donalddoowop
Who put the Bop in the Bop Shoo Bop?
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Though I am a SLU fan, my favorite team is UCONN and has been since the DT years. I recorded all of last season's games except one. Things I noticed were: In the first game of the season UCONN faced one of the highest scoring guard tandems in the country and SHUT them down. In the semi-finals of the Final Four, they faced the other highest scoring guard tandem and SHUT them down. There was concern early in the season that UCONN's three point shooting defense would eventually hurt them. Why the concern? When was the last time UCONN had a glaring weakness early in the season that the coaching staff did not eventually fix?
There was concern that teams that had good bigs would give them trouble after Maryland played UCONN tough. It was said SC's bigs would be too much for UCONN to handle. SC's bigs got outplayed by UCONN's bigs. Many times UCONN shut down the highest scorer on their opponent's team such as Vivians, Coates, and Boyette. I never saw (even though it may have happened) any UCONN player miss two free throws when shooting a two shot foul. Also, Stewart blocked three shots on one possession and Jefferson hit a contested three to end a quarter and neither one of them showed off or told the crowd to applaud their good play. I never saw a UCONN player show off.
Early on ND's two freshmen outplayed UCONN's two freshmen offensively. However, come NCAA Tournament time UCONN's freshmen were playing like veterans and ND's freshmen seemed to freeze up. Usually when UCONN beat a team that was missing a starter the announcers and analysts would make a big deal of it but when UCONN won the NC game by 31, not much was said about them missing one of their starters who was their most accurate three point shooters. In the Final Four semi-finals they led by 21 points at half time even though their top player had scored only two points. UCONN allowed Syracuse to score 16 unanswered points in the NC final and were still leading by 17. That had to be disheartening to Syracuse. I watched PAC 12 and SEC women's basketball all season and I knew that what was called good defense was actually poor offense. That is why I knew none of those teams would beat UCONN if they faced them. I know most of you saw these things also but I just wanted to express my feelings on what I saw this season.
It seems like UCONN was a team of destiny these last four years. Baylor got upset one year and this year all the other number one seeds were eliminated early. It was so much fun to watch the kind of excellence UCONN displayed this season. For any true UCONN women's basketball fan this has been a taste of true basketball heaven. Good luck next season.
There was concern that teams that had good bigs would give them trouble after Maryland played UCONN tough. It was said SC's bigs would be too much for UCONN to handle. SC's bigs got outplayed by UCONN's bigs. Many times UCONN shut down the highest scorer on their opponent's team such as Vivians, Coates, and Boyette. I never saw (even though it may have happened) any UCONN player miss two free throws when shooting a two shot foul. Also, Stewart blocked three shots on one possession and Jefferson hit a contested three to end a quarter and neither one of them showed off or told the crowd to applaud their good play. I never saw a UCONN player show off.
Early on ND's two freshmen outplayed UCONN's two freshmen offensively. However, come NCAA Tournament time UCONN's freshmen were playing like veterans and ND's freshmen seemed to freeze up. Usually when UCONN beat a team that was missing a starter the announcers and analysts would make a big deal of it but when UCONN won the NC game by 31, not much was said about them missing one of their starters who was their most accurate three point shooters. In the Final Four semi-finals they led by 21 points at half time even though their top player had scored only two points. UCONN allowed Syracuse to score 16 unanswered points in the NC final and were still leading by 17. That had to be disheartening to Syracuse. I watched PAC 12 and SEC women's basketball all season and I knew that what was called good defense was actually poor offense. That is why I knew none of those teams would beat UCONN if they faced them. I know most of you saw these things also but I just wanted to express my feelings on what I saw this season.
It seems like UCONN was a team of destiny these last four years. Baylor got upset one year and this year all the other number one seeds were eliminated early. It was so much fun to watch the kind of excellence UCONN displayed this season. For any true UCONN women's basketball fan this has been a taste of true basketball heaven. Good luck next season.
