Iowa vs duke womens game
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Actually an understandable loss. I counted at least 12 missed EASY layups plus only 2 practices in close to two weeks. Rebounding will be an issue all year. I predict a nice bounce back against MSU on Sunday.
I wouldn't want my team shaking hands with a team that just came off a Covid pause. I don't know if that was the reasoning, but if it was, I understand completely.
They looked like a team that was on pause for two weeks. A little rust wasn't surprising. They will bounce back and be just fine.
Terrible rebounding is going to sink this team once again.... just like last year.
Its simply amazing how many second chance points they gift opponents. Its more than a trend, it is has become an accepted practice. At this point, I believe Bluder doesn't really give a shit or she would do something about it.
Its simply amazing how many second chance points they gift opponents. Its more than a trend, it is has become an accepted practice. At this point, I believe Bluder doesn't really give a shit or she would do something about it.
Other than Clark, the other Three point shooters didn’t take many! I’m going to credit Duke’s defense for that.
Iowa just isn't athletic enough around the basket. They get outmaneuvered on rebounds. This team will struggle against a lot of good athletic teams. Sucked watching how much slower they are at reacting to the basket compared to Duke.
Said this the lounge. Wouldn’t get too upset about this loss. Had two weeks between games and only practiced as a team once.
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Iowa falls to Duke
It was evident that the two weeks off due to Covid issues within the program hurt the Iowa women’s basketball team as
They kind of are what they are. At their best, Hawkeye women's team moves the ball really well on offense with one great scorer and some other nice complementary pieces that can score a lot of points. Really obvious they haven't been able to practice the last 2 weeks. Their improvement on defense is limited to a certain extent. They just aren't going to be real good rebounding or on defense with the current roster. They will still have a very good season more than likely, but people may need to temper expectations a bit.
Clark going 9-27 is not efficient at all for a "great scorer", which she is. That is a problem with high volume shooters.
I blame this on the game plan and lack of in-game adjustments from the coaching staff. Clark will continue to shoot unless she is told not to. Given how things went in the first half, we needed something different out of her in the second -- more driving and facilitating -- she was 8-14 from 2 btw. Maybe she was told otherwise but didn't execute, in which case, too much reverting to old habits. Either way, we will learn and grow from this.
Having watched a lot of Women’s games over the past four seasons throughout the country, Iowa is a very entertaining team to watch (offensively). I like how the spread the court and create one on one matchups. Lisa does an excellent job with post players. However, defensively they leave a lot to be desired and defense begins first with securing the rebound. Oftentimes, they play off with limited ball pressure. The really good Women’s teams really challenge their opponents defensively. If you look at last year’s Final Four, the two best defensive teams played in championship game.
Iowa's previous centers had been very good at rebounding and blocking shots, see Gustafson, Bethany Dolittle, Morgan Johnson, Megan Skouby, Jamie Cavey. That pretty much covers Coach Bluder's days at Iowa. So that's the big difference.
Yeah last year she was incredible, making nearly 41% of her 3-pointers with a huge volume of 3's (116 for 286). That is really, really good for a player who takes 9 3 pointers a game. So far this year just 25% on about same amount of 3's per game. Seems due to regression to her true ability soon.
I'm not really sure the game plan wasn't sound. Bluder has coached in a zillion games and her teams are prepared. Last night no exception. Difference was that they practiced all of 2 times in the last 2 weeks due to COVID, and her star player did not play like a star last night. Yes, it would be better if Clark did not shoot from 30 feet with 25 seconds on the shot clock, with no one in position to rebound and not having made Duke's defense do anything except rebound the ball. Iowa appeared to try to adjust and drive the ball as the first half went on, but they missed a lot of layups and turned it over a ton.
I'm not sure Bluder will ever, or should ever, tell Clark not to shoot. When you have a great player, you kind of have to give them the freedom to take shots that they think they can make.
I think Clark's shot selection will make a big difference in how good she is both in her college career and at the next level. If she doesn't improve it, I fear she won't be nearly as good as she could be.
To me it's not that the coaches need to tell Clark not to shoot, or to stop shooting when she's off. Instead, I think they need to convince her that some of the shots she's taking are bad shots that actively hurt the team. If she realizes they are bad shots, hopefully she will stop taking them herself rather than needing a coach's orders.
My concern is that by my eye test, I think she is taking more "bad" threes this year compared to last. To me, a good Clark 3 is one where she's relatively close to the three-point line and/or where she is at least somewhat set on the shot (including step-backs where she gets set by the end). A bad one is where she is off balance and shooting from far away.
Just as an example, if Clark took an equal number of "good" and "bad" threes last year, and shot 50% on the "good" threes and 30% on the "bad" threes, her shooting percentage would be 40%. This year, though, if she's shooting more "bad" threes than "good" ones, we would expect her percentage to be lower, and regression to the mean would be something under 40%.
That's why I'm spending so much time talking about shot selection. We shouldn't expect Clark to shoot 41% on every type of 3 she takes.
I would agree largely. Was not able to see every game last year, but last night she shot a huge amount of 3's from way, way out while being guarded. Shots that she can literally get with 30 seconds on the shot clock or 1. The team's strength is that they can pass and share the ball and spread a team out. They made it easy on Duke last night with 1 pass and a shot or no passes and a shot.
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