02-11-2012, 06:20 AM
Toward the end of watching the TV broadcast of the U.SC game, I took notes about the playing and rebounding.
From 8:41 to 1:06, in the 2nd half, here are the numbers of rebounders in position for each team for each FGA or foul on a shot (ignoring FT), with Stanford numbers first
(eg, 4-3 means 4 Stanford rebounders, 3 U.SC rebounders)
Stanford defensive end:Â 4-3, 3-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-3, 2-3, 1-1, 5-3, 3-1, 2-1, 3-3, 4-4, 4-3, 4-3, 3-3, 4-1 (avg 3.125 - 2.75, def. team advantage 0.375 players/rebound)
Stanford offensive end:Â 3-4, 2-4,1-3, 3-5, 2-5, 2-5, 3-5 (avg 2.286 - 4.429, def. team advantage 2.143 players/rebound)
That's a major difference in rebounders, which should give U.SC quite an advantage.
However, U.SC got 2 defensive and 4 offensive rebounds in those chances, while Stanford got 7 defensive and 1 offensive rebounds.
The fact that Stanford wasn't out-rebounded badly is a credit to the skills of the O-team.
However, Stanford made only one FG during that time, while U.SC made 4 (2 were 2nd chance FG).
During this period, I saw both Lindy (8:31, 6:51, 6:48, 3:53) and Joslyn (8:13, 6:48, 1:35) heading back to the offensive end when they should have stayed (IMO) for a possible defensive rebound. I even saw Nneka do it once (1:35). It isn't like we were getting lots of fast breaks on them (2 FB FGs) so I don't really understand why we were assuming we'd get defensive rebounds (that we didn't always get). (Leaving early makes sense on offensive rebound chances so as to avoid an opponent's fast break.) At the 1:35 mark, two players that are rebounders started leaning & going to the offensive end before the ball hits the rim and are beyond the 3pt line when the rebound is contested. That seems the wrong thing to do if you want to hold your lead. It hurt at 1:22 when everyone else headed to the offensive end and left Nneka and Toni with a number of opponents, resulting in a turnover.
While Stanford earlier had done some really good switching on one-on-one defense, in this stretch they left some people open by one player switching but the other not. (5:12 Nneka switches, Toni doesn't; 2:43 Lindy switches; Chiney doesn't)
In this stretch, there were several cases where Lindy was slow to react (but not caused by her head being turned), plus another where she gave a big cushion that resulted in her having to go around a screen, resulting in an open 3pt shot.
From 8:41 to 1:06, in the 2nd half, here are the numbers of rebounders in position for each team for each FGA or foul on a shot (ignoring FT), with Stanford numbers first
(eg, 4-3 means 4 Stanford rebounders, 3 U.SC rebounders)
Stanford defensive end:Â 4-3, 3-3, 2-3, 3-2, 3-3, 2-3, 1-1, 5-3, 3-1, 2-1, 3-3, 4-4, 4-3, 4-3, 3-3, 4-1 (avg 3.125 - 2.75, def. team advantage 0.375 players/rebound)
Stanford offensive end:Â 3-4, 2-4,1-3, 3-5, 2-5, 2-5, 3-5 (avg 2.286 - 4.429, def. team advantage 2.143 players/rebound)
That's a major difference in rebounders, which should give U.SC quite an advantage.
However, U.SC got 2 defensive and 4 offensive rebounds in those chances, while Stanford got 7 defensive and 1 offensive rebounds.
The fact that Stanford wasn't out-rebounded badly is a credit to the skills of the O-team.
However, Stanford made only one FG during that time, while U.SC made 4 (2 were 2nd chance FG).
During this period, I saw both Lindy (8:31, 6:51, 6:48, 3:53) and Joslyn (8:13, 6:48, 1:35) heading back to the offensive end when they should have stayed (IMO) for a possible defensive rebound. I even saw Nneka do it once (1:35). It isn't like we were getting lots of fast breaks on them (2 FB FGs) so I don't really understand why we were assuming we'd get defensive rebounds (that we didn't always get). (Leaving early makes sense on offensive rebound chances so as to avoid an opponent's fast break.) At the 1:35 mark, two players that are rebounders started leaning & going to the offensive end before the ball hits the rim and are beyond the 3pt line when the rebound is contested. That seems the wrong thing to do if you want to hold your lead. It hurt at 1:22 when everyone else headed to the offensive end and left Nneka and Toni with a number of opponents, resulting in a turnover.
While Stanford earlier had done some really good switching on one-on-one defense, in this stretch they left some people open by one player switching but the other not. (5:12 Nneka switches, Toni doesn't; 2:43 Lindy switches; Chiney doesn't)
In this stretch, there were several cases where Lindy was slow to react (but not caused by her head being turned), plus another where she gave a big cushion that resulted in her having to go around a screen, resulting in an open 3pt shot.