Baylor Postgame Thread

[SECbbfan24]

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

I hate to sound mean but this was the game for UCONN, the next game will be much easier IMO. Indiana and Arizona are not near Baylor's level but both are very good teams.

 

[blackbird]

It was technically a foul, but not in that game.

Paige dealt with more contact every time she drove to the basket.

Williams dealt with more contact the okay before that was a no call.

if it isn’t a foul on one end, it’s not on the other.

A let them play style suited Baylor far more than UConn..they can’t then whine about the refs letting them play.

 

[hoopsfan22]

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.

I still wonder why Kim didn't call time out.

 

[TheGOAT23]

Totally agree. It seemed like that OOB play was meant to go to Christyn all the way and not Paige. Head scratcher.

Definitely left me SMH as well. Paige is getting the ball every time.

 

[Jackcatscal]

This was one of the most exciting college basketball games I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been watching the game since the early 1960’s (and I’m a native New Yorker, so I’ve seen a lot.)
I thought Carrington was extraordinary, against the finest defensive team in America. And, if she thought she was jobbed by the referees, she has lots of time to go back to Waco, Texas, and mull that over. (I’m not really sure where or what a Waco is.)
And, for the people who are whining about the refereeing, I thought the refs were really consistent in their calls. I don’t think you can ask for much more.
Go, Huskies!

 

[npignatjr]

Glad to see everyone made it through and is still breathing! That was an instant classic. When was the last time UCONN pulled out a squeaker like that?
Survive and advance! I admire the grit of these kids. And hats off to Baylor. Talk about a tough group of kids. Wish we had met in the FF.
A quick recovery to Didi!

This year Tennessee and South Carolina

 

[cbraarj]

I'm gonna say no. But that's assuming the momentum would have continued in the same direction. We knew there was going to be one more UConn run. Don't think anyone thought 19-0 though. That was a classic UConn run we're used to seeing against lesser competition that blinks and finds themselves down 20.

They did have a 14-0 run in first quarter.

 

[SECbbfan24]

Baylor seems to have rough luck with major injuries in the NCAAT or right before it over the years. Someone always seems to go down with an injury.

 

[hoopsfan22]

It was technically a foul, but not in that game.

Paige dealt with more contact every time she drove to the basket.

Williams dealt with more contact the okay before that was a no call.

if it isn’t a foul on one end, it’s not on the other.

A let them play style suited Baylor far more than UConn..they can’t then whine about the refs letting them play.

Yep. Letting them play always benefits the physical team, and UConn is not one which is why Baylor has had their way with us in recent years.

 

[PoppaBear]

🙏🏽 Thank you.

Just as many went against Baylor in the paint but oh well

 

[warbler1055]

Baylor lost because of bad calls? You need glasses because you didn't see a thing.

I never said Baylor lost because of bad calls. What I posted was there were bad calls on both teams. May be you need glasses to read better.

 

[Dwilliams02]

This definitely won't be the last time we see UConn and Baylor in the post season. As good as Baylor was this year. I still feel it wasn't Kim's best team. I think Andrews may be the point guard in the future. Didi I think will return. Add the transfers. Baylor will be much better...
As for UConn. They been trending in the right direction of being a championship team the moment Aaliyah Edwards minutes grew. I expect them to win some rings the next few years.

 

[HuskyNan]

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.

 

[JordyG]

I still wonder why Kim didn't call time out.

I wondered and said so in the chat. When UConn was 7-0 I said Kim should take a TO. Every game it seems in the chat there's always a couple of people drolling on about how Geno is getting out coached. Not this game friends. The was a missed opportunity by Kim to slow UConn's roll, and she wiffed.

 

[UConnCat]

Baylor flung UConn around like wet dishrags with few foul calls and now they're out there whining about a no-call on a crappy shot attempt by Carrington. Cry me a river.

 

[Jackcatscal]

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".

Woody Allen is credited with saying “80 percent of success in life is just showing up.”

