At this point, head coach Adia Barnes says that she laughs when her rotation decisions are questioned by those outside the program. It’s not about individuals or just about offense. It’s about the entire team and how it functions together, especially on defense.
“That’s what people don’t understand,” Barnes said. “They don’t understand there’s matchups. There’s different combinations that aren’t good together, defensively at all or offensively. So, those are the things that people don’t get.”
In the close loss at Utah, those were the questions she dealt with after the game. She says that she’s dealing with a team that is much better offensively than it’s been since she arrived but does not have the same flair on defense simply because of the personnel.