Great first person recap. Thanks.
We may have a shot at the Piranha Man again this year. Vic's team is certainly peaking.
She's coming back from a major Achilles injury. There's obviously going to be a few lingering mobility issues since she had to sit out.
You'd probably have to go back and closely watch an SNY broadcast of a UCONN game from XL to check on whether the number of cameras and their placement placement were the same.
I think the guards need to learn how to pass to tall player in the post. Jana should almost never get a bounce pass as an entry pass and that is all she gets. When she catches the ball down low it gives the back side defender a chance at the ball in a low position which at the least is bothering Jana.
Sarah plays like I always encouraged my Baseball Players to play. Make a good play, OK...act like you've done it before... Hit a Homerun, OK...be happy and proud...but on the outside act like you've been there before. I trained my son that way too... in his Senior year of High School his team was in the District Championship game against a Team that had David Wright, BJ Upton, and Justin Upton...(if you don't know, they all went on to play in the MLB). Score was 1 to 1...extra innings (High School games are 7 innings). My son led off the bottom of the 9th... 3 ball 2 strike count...pitcher did not want to walk him...threw toooooo good of a pitch... My son drove it over the left field fence...walk off HR. His first and ONLY homerun in High School. He did not dance around the bases...he just ran...and got mugged by his teammates as he crossed the plate...ended up with a bloody nose...but He acted like he had been there before.My takes:
Horrid first quarter offensively, but at least our defense was good.
Sarah showing why she’s NFOY. Always in the right place, makes good decisions, and stuffs that stat sheet. On another note, she might be one of the most casual shot blockers I’ve ever seen. No celebration or “hype up” antics. I hope she’s happy she won the “college championship thingy” as per her postgame comments.
March Paige defrosting. Look out NCAA, not only can she score, but she can pass and grab some boards as well.
Ash and KK, insane defensive energy. Too quick KK and Ash made life hell on the inbound. Greta to see Aubrey getting more action. That block from the corner was wild.
Hopefully we have Ice back soon. She’s a March Merchant, not a regular season one, haha.
Make no mistake, this Creighton team is legit. No matter what the internet says, this is a big win for us. Full of veterans and elite shooters, we should be proud we held their two best to a combined 18 PTS.
As someone else mentioned earlier, the more shots she missed, the more angry she got and took it out on Creighton. It was actually getting pretty funny.
There was a period there when Ash and Azzi were way off Sarah missed a couple. Bunnies and
I'd really like to see KK, Ashlynn, and Aubrey all go in at the same time in the mid-late first quarter. Practice that and introduce it in the round of 16 or maybe 32. The first couple of teams won't know what hit them, and it would be difficult for later teams to prepare for. I can see Aubrey swooping in from the three-point line for a rebound out of nowhere, KK getting a steal at the half-court line and streaking for a layup, and Ash stealing the inbounds pass and getting an easy two.
Earlier in the week UConn announced that the Creighton game was a sell out, the empty seats were no-shows.
