoughts. Since the emergence of Agbuke, they were more formidable. I thought they would dominate the interior. But, then, I didn't think Notre Dame would miss half of their free throws either. Game didn't go as I expected.

 

[Southie]

Would have been a pretty comfortable double-digit win for Notre Dame had they not been awful from the free throw line.

 

[Sweetest OU Girl]

One obvious thing I noticed was that both teams - and especially Notre Dame looked "under control" most of the time.

Often this year we had times when some players - especially Gioya - looked out of control. By that I mean looked like they were playing just a little faster than they could handle. You would sometimes see that on both offense and on defense. I'm sure some of that is skill set, but I believe a good bit of it can be improved.

Plus at times we would take a guarded 3 point shot instead of looking for a better opportunity. Again, just playing too fast for our ability.

I hope we are able to get some control over that by next year.

 

[j2d2]

In an interview during the game the ND coach remarked on how physically Baylor played. I'm not interested in getting into fights but I do wish we were tougher physically. I think some OU players get intimidated at times, often enough to affect the game. I hope EJ becomes an enforcer.

 

[sybarite]

That may have been true in the past, especially when we didn't have Courtney and Abi. But, I think if Baylor wanted a fight, Maddie, Gabbi, Gioya, and Vivi would accommodate them, and Maddie would never lose here grin. Dungee is in that mold.

 

[SoonerNorm]

In an interview during the game the ND coach remarked on how physically Baylor played. I'm not interested in getting into fights but I do wish we were tougher physically. I think some OU players get intimidated at times, often enough to affect the game. I hope EJ becomes an enforcer.

I agree. We definitely need to be tougher/physical on both ends of the court. Like you, I'm hoping that EJ will help inside on defense and rebounding. If she can contribute 8 to 10 points per game on put backs, that will certainly help.

 

[KCRuf/Nek]

In an interview during the game the ND coach remarked on how physically Baylor played. I'm not interested in getting into fights but I do wish we were tougher physically. I think some OU players get intimidated at times, often enough to affect the game. I hope EJ becomes an enforcer.

I've brought that up before and have been accused of wanting thugball.