1 second left and you don't offer any defense?

[glv98]

If you can stand it, still hurts:
9:09 - Jewel fouls Fulwiley
9:24 - Kellie is waving arms and directing traffic, maybe saying 'stay high' or 'stay out'
Joy comes behind and seems to say "on the ball" a couple of times?
9:37 - Rickea starts to pair up w Kamilla, but Kellie waves her off and toward the inbounds play
9:40 - Rickea walks toward the inbound, she and Kellie closely watching ea other, then Kellie backs her up a couple of steps.
9:43 - With Rickea apparently right where she wants her, Kellie drops her hands and does not give further instruction.
9:44 - Kamilla is initially around the free throw line but steps back
9:46 - Kamilla catches the uncontested pass just outside the arc, none of our players move, except RJ takes a slight side step
unfortunately in the other direction. Sara stays glued to Watkins, TK never moves. But you can see no one could have gotten to KC, maybe yelled and waved at best

 

[Coach Jumper]

I've never seen anything like that in basketball. Final play and they get a huge lob pass to the 3 point line uncontested? Any one of the Ut players could have rushed over and contested the catch but they all just stood like statues. You must protect the tipped ball but that was nuts!

You also got to consider Cardoso had one attempt in all of her career before she took #2 on that play

 

[glv98]

You also got to consider Cardoso had one attempt in all of her career before she took #2 on that play

Yes but there's no reason to take a chance on leaving even my granny that wide open. However, Kellie did back RIckea off of KC, after Rickea went looking for her to pair up with as soon as the changeover started. And what's she gambling for, what is Rickea supposed to do on that island that's better? I'm sorry, I just can't make sense of this.

 

[Coach Jumper]

Yes but there's no reason to take a chance on leaving even my granny that wide open. However, Kellie did back RIckea off of KC, after Rickea went looking for her to pair up with as soon as the changeover started. And what's she gambling for, what is Rickea supposed to do on that island that's better? I'm sorry, I just can't make sense of this.

no argument here

 

[glv98]

no argument here

thought you might have encountered this bizarre defensive set up somewhere along the way.

 

[krichunaka]

Y'all have covered about every imaginable scenario.
And, I am not a basketball strategist.
However (just cannot help myself):

Jazmine Powell is on the expected primary shooter in the far corner, right?

Jewell Spear is in the other corner guarding option two?

With Tamari in the paint there just ain't no way that Watkins makes a clean catch.
No way!
Not without at least a tip/deflection, and likely scuffle, which chews precious tenths, if not all of the 1.1.

I just don't understand ...what's Sara doing? No reason to double team. The
pass, from that length and angle, with Tamari Key in the paint? It just ain't
happening.
So, wouldn't Sarah's efforts have been better utilized to displace Cardozo? Or, precluding a timeout to substitute Jillian, Sara could guard the inbounds, allowing Rickea to match up with Cardozo.
I get the risk of a blowby if Tamari moves out with Cardozo, so match Rickea with Cardozo, making the catch ...and step-back ...and shot all the more improbable.

I don't know what Coach Kellie was thinking. If she was really considering a catch,
and pass, and then a shot, in one-point-one seconds, which, I think Coach Staley apparently admitted that she was inexplicably thinking ...if both of them were using the same modern math, then ....I just don't know what to say.

*I still haven't watched the entire last-minute sequence; I'm not yet that strong.
But, I have seen the actual shot heard around the college basketball world. And,
I've seen the clip of the South Carolina player stealing from the LSU playbook:
Apparently, good things happen if you just start things off with a double-dribble.

Cheers.

 

[Amb3096]

You're nice to say that. I'm going to try to find a video clip that shows them setting up while waiting on the inbound after the foul.

You can definitely see Rickea turn to cover Raven after the inbound for a second, and Puckett appeared to be trying to box Watkins out. It's like none of the players on either team aside from Kamilla and Raven knew how much time was left in the game.

 

[glv98]

I just don't understand ...what's Sara doing? No reason to double team. The
pass, from that length and angle, with Tamari Key in the paint? It just ain't
happening.

Sara's sticking to Watkins like glue. Watkins is a real threat to pop out, catch a pass, and drain a 3. TK was guarding the rim against a KC lob. JP and Jewel were in the corners locking up Pow and Bree Hall. Rickea was being yo yoed and ended up nowhere. All apparently per plan lol.

