team ball because they cannot simply rely on the dunk to bail them out. They rely on the three point shot so much, and that is not always fun basketball. They pass the ball as well as their physical ability allows them, and basketball is beautiful when passing both outside and inside is involved. On the other hand the lesser fast twitch muscle amount does not allow them to play with great speed. Sometimes because of their need to play team ball their movement of the ball becomes something to behold but the lesser physical strength makes the passes less pinpoint and powerful. They seem to hit more wide open threes than guys do and so many of them make foul shots more effectively than guys(not true this year on our men's team as we were awesome). They get away with shooting set or push shots on threes rather than jump shots and that seems to make it easier for them. In fact Mabrey seems to be the only one who gets a three off quickly that I have seen, and she is not exactly jumping much when she shoots it. It is all relative really, based on strength and speed.
On the other hand you see way more ugly shots in the women's game when they drive to the hoop and the quality of teams is only about 8 deep. I remember I watched the first UCONN/ND game this year and it was downright ugly and as far as I'm concerned they had the two best teams in women's ball. The physical differences make the guys game way more exciting and of course with the number of good teams every year, usually about 32 to 40, it is a battle almost every night. The refereeing in the women's game is much worse though it is still bad in the men's game.(Witness the final this year, those guys were supposed to be the best three? Really?)
As far as Muffett goes, she did build the program, although the argument can be made she had no place to go but up with our ability to sell our education. The education is way more important to the women, who are generally staying four years and definitely at least three. Comparing Muffett to Brey is really comparing apples to oranges as far as the ability to get real talent because no one is leaving after year one in women's ball. Muffett is determined, driven, gets her team to respond, makes adjustments and yet called a piss poor play at the end of the Stanford game this year.