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Butler Postgame Thread

pvdoggy said:
Question for long time Uconn watchers. Has a player ever cried on the bench after getting lit by Geno before? I remember Lou looking down when Geno called her no-heart in the locker room, but I don't recall that Lou even comes close to crying that we saw.
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I think Nika was closer to crying than Lou was, but Lou was very unhappy. As we know, Lou is actually quite tough. I believe there is a story about Sue crying at practice, and I think Dee was on the verge of tears when she shot so poorly against N.D. in her first Final Four game.
 
pvdoggy said:
Question for long time Uconn watchers. Has a player ever cried on the bench after getting lit by Geno before? I remember Lou looking down when Geno called her no-heart in the locker room, but I don't recall that Lou even comes close to crying that we saw.
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I have a distinct recollection of Kia Nurse being visibly in tears on the bench in one blowout game (more obviously than Nika tonight). The team was leading by about 40 points, and she had played well but shot horribly, and failed to score. Geno took her out and put her back in several times, but her shot never fell. Looking at her on the bench, she clearly felt that she had contributed nothing to the victory, which was wrong -- she contributed in many ways other than scoring.

Geno was not sympathetic -- he thought it did not reflect well on her that she was focused on herself and failed to appreciate or enjoy the team's overall good performance.
 
Mir was especially good tonight and she was playing a new position-wing. She is really beginning to understand the UCONN offense. Playing the wing tonight she got two touches in the corner and made the right read each time. On the first touch she zipped a pass to a cutter for a lay up. On the second touch the defense did not come out to her there was no cutter so she correctly shot the ball & it rimmed out. When she doesn't get the ball she knows to crash the board from the corner if the ball is not on her side. When the ball is on her side but not in her hands she now knows her job is to screen up along the arc to enable a dribble hand off to reverse the ball. She made all the correct reads tonight which was pretty impressive for her playing a new position. These were the things Aubrey was struggling with at this same time last year so this bodes well for Mir getting more playing time.
 
MilfordHusky said:
I think Nika was closer to crying than Lou was, but Lou was very unhappy. As we know, Lou is actually quite tough. I believe there is a story about Sue crying at practice, and I think Dee was on the verge of tears when she shot so poorly against N.D. in her first Final Four game.
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Yeah, I remember that Lou looked emotionally hurt, but she did not come close to crying. Before today, that was the only time I saw a player visibly affected by Geno's tirade. I will have to watch the replay in slow motion to see exactly what happened on that play.
 
Dokey said:
A good high school team beat a mediocre middle school team. Of course UConn scored more than a 100. Butler was too short and too few. But you learn nothing from a game like this. We actually have no idea if UConn is actually any good. The last game I watched before this was Colorado-Stanford. Both would have likely taken UConn. It isn’t Geno’s fault. He scheduled the big boys. COVID took them away. Unless UConn can schedule real competition, I don’t like their chances for FF.
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So, what you're saying, UConn would be better off not playing at all these games and just let the AP/Coaches/Boneyard poll voters go on past years performances.
 
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Well, having read all the post-game comments, I feel like I've seen the game...but I'll watch it anyway--hopefully tonight--as soon as it gets posted.
 
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Geno Presser



Some real interesting stuff

1) His discussion of Autumn is great. No other walk on in history shoots as much as she does when open (from her very 1st practice at UConn). Now she is going to demand more time and shots.

2) At the end. When Geno was asked to respond to Kelly wanting the TN / UConn series to continue, he was very complementary of Kelly wanting to play tough opponents and he was very high on the probability that the series can be extended
 
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pvdoggy said:
Question for long time Uconn watchers. Has a player ever cried on the bench after getting lit by Geno before? I remember Lou looking down when Geno called her no-heart in the locker room, but I don't recall that Lou even comes close to crying that we saw.
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Charde Huston was screamed off the floor during a FF lost to Stanford. Courtney Ekmark was brought to the brink of tears during a practice on the UCONN all access show. CW was visibly upset during a game last year before CD intervened and translated Geno wrath for her. It happens.
 
CocoHusky said:
Charde Huston was screamed off the floor during a FF lost to Stanford. Courtney Ekmark was brought to the brink of tears during a practice on the UCONN all access show. CW was visibly upset during a game last year before CD intervened and translated Geno wrath for her. It happens.
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It falls under 'Better to be screamed at then ignored' . In perspective, he knows Nika is worth correcting.
 
Dokey said:
A good high school team beat a mediocre middle school team. Of course UConn scored more than a 100. Butler was too short and too few. But you learn nothing from a game like this. We actually have no idea if UConn is actually any good. The last game I watched before this was Colorado-Stanford. Both would have likely taken UConn. It isn’t Geno’s fault. He scheduled the big boys. COVID took them away. Unless UConn can schedule real competition, I don’t like their chances for FF.
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It looked like Geno did all he could to keep it in double figures. Can’t tell them to miss.
 