 

[glv98]

You can definitely see Raven turn to cover Raven, and Puckett appeared to be trying to box Watkins out. It's like none of the players on either team aside from Kamilla and Raven knew how much time was left in the game

I think you mean Rickea turn to guard Raven. Is is like everyone thought another pass could happen. Which it clearly couldn't have.

But even with none of our players reacting to the catch, the deed was done when they chose to not make either the inbounds pass or the shot difficult. None of them could have gotten to KC fm where they were.

I still can't understand Kellie saying they didn't get to the right places when she clearly put them there.

 

[xtpsrh08123]

If you can stand it, still hurts:
9:09 - Jewel fouls Fulwiley
9:24 - Kellie is waving arms and directing traffic, maybe saying 'stay high' or 'stay out'
Joy comes behind and seems to say "on the ball" a couple of times?
9:37 - Rickea starts to pair up w Kamilla, but Kellie waves her off and toward the inbounds play
9:40 - Rickea walks toward the inbound, she and Kellie closely watching ea other, then Kellie backs her up a couple of steps.
9:43 - With Rickea apparently right where she wants her, Kellie drops her hands and does not give further instruction.
9:44 - Kamilla is initially around the free throw line but steps back
9:46 - Kamilla catches the uncontested pass just outside the arc, none of our players move, except RJ takes a slight side step
unfortunately in the other direction. Sara stays glued to Watkins, TK never moves. But you can see no one could have gotten to KC, maybe yelled and waved at best

No kellie is saying verbatim "TK IN THE PAINT " TK STAY AT THE RIM......

 

[xtpsrh08123]

AT the end of the DAy make the damn free throws and that 3 does not matter , secondly if we have better coaching we would have been locked in the defend that last play . We did not and we don't .

 

[Amb3096]

I think you mean Rickea turn to guard Raven. Is is like everyone thought another pass could happen. Which it clearly couldn't have.

But even with none of our players reacting to the catch, the deed was done when they chose to not make either the inbounds pass or the shot difficult. None of them could have gotten to KC fm where they were.

I still can't understand Kellie saying they didn't get to the right places when she clearly put them there.

Yeah, I corrected my statement. But even when Raven was setting up her baseball heave, they had to have a sense that it wasn't making it to Ashlynn in the paint or to the wings to the shooters. She was at halfcourt, so once the ball left their hands they had to know it was going to Kamilla who was wide open. Jewel and JP were too far from the action to do anything, but why was Sara still messing with Watkins, Rickea checking back on Raven after she took a step towards Kamilla, and was Tamari making the "V" sign with her arms 20 feet away from the shooter? I don't know if it's because they figured the game was over, or if they were all completely unaware of the situation.

I didn't notice how prescriptive Kellie was with her instructions until you mentioned it earlier. I think that she was also hoping that as the ball went into the play, one of the players would've been like, "waitaminute..." and correct course instead of sticking to her playcall.

 

[Amb3096]

No kellie is saying verbatim "TK IN THE PAINT " TK STAY AT THE RIM......

I saw that, but then Rickea keeps checking back with Kellie and still looking in her direction as the whistle blew for the inbounds pass, and Kellie didn't react. I mean, 1.1 seconds. Call a timeout if you don't like what you see.

 

[Volfan2012]

JMO guard anybody just don't stand in the middle between the inbounds player and Cardoso. Guard somebody totally ridiculous everytime I see it. What were we doing really it was stupid. Even if they make it when your guarding I can live with it better. I don't want to give anybody an open shot I don't care who they are.

 

[Amb3096]

Sara's sticking to Watkins like glue. Watkins is a real threat to pop out, catch a pass, and drain a 3. TK was guarding the rim against a KC lob. JP and Jewel were in the corners locking up Pow and Bree Hall. Rickea was being yo yoed and ended up nowhere. All apparently per plan lol.

It made sense for Sara to stay with Watkins...right up until the ball left Raven's hands and they could see where it's heading. So why is she still covering Watkins as if anyting could happen besides the recipient of the inbound catching and quickly shooting. Were they even looking at the ball at that point?

 

[GameTime]

A strategic time out by Kellie and tell each player what to do defensively would have been better then just yelling out instructions that made little sense to our players....

Kellie has never been considered a tacticon when it comes to proper use of timeouts....

What a lousy way to lose a game....

 

[Dadof2Vols]

Surely not. Everyone in America knew w 1.1 it's catch and shoot only. I believe the announcers were saying it, and I promise you everyone sitting around me at the game was saying it. That would be worse than worse than I thought.

