longtimefan

I've seen Meah play 5 games (including the scrimmage and exhibition) and I'm wondering why he is even on the court. Hate to be so hard on him but I don't see any positives in playing him. Maybe if someone is in foul trouble but definitely not starting or playing significant minutes. He's not even a strong rebounder. He's weak. He's always falling down. He is an offensive liability. I would also like to see Rollie try to score more often. So far he's not much of a scoring threat.

Here's my opinion after 2 games against inferior teams. Markowsky will need to stay out of foul trouble because I'm not sure about the 2 other bigs. Petrie or Bozan haven't shown any low post moves yet. Petrie needs to learn not to camp in the lane and get called twice for it. Bozan looks like she will be a threat from the 3 point line. Coach needs to get Nissley in the game for scoring. The kid really shoots the 3's well. She always scores a lot of points for the limited minutes she plays. Hopefully her foot problems are healed. I like we're pretty loaded at the guard position. I'm a little disappointed with Hargrove so far. She's gotten off to a slow start. Hopefully she gets adjusted to the college game. I was hoping maybe Moriarity would finally improve on her shooting and ball handling but it doesn't look like she has. Her stat line was 12 min, 0-4., 0-3 3 pt, 1-4 FT, 1 RB, 1 Asst, 3 TO's. With as many guards as we have I'm not sure she should get too many minutes. She does decent defense but is a liability on offense. I did like to see Coach throw the full court press on them. I think we have the talent to do it this year. This should be a fun year as long as Markowski stays healthy.

I've been waiting all summer for Coach Williams to get a big girl because we were really short on backup help for Markowski. I don't know how good she will be but it helps fill a position that needed help.

Amy's substitution pattern has never changed since she got to NU. Around the 5 minute mark of the first quarter she always subs at least 3 players no matter what. She'll get another 3-4 nonstarters in the first half. I've always felt you play your top 8 almost entirely till the game is settled one way or the other.

I totally agree with Redhac. If NU is ever going to be among the top dogs in this league (and get ranked in the top 25), Williams needs to go out and get a quality big that has post moves around the basket and has some height. We don't have to have posts that shoot 3's (of course if they can it's a bonus.) We do have plenty of guards for the next few years.

Other than an occasional 3 pointer I'd rather she move on. She doesn't have any inside game other than a fall away jump shot. Her defense has never been good. I'd rather use her scholarship and try and get a better post player. Her playing time is not going to increase with Petrie getting most of the sub minutes.

It's about time Wiliams has figured out that Nissley needs to start. That kid can shoot. Nissley played 20 minutes and scores 12 in the first half. Moriarity get 20 minutes and Krull gets 12 minutes and combine for 0 points. Others teams know to not worry about those 2 as far as scoring goes. All and all the team did what they were supposed to do, beat a bad team convincingly . Hope they keep it up.

I was wondering if Coach Williams ever considered watching game film with her team on how OSU puts on a full court press? She had to know OSU was going to press her team. That was the most embarrassing attempt at trying to just get the ball over half court that I've ever witnessed. It was like a varsity team pressing the 7th graders. That's what I've always loved about her teams. One game they look like a top 25 team and the next game they look like the 320th team. There's never been much consistency with her teams at NU. Oh well, on to the next game and hope we look like a top 25 team.

My only question is "Do they ever practice what to do when someone full court presses"? I'm surprised teams don't press us the entire game. I'm disappointed the bad passes Shelly makes when were being pressed.

Sorry but I really lost the trust in the coaching staff when they couldn't see Leighla Brown should of been playing a LOT more in her freshman and sophomore years. They basically ran her off. If she was on our team her junior and senior years we would of won a lot more games IMHO. I know she rubbed some people on this board wrong and maybe some teammates, but that kid was a very good all around basketball player.

The +/- boxscore statistics shows me that using that statistic is useless. Krull and Moriarty are basically useless on offense. With them on the floor we are playing 3 against 5.

Yes and yes

Coach Williams need to contact whoever controls the purse strings for a NIL deal and buy a big time post player who can score and defend. It would be a shame to waste getting a player like Prince and not have a big time post player. You have to have both a super guard and post. You can probably get by with average players filling the other positions. We need some rich person who loves N U women's basketball and wants to take it to the next level. Unfortunately I love women's bb but am not a rich guy.

Huskerfanzz sees Nissley consistently getting beat on defense. Doesn't think she is fast enough. I've watched all the games and all our guards are constantly getting beat. They are all slow. Each the opposing guards constantly drive to the basket for mostly uncontested layups. So I would like to see a lot more of Nissley because at least she can score some points.

I totally agree with HUD on Nissley starting. That kid is a shooter. Brings instant offense. Krull just isn't a scorer. She should be coming off the bench.