To be fair, she's only notched the worst ACC record in 35 years. The other football guy a lot of people defended you had to go back almost 120 years. Not sure how far back WBB goes back, but I'm sure she's not yet at historical levels of suck. I think we only started playing D1 when we went to the ACC. I'd focus on fixing Men's basketball first before we starting trying to upgrade a Women's coaching staff that's ok for the most part. We got way more issues over on the Men's side.
I don't expect much improvement this year. The offense seems to run a weave out front (maybe Nell wants to burn some clock) and then try to create a shot with about 10 seconds on the clock. Very weak on entry passes into the paint. Sloppy passing at times. Defense is marginally better than the offense which isn't that great. This looks like a young team that is building for next year. PG needs to be able to beat her defender to break down a defense. At times it looked like the off ball players were just standing around hoping to take 3 point shots. Duke is a good team this year so the result was not unexpected. This looks like a rebuild year for us. I don't think we can blame this on NIL money.
It’s a chemistry problem. Something the GT student body knows all about!!
There may be a chemistry problem, but GT is getting out-hustled and out-played by better basketball players. We have one shooter that does not have a great all-around game (rebounding, defense, drawing fouls, laying out on the court for loose balls, etc.). We are desperately missing tenacity, defense, savvy basketball skills, and rebounding of Latinen, Cubaj, and some others.
I didn’t say we are not getting out-hustled. If you are referring to Ines, I’ve watched her lay out for loose balls. Blackshear, as well. Impressed by both.
I didn't have any issues with your statement. Chemistry is just one of the issues that I see. Not referring to Ines or Blackshear.
Dominated late to pull away for the win. Happy for the Lady Jackets!!
great win to start a turnaround
And Swartz and Jackson leading that final charge. But can they carry that effort over to the next game?
Good for Eylia - hope she resurrects her career at Louisville (except when playing us). Guess we’ll never learn the real reason Nell dismissed her from the team - assume it was attitude/effort issue related to reduced role. She was really good last year, but departure of Cubaj, Lahtinen, and Strautmane really seemed to hurt her performance.
