OU has a very curious women's hoops team. We are capable of pouring it on against competition that's a notch below us. But we are not truly sound defensively. And we're trying to go really fast. We have some nice depth this season, and it's going to take a while for the players to learn how to play together, and for Coach Baranczyk to finalize her playing rotation.
One peculiar thing right now, is that we have a retuning All Conference player, Taylor Robertson, who isn't a great defensive play, though maybe a little underrated in that area, but is an elite shooter. Maybe there is a reason I don't know about, but her minutes seem to be getting cut more than a little. And she's not the first option much. Coach is finding out about her team.
They've added some much needed length, but we're still way to small to be elite. Coach B is getting some recruiting improvement. That matters later. But I saw us play ND last year at home in the playoffs and the defense got absolutely smoked. Apparently, the D still has a ways to go.