I wonder why?

[Sweetest OU Girl]

You have likely noticed that we have our post player inbound the ball after the opponent makes a basket. The result is that it takes about 5 seconds for the post to get down court and then another 4 or 5 seconds to get fully established in the post position. That means the first 8 to 10 seconds of the 30 seconds of time we have, is gone before we can actually run our offense on many occasions.

The result is predictable. Rebounds are hard to come by and there are excess defenders on our 4 positioned players.

Why are we doing that? The disadvantages are obvious. What is the advantage?

Speaking of rebounding, I'm sure you have also noticed that on many occasions we start back down the court as soon as the ball leaves the shooter's hand. Sherri has insisted over and over in interviews that we are a marvelous shooting team - based on what she sees in practice. I assume this has convinced the players that almost every shot is going in so there is no need to watch for a rebound. I can see no other explanation for us not even looking for rebounds so often. Can you give an alternative explanation?

Any thought you have about these two issues will be interesting.

 

[MsProudSooner]

You have likely noticed that we have our post player inbound the ball after the opponent makes a basket. The result is that it takes about 5 seconds for the post to get down court and then another 4 or 5 seconds to get fully established in the post position. That means the first 8 to 10 seconds of the 30 seconds of time we have, is gone before we can actually run our offense on many occasions.

The result is predictable. Rebounds are hard to come by and there are excess defenders on our 4 positioned players.

Why are we doing that? The disadvantages are obvious. What is the advantage?

Speaking of rebounding, I'm sure you have also noticed that on many occasions we start back down the court as soon as the ball leaves the shooter's hand. Sherri has insisted over and over in interviews that we are a marvelous shooting team - based on what she sees in practice. I assume this has convinced the players that almost every shot is going in so there is no need to watch for a rebound. I can see no other explanation for us not even looking for rebounds so often. Can you give an alternative explanation?

Any thought you have about these two issues will be interesting.

One advantage of having the post player inbound is she can see the court a little bit better if the defense is pressuring in the backcourt.

When the post player inbounds and consequently is the last one down the court, she can be open on the secondary break.

If your opponent is good at running the floor, you don't send as many players to the offensive boards because they have to get back on defense.

 

[SoonerSpock]

I agree OU does not do a good job of hitting the offensive boards instead reverting to defense and starting back down the court. I was always taught that the shooter has the best view of where the ball is going to come off the rim and to follow your shot and get in position for the rebound unless your primary responsibility was to defend the fast break.

Interestingly last night we often only sent 2 players to the boards but still had 16 offensive boards to Baylor's 12. However this stat is very misleading as half of our offensive boards were team rebounds.

 

[tooney]

I agree with both points made by the op....

Making the post player take the ball out of bounds is wearing them out....just watch the game. Both lose steam rather quickly as the game progresses.

A better option would be Maddie....she's in better physical condition than either and would be a better option to follow the play down the court.

And at the rate some of our guards shoot the three, there are instances that the post player doesn't even get down the court to rebound. If that is the case, why even send her down to the offensive end???

I think in the offseason, there has to be some questions about our offense. And who plays and who sits. Do we want a women's team that can win the championship or is it a pr group?

JMO.

 

[22dupree]

Good points by the OP.
I'm also a little confused with action by our PGs in the halfcourt.
Often times, upon pushing the ball up the floor, they probe what seems to be too deep into the defense, wind up picking up their dribble and having to pass back out to the perimeter over longer players.
This, of course, creates turnovers and fast break opportunities for the opponent.
I wonder why we aren't stopping at the top the key and setting up an offense instead of penetrating into larger, trapping players and then picking up our dribble?

 

[35TangoTango]

Post player inbounding - For years, the 4 was the inbounder in our offense. Since that's a deliberate change this year, I can only assume there is a reason for it. Probably has to do with pushing the ball more and trying to get transition baskets. Maybe we want Maddie down court rather than inbounding.

Offensive rebounding - At any given time, some players are assigned to crash the boards and other players assigned to get back on defense. This varies from game to game and within a game depending on what the opposition is doing. On one hand you want to get offensive rebounds, but on the other hand you definitely do not want to give up transition baskets.

Point guard penetration on transition - We are pushing the ball more and really trying to get baskets on the break or the secondary break. Point guard should push it until they get cut off. At that point, following players should be in position for a secondary break or an open trey. We don't always do it right, but it's higher percentage than the half court offense. Certainly worked pretty well today against Kansas.

 

[sybarite]

I think Gabbi finally has the overpenetration under control. She seems to have stopped doing it. She penetrates when she can get to the rim. TT still tends to dribble into a point of no return, and she isn't quick on getting the ball out. It results in too many lost opportunities. I think that is why her minutes have been down relative to those of Gabbi recently. TT got jerked today after a couple of mistakes.

You want penetration. But, you don't want to go too deep to eliminate the options. We have not been real good at kicking it out from underneath the basket, no matter who it is. There seems to be about an eight foot circle around the rim that should be avoided if you can't get to the rim.

I wonder if the idea of having the posts inbounds doesn't have something to do with dragging the post rather than having them get trapped by early settling under the basket? It would tend to create some movement, not that we seem to take advantage of it.