Third Quarter Woes

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#26
And just wanted to play basketball. And willing to play "true team basketball" as one of them called it. I'm beginning to question what may be involved in getting such players who are also P4 talents. It's like a team of role players, some of whom just happen to be stars. The psychology may be the biggest barrier to Kim's system.
Hi Retro,

I find it interesting that you take great exception to posts that make inferences about what CKC is thinking (since only she can know and we should stick to the observable data) but you seem to have fewer reservations about making attributions in regard to the players' psychology. Just an observation....
 
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#27
Honestly, you would think that these blue collar, selfless, 100% team oriented, never take a play off, eat their vegetables, oh so eternally grateful D2 players (saints?) would easily defeat a team, composed of all those lazy, selfish, entitled, uncoachable, prima donnas playing D1 ball.

This morality tale always kills me. Players seldom get to this elite level with dedicating themselves to the game and being highly competitive and driven. People celebrate the work ethic is these same players afters wins only to trash them after losses.
Sure they have players that don't give 100% effort also. But it's certainly not on the high profile level as D1 televised games for everyone to see. But playing full court wide-open requires everyone to do their job or give up easy baskets. She brought them in and it's her job to fix it. Her subbing patterns make it hard to send the message. Needs to sit them on the bench until there willing to give the effort. Easy to see Zee has regressed so much this season for what ever reason. She was doing better and better in this system last year. But I really don't think the system will get her to the top.
 
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And no one is perfect. Zee changed so much from last year it's hard to understand why. Barker is very talented and the type of player she really needed but she has a bit of ego . She's still learning at least she knows it takes better players than where she once was. Also she's probably never dealt with these types of players. She will learn from it and grow or be replaced.

I think for me the reason I don't come for Barker like I do with Zee because Zee played in this system last year. She even was successful towards the end of the season once she settled in. She/Tay/Lyss/Kaniya/Kaiya should be more of an anchors on the dos/donts in the system because they lived it last season.
 
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At least take all SEC games. Might give the same result. My hunch matches yours -- we don't seem to do better after half-time. But I would like the criteria for selecting games established in advance.

Even then, we'd still have to consider a range of causes and see if we could discriminate between them

Let me ream out Gemini and I'll get back to you. The prompt was to include all 2026 SEC games. Good catch.
 
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Interesting, thx for doing that. Quick question, did the Georgia, Auburn, first MSU game and Missouri games look similar? Are they not included because UT outscored the opponent in the third?

Updated table with all 12 games, additional fact-checking encouraged, and I will update for any errors.

DateOpponentResultQ1 DiffQ2 DiffQ3 DiffQ4 DiffTotal
Jan 1vs. FloridaW 76–65+10-3-4+8+11
Jan 4at AuburnW 73–56+13+2+8-6+17
Jan 8at Miss. StateW 90–80+7+3+1-1+10
Jan 11vs. ArkansasW 85–50+11+2+11+11+35
Jan 18at #21 AlabamaW 70–59-3+10-2+6+11
Jan 22vs. #11 KentuckyW 60–58+4+3-6+1+2
Jan 29vs. Miss. StateL 62–77+3-12-8+2-15
Feb 5at GeorgiaW 82–77 (OT)+1+1+2-4+5
Feb 8at #3 S. CarolinaL 50–93-7-8-15-13-43
Feb 12vs. MissouriW 98–53+16+15+11+3+45
Feb 15vs. #4 TexasL 63–65-8+8-3+1-2
Feb 17at #17 Ole MissL 81–94-6+5-11-1-13
Totals+41+26-16+17
 
#32
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I think for me the reason I don't come for Barker like I do with Zee because Zee played in this system last year. She even was successful towards the end of the season once she settled in. She/Tay/Lyss/Kaniya/Kaiya should be more of an anchors on the dos/donts in the system because they lived it last season.
I don't know3 the ratio of points in the$ paint vs points fro 15 feet out. I speculate it is heavy to the 15 feet out, and many of thosE are shots bt our bigs. No wonder our second chance pointS are decreasing as Well as our offensive rebounds. I also believe we really miss our starting point guard. She adds a spark to the team that we really miss. I beliEvE Hurst has shown she can add a lot to the team. she needs to have at least 16-18 minutes per game if not more.
 
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No doubt I'm sure she's still learning at this level there can be ego problems. She's always coached players that were just glad to have a scholarship. And then again maybe didn't have the money to get who she wanted and took what she thought she could use. Tougher world at this level.
Actually their all learning, especially on the portal, I heard a seasoned coach say the money factor changes the whole dynamic and the process, NIL process is still evolving. He said some players that never had extra money in their pocket seem to get fat and lazy or for a better more succinct quote, lose a lot of drive.
 

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