BUT she caught stepped back behind line and heaved the throw

edited…She obviously had confidence or she would not have stepped back for win. Typical shooter would have stepped into shot.

 

[wrangler]

You also got to consider Cardoso had one attempt in all of her career before she took #2 on that play

In a game. She's a basketball player, and has undoubtedly taken many of those shots in pickup or practice.

 

[glv98]

A strategic time out by Kellie and tell each player what to do defensively would have been better then just yelling out instructions that made little sense to our players....

Kellie has never been considered a tacticon when it comes to proper use of timeouts....

What a lousy way to lose a game....

Time out wouldn't have changed anything unless someone could have used it to talk Kellie out of that harebrain defensive alignment. Maybe could have reminded everyone, including apparently Kellie, that is was catch and shoot only and they should close out on the ball. But would have been so much simpler to have someone guarding Kamilla to begin w instead of racing toward her. Nonsensical.

BUT she caught stepped back behind line and heaved the throw

edited…She obviously had confidence or she would not have stepped back for win. Typical shooter would have stepped into shot.

She actually catches and steps back in the same motion. Raven, who is pretty smart, kind of led her w the pass in that direction. Seeing it live, I totally thought it was a 2 and we were going into overtime.

 

[djtee]

You can definitely see Rickea turn to cover Raven after the inbound for a second, and Puckett appeared to be trying to box Watkins out. It's like none of the players on either team aside from Kamilla and Raven knew how much time was left in the game.

True

 

[VOLtaism]

You also got to consider Cardoso had one attempt in all of her career before she took #2 on that play

Are saying they just gave her a free shot because she had not shot outside before, anybody can make a shot? Why let her shoot after USC made that high lob pass the game was over? UT could have easily run up that far and contested the catch. No time after that for a shot. I am wondering what the LSU play actually was? Why is the big standing on the 3 point line?

 

[wrangler]

Are saying they just gave her a free shot because she had not shot outside before, anybody can make a shot? Why let her shoot after USC made that high lob pass the game was over? UT could have easily run up that far and contested the catch. No time after that for a shot. I am wondering what the LSU play actually was? Why is the big standing on the 3 point line?

Actually, she was strangely left unguarded at the freethrow line, and left unguarded as she moved toward the 3 point line.

 

[PineyBluff Vol]

If you can stand it, still hurts:
9:09 - Jewel fouls Fulwiley
9:24 - Kellie is waving arms and directing traffic, maybe saying 'stay high' or 'stay out'
Joy comes behind and seems to say "on the ball" a couple of times?
9:37 - Rickea starts to pair up w Kamilla, but Kellie waves her off and toward the inbounds play
9:40 - Rickea walks toward the inbound, she and Kellie closely watching ea other, then Kellie backs her up a couple of steps.
9:43 - With Rickea apparently right where she wants her, Kellie drops her hands and does not give further instruction.
9:44 - Kamilla is initially around the free throw line but steps back
9:46 - Kamilla catches the uncontested pass just outside the arc, none of our players move, except RJ takes a slight side step
unfortunately in the other direction. Sara stays glued to Watkins, TK never moves. But you can see no one could have gotten to KC, maybe yelled and waved at best

I wasn't watching Kelllie as much as I was watching Dawn!

 

[glv98]

Actually, she was strangely left unguarded at the freethrow line, and left unguarded as she moved toward the 3 point line.

Just to button this all up, read an article from Maria today where she described the last minute defense as being set up to "hedge toward the wing". Which explains Rickea on the island, cheating toward the wing. Apparently they were more worried about Fulwiley popping out of the corner on Jewel and catching and shooting than they were about Kamilla being left wide open, and the inbound pass being unguarded. And there's probably an analytic somewhere that says that's statistically the right call, though that seems astonishing to me.

It's the most Kellie Harper thing in the world that the one highly unlikely thing that could happen to blow that up is exactly what happened - Kamilla shooting and hitting the 3.

 

[chuckiepoo]

Just to button this all up, read an article from Maria today where she described the last minute defense as being set up to "hedge toward the wing". Which explains Rickea on the island, cheating toward the wing. Apparently they were more worried about Fulwiley popping out of the corner on Jewel and catching and shooting than they were about Kamilla being left wide open, and the inbound pass being unguarded. And there's probably an analytic somewhere that says that's statistically the right call, though that seems astonishing to me.

It's the most Kellie Harper thing in the world that the one highly unlikely thing that could happen to blow that up is exactly what happened - Kamilla shooting and hitting the 3.

…dem nasty, , nasty tapes…