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Iowa beat South Carolina with a 6-3 center. They hit their outside shots

Actually, no they didn't. Iowa shot 61.8% from 2 (21-34) and just 30.4% from 3 (7-23).

 

[donalddoowop]

Actually, no they didn't. Iowa shot 61.8% from 2 (21-34) and just 30.4% from 3 (7-23).

An outside shot is not exclusively a three-point shot. What was their two-point percentage?

 

[oldude]

Actually, no they didn't. Iowa shot 61.8% from 2 (21-34) and just 30.4% from 3 (7-23).

Exactly. Iowa went to school on UConn’s surprisingly close game against SC, despite being shorthanded. The Huskies spread the floor and repeatedly beat the bigger Gamecocks off the dribble for layups. Clark did that over and over and when SC tried to help on her, she dumped the ball off to Czinano for easy layups.

 

[HuskyNan]

Actually, no they didn't. Iowa shot 61.8% from 2 (21-34) and just 30.4% from 3 (7-23).

I was saying Iowa hit threes against So Carolina (7-23) while UConn couldn’t, going only 2-6. Azzi wasn’t available that day so Lou Lopez Senechal was th only perimeter sharpshooter and the Gamecocks were all over her (she still scored 19, our Lou). UConn lost by 4, another three point shooter would have made a difference

 

[Rowdy831]

Geno is missing true size in the 6'6-6'7" inch range. I showed against a player like Cardoso. LSU has a big coming in. Betts with 3 years left would be the one true fit. That allows ice to play the four or the five especially after Edwards graduates. There are not many super tall super talented American bigs of that size over the next few classes. There is a 6'5" big in New York in a few years.

Watching Betts I noticed two things. She has good hands and usually catches the pass which is vital for any post player on a great team. The second was her foot speed was just okay and on next years team the court is going to move super fast and every one will need to keep up. The good news is she has 3 years left and post players with her skillset have done well at UCONN.

 

[Rowdy831]

Looking at Morrow's stats it appears she is an average shooter who shoots the ball a lot. Maybe she felt the pressure to carry the team every night and that impacted her stats a little but unless she is a juggernaut on defense I don't see her going to a team like UCONN. I think her game aligns more with SC in the group most likely to contend.

 

[Bone Dog]

The Huskies spread the floor and repeatedly beat the bigger Gamecocks off the dribble for layups

I was with you until the phrase “bigger Gamecocks.” Sure they were bigger in the frontcourt. Is that who we were beating off the dribble? In the backcourt we were bigger, right? Or at least similarly tall.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Iowa beat South Carolina with a 6-3 center. They hit their outside shots

Yes. But let's be honest. Were those two teams to play a 5-game series, even a 3-game championship series, South Carolina wins every other game. South Carolina dominated in virtually every stat. They scored well as well.

That game was a fluke. And it was no surprise that Iowa got blown out the very next game by LSU, a team that South Carolina had defeated. The stars aligned for one night. Luck, not the better team.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

And how long ago did we win #11? Who besides AE can play underneath? AM has done this for 2 years. If our budding post players can show that they can shine with defense and offense (!!), AM can reduce her minutes and play even better. NO, I cannot be sure that we have adequate post support on the active roster.

Exactly. Coach Geno won most of those titles with great post players: four in a row with superstar post/forward Breanna Stewart. We won two with, yes, Maya Moore, but with All-American post player Tina Charles underneath. Then there was Rebecca Lobo for one. And others. So if memory serves, Connecticut only won NC's without a great post player during Diana Taurasi's run of three straight. She willed a mediocre team to victory with her brilliance.

 

[oldude]

I was with you until the phrase “bigger Gamecocks.” Sure they were bigger in the frontcourt. Is that who we were beating off the dribble? In the backcourt we were bigger, right? Or at least similarly tall.

Dorka, Aaliyah & Aubrey repeatedly beat their defender off the dribble against SC. In fact, Aaliyah was the best player on the court.

 

[visitingcock]

Just as a hirsute baseball player must lose his beard when coming to the Yankees
Morrow would have to leave her eyelashes in the locker room.
I don’t see that happening.