 

[BoomBoom]

While I may not agree with the sentiment behind Carrington's comment, I do like the cheeky linguistic move she makes: rebuking the call and the question in one move. She sharpened more than basketball skills during her time in Palo Alto.

 

[UConnCat]

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No foul call there.

 

[DaConn]

This is a block not foul ...don't pretend you don't know it.

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I'm not tryna be funny, but I see hand on the ball homey! Lol. Straight block! Follow through is incidental. Go Huskies!

 

[SECbbfan24]

This definitely won't be the last time we see UConn and Baylor in the post season. As good as Baylor was this year. I still feel it wasn't Kim's best team. I think Andrews may be the point guard in the future. Didi I think will return. Add the transfers. Baylor will be much better...
As for UConn. They been trending in the right direction of being a championship team the moment Aaliyah Edwards minutes grew. I expect them to win some rings the next few years.

Baylor did the best with what they had. It was a GREAT team but not quite as polished as previous teams. That said they were playing their best ball at the end of the year and thats a credit to their coaching.

Baylor with Smith, Egbo, Carr, Kamaria McDaniel will be scary group next year.

 

[JordyG]

It was technically a foul, but not in that game.

Paige dealt with more contact every time she drove to the basket.

Williams dealt with more contact the okay before that was a no call.

if it isn’t a foul on one end, it’s not on the other.

A let them play style suited Baylor far more than UConn..they can’t then whine about the refs letting them play.

But in the end the refs swallowing their whistles favored UConn, and that's what counts.

 

[billnaples]

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

UConn was 9 for 16 and Baylor was 13 for 20. So neither team really distinguished themselves from the line. Shooting overall was not that good. Officiating? I hope this crew doesn't get to ref another game in Texas. Time marches on, Did they miss the call with no foul at the end? Probably. But there were several calls one where Paige was decked and I'll check the replay for the sequence. More likely that Baylor could not overcome the loss of their PG more than bad officiating.

 

[JordyG]

Woody Allen is credited with saying “80 percent of success in life is just showing up.”

I shy away from quoting Woody these days. Like Roman Polansky he's a persona non grata in the JordyG household. But I believe Hunter said it first.

 

[darkstar1]

I gotta admit. I'm proud of Olivia. She literally held her own. We all know Edwards was gonna hold hers.

As much as we can blame the refs. The game was pretty much no calls on both sides. I've seen Baylor get away with some. UConn got away with some.

The game changed when Didi got injured

All I as is that the calls be consistent. They were not. Again. It’s always fodder for the broadcasters and critic’s grist mill in a close game.

 

[DEpup]

It's ESPN - they hate us

Because we are now in a Fox conference!

 

[Childhood]

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Poor Paige. Luckily no injury.

 

[blackbird]

But in the end the refs swallowing their whistles favored UConn, and that's what counts.

In that one play.

if they hadn’t of swallowed their whistles on the three drives in the fourth where Paige missed a layup and was clearly fouled..or when Williams went to the basket with no foul..maybe it’s an 8 point game instead of a 2...

that’s why you can’t look at the game in pieces. They swallowed their whistles the whole game, why should it change on that one play?

 

[BBallF]

Great win. Concerned only 7 points from the bigs and no assists from PB and CW. Did I say great win?

You actually did. Look at it this way though. It is not a usual UCONN box score. Only 9 team assists, only 3 players in double figures, AE having only 4 points and poor free throw shooting by our standards. If you knew that going into the game you would have said "we will lose for sure". Yet we won. That tells me a lot. Games like that give you confidence and neither Arizona nor Indiana have Baylor power and defensive prowess. An ugly win is still a win.

 

[Carnac]

I can breathe!!!!!!

Me too! I stopped breathing in the final 1:25 of the game in the chat room. Almost passed out. 🤢

 

[JordyG]

Definitely left me SMH as well. Paige is getting the ball every time.

If you noticed Geno was yelling at Paige after the play. Paige was suppose to set a screen then peel off and take the in bounds. She failed and Geno was really hot.