Defending The Three.... Again....

[j66kicker]

If you think back to the twin big girls Ashley and Courtney Paris...when Kim Mulkey would keep Courtney in the game no matter what the score until she had her double / double...all for the reason so she could keep her double / double streak going. So...this kind of thing has long been encoded in Mulkey's DNA.

Well...except that the Paris twins played for Oklahoma....

 

[HuskylnSC]

Minus those 24 3's, it was a pretty close game. Baylor's victory margin would have been only 4 points. No wonder Kim kept the metal to the pedal!

Uh Cabbie - Please check my math
13 3 point field goals = 39 points ;
111 total points - 39 = 79
79 points - Ark St.'s 43 = 29 I don't understand the 4 point reference Baylor would have won by 29.

 

[JonathanXIV]

So it’s okay to break a record only when a it’s agreed upon by the coaches prior to the game? Logical fallacy. It’s okay to keep a player in after the game is out of reach and you’ve already beaten that team multiple times that year (regardless of being the second ranked team in the conference, which means nothing) just because she’s hot from 3 that day? Doesn’t seem like it’s any better.

And what about the other examples? You missed my point. The point was that coaches want their players to break records or achieve things that are within their grasp. I get that many on this board don’t like Mulkey for whatever reason, but that’s no reason to bash her for letting her player stay in and break a record. Why should landrum have to wait until it’s another top 10 team and a game that’s down to one possession to break a record? Should UConn ignore the wins they had against lesser teams in any of their streaks because their lesser teams? The argument that this was bad because of the score/RPI of the team is a bogus attempt to hide the hate for Baylor/Mulkey. If this were a UConn player nobody would be saying Geno looks bad for doing this.

The issue was beating up in a badly over matched opponent (one that Baylor, frankly, should not have been playing - and I know of what I speak, my daughter went to AState).The Sales incident had nothing, repeat nothing,to do with running it up on an opponent. In fact, it was done in a manner to ensure that it wasn’t. Second, the record in question was a UConn only record (with the holder of the record consulted beforehand). And Lou sat out the 4th quarter after attempting only 10 3 point shots. If you can’t see how these two scenarios are different (and these are the examples you cited), I don’t know what else to tell you.

 

[cabbie191]

Uh Cabbie - Please check my math
13 3 point field goals = 39 points ;
111 total points - 39 = 79
79 points - Ark St.'s 43 = 29 I don't understand the 4 point reference Baylor would have won by 29.

My bad - I thought I had read on a game summary that the team had made 24 3-pointers. After your reply I went back and looked at the box score and saw my error.

 

[HuskylnSC]

My bad - I thought I had read on a game summary that the team had made 24 3-pointers. After your reply I went back and looked at the box score and saw my error.

I thought that's what you did. You must be catching that from me.

 

[HopJim]

HopJim you misinterpreted my post. As Anna becomes more comfortable with UCONN’S
system of play she will be shooting more and thus more comfortable”. As I have posted many times I just love her game and it will only
get “more comfortable”. Can’t wait until Sunday’s game. Cheers to all!

Thanks for your note! All is good.