Beale didn't leave her eyelashes in the locker room. Now, if you were being metaphorical . . .

 

[HuskyNan]

Yes. But let's be honest. Were those two teams to play a 5-game series, even a 3-game championship series, South Carolina wins every other game. South Carolina dominated in virtually every stat. They scored well as well.

That game was a fluke. And it was no surprise that Iowa got blown out the very next game by LSU, a team that South Carolina had defeated. The stars aligned for one night. Luck, not the better team.

Strawman argument. Iowa beat South Carolina with a smaller team, that’s a fact. It’s possible for a team without a 6-6 or 6-7 center to win against South Carolina.

People saying Geno has to get one of these very tall women, throwing it out there as though there are 10 elite prospects in every recruiting class, are ignoring the fact that it’s possible to win without one. And it’s not like he’s ignoring the few that are out there; he recruited Lauren Betts, for example, but it’s tough to beat out a Stanford education

Did Iowa have some luck in the game? sure, but South Carolina needed luck against UConn (injured Azzi, blown call on the inbounds handoff) to beat UConn. That’s part of the game.

 

[Artifact]

Isn't Geno a personal friend of the DePaul coach? Does this enter into the equation somehow in regards to Morrow's portal transfer?

 

[The deacon]

Yes. But let's be honest. Were those two teams to play a 5-game series, even a 3-game championship series, South Carolina wins every other game. South Carolina dominated in virtually every stat. They scored well as well.

That game was a fluke. And it was no surprise that Iowa got blown out the very next game by LSU, a team that South Carolina had defeated. The stars aligned for one night. Luck, not the better team.

It's remarkable how often Iowa got 'lucky' during the past season. With a different set of officials, I doubt LSU would have blown out Iowa, let alone possibly win.

 

[The deacon]

Exactly. Coach Geno won most of those titles with great post players: four in a row with superstar post/forward Breanna Stewart. We won two with, yes, Maya Moore, but with All-American post player Tina Charles underneath. Then there was Rebecca Lobo for one. And others. So if memory serves, Connecticut only won NC's without a great post player during Diana Taurasi's run of three straight. She willed a mediocre team to victory with her brilliance.

DT's teammates in '03 and '04 were not 'mediocre.' I really wish BYers would stop with that nonsense.

 

[The deacon]

Yes. But let's be honest. Were those two teams to play a 5-game series, even a 3-game championship series, South Carolina wins every other game. South Carolina dominated in virtually every stat. They scored well as well.

That game was a fluke. And it was no surprise that Iowa got blown out the very next game by LSU, a team that South Carolina had defeated. The stars aligned for one night. Luck, not the better team.

Strawman argument. Iowa beat South Carolina with a smaller team, that’s a fact. It’s possible for a team without a 6-6 or 6-7 center to win against South Carolina.

People saying Geno has to get one of these very tall women, throwing it out there as though there are 10 elite prospects in every recruiting class, are ignoring the fact that it’s possible to win without one. And it’s not like he’s ignoring the few that are out there; he recruited Lauren Betts, for example, but it’s tough to beat out a Stanford education

Did Iowa have some luck in the game? sure, but South Carolina needed luck against UConn (injured Azzi, blown call on the inbounds handoff) to beat UConn. That’s part of the game.

Iowa outplayed and outcoached South Carolina. Every game involves elements of luck for both teams.

Did UConn get 'lucky' to beat NC State in the Elite Eight in '22? Did the Huskies get 'lucky' to beat Stanford in the Final Four? No, they outplayed and outcoached their opponents, same as Iowa did to SC.

 

[Fairfield Fan]

Strawman argument. Iowa beat South Carolina with a smaller team, that’s a fact. It’s possible for a team without a 6-6 or 6-7 center to win against South Carolina.

People saying Geno has to get one of these very tall women, throwing it out there as though there are 10 elite prospects in every recruiting class, are ignoring the fact that it’s possible to win without one. And it’s not like he’s ignoring the few that are out there; he recruited Lauren Betts, for example, but it’s tough to beat out a Stanford education

Did Iowa have some luck in the game? sure, but South Carolina needed luck against UConn (injured Azzi, blown call on the inbounds handoff) to beat UConn. That’s part of the game.