Dokey said:
A good high school team beat a mediocre middle school team.
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No attack, UConn a good high school team??? Did you ever have one you would like to have back?
Littlemin said:
Sorry but that game did not even serve as a useful scrimmage.
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Hate to disagree and no attack but in these times any game you can get is useful. A conference game against unfamiliar faces no matter the level is better than playing teammates day in and day out. Having any game with officials is also very important as practice defense is often a little softer than that of any opponent.
Fairfield Fan said:
Macerate appears to be in serious danger of permanent relegation. Took no shots, scored no points. And again, she failed to score when the game was on the line.
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Not going to attack your typo, Anna had a decent game as usual. Otherwise Geno would not have afforded her 24 minutes. This game was never on the line, she had 5 rebounds, 6 assists, and 3 steals with only 1 turnover and 1 foul. What more would someone ask for one coming off the bench? Rebounds, assists and steals often result in points, not everyone on the team has to be a scorer, you need facilitators. That's where I see Anna fitting in at this time.

Enough replies, I will be short as the game rundowns will be coming in long and detailed.
Happy to see some 3 pointers falling, happy to see Nika get through a televised tongue lashing from Geno. Then to get back in the game and do good things.
Final thought for now, I don't care the competition, Paige makes it hard to watch the game as I want to watch her. Very much Larry Bird like of knowing where to be when you don't have the ball. Her passes, her floor awareness, defense is something to behold. Literally going to the other side of the court to cover an unguarded player, barking out orders and then getting a rebound. What a joy.
 
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Bigboote said:
I agree, but it was still hard to watch. Especially the poking. OTOH, she's young and tough as nails.
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She was really spacing out when Geno was just using his voice. He needed to get her attention. The fact that she responded well and had perhaps the best pass of the game is a great step forward imo.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
I don't think tears flowed for Nika. They did for DT in the horrible semifinal. On to Nashville.
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I was a bit surprised the TV commenters focused on the exchange after the commercial. I was waiting for Geno to use the classic Tom Hanks line - Are you crying? Are you crying? There is no crying in Basketball!!!
 
Bigboote said:
I agree, but it was still hard to watch. Especially the poking. OTOH, she's young and tough as nails.
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The poking seems to be like “how are you going to respond.” Because she clearly didn’t want to look at Geno, or the tears would have fallen. But Nika’s a competitor. I think she’s her own worst enemy. She’s always the first off the bench it seems, so Geno obviously loves what she does in practice. It’s just not translating to games yet. I wasn’t expecting much from her this season. But Geno’s trying to get her to 20 minutes a game, so she’s clearly doing something right
 
what I liked about Evina was when that Butler player and her were fighting for the ball under the basket, the Butler player grabbed the ball finally and attempted to get off a shot and Evina slammed it out of bounds and had a opissed off look after that play....Definitely badass award!!
 
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SVCBeercats said:
1099 victories? Seems to me Chris has 1101 victories. She did coach UCONN victories when Geno was not in attendance - Geno suspension in 1989 and Geno absent, reason not remembered, in 2019. ;)
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He was the head coach. They are part of his count.
 
Writeup from the Butler side (No quotes from the coach)

thebutlercollegian.com

Bulldogs lose in blowout to UConn; Auriemma moves to second all-time in wins

Bulldogs lose in blowout to UConn; Auriemma moves to second all-time in wins
thebutlercollegian.com thebutlercollegian.com

It is always tough to take a loss like this, but the Bulldogs should not feel too bad after losing to a dominant team like UConn. Auriemma’s Huskies are not just one of the greatest women’s college basketball programs ever, they are one of the great dynasties in all of sports. It’s hard to take positives from a game with a scoreline like this one reads, but UConn is simply on a different level than the vast majority of basketball programs, and when they are on their game like they were tonight, they’re nearly impossible to beat.
 
Well it looks like the starting 5 has been set, at least for now, and it appeared that Geno was trying to work in the next 4. That would mean a rotation of of 9, something we haven’t seen in quite a while. Well that should just about do it, oh wait how does Saylor work in?
 
Did the announcers realize that Anna didn't take a shot and wasn't looking to take a shot? No, they didn't need her scoring, but what happens when there's a game when they do need her scoring? You can't be on the court if you're not willing to take a shot. Yes, she had 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. You have to be willing to shoot; otherwise, they'll double team someone else.
 
So I just watched the replay of the play where Nika got yanked and chewed out by Geno. Some people here said that Geno was pissed because she did not show any effort and give up on that play. I probably don't know enough basketball to judge but I guess I did not see it that way. Looks to me like she got beat but the Butler player was driving right into where Mir was defending so Nika ran out to try to defend another player but she seems to get lost. I did not see no-effort there. We can all speculate why Geno was mad, but we will never know. The play in question was at the 1:50 mark left in Q3.
 
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