Anyone else concerned about Mercer?

[RegisteredUconn]

all this hooey aboot 'remember the alamo!' and such.
this game was over as soon as they announced it. period.

hey whiners! get ready, or not. doesn't matter.
doorbell rings at the house where the other 63 live. who is it?

it's us, we're hungry, so get out of the way. we came to eat.
for whom the bell tolls.

That's some reserve cellar trash being talked right there!

 

[Longtime fan]

I'm concerned about facing every team we will play during the tournament...just to different degrees. - - - -

Java is on .

 

[FridaFriend]

#16 Harvard 71 #1 Stanford 67

1st Round 1998 NCAA tournament.

 

[Cuango]

Very true. This is the last round-up. You lose, your season is finished. There are no second chances, no do-overs. If a team is worthy enough to be scheduled to play you, they are worthy enough to be respected.

From this point forward every team in the tournament would be best served adopting the mindset of respecting everyone, fearing no one. I’m envious of the mindset and approach that Louisville, South Carolina, Georgia Tech, Oregon, and Villanova had going into their game with us.

All of these teams played with a “no fear” attitude. They played their game and believed they could win, and they did.

Please note that there were no undefeated teams in Division 1 WCBB this season. Every team lost at least 2 games. Even the Goliath (South Carolina ) among the top 25 swallowed that bitter pill twice. Everyone can be beaten!!

Another poster made the observation that we were beaten by two teams in the last two years that we took for granted. Hopefully we have learned from those mistakes. UConn lost 5 times this year. There is no way we can think we're invincible.

Not to belittle the “ fearlessness” of all those teams that beat UConn, but I must point out that, with the exception of SC, each of those teams went into their respective matchups with us knowing that we had just lost a major piece and had had no time to practice without them! Knowing that, would tend to promote a certain level of “fearlessness” that that might otherwise have been a little more elusive. I do agree with the idea that not being afraid of your opponent is a good thing though.

 

[huskeynut]

Do not fear your opponent but respect your opponent. Take every opponent seriously.

Mercer deserves our respect. I doubt the team will brush off Mercer.

Take it one game at a time.

 

[Blakeon18]

I would be concerned...only if the team and coaches aren't...and they will be... so I am not.

 

[meyers7]

They wear uniforms similar to Tennessee.

Well luckily they will be the lower seed, so they will be wearing these.

 

[455Rocket]

Mercer did not give up more than 70 points in any game this year.
They lost to Georgia by 15 points early in the year (52-67)
#1, their pg and leader in scoring is their best player. Her name is Amoria Neal-Tysor
However, they dont share the ball very well, average 12.1 apg
They only turn the ball over at 13.4 pg
They do not shoot many three's , in fact they are 345th out of 356 teams for # of 3 point shots attempted, per game, in D1.
They wear uniforms similar to Tennessee.

Not Tennessee orange. Orange and black like Princeton.

 

[npignatjr]

Many posts reflecting the very attitude the team took into the Arizona game, hopefully the team has learned more than some fans. Mercer may or may not be a threat but teams who decide who to respect before the game begins usually wind up eventually regretting it.

Team is better now, even healthier

 

[Littlemin]

Team is better now, even healthier

Maybe, but my comments were not addressing either of those. Look up interviews of the Russian hockey players that got beat in the Miracle On Ice game in 1980 and to a man they say they had no respect for the USA team and went into the game thinking it was over before it started and the overwhelmingly superior team got beat. The best way to taste that kind of loss is to go in thinking it can’t happen, that’s my point.

 

[Urshurak]

Mercer did not give up more than 70 points in any game this year.
They lost to Georgia by 15 points early in the year (52-67)
#1, their pg and leader in scoring is their best player. Her name is Amoria Neal-Tysor
However, they dont share the ball very well, average 12.1 apg
They only turn the ball over at 13.4 pg
They do not shoot many three's , in fact they are 345th out of 356 teams for # of 3 point shots attempted, per game, in D1.
They wear uniforms similar to Tennessee.

