I thought we got pushed around a lot tonight, and I’m not blaming the refs. I think we give up a lot of lower body strength to most teams, not just NCST. Kitley, who I think is amongst the most fundamentally talented bigs out there, seems to be forced off balance often with subtle hip checks from players a foot shorter than her but with more lower body strength.

NCST probably isn’t the best team from which to judge this (their lower body strength is probably amongst the best—compare Perez to Georgia or Aisha) but it does leave me wondering if maybe we don’t need to think about this. You have to adjust to what your competition is doing.

Thoughts?