Better team won!
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Right up there and possibly beyond the ACC tournament in 1970 and Navy in 1984, and I'm prepared to say beyond. We helped make this stage what it is, which was bigger than this year's men's Final Four - easily. And then we went out and lost on the stage we created. It's terrible. It's devastating.
The emotions will move from one thing to another. That's why humans are able to get on with life after broadsides are sustained. But what has been lost has been lost forever, and what has been lost is monumental. Nothing will ever assuage it.
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Unfortunate the way it was phrased isn’t what you’d like to hear. However, I’m sure there are similar rumblings in a lot of places that follow WBB. Dawn has made a big deal about the racial makeup of her team. While there is no doubt that Dawn and those girls will be around idiots and bigots, not everybody that complains about the team is racist. When you are physical, people will complain. Most often there is no racial connotations in the complaint, yet quite often that is the defense.
Fact is, I am glad Dawn is our coach. We went up against a team that matched our physicality when most haven’t. They also happened to have a scoring machine embedded in there as well. They deserved to win. I don’t care how many black girls or whites girls make up our team. Just get the best you can.
Really spoils what should be a high-caliber discussion.
Irrelevant. They were the better team last night.
Pretty ridiculous statement, we were outplayed, outhustled and outcoached. Dawn has only one gameplan, lob the ball inside to the tall timber. Quit pulling the race card, inappropriate.
We were clearly the more talented team. But Iowa's coach was able to maximize the impact of her best players and minimize the negative impact of her weaker players.
Not the case last night with us. Saxton and Fletcher were turrrrible. That's ultimately on Dawn. She didn't need to start them in the 2nd half. The team battled back in the 1st half after a "slow start" to make it close at halftime, only to watch Iowa's lead balloon to 9 points at the start of the 2nd half. Why not start Amihere in the 2nd half? She was fantastic in the 1st.
Not the case last night with us. Saxton and Fletcher were turrrrible. That's ultimately on Dawn. She didn't need to start them in the 2nd half. The team battled back in the 1st half after a "slow start" to make it close at halftime, only to watch Iowa's lead balloon to 9 points at the start of the 2nd half. Why not start Amihere in the 2nd half? She was fantastic in the 1st.
Not sure what that means or why it matters. Are you saying they aren't as tall or athletic? There is more to basketball than banging an out of control basketball hard against the board from two feet out and hoping it eventually drops in after 4 tries (especially when there are 4-5 opponents in the lane) There is, or used to be, the thing called a "soft touch", Alex English had it perfected. Basketball is a team sport, and Iowa played better as a team than we do, so perhaps we should say, ""sorry, but top to bottom, SC is not better at playing as a team"", or perhaps, ""sorry, but top to bottom, SC coaches aren't as good at making a game plan and adjusting at halftime". I saw skills last night I haven't seen in a while, pick and rolls executed to perfection, screens, working their tails off without the ball to get an open shot, basic free throws shooting skills that are obviously practiced a lot, fade-away jumpers to offset the height difference, on and on. Dawn had all week to prepare for the game and she failed at the game plan. Lastly, we were outhustled. How many times did Iowa beat us down the court for a free layup.
So true. So often this year, including last night, I commented during the game that our bigs seem to have no "touch" around the basket at all. Fortunately, they are tremendous rebounders so they get three of four tries, but their shots around the basket often left me feeling like the guy below:
Yes, I grew up in the Alex English era and he had the soft touch/backspin down to a science.So true. So often this year, including last night, I commented during the game that our bigs seem to have no "touch" around the basket at all. Fortunately, they are tremendous rebounders so they get three of four tries, but their shots around the basket often left me feeling like the guy below:
We had no answer for Clark. She hit the 3, beat us off the dribble or dished it off for easy layups. She did it all night.
Great game. I just can't understand how you let Clark run the lane over and over and over, and never change the way you're playing her the entire game.
Well coached Iowa team. Another part of the plan was picking the pocket of our rebounders because we have a bad habit of bringing rebounds down low before our follow up shots. Stole a number of them which led to fast break points on the other end.
I agree. No Iowa is not the better team. The bogus fouls called against Boston were awful. I put those fouls in the same category as the year we played Tennessee in Columbia and the game was tight and in the last minute our player was at least five yards away from the Tennessee player and the ref calls a charging foul. This is what I compare the officating in this game to. Sorry Iowa is not the better team, I will never admit the truth. I know we (USC) is the better team just on this night for whatever reason we just came up short.
The 1970 tournament and the ‘84 loss to Navy were much worse. Had a real chance to make first time history
Just so you know, that is how Maryland beat Iowa in the second matchup in State Park. Bluder took responsibility because she had not prepped the team to handle that defense. Then Iowa beat Maryland again in the semis of the B1G with Maryland using the triangle and 2 again but that time Iowa was ready for it. So, not a bad idea, just obsolete.
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Look this is one that didn't work out. Iowa exposed us tonight. It happens. The Yankee's Murder's Row lost some too. I watched the pregame and the announcers were gaga over Iowa and we were mentioned as an afterthought. Unfortunately, much to my chagrin, the game unfolded the way the announcers wanted it to go. We laid an egg. It's sad some posters want to throw overboard a coach and team that have accomplished as much as any athlete team we ever fielded.
Neither of those teams was as brass-ring worthy as the one that lost last night.
Last night that did not matter, Iowa did what they had to do to win, and we did not
It really is as simple as that.
I believe the’70 team was plenty good enough to win it all. The ‘84 was one of destiny, until it wasn’t
In the end it all comes down to making shots. A team can do all the other things and when the shot is missed that is all that counts. How many wide open shots did the ladies miss. 77 attempts vs 57. Clark is a great player. Should have knocked her *** to the floor a few times.
With utmost respect for your opinion and deep appreciation for your courtesy, I believe the best athletic team we ever fielded got beat last night.
Iowa had a plan and executed it. We failed to execute whatever our plan was!
I do to. One of the greatest disappointments of my lifetime. Hit me hard at the age of 7.
