[81alum]

Agreed with Viking-Guy on the Maya observation.  Auriemma has since bemoaned his stubborness in that game in keeping trying to run plays for Maya when he should have started setting up his other players.  We did prove that we can "control" her (though 14 points would be very good for most mortals) but the real story is not that Maya had an off night but that Tiffany Hayes was unable to capitalize on all of our attention to Maya.  Tiffany was 1-9 (1-5 three pointers) and there were times when we just ignored her and let her have open shots to keep harassing Maya.  I doubt that we can get away with that strategy a second time.  I\'m hoping (a little forlornly) that Notre Dame can do what A&M did so we don\'t have to.

I\'m entirely in agreement with VG (why not be, since I\'ve found him to be always right!) that our game with A&M will hinge on limiting our turnovers and dominating O-boards--neither of which is a sure thing.  

I\'m less worried about breaking the press that we are expecting (agreed with fullmetal\'s arguments) than I am about lazy or bad angle passes in the half court getting deflected and leading to transitions for A&M.  Picture two Vandersloots on defense, even if neither of the guards is quite up to her standards on offense.  The good news is that Sloot only had 2 steals and we had more points off turnovers against Gonzaga than they did--even though we had a lot of turnovers.  If we can do half that well against A&M we will be in business.

[81alum]

Agreed with Viking-Guy on the Maya observation.  Auriemma has since bemoaned his stubborness in that game in keeping trying to run plays for Maya when he should have started setting up his other players.  We did prove that we can "control" her (though 14 points would be very good for most mortals) but the real story is not that Maya had an off night but that Tiffany Hayes was unable to capitalize on all of our attention to Maya.  Tiffany was 1-9 (1-5 three pointers) and there were times when we just ignored her and let her have open shots to keep harassing Maya.  I doubt that we can get away with that strategy a second time.  I\'m hoping (a little forlornly) that Notre Dame can do what A&M did so we don\'t have to.

I\'m entirely in agreement with VG (why not be, since I\'ve found him to be always right!) that our game with A&M will hinge on limiting our turnovers and dominating O-boards--neither of which is a sure thing.  

I\'m less worried about breaking the press that we are expecting (agreed with fullmetal\'s arguments) than I am about lazy or bad angle passes in the half court getting deflected and leading to transitions for A&M.  Picture two Vandersloots on defense, even if neither of the guards is quite up to her standards on offense.  The good news is that Sloot only had 2 steals and we had more points off turnovers against Gonzaga than they did--even though we had a lot of turnovers.  If we can do half that well against A&M we will be in business.