Baylor Postgame Thread

[JordyG]

Great game by Baylor!!! All of those players gave everything and heart breaks for Didi—I hope she heals quickly! I’m so happy for our team!!! So much to celebrate for now! But seriously...
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😜 GO HUSKIES!!

“In a world where you can be anything... be KIND”

I'd like to say though "In a world where you can be anything...be present. As Hunter Thompson once said, "Half of life is just showing up".

 

[ME Husky Fan]

I felt we really missed Nika in this game, I’m hoping to see her return.

we are also a significantly better team with Edwards in. She’s a complete game changer.

It doesn’t matter who starts, in big games both okay a lot of minutes for a reason..I’m hoping Nika is ready for the Final Four.

She’ll be back for FF. Allows Edwards to come off the bench where I think we’re better suited. Either Indiana of AZ beckons the extra guard from us.

 

[NEforceUConn]

ESPN and Deb Antonelli confirmed the missed foul call. This is all they are going to talk about until Friday (and on Friday) to influence our next game??????????

It's ESPN - they hate us

 

[freekimchee]

I kept waiting for Nalyssa to take charge...no idea why she was silent -

Thinking she might have been too busy checking her watch.

 

[jaydee602]

The turning point was the unfortunate injury to DiDi Richards. Without that and temporary Baylor collapse that followed it, I feel fairly confident the game would've gone differently.

There's nothing surprising nor uniquely outrageous about the possible missed foul on Carrington's last shot. 1) The refs were giving the benefit of the doubt to contact all day - many instances of contact on shooters that could've been fouls. 2) Refs are known to swallow whistles toward the end of close games. It's incredibly rare for UConn to have possibly benefitted from one of these moments, but it happens a lot.

The best way to avoid the possibility of refs swallowing whistles to your detriment is not to be trailing toward the end of a close game. Had Baylor recovered more quickly from DiDi not being on the court, they would've probably gone on to the Final Four.

While it was unfortunate that DiDi was hurt during the 2nd half, let's not forget that UCONN was missing their point guard for the whole game. Muhl would have made a difference defensively & might have hit a couple of timely threes!

 

[hoopsfan22]

We just needed the extra body off the bench. Aubrey did some good things, but she also did some things that showed inexperience. I think Nika even as a freshman is a steadying force.

 

[PoppaBear]

LeBron says it was a foul. Lol

 

[PJCLaw]

Hard game to win....Williams making only 1 or 4 free throws not a good show. We won, but we were lucky.

She made 3 of 6. She made her first two, missed two critical ones and then split her last two at the end of the game.

 

[Boreifs]

Baylor was way better than I thought they would be. A great competitor. Congratulations to the Bears on a fine season!

Three seniors (one a grad student) and two juniors. An experienced, well coached team is always tough to beat.

 

[SallyH]

Same thing can be said about the frequent no calls for UCONN. AE ain't hitting the floor unless she gets whacked.

Right? AE is like that freighter it took them 7 days to remove from the Suez Canal.

 

[SECbbfan24]

LeBron says it was a foul. Lol

I mean it was a foul but they didn't call fouls on both teams all game.

They game flipped when Didi went out and UCONN went on to carve them up on a 19-0 run but helluva job by Baylor to get back with a chance to win it.

 

[BostonBay]

A very young, inexperienced UConn team dethroned the reigning champs who had lots of tourney experience. UConn played slightly better overall - looking at the team stats - so it was the right outcome. And, yes, we have Paige & they don't. The Paige Legend continues!!

 

[AgStatesman]

The toughest most physical team in America is going to resort to whining about a no-call. Lose with some class.

 

[eebmg]

Carrington tried to do too much by herself.

She had to. No other Baylor player was really getting it done. Moon and Smith were below their normal level

 

[Soxx]

Are all women’s games that poorly officiated? There are better refs at local rec leagues.

Agreed. Many terrible calls. Hope they put better crews out there in remaining games.

 

[Geesworld]

My girls got bullied all night long. Now everyone is complaining about calls. The ESPN studio started this mess.

 

[Calbysdad]

Thinking she might have been too busy checking her watch.

 

[Boreifs]

Huh? It isn’t a league without a ref… if there’s no ref it’s pick up basketball. The refs were so bad tonight.

You really missed the subtlety of my comment. Rec leagues have someone in a striped shirt, but they aren’t officials.

 

[TheGOAT23]

The officials let a lot go all game long, including no-calls on Paige that had her on the ground several times. Christyn was fouled on that lay-up late in the game and no whistle.
Can't complain when it's the end of the game.

🙏🏽 Thank you.

 

[Cecil9]

Hard game to win....Williams making only 1 or 4 free throws not a good show. We won, but we were lucky.

Skill, talent, and will to win

 

[JordyG]

This +100000000000.

If the pundits want to anatomize contact on one play...let's anatomize contact on every play.

I agree. I think I've said it 100 times but I think it bears repeating. If you're a good enough team no single call, no single play, no biased referees should keep you from victory. Was it the most important play of the game? Yeah. But there were plenty of fouls called on UConn that were questionable early on. Later in the game the worm turned and UConn got the calls. Get back to me when androids replace referees, Until then live with it.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Are all women’s games that poorly officiated? There are better refs at local rec leagues.

Yes they are

See A&M's first two NCAAT games especially....

 

[PoppaBear]

look at the whole play, first contact is AE’s hand on the ball

I mean it was a foul but they didn't call fouls on both teams all game.

They game flipped when Didi went out and UCONN went on to carve them up on a 19-0 run but helluva job by Baylor to get back with a chance to win it.

I thought it was all ball. Lol

 

[hoopsfan22]

Anyone watching the second game? Either of these teams are going to be overmatched against UConn.

 

[SECbbfan24]

I thought it was all ball. Lol

There is someone in the Baylor comment section trolling them saying "all ball" lmao

 

[victor64]

I know it has always been his strategy to use a small rotation but I wished he would have given Evinana rest or two. I think she ran out of gas in the second half. Maybe about 3 minutes of Anna?

 

[Cecil9]

A very very good comeback. I love you Paige although you miss several shots in 4Q. 😂

Twenty-eight points and a win!

 

[Gurleyman]

I mean it was a foul but they didn't call fouls on both teams all game.

They game flipped when Didi went out and UCONN went on to carve them up on a 19-0 run but helluva job by Baylor to get back with a chance to win it.

Clean block by Edwards with hand on the ball, but obviously ONO got her on the elbow. You could maybe argue that the elbow contact is inconsequential since the shot has already been blocked. But that’s the UConn blue glasses perspective.

 

[housekeys]

Great game. I was hoping UConn would foul on the last play (so Baylor would miss the foul shots), but luckily the Baylor player hands hit the UConn player hands and she lost her balance and fell backwards.

[levity when reading the above]

 

[JordyG]

At the end of the 3rd when the score was minus 2 I said in the chat that this was gut check time for both teams. Then Baylor went up by 9. When UConn went on a 19-0 run that was really the game right there. UConn passed the gut check test with flying colors.