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Something with Afolter seems off, and I'm assuming it has to do with missing time and her surgery. Last year during the tournament she was taking over at the end of games, and that hasn't come back this year yet.
 

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Something with Afolter seems off, and I'm assuming it has to do with missing time and her surgery. Last year during the tournament she was taking over at the end of games, and that hasn't come back this year yet.
I agree. Also have to keep in mind she was about the 4th/5th option on the floor last year and the defenses were never focused on stopping her. Guessing she’s higher up on the scouting reports now and she’s forced to create more of her own shots. So that plus the injury/missed time probably add up to what we’re seeing.
 

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4 turnovers in the first 3 minutes. right on pace..
 

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Fuerbach is horrible. Affolter hasn’t been much better.
 

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McCabe coming on has been great.
 

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These freshman with the much needed spark.
 

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Franesque coaching. Bad substitution and poor defense. wide open 3s for everyone
 

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dunno why Jensen thought it was a good idea to go back to the starters to start the 2nd qtr
 

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dunno why Jensen thought it was a good idea to go back to the starters to start the 2nd qtr
Jan plays the freshmen because they are good enough to be in the rotation, but she leans on vets more than she should.
 

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Alright, come on ladies. Maryland is all out of sorts right now.
 

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Hopefully that means she can end her season taunting the opposition’s pg in the National Championship Game
That would be fine. She should hope the freshmen grow up enough to carry the load in March.
 

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They need more movement on offense. Neither O’Grady or Stuelke are post players you can dump it into and have them score.

Need ball reversals, refusing screens, slipping screens. Things that they can use to their advantage bc of their size deficit.

And no idea why Heiden didn’t play more. That was weird.
 

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They might be an average Big Ten team. But the conference is also better than it ever has been
 

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Guyton's daughter will be a good one, in time
She kinda struggled in her first start. She’s definitely been playing well enough to warrant more minutes but maybe keep her coming off the bench and just start O’Grady.
 

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And they’re gonna need to learn that they can’t stare down the post feed lob. Too obv to help in the backside. Get some ball reversals and come screen action to keep the weakside occupied then make the pass.
 

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And they’re gonna need to learn that they can’t stare down the post feed lob. Too obv to help in the backside. Get some ball reversals and come screen action to keep the weakside occupied then make the pass.
Maybe you should send Jan an email and let her know.
 

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I’m beginning to think Jan may not be a very good head coach.
 

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she kind of threw the team under the bus after the loss to Illinois. Cited a "lack of senior leadership"...smacked of Alford
 

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Jesus. I get that we lost a lot, but I agree with what H&B said. I was there today and I’m sure he was, too. Crowd was great per usual. I don’t think the staff is getting the best out of the women on the team in this recent stretch and some questionable coaching led to a couple of losses earlier this year, as well IMO. 🤷‍♂️
 

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McCabe played her ass off. Olsen had a tough physical match-up and got outplayed. Feuerbach is awful. Stuelke is still undersized, and O’Grady is well, O’Grady. IU’s vets made big shots when Iowa made runs.

Jan is in a tough situation. Upper-classmen that were successful role players previously are looking to fill roles that they appear to not be capable of filling. Young, more talented freshmen are gamers but not quite ready to shoulder the load. Leaves her trying to balance the two. You could definitely see some frustration with Affolter and Stuelke. I don’t think Stuelke was on the floor more than 3 minutes at a time.
 
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