Creighton Postgame Thread

[Huskee11]

I was at the game, great atmosphere, they said it was a sellout but there were some empty seats up top. A little uncomfortable still standing at 8-0 but that changed quickly.

There was a young girl near us holding up a poster saying that she had come all the way from California, 3020 miles, to see UConn and Paige. I hope she got on television. Saw another one from Portugal. It was jersey night and there were hundreds of people wearing number 5 jerseys.

Some interesting lineups, went from small to super small. would have liked to see Aubrey get more than nine minutes.

Jana did not get charged with any turnovers but she caused a couple by not getting in a solid position to receive passes into the post. She gets small, seems off balance, and doesn't go to meet the ball. I am sure they are working with her on all of these things.

On a normal night UConn would have been well above 80 points but shots that normally fall for Azzi, Paige and Shade were not falling.

The defense was amazing, really swarming and intense. Held Maly and Jensen to a combined 18 points. I could swear that the public address announcer was calling Jensen "Benson", apparently confusing her with a popular 80's sitcom.

Creighton can shoot the ball when open, but they weren't open very much and when they were, it was often from way downtown.

 

[Jonathan14]

The announcers made me already miss SNY. Aubrey was not on the bench for portions of the second half with no explanation why. Chelsea would have been all over the story.

I'm not nearly the gifted sideline reporter Chelsea is, but I can tell you because I was at the game to witness it that Aubrey was riding an exercise bike when she wasn't on the court, presumably to keep her lower body limber. In fact, when Sarah picked up her second foul in the first half, I said to my husband, "Where's Aubrey?" because I didn't see her on the bench. Sure enough, she was just past the end of the bench, pedaling away. I guess Geno had the same thought, because he called for her to sub in and she hopped off the bike and jogged over to the scorer's table. No sooner had Aubrey entered the game than she seemed to miss a defensive assignment. But she fooled me and the player she was guarding, leaping apparently out of nowhere to swat her shot out of bounds. Man, Aubrey's the best. Does she really have to leave after this year?

Edit: She's ridden the stationary bike at other games I've been to, so I didn't take it as a sign of new or worsening injury, perhaps just part of her recovery from her surgery.

 

[Skeets]

The defense by the Huskies was amazing all game but the defense in the 2nd quarter was one of the very best I've seen in years. The poor kids (a very experienced team) of Crieghton didn't know what to do. It looked like there were 7 hungry Huskies on the floor.

Like piranha on a roast.

 

[oldude]

I was at the game, great atmosphere, they said it was a sellout but there were some empty seats up top. A little uncomfortable still standing at 8-0 but that changed quickly.

There was a young girl near us holding up a poster saying that she had come all the way from California, 3020 miles, to see UConn and Paige. I hope she got on television. Saw another one from Portugal. It was jersey night and there were hundreds of people wearing number 5 jerseys.

Some interesting lineups, went from small to super small. would have liked to see Aubrey get more than nine minutes.

Jana did not get charged with any turnovers but she caused a couple by not getting in a solid position to receive passes into the post. She gets small, seems off balance, and doesn't go to meet the ball. I am sure they are working with her on all of these things.

On a normal night UConn would have been well above 80 points but shots that normally fall for Azzi, Paige and Shade were not falling.

The defense was amazing, really swarming and intense. Held Maly and Jensen to a combined 18 points. I could swear that the public address announcer was calling Jensen "Benson", apparently confusing her with a popular 80's sitcom.

Creighton can shoot the ball when open, but they weren't open very much and when they were, it was often from way downtown.

The young girl with the sign was prominently shown on the CBS telecast.

 

[Skeets]

Huge crowd, but not quite a sellout. Plus, there's always a smattering of no-shows. Won a Geno bobblehead for my daughter, but what a disaster trying to get one after the game. 1,000 winners plus probably another couple thousand friends and family waiting for them packing the concourse. UConn should have distributed them in the lobby of the XL where they would have had all the room in the world to set up multiple lines.

Ash is a beast. Channeling her inner Nika every moment she's on the court. Actually, everyone on the court was Nika-like last night.

 

[Bone Dog]

The lack of replays was disappointing. Even plays the commentators called out were not replayed. I assume this means that the tech crew running the video side were not experienced, or maybe understaffed. I hope it’s just a CBS problem, because it was reminiscent of the bad old days when even tournament games on the women’s side had very few replays and uninformative graphics.

 

[freshler40]

I was at the game, great atmosphere, they said it was a sellout but there were some empty seats up top. A little uncomfortable still standing at 8-0 but that changed quickly.

There was a young girl near us holding up a poster saying that she had come all the way from California, 3020 miles, to see UConn and Paige. I hope she got on television. Saw another one from Portugal. It was jersey night and there were hundreds of people wearing number 5 jerseys.

Some interesting lineups, went from small to super small. would have liked to see Aubrey get more than nine minutes.

Jana did not get charged with any turnovers but she caused a couple by not getting in a solid position to receive passes into the post. She gets small, seems off balance, and doesn't go to meet the ball. I am sure they are working with her on all of these things.

On a normal night UConn would have been well above 80 points but shots that normally fall for Azzi, Paige and Shade were not falling.

The defense was amazing, really swarming and intense. Held Maly and Jensen to a combined 18 points. I could swear that the public address announcer was calling Jensen "Benson", apparently confusing her with a popular 80's sitcom.

Creighton can shoot the ball when open, but they weren't open very much and when they were, it was often from way downtown.

Great first person recap. Thanks.

 

[yhun89]

Ash must’ve stolen or tipped 60% of Creighton’s inbounds. Defensive beast.

 

[gold2323]

another day at the office
Very business like
We are getting better at the right time as is our norm , while others are faltering or struggling