OSU at ASU

[Chairman of the Board]

The Cowgirls lost at ASU tonight.
The Sun Devils are 19-5 so it's not a terrible loss. But it's another missed opportunity against a good team. The Cowgirls lack quality wins right now.

As in most losses, they shot horribly, Heard only had 9pts and 2 rb, and Gray shot 3-14.

 

[CptnQuirk]

It looks like Wooten needed to be on the floor more.

 

[OSU79]

Without looking back over the schedule I'd be willing to bet we've lost every game when Akot has led the team in FG attempts.

 

[OKPokeU]

It looks like Wooten needed to be on the floor more.

Wooten and Heard both got 2 fouls early and sat on the bench most of the first half.

 

[CptnQuirk]

Wooten and Heard both got 2 fouls early and sat on the bench most of the first half.

I believe feed the player with the hot hand. The coach should have told her to lay off of defense and concentrate more on offense.

 

[Chairman of the Board]

I believe feed the player with the hot hand. The coach should have told her to lay off of defense and concentrate more on offense.

Every game seems it comes down to whether Gray is scoring or not. She is going to shoot us in and out of games.

Wooten admittedly had been off lately, but needed the ball more last night.

 

[SanditeCowboy]

Would be interesting to see the field goal percentage of this team at home vs on the road. Anecdotally (is that a word?) it appears to be significantly lowe on the road.

 

[PokeBloke]

There is a lot that go into road games. Sleep pattern is messed up, jet lag, familiarity with venue, depth perception in a new gym, crowd factor, focus, refs favor home team management re often, discipline to not get in foul trouble on the road etc etc

Men’s and women’s teams nationwide struggle with this mightily. Sometimes I feel coaches need to worry more about the mental aspect of traveling than they do the hours of game planning that usually sucks anyways. This is why March Madness is crazy because the most talented teams struggle on the road due to above factors

 

[CptnQuirk]

There is a lot that go into road games. Sleep pattern is messed up, jet lag, familiarity with venue, depth perception in a new gym, crowd factor, focus, refs favor home team management re often, discipline to not get in foul trouble on the road etc etc

Men’s and women’s teams nationwide struggle with this mightily. Sometimes I feel coaches need to worry more about the mental aspect of traveling than they do the hours of game planning that usually sucks anyways. This is why March Madness is crazy because the most talented teams struggle on the road due to above factors

Jet lag shouldn’t be a problem. We are only an hour ahead of Arizona. And it’s just a two hour flight. Your other factors are real.

 

[Chairman of the Board]

There is a lot that go into road games. Sleep pattern is messed up, jet lag, familiarity with venue, depth perception in a new gym, crowd factor, focus, refs favor home team management re often, discipline to not get in foul trouble on the road etc etc

Men’s and women’s teams nationwide struggle with this mightily. Sometimes I feel coaches need to worry more about the mental aspect of traveling than they do the hours of game planning that usually sucks anyways. This is why March Madness is crazy because the most talented teams struggle on the road due to above factors

There is. And the good teams are the ones that figure it out. Teams in the top 25 and top 4-5 NCAA seeds win on the road. You either get it done, or you don't.

 

[PokeBloke]

There is. And the good teams are the ones that figure it out. Teams in the top 25 and top 4-5 NCAA seeds win on the road. You either get it done, or you don't.

How many teams do well with a lineup that is completely new minus Vukovic? I don’t follow enough top 25 teams but I assume teams like Houston, Duke and UNC have several returners. That core of culture helps build winning basketball. Will be curious to see how we look with I am assuming several of these guys coming back and continuing to develop. Plus our 2027 commits

 

[RIPoke87]

.... Wrong sport

 

[Chairman of the Board]

How many teams do well with a lineup that is completely new minus Vukovic? I don’t follow enough top 25 teams but I assume teams like Houston, Duke and UNC have several returners. That core of culture helps build winning basketball. Will be curious to see how we look with I am assuming several of these guys coming back and continuing to develop. Plus our 2027 commits

This is a women's basketball thread

 

[KK10]

How many teams do well with a lineup that is completely new minus Vukovic? I don’t follow enough top 25 teams but I assume teams like Houston, Duke and UNC have several returners. That core of culture helps build winning basketball. Will be curious to see how we look with I am assuming several of these guys coming back and continuing to develop. Plus our 2027 commits

Sir, this is a Wendy’s

 

[cowboyinexile]

.... Wrong sport

Yeah but how good would the girls be with Vuk in the lineup?

 

[CptnQuirk]

Yeah but how good would the girls be with Vuk in the lineup?

He would be on the practice squad like Mason Cox was.