December 6, 20241 yr win or lose tonght..making that shot will go along way for harmon and the horns this season shooting confidence builder hopefully Edited December 6, 20241 yr by pacman
December 6, 20241 yr Author 1 minute ago, perfectchaos007 said: Texas has been struggling all night attempting to force feed it to Oldacre/Jones. Yup, they’ve got to adjust here. You cannot keep force feeding the big when triple teamed
December 6, 20241 yr That was tough. Especially after the night she's had. Now shut off the lane and block out.
December 6, 20241 yr Just now, pacman said: win or lose..making that shot will go along way for harmon and the horns this season confidence builder hopefully admit I have watched only one other game this year but maybe she is overthinking it. just play...like that last play.
December 6, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, pacman said: nice D 5 minutes ago, Pancho said: STOP FORCING IT IN! JESUS Is this still the bball thread?
December 6, 20241 yr Hopefully, that gives Harmon some confidence. Don't let them defend you like this. You have to shoot it when they're sagging on you like this.
December 6, 20241 yr Harmon has no jump shot. It's a major problem when teams don't have to defend her like this.
December 6, 20241 yr Tired. Vic doesn’t use his bench. Feel like is to early for that. Got a long season
December 6, 20241 yr Worked our way back to OT…for nothing…..10-0 fun for ND…..we go over 4 min w/o scoring…chalk it up as a learning experience. Hate losing…..especially to ND.
December 6, 20241 yr The only time we looked good was early, when Carlton was out there. No idea why she got sentenced to the pine, but maybe we could have used a boost from another scorer and rebounder. Just saying. Edited December 6, 20241 yr by Gut Wagon
December 6, 20241 yr Texas scored the first 2 points in OT and then Notre Dame went on a 12-0 run to win
December 6, 20241 yr I’ll hopefully watch Stanford shove it on Mulkey in Baton Rouge. Ladies missed last 10 shots.
December 6, 20241 yr I know Vic is a great coach but man he can be stubborn at times and I feel that came to bite him tonight.
December 6, 20241 yr 6 minutes ago, Gut Wagon said: The only time we led in this game was early, when Carlton was out there. No idea why she got sentenced to the pine, but maybe we could have used a boost from another scorer and rebounder. Just saying. We really need a point guard that can score, like Aaliyah Chavez. We aren't winning championships with Dogus Balbay running the 1 Hidalgo showed us why its important to have a scoring point guard. Edited December 6, 20241 yr by perfectchaos007
December 6, 20241 yr Just now, perfectchaos007 said: We really need a point guard that can score, like Aaliyah Chavez. We aren't winning championships with Dogus Balbay running the 1 I wouldn't go that far. She's coming off a serious injury. Harmon is definitely limited but she's a much better scorer than she showed tonight.
December 6, 20241 yr Just now, Rickylovesweed said: I wouldn't go that far. She's coming off a serious injury. Harmon is definitely limited but she's a much better scorer than she showed tonight. She has never been a scoring guard (although I'm sure a few examples to the contrary could be cherry picked), but you're right that she's still coming back from an injury and could still have an upward trajectory when it comes to getting her shot confidence back. Harmon was also not seeing the floor well tonight and made some really bad passes, but to be fair she wasn't the only Longhorn who turned the ball over tonight (23 turnovers in total). The rest of our schedule this year is soft until conference play January 2nd so we won't start to know what we have with her until then, but Vic may need to let Booker run the point some like we needed to last year out of necessity.
December 6, 20241 yr 11 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said: Texas scored the first 2 points in OT and then Notre Dame went on a 12-0 run to win Booker missing the transition pull-up after Oldacre's block, and then fouling on the rebound, was a deflating turn in OT. I'm sure Booker was gassed, but Vic had no choice but to keep her on the floor.
December 6, 20241 yr Just now, perfectchaos007 said: She has never been a scoring guard (although I'm sure a few examples to the contrary could be cherry picked), but you're right that she's still coming back from an injury and could still have an upward trajectory when it comes to getting her shot confidence back. Harmon can't shoot from 3 but she's always been able to get to the mid-range and score. Tonight she wasn't able to. That's B2B games where Harmon has looked a step slow (against All-American caliber guards). I would guess she's nowhere close to where she was pre-injury.
December 6, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, perfectchaos007 said: She has never been a scoring guard Nope. Harmon has averaged 11.5 over her career. Hidalgo 23 Rori is a facilitator. The contrast was striking though. Moore and Harmon both 2 for 9. Phelia 1 for 5, Book 7 for 21 We shot 37%, 33% from 3 - as @perfectchaos007 pointed out. ND 44% from the floor, 47% from 3 Not going to win many games under water like that.
December 6, 20241 yr I would say Vic's only weakness, at times, is he wants to ugly up the game when there's no need for it. That's B2B games against top 15 teams where we weren't very good offensively but our physicality/size almost won both. You don't always have to turn games into a slugfest where it body blow after body blow inside. Let your guards have a little more freedom to score.
December 6, 20241 yr I’m on the Carlton, Preston, Oldacre bus. 1 hour ago, D3zii said: I know Vic is a great coach but man he can be stubborn at times and I feel that came to bite him tonight. Tries to stick with the old guard too much. Carlton needs most of Moore minutes. Preston and Oldacre need significant PT every game.
December 6, 20241 yr 29 minutes ago, TommysTinyTowels said: I’m on the Carlton, Preston, Oldacre bus. Tries to stick with the old guard too much. Carlton needs most of Moore minutes. Preston and Oldacre need significant PT every game. Against a team like ND it's difficult to go big with either Carlton or Moore at the 4. ND is so small and good at guard you need somebody athletic at the 4. Which is why Vic started Jak in the 2nd half. Gave up 39 in the first half and 29 in the 2nd half. We just needed to go smaller sooner to deal with their guards spacing the court and driving. I think Jak is somebody that needs to play more against certain teams. Carlton and Moore are not the most athletic 4s. Edited December 6, 20241 yr by Rickylovesweed
December 6, 20241 yr Scratching my head that Preston only played 37 seconds. She is so quick. You think she could've been helpful defensively at least. I'm surprised Jones is still the starter. Oldecre is playing much better; the same with Carlton and Moore. I know Amo is a vocal leader, but she is limited physically.
December 6, 20241 yr I am not sure we will encounter another team with 2 extremely elite guards like Olivia Miles and Hannah Hidalgo. If they stay healthy, they will go far in the ACC and NCAAT. They are truly fucking ridiculously good at everything.
December 6, 20241 yr 33 minutes ago, Js1 said: I am not sure we will encounter another team with 2 extremely elite guards like Olivia Miles and Hannah Hidalgo. If they stay healthy, they will go far in the ACC and NCAAT. They are truly fucking ridiculously good at everything. i picked ND to win it all this year and think they still can once they get Westbeld back from injury.
December 6, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, Rickylovesweed said: i picked ND to win it all this year and think they still can once they get Westbeld back from injury. The field looks wide open this year if Vic can figure a few things out. UCLA, Texas, SoCar, ND, UConn, LSU, USC, TCU
December 8, 20241 yr Shots are falling for Texas today. JMU had to take a timeout less than 3 minutes into the game to try to stop this early Texas run
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