Comments on: Wahine basketball: Beeman pleased with first practice

By: drawer

drawer — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 02:43:05 +0000

chief, i agree with you about how good beeman is for the uh wahine program. i’ve been a beeman believer almost from day one, but i’m alittled disappointed in her recruiting thus far. i continue to hope that recruiting improves in the future.

By: chief

chief — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 09:46:30 +0000

Hawaii is lucky to have Beeman as women’s coach. She knows basketball, cool, very tactical. She has that aura of confidence and appears to portrays that quality into her players.
Glad she’s returning. With her winning record last year I wasn’t too optimistic about her returning.

By: LanaiBoy

LanaiBoy — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 23:48:37 +0000

re #2. For years I was frustrated with the high number of turnovers by the Wahine BB team when pressed in the back court or force-feeding ill-advised passes to the middle. Last year the Wahine improved markedly in these areas. One reason for this was the Wahine players in the past were often overmatched physically and athletically. I think Coach Laura Beeman have upgraded the recruiting so that these type of mismatches have lessened considerably. Basketball often comes down to individual match-ups or one-on-one basketball. Who can physically dominate, the offensive player or the defensive player. You are right in that Shawna-Lei Kuehu was one of the few Hawaii players who could consistently beat opponents off the dribble. Hope Hawaii can find in this year’s team someone with this ability.

By: kimo browner

kimo browner — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 23:13:59 +0000

Coach Laura Beeman’s high IQ/BB player graduated. Shawna-Lei Kuehu.
I dont see a replacement among our guards who can lead an intelligent disciplined back court press without turning it into a key-stone cop comedy gone berserk. Granted, Beeman may be stocked with a generous supply of ever ready rabbits energized to run. The challenge is to get them to move in the same direction at the same time while maintaining control. Wahine are notorious for over dribbling and making errant passes on the run. Kuehu was a brilliant exception in turn over transition. She had BB IQ to go along with everything else she possessed.

By: small papa

small papa — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 18:19:54 +0000

volleyball loss, is basketball gain, go Megan!

By: H-Man

H-Man — Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:21:58 +0000

Yes, all of that, plus you need a player or players that can hit the 3. It looks like another exciting season. All thanks to coach Beeman who has developed a great basketball culture. They’re only going to get better and better.