South Carolina outrebounded Iowa 49 to 25. They took 20 more shots. Iowa won at the free throw line, making all 14 of its shots, while South Carolina missed 4 of its 13 free throws. South Carolina dominated underneath. They clobbered Iowa, except for Clark. Would South Carolina miss 16 of 20 three's if they played them again? Not likely.

You can't win a NC without a great post player. Look at past NC's: A'ja Wilson. Aaliya Boston. Britney Griner. And look at UConn teams and the posts we won with.

 

[Longtime fan]

In Geno I trust!

Me, too. And I don't think UCONN will sign anyone, unless provoked by an injury or a surprise, end of season surgery. The big stars in the portal all have a few things in common; they want to play ( start ); they want to be on a team that can go all the way in the Big Dance. UCONN has no one they intend to move out of the line-up, for a portal transfer. They have to assume a starting line-up of Paige and Azzi and Edwards and Carolina and Ice Brady. Or maybe Nikka starts and Caroline or Azzi is a substitute. And I haven't even mentioned KK Arnold or Ashley Shade. Even though we have one scholarship still to offer, there is no room in the INN.

 

[HuskyNan]

South Carolina outrebounded Iowa 49 to 25. They took 20 more shots. Iowa won at the free throw line, making all 14 of its shots, while South Carolina missed 4 of its 13 free throws. South Carolina dominated underneath. They clobbered Iowa, except for Clark. Would South Carolina miss 16 of 20 three's if they played them again? Not likely.

You can't win a NC without a great post player. Look at past NC's: A'ja Wilson. Aaliya Boston. Britney Griner. And look at UConn teams and the posts we won with.

Who was the great post player in 2000 with Shea and Svet? Kelly Schumacher
Who was the great post player when Diana carried the team to a championship in 2003? Jess Moore

And I was under the impression we have a great forward in Aaliyah Edwards.

 

[EdSaid]

Beale didn't leave her eyelashes in the locker room. Now, if you were being metaphorical . . .

FYI I stayed at Mohegan the night before the FSU game in December. The morning of the game I ran over to Fox Woods to go to the Merrell outlet. Guess what is in the vending machine by the elevators? That's right fake eyelashes. Different lengths, different colors. Amazing.

 

[bballnut90]

Beale didn't leave her eyelashes in the locker room. Now, if you were being metaphorical . . .

Not to mention Saxton/Johnson either. I'm not sure a "no fake eyelashes" rule would be enforceable or go over well in today's day and ago.

 

[asuwish]

Iowa beat South Carolina with a 6-3 center. They hit their outside shots

I was saying out loud that if UConn could fill in any gap that could give them a problem that would be the one area. We return 1 proven inside player so experience and or just size is our weakest link. If both Hailey Van Lith and Betts wanted to come to Uconn I'd take Betts. We have a ton of guard play.

 

[Zarathustra]

Yes. But let's be honest. Were those two teams to play a 5-game series, even a 3-game championship series, South Carolina wins every other game. South Carolina dominated in virtually every stat. They scored well as well.

That game was a fluke. And it was no surprise that Iowa got blown out the very next game by LSU, a team that South Carolina had defeated. The stars aligned for one night. Luck, not the better team.

A " W " is a "W". Someone once said (and I paraphrase ): Luck happens when practice meets opportunity.
Iowa executed their game plan. Kudos to Lisa Bruder and her team.

 

[Zarathustra]

South Carolina outrebounded Iowa 49 to 25. They took 20 more shots. Iowa won at the free throw line, making all 14 of its shots, while South Carolina missed 4 of its 13 free throws. South Carolina dominated underneath. They clobbered Iowa, except for Clark. Would South Carolina miss 16 of 20 three's if they played them again? Not likely.

You can't win a NC without a great post player. Look at past NC's: A'ja Wilson. Aaliya Boston. Britney Griner. And look at UConn teams and the posts we won with.

