All About the Corn

Not sure what is going on with Alexis this year. She spends too much time thinking about what to do and then is so off balance. With Hake really our best player on the court most games she does not come close to having the most minutes on the court. That would be Prince which I am fine with but she needs to call her own number more. Hake had 19:37 minutes yesterday. We need more from her.

Michigan still lost by 20 points. Both USC and UCLA will make the rest of the B1G adjust or be left behind. This is kind of what we saw in the old PAC12 with these tall athletic players. It's not getting any easier folks.

Well I was hoping for a closer game but I am not surprised by the final score. UCLA is very deep, has great length, quicker, and we can see why they beat South Carolina. I agree we may see the same result against USC. I agree on keeping in the hot hand but this is not Amy's MO. It never will be. UCLA also has at least 4 portal players. Many of them very good players. In this age of the portal/transfers this is something we need find a way to take advantage as it is not enough to just bring talent from the HS ranks. On to USC.

UCLA is very deep.

Only down by 7 and it could have been worse had then not missed all those threes.

We need to keep it close in the first half. Nice to be up by one at this point.

Agree with what has been said. Without Potts, Amy may have to make some adjustments to help get our shooters open. Still think Britt needs to call her own number more. She has the ability to drive to the basket and is a good FT shooter. 7 points and 4 rebounds from our 4s will not cut it most nights. Yes Amy may need to roll the dice.

We have players that can make the 10-15 footers and we just do not look for them. It is a three or a bunny mostly.

Watched Creighton go down to UCLA yesterday 70 to 41. Tough game for Jensen, 2-15 with 4 points.

Another slow start is concerning.

A good road test for us coming up on Saturday at GT. Would be nice to get a W as our road trip to CA will not be easy. Will need the type of start we had against MN these next three games.

Hargrove continues to get better with more court time. While I am sure Alexis knows what to do in the paint, you can fall into bad habits and I think that is part of her problem right now. She can be a good passer. She needs to pass back out to a guard and then reset her post position and we need to look for her again if we are not in a good spot to shoot a three. Also she is a little predictable right now (post moves) which is part of her falling into a bad habit. Nothing that can't be corrected. Watching Allison sort of takes me back to her first year. All the time away and you can see it is there she just needs more court time.

Watched the Iowa and Tenn. game from yesterday. Iowa lost by 10. Iowa has some work to do. They had 31 turnovers in the game. Affolter is not much of a offensive threat at this point. She had only two points and that was a open put back on a rebound in the middle of the 1st quarter. Their starters all played 28+ minutes with 3 over 30 minutes. Feel like Iowa will have some rough games this year.

While I am not a fan of using 9-10 players a game, this is Amy's style and she will mostly run with it. Now there will be games where she will shrink her bench play to more of a quick break for our starters but those games are far and few. We will need to continue to have these type of starts if we want to have the type of season we all want to see. Thought Britt needed to call her name a bit more with her shot. Nice to see both Rimdal and Weidner play well. 12 assists and only 1 turnover between the two. Feel like Allison is still finding her way back still. She does play more fluid without any brace which is probably why she has been without one. Nice to see Hargrove step up today. Knew it would take her time to adjust to D1 BB. Not sure what is going on with Petrie but she has not stepped up which is why she has not seen a lot of court time. So someone needs to tell Moriarty she plays better without a shirt under her uniform. Agree on the turnovers as that will come back to bite us. Now we need to have no letdown these next few games til we get to GT.

Coley is a 3 and not a 4. It wasn't til this off season that she spent time at her natural position. Only going back to a 4 since Potts injury. Had she been able to play the 3 I think she would have had a better college career. That said she will do whatever coach asks of her to I will give her props for being a great team player even if she has not produced much on the court.