tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945676324950180664.post5047120015769565839..comments2024-03-28T20:10:19.061-04:00Comments on Cardinal Couple: Thursday Cardinal Couple -- We aren't complaining...but...Case Hoskinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06335869124809666508noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945676324950180664.post-51029602182053013132013-12-19T19:05:24.603-05:002013-12-19T19:05:24.603-05:00Maybe Walz can ask Luke Hancock to put on a free t...Maybe Walz can ask Luke Hancock to put on a free throw clinic for the Lady Cards. He's shooting 92% for the season. Has some of the best shooting mechanics in MCBB.BurnBrotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04591664997592114722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945676324950180664.post-6361944720610372252013-12-19T16:54:19.890-05:002013-12-19T16:54:19.890-05:00Agree that UK and the Vols should go down this wee...Agree that UK and the Vols should go down this week. After we beat Colorado we'll have four legit wins over top 25 teams now that FSU broke into the rankings. That's pretty strong. It's kinda Snow White (UConn) and the 24 dwarves again this year. With a win over Colorado I think we have as good of a top 5 argument as anyone. Most everyone else is playing weaker competition than we are except the Huskies.BurnBrotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04591664997592114722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945676324950180664.post-33050215469457073912013-12-19T13:32:25.343-05:002013-12-19T13:32:25.343-05:00Kentucky plays Duke on Sunday and they are without...Kentucky plays Duke on Sunday and they are without DeNesha Stallworth. I expect Duke to win this game, in Stallworth's absence (if they recover from the Uconn loss). Tennessee also plays Stanford this weekend. Another game with the potential to knock a team off of this list. <br />JennyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945676324950180664.post-36529613426235239522013-12-19T10:12:48.842-05:002013-12-19T10:12:48.842-05:00Good post. I was going to comment on free throw m...Good post. I was going to comment on free throw mechanics but your college buddy hit the high points really well. It's all about visualization, repetition and muscle memory. My college coach had us all read Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. Originally published in 1960 and still in print this was one of the earliest self-motivation, visualization tomes. Good Stuff and helped everyone on their shooting skills.<br /><br />From my perspective the things that will get the Cards (and any team) beat in tight games against good teams are:<br /><br />1) Missed Free Throws - Need to improve<br />2) Missed Layups - Need to improve<br />3) Unforced Turnovers - Getting better vs weak opponents<br />4) Bad Shot Selection - Our bigs are OK, guards need to improve<br /><br />It's hard to tell how good the Cards are given the level of competition. We'll know more after the Colorado game. Seems to me that the rules changes this year have really changed the game. Parity in WCBB seems to be getting worse. There are still 12 undefeated teams as of today:<br /><br />Connecticut<br />Tennessee<br />Notre Dame<br />San Diego<br />Iowa State<br />Colorado<br />Texas-El Paso<br />Kentucky<br />Georgia<br />Indiana<br />Arkansas<br />Oklahoma State<br /><br />Hopefully by Sunday Colorado will be off the list. Will be interesting to see how it shakes out. As far as free throws go in my experience Bigs normally were cut some slack but guards were always expected to shoot free throws at 80% or better. Absent that they needed to get in the gym and get their reps in.BurnBrotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04591664997592114722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8945676324950180664.post-83553807435194348362013-12-19T09:19:22.402-05:002013-12-19T09:19:22.402-05:00The free throw issue is certainly the most obvious...The free throw issue is certainly the most obvious area for improvement. Another is turnovers. There is good news / bad news there. The bad news first - too many unforced turnovers, an overall assist-turnover ratio that is too low (237-211), and a 28-28 stat from Bria Smith. The good news - 53-28 from Shoni Schimmel and 54-35 from Jude Schimmel. Looking at the team's pace of play I'd be real happy with an overall 1.5 ratio and two of our three primary ball handlers are at or above that.Mike Dnoreply@blogger.com