Do you think Tuck hangs 25 on Dolson?Yeah but they only beat ND because Achonwa was out!!!And wasn't that the team in 2014 that struggled against BYU and Texas A&M!!!
I demand a recount!!!
U r using logic now UC- Both games were basically in doubt as long as the Dayton game- but what does that prove? 4 all Americans on this team. Mo became the best point Gd in the country. It would have been a great game 2014 vs 2015. I don't think it would have been a blow out either way.Yeah but they only beat ND because Achonwa was out!!!
She wouldn't have to? What does that mean? Match ups chg everything. And Dolson wasn't quick enough to guard Morgan up high- she'd explode around her from outside. The game would be a great game- but I don't see it as a double digit either way. We had 4 all Americans this yr, and more options off the bench.
Meet Lou and Napheesa.
The margin of victory was almost 10 points better in 2015. We forget, but the 2014 team had some lackluster performances. The 2015 team had fewer.
The entire roster, including Breanna and Moriah and Morgan are likely to be better, stronger as will our former freshman, now sophomores and you've got three exceptional freshmen coming in along with a staunch center with experience. Do you remember a few years ago when we had three freshmen who excelled and contributed a great deal to the team? Moriah started showing herself in the NCAA's but Breanna had already shown herself a bit earlier. Morgan also contributed so what's to say that these new kids won't equal or exceed that? KLS has been spoken of as being a very savvy kid and she can shoot from all over the court, from the three or midrange. Geno has spoken of her in ways to suggest that she may be the best shooter he's seen coming out of high school. Collier has been compared here to two pretty impressive UConn players, Morgan and Maya. If she's anywhere near either of them, that suggests we've got something special, don't you think. KML had a quick release but KLS is taller and has a QUICKER release and more mobility. I'm inclined to think she'll be a bit better on the defensive end of the court, at least as the year progresses, because of her better quickness. There aren't too many teams out there who haven't lost a key piece or two and I think we have a much better core of people than anyone else in the women's game returning. We have the number one recruiting class coming in and a Big East freshman of the year whose bigger and stronger and whose had a year learning our system and playing under the best staff in the game against some of the best players in the game, practice after practice. I think all those things will certainly pay some dividends, don't you?
I agree with some of what you say but the Kia versus Bria thing is hard for me to agree with. Kia was a big asset and better than most people might have thought she would be but I think Bria would absolutely get steals against Kia and there's absolutely no doubt who is the better offensive player. I'd take Bria in a heartbeat against Kia and that isn't to suggest that there's that big a gap but there is an obvious difference, at least between a senior Bria and a freshman, Kia. I think if you tried to push that argument in a discussion with Geno he'd look at you in total wonderment.
No, they, the 2014 edition, struggled in two consecutive games in the NCAA tournament, I think in Nebraska. The only person who pulled them out of a big tailspin was KML. Until the 2015 edition laid that egg against ND in the NCAA final and shot brick after brick, they were pretty much rolling over everyone. Dayton played a fantastic first half and shot at a level that everyone was stunned by but with a halftime adjustment, the Huskies dominated and crushed them with a great second half.
Stef was susceptible to foul trouble and Morgan is so quick and so strong. Stef might have had two fouls and been out of the lineup early in the first half so maybe Morgan might have been scoring some of her 25 points against whoever got the assignment with Stef on the bench. By the way, I think UConn's team defense is one of the reasons Stef was recognized as an outstanding defensive player. It helps when you don't have to fudge off your player to cover up a lapse of another teammate. This argument about what team is better actually almost pits Boneyarders against Boneyarders partially based on their "favorites" and makes people take sides when we love both teams. I'm not sure it's very healthy having this discussion.
The MOV has more to do with bench play in blow outs than with competitive games and starters performance. The schedule was also significantly better with Louisville (3) and Rutgers (2) still in conference
Tuck is not nearly as athletic as was Chiney but in my mind, she is more skilled. Chiney lived off of her athleticism and her field goal percentage against decent competition was horrific. You can't say the same for Tuck. Reimer did nothing on Tuck. Tuck was just too hyper and missed blatantly shots that she would make 99% of the time. Reimer was a non factor in the difference between the two games. It was noted many times and she rushed shots and was erratic. It's always nice to give credit to someone for a great defensive job but there were numerous times Reimer wasn't even near Tuck to cause any kind of effect on Tucks play. Morgan was rushing everything that night and typically she's so relaxed and in the moment that she never appears rattled. It was just a night when she was not herself. Dolson would probably foul out or Morgan would have a bunch of success against Stef. Dolson didn't have nearly the quickness to play one on one with Morgan.
Indeed, Chiney was extraordinarily consistent in a good way, outside of every time she had to go up against UConn. The 8-24 regular season performance against Texas her senior year, that 1-9 against UCLA in a PACCT win her junior year, and a 2-7 against Texas A&M in the FF her freshman year were her only real off games for shooting outside of Husky games. That is stunning.
Huh? Not sure what you mean. As mentioned Chiney's off games were few and far between and she had almost stunning consistency during her career. The S16 and E8 games of her senior year were more of the same great effort with a combined 49 points and 25 rebounds. Why would anyone ignore them? They just show more of a great player who UConn definitely focused on to shut down as far as possible in their games.
Let me just say that I wasn't taking into account all the chippees she got due to offensive rebounds with her quickness when her opponents were out of position. It didn't happen nearly often enough against UConn to build her percentages up but I rarely ever saw her hit an outside shot with any regularity. I stand by that. I saw her against other opponents where she missed a number of shots from the perimeter and then two or three offensive rebound layups to buoy her percentages. I didn't see her game after game and I doubt anyone on this site did but I felt her quickness and athleticism compensated greatly for pretty poor shooting. I guess I didn't take into account how the high percentage of layups upped her shooting percentages.