TEams that never shoot or make threes always seem to hit them against UConn. Kind of like the jump ball. UConn was 0-343 in jump balls this year. They NEVER seemed to get one.

 

[Husky fanatic]

The bigs that play the most minute’s are 6’. We’ll have a definite hight advantage .

 

[ochoopsfan]

Not Tennessee orange. Orange and black like Princeton.

I did say "similar" not the same.
White with orange and orange sneakers

 

[fomalhaut]

Massey has them at 123, a couple spots below St. John's, and predicts a 76-45 win for Connecticut.

 

[npignatjr]

Maybe, but my comments were not addressing either of those. Look up interviews of the Russian hockey players that got beat in the Miracle On Ice game in 1980 and to a man they say they had no respect for the USA team and went into the game thinking it was over before it started and the overwhelmingly superior team got beat. The best way to taste that kind of loss is to go in thinking it can’t happen, that’s my point.

Those 2 facts are important. Injured Nika came off the bench played 21 minutes. Injured Anna played 3. Offensively challenged Aubrey played 6. Who comes off the bench now? With the exception of Azzi and Caroline the other 7 remember that game. The Russian team just before the Olympics had romped all over the US team. The opposite feeling going into the tournament.

 

[Littlemin]

Those 2 facts are important. Injured Nika came off the bench played 21 minutes. Injured Anna played 3. Offensively challenged Aubrey played 6. Who comes off the bench now? With the exception of Azzi and Caroline the other 7 remember that game. The Russian team just before the Olympics had romped all over the US team. The opposite feeling going into the tournament.

No, those facts are completely irrelevant to a discussion regarding effects of the attitude a team takes into a game. What they had available to beat Baylor was less than what they had to lose to Arizona. Why? Their mindset differences going into each game. Uconn had MORE than enough to beat Arizona, they lost because they didn’t BRING enough of what they had because they thought they didn’t have to. That attitude, not who was available, got them a ticket home.
As for them remembering the Arizona game, great, but my point is not do they remember it, more importantly, did they learn from it; we shall see.

 

[MSGRET]

TEams that never shoot or make threes always seem to hit them against UConn. Kind of like the jump ball. UConn was 0-343 in jump balls this year. They NEVER seemed to get one.

Since UConn didn't have any overtime games that means they played in 343 games this year, because jump balls only happen at the start of the game and overtimes.

 

[Fossil]

Well luckily they will be the lower seed, so they will be wearing these.

Will UConn be wearing the crisp white uniform or the gray. hopefully it’s the white. Does anyone know for sure

 

[MSGRET]

Will UConn be wearing the crisp white uniform or the gray. hopefully it’s the white. Does anyone know for sure

I hope they wear the white with the UConn script.

 

[Rayvin56]

 

[hard2please]

johnny mercer has passed on. he sings "more" no more.

 

[Charliebball]

Mercer did not give up more than 70 points in any game this year.
They lost to Georgia by 15 points early in the year (52-67)
#1, their pg and leader in scoring is their best player. Her name is Amoria Neal-Tysor
However, they dont share the ball very well, average 12.1 apg
They only turn the ball over at 13.4 pg
They do not shoot many three's , in fact they are 345th out of 356 teams for # of 3 point shots attempted, per game, in D1.
They wear uniforms similar to Tennessee.

yet they have two pretty good three point shooters - Erin Houpt 59-144 (.410%) and Amoria Neil-Tysor 40-101 (.396%)

 

[Urshurak]

Since UConn didn't have any overtime games that means they played in 343 games this year, because jump balls only happen at the start of the game and overtimes.

Okay, possession arrow seems to be stuck pointing to the other team. I’m sure it’s not, I say not in fun, but it sure seems like it.

 

[Stymie]

One and done.
Pay attention.
Play like it’s your last game of the season.

 

[LoboDays]

And remember team, winning is not that important. If we don’t cover the spread, we walk home.