I think that this discussion is going to go round and round. Did LSU have a "great" post player ( in the
normal sense of the term, e.g. "a big, big'? Angel is a gifted athlete and an great rebounder, but
is she a classic " post player "? Maybe a post player is defined by what she does? In that case probably
a "yes" answer. Will she be a post player in the WNBA? There I believe the answer is "no". Let the
discussion continue!!!

 

[IArick]

I think that this discussion is going to go round and round. Did LSU have a "great" post player ( in the
normal sense of the term, e.g. "a big, big'? Angel is a gifted athlete and an great rebounder, but
is she a classic " post player "? Maybe a post player is defined by what she does? In that case probably
a "yes" answer. Will she be a post player in the WNBA? There I believe the answer is "no". Let the
discussion continue!!!

The biggest difference in the game was LSU shot lights out from the 3 point line. Carson, more specifically shot well above what her season average and was hot beyond the 3. Iowa was only 2 points below their season average. I'm sure most scouting reports for Carson was that the 3 wasn't a strength. The few minutes in the 2 quarter really decided the outcome of the game.

 

[HopJim]

Not sure I understand this conversation. Can you win without 2-3 strong bigs? Sure. Is it better to have a balanced team with elite players at every position (including bigs) and 1-2 on the bench? Absolutely. Rarely does a team have home run hitters at every position - this is where coaching comes in. I like our position as it exists now but would be thrilled to have another proven big (as long as its not Morrow).

 

[visitingcock]

Not sure I understand this conversation. Can you win without 2-3 strong bigs? Sure. Is it better to have a balanced team with elite players at every position (including bigs) and 1-2 on the bench? Absolutely. Rarely does a team have home run hitters at every position - this is where coaching comes in. I like our position as it exists now but would be thrilled to have another proven big (as long as its not Morrow).

I thought that’s who this thread is about. Silly me. Didn’t follow all the thread drift.

 

[Urshurak]

And how long ago did we win #11? Who besides AE can play underneath? AM has done this for 2 years. If our budding post players can show that they can shine with defense and offense (!!), AM can reduce her minutes and play even better. NO, I cannot be sure that we have adequate post support on the active roster.

Ice Ice Baby…..bad Bon dada Bon dada Bon.

 

[Zarathustra]

Ice Ice Baby…..bad Bon dada Bon dada Bon.

"ICE" will melt the dreams of those teams hoping to beat UCONN under the basket.
(And some from the outside, while running the floor, and making anyone who
trys to take an offensive/charge on her " pay the price" of foolishness. GO ICE!
Addendum: IMO we do not " need " and extra player, but I would not
complain if Geno and Lauren Betts come to an agreement to put Lauren
on the path to NCAA Finals greatness! Go Lauren! p.s. any typos are due
to my still waking up!!! Z

 

[southofnorth]

Yes. But let's be honest. Were those two teams to play a 5-game series, even a 3-game championship series, South Carolina wins every other game. South Carolina dominated in virtually every stat. They scored well as well.

That game was a fluke. And it was no surprise that Iowa got blown out the very next game by LSU, a team that South Carolina had defeated. The stars aligned for one night. Luck, not the better team.

That game was not a fluke. South Carolina dominated in exactly 2 stats: rebounding (49; 26 offensive, 23 defensive; +24) and shots taken (77; +20). They did have 5 blocks (+4), but I wouldn’t call that dominant—note that they were the nation’s leading shot blocking team (over 9 bpg) heading into that matchup.

It was absolutely a surprise that Iowa got blown out because LSU made 11-17 (64.7%) from 3 when they averaged about 4.3 makes per game on about 12.3 attempts per game (~35%) going into the championship game. They did have a couple of other games during the season where they shot 50%+ from 3 on 15+ attempts, but those nights were few and far in between (hence the ~35% overall for the season) and often against lesser competition. Sometimes the law of averages just works in your favor. That’s not luck, that’s statistics. If you don’t consider LSU’s shooting in the championship a fluke, then you definitely shouldn’t consider Iowa’s win against South Carolina a fluke.