Your observations are correct. Harris should have been playing more minutes all season. I love the defensive trapping, that gets Kasa in a flow and her ability to see the floor involved the bigs as our two miniature shooting guards are not playmakers and struggle with that. Coach said before the game he wants to see more ball movement and less one on one, and I think we did that with Kasa in the game driving and breaking down the defense.
Well, I could be wrong but something is interfering with the team chemistry. Also, in no way do I agree we're better off without HVL. She's a warrior and a team leader. It's very difficult to perform at the top of your ability for the entire season. Those who do it the best use their athleticism which is something HVL doesn't have a whole lot of.
OMG! Now you say she lacks athleticism? Do you even watch all of the games or do you just pick and choose? Hailey has made some incredible shots over the last 3 seasons and like it or not she is the National face of our program and one of the Top 10 players in women’s college basketball. Incredible.
I wish I could down vote this post... If Harris had played more consistent, she would have gotten more minutes. Poorly led the team... sheesh. Glad Coach Walz doesn't listen to you.. CJW does realize this team is based on defense and will be the difference maker. He just needs to get everyone on the team to play defense.
Come on now, you know what I mean. HVL is a great player but she's not athletic like say, Morgan Jones. She doesn't rely on natural athleticism, she does it with playing hard and smart.
What do you consider to be consistent? Her 64% shooting from the field, which is 12% higher than Cochran, 7% higher than Dixon and 15% higher than Williams? Or the fact her first start produced 18pts, 6 reb with 3 Blks. Nice to see you conveniently left out “poorly led team from an efficiency point of view” regarding HVL.
Okay guys, whatever. I played a little hoops in my day and I had a pretty good crossover and could make reverse layups and was also a pretty good shooter. I'm only 5'9 and have never been able to touch the rim or jump over anybody. I wasn't particularly quick either and was never considered athletic.
Harris is consistent... with the minutes she plays. She averages 4.8 ppg and 3.2 rebs. I think she's 8th in minutes played and 8th in scoring average. She also only shoots 51% at the foul line which makes her a liability in close games at the end. She only has 9 assists, which is lower than the other bigs and also has 24 turnovers which is about the same as Kasa and Dixon. She just hasn't separated herself... yet. I agree Kasa had a good game, actually a career game in assists. As I said, this team will be better when the other players step up. Oh by the way consistency is scoring nearly 20 pts per game and you failed to mentioned that although HVL is only shooting 24% from 3pt, thats the 3rd highest on the team behind players that play valuable minutes. Carr is best and Konno is 2nd but Konno plays less minutes than Harris.
CC is shooting 48% from 3pt range. And HVL is in a 3 game slump. Unfortunately, probably the worst three gsme stretch of her career. I would imagine she comes out on fire the next game. She hasn’t went this long in a slump since freshman year.
Why would it be racial? Is it racial with you that you can’t offer constructive criticism when she’s not playing well?
Hahaha. I think I’ll post they way I post. I don’t need your approval on how I post. If you can’t handle facts then ignore the post.
I agree, HVL is a Uber competitor. I wish we used her more as a playmaker than a straight up shooting guard. The first game of the year, that’s how she came out, and let the game come to her. But as the season has played out, we have only one other outside shooter so I think her struggle has compounded considering we have no other outside shooters. We had six shooters from deep last year, her early season struggle wasn’t in the spotlight as much as this season.
And I stand by what I said. HVL will not make the WNBA as a 5’6 shooting guard. Coach is doing her a disservice by playing her at shooting guard. Your the one that looks at everything she’s done with rose tinted glasses. You’ve blamed every other player on the roster.
