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The systemic bias I am referring to is the officials letting other players beat up on her game after game, which led to certain liberties being taken by opponents like the kid who broke her nose. Meanwhile, they never missed an opportunity to call any kind of foul on Edwards. That includes...

Fully agree about the pass to Edwards being the best option at that point, had the offensive foul not been called. Wouldn't have been an easy pass to see being available or to make over all those defenders. But I l believe Paige would have pulled it off and Alliyah would have made the short...

I agree that Paige will be our star player next year. But Sarah should be an effective replacement for Alliyah, and the quicker she can develop the better, because next year is probably going to be UConn's best shot to win it all given the roster they will have. To your next point, what Geno...

I agree with all of this. Perhaps the addition of Sarah Strong will allow for a rebalancing of the offense towards some more "hard to the rim" play that has worked so well for teams like South Carolina and Notre Dame in recent years. I'm certainly not calling for a wholesale abandonment of the...

I didn't expect them to win it all because I don't think they would have beaten South Carolina in the final. But in the semi-final, we had two elite players in Bueckers and Edwards, and very solid supporting players, going up against the 105th ranked defense in women's Division I. And the...

At the time he was winning all those championships, that was of course the most effective style of play. My point is that the women's college game has evolved in the decade or so since then, which requires adjustments that Geno often seems reluctant to make.

It's entirely possible that the play was not executed as drawn up. Unfortunately, we're never going to know. None of the reporters other than Schnell asked about it post-game, probably because all of their focus was on the offensive foul. But Geno really is masterful dealing with the media...

The key for me is whether the head coach will finally make the necessary adjustments to his dated motion offence sufficient to allow a "Strong" forward to dominate in today's game with more physical and talented players. Geno's penchant for "pretty basketball" was again on display with that...

And John Fanta is one of the best play-by-play guys around. It's a joy listening to these two call a game.

Too funny. At first it sounded like they even added a laugh-track at the end there, but I believe it was actually other team-members off camera.

I hope the NCAA finally gets serious about the problem that officiating has become in the women's college game. The appearance of bias, the inconsistency between conferences, the inconsistency between and within games. The problem has been getting worse for years now. It undermines the game...

Appreciate the passion in Javafan's post. People on this board seem to fit neatly into one of two camps. Those who really dislike the "shortness" of Geno's bench and rotations. And those who take little to no issue with it. For what it's worth, I've always been in the latter camp. I do wish...

It does kin of suck though that the committee seems to prioritize strength of schedule only in years where UConn's is weaker. Then in a year like this one when we have the most quality wins, suddenly they totally deemphasize it. :confused:

Our two most mature players as well, which is why it was these two who responded the best last night to the what tOSU threw at the team. That will be sorely missed next year, and I think Paige will have to provide much of that grounding because this group of players is going to need it. During...

These bad March Madness losses don't really shock me much anymore, but I do wish we could have got some better performances out of some of your guys. Lou played really well.

For me also it's a coach taking accountability. He made it clear that weaker coaching is part of the problem. These guys may well win the Big East tournament, but they're not getting out of weak two of the big dance if some these problems don't get addressed and fixed. Geno made that clear to...

Exhilarating start (and finish) by the Huskies. And although there are no moral-only victories in UConn women’s basketball, you have to just love that they played really hard the entire game and never got discouraged. If the Gamecocks hadn’t dominated the o-boards again, the outcome might have...

The outcome of that official review was a travesty. The idea that Edwards did anything approaching the severity of what Jackson did to her is utter nonsense, laid bare for all to see by the replays we got to watch from home. Plus I think the refs even lied about it, announcing that the initial...

Agree with maple above. To be a true legend of this program I believe is a combination of three elements: 1. Making your team-mates around you into better players than they would otherwise have been (the "it-factor") 2. Delivering those "Wow-Moments" on the floor 3. One or more National...

With the current emphasis on strong post play, and consistently great performances in that area from Aaliyah and Dorka, all we really need out there on the floor right now is another three-point assassin. If we get Azzi back at close to full proficiency, I'd have to think we're contenders to...

I'm going to go with Bascom. Although Dangerfield could be a close second, with the asterisk that unfortunately she did not have an opportunity to compete for one in her senior year. It is rather shocking to me that none of Collier, Samuelson, Nurse and Williams won a national championship...

I wish I could understand why her conditioning remains so poor into December. Clearly not in game shape. Understandably difficult to recover from the kind of concussion she suffered last year under the best of circumstances. But I would need to see a level of physical fitness at least...

I knew this was going to be the case unfortunately the moment I saw the replay in slow motion. Just waiting for the official announcement. And just as Dorka's broken thumb was never going to be keeping her out for only three games, this should be considered the minimum length time out for...

"We need another big guy that can make shots from outside on the perimeter. So when Dorka comes back, that gives us the opportunity to do that." No. When I hear statements like this from the head coach, I wonder if he has yet to truly grasp why his program has gone one for six in Final Four...

Geno's quote above is hardly a of money shot of any kind. Hopefully he's providing better insights in the locker room. We won't get past them in the tournament either if his idea of going as far as our bigs take us is them making lots of outside shots.

Not sure why Griffen continued to take all those outside shots, long after it proved not to be working. Surely you have something else you can run in lieu of that, anything. Even with your best long-range shooter sidelined. And then he sends Aubry to the bench, as though she had done something...

Absolutely delighted when Geno said that his post players are no longer necessarily great passers like in recent seasons. I never liked that offense were bigs like Nelson-Ododa were flashing to the top of the key or out past the elbow to act as passing facilitators in lieu of a guard. The...

The real problem was their coach all these years, Sandy Brondello, who had no clue how to utilize a dominant big the way that a Dawn Staley does. Looking forward to the addition of both Charles and Nygaard in that respect. Hope that Griner's situation in Russia is resolved quickly and favorably.

I thought that big, long hug Geno gave to Wes Moore at the end of the Elite Eight was most ill advised. Geno actually buried his face in Wes' sweater for a moment. Then when Wes hacked and coughed his way through his post-game presser, all I could think about is whether or not they swap out or...

Agreed. I recent years I have noticed Geno making some adjustments after each successive semi-final loss. For example in 2017/18 he had his guards trying to push pace of play more. The following year he had Dangerfield creating more off the dribble and penetrating for pull-up jumpers which...

Why do you think Boston chose South Carolina? I suspect a big reason was because Dawn's offensive philosophy prioritizes the post play a dominant big like her or Wilson, while Geno's does not. That beautiful inside out game of Dawn's was even better showcased in the Louisville game. But she...

The biggest problem the program faces right now is that the offensive scheme that Geno continues to deploy no longer works. Whatever you want to call it... motion, Princeton, chin, finesse.... the women's college game has evolved a lot in the past half-dozen years, including stronger, more...

And it was the best answer from Geno of the entire press conference, too!

The women actually did play on the Saturday and Monday at one point, last done in 2016 I believe. I don't remember off hand when the game times were on the Saturday, but it would be interesting to know. Not sure why they went back to Friday and Sunday, but it probably involves coordination...

Not this year! In any event, I don't think my point is that UConn is the only team affected. My point was that the overall number one seed should always have the early game per proper seeding protocols. Instead, ESPN has been scheduling who plays when for the semi-final every year. Now this...