barrington;842658781 said:
I started the thread and at the time I started it they were playing poorly. I asked a simple question as to why. A lot of opinions surficed and as I learned in my Political theory class many years ago the answer to why is why not. Thus I asked the question not to be negative but I wanted to know. BTW I would like to attend some of the games but live in Chicago. Go Bears!
Well, you also stated very "little leadership" and "questionable coaching," so it was a bit more than just opening the discussion of a reasonable point. So, they just did something that a team has NEVER done in the Pac-12 tournament....was that because there was good leadership and the coaching was terrific?
The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, and really hard to judge from afar. When your best player is a true freshman, you are talking about a weird dynamic, let alone two starting freshmen. We can all cite the depth, but just having Jefflo and 25-30 minutes from her changes a lot..they weren't short 3 or 4 players.