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We are young, and that's a concern. But the lack of athleticism on the roster is a much larger concern. In general, we are at the bottom of the Summit with regard to speed and athleticism. We got good size coming in, but where are the athletes?
I agree, you can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit. X and 0 all you want but good recruiting is still the major component of a successful college athletic program.
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I am no expert at all in the NDSU womens b-ball team and/or program. All we do is get to a few games each year(we are 3.5 hours from Fargo) and support the team and players. We do make more of the Men's game since we do have season tickets for those, but we always record the Womens games if they are on TV, and we cant watch live. What I see is hustle. Sure they are out matched height-wise, and in b-ball that can get damned frustrating. The ladies also give up experience to almost every team they play...yet they hustle. To me, as this season has gone on, they are getting better at all aspects of the game, including teamwork, so we simply support this squad as if we had a kid playing on the team, thats what fans do. Its perfectly fine to talk about anything that will make the team and program better, and this discussion has been just fine...looking to see improvement. But just as the Bison Men, this year, hit a point where things just seemed to "click" offensively, and they actually started games a lot better, that too will happen with the women. NDSU can't send us fans out an email, or post on facebook, that TONIGHT...the Lady Bison will hit their stride!!! Aint that simple is it? So we simply continue to just support, and go to as many games as time, road conditions and stage 4 cancer allows, and cheer on the team. Go Bison and I dont really give a shit which Bison team!!!
That's nice but this isnt parks and rec basketball. This is division 1 NCAA basketball, where results count. Some one above mentioned athleticism,or lack of. I said the same thing as the season started. That we are so slow especially on defense it looks like we are running in mud. I think over 21 losses so far this season 12 have been by 20+. And we're not even playing half decent teams. So it's nice you see hustle. They need to be coached. Even if they can't make a basket they could at the least be able to play defense Haven't seen that either as we are dead last in points allowed. Come on coach them please! The girls and the fans deserve better.
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To be good in D1 you need to build the program the right way.
We have plenty of athleticism but it hasn't been developed yet. These girls haven't even had a year in the weight room or had the speed and agility training. They will benefit greatly from a full off season. This is the same formula our other sports use. We develop athletes because we can't recruit 4 star kids. Patience. Now they play with heart and are skilled shooters who plays with heart. When we are experience and they become more athletic, we will be excellent.
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