Likewise. This is they type of game WCBB fans want to see. Teams that run, can shoot, play with a bit of fire. Great coaching. I was standing pretty much the whole game. That's what fans of the sport are looking for.
Agree 1,000%.
I'd be perfectly happy if there are no more challenges for the rest of the regular season and post-season.
The only time I remember Moriah actually getting trapped, was when she retrieved a deflected pass from Stewart (who also raced for it and added to the congestion on the sideline) - that was the one that ended with the backcourt violation. Moriah only had two other turnovers, an early offensive foul in the lane on a drive where the defender guessed right, and a poke away on another drive around the free throw line. Otherwise she did a very good job of not getting trapped and using her speed to get the ball over half court. I thought the biggest offenders in terms of trapping in the first half were the players that caught the ball at the top of the key - they kept looking for a low post pass as the trap arrived, rather than keeping the ball moving to the obviously open players on the wings. (And Stewart seemed to specialize in hitting players heels with her dribbles - did it three or four times!)
Posted elsewhere - if they are swishing them and they were, they are not 'bad shots'. Of the shots they took 3 plus feet from the line, I think they made pretty much every one and not rattling them off backboard and rim, but sweetly through the net.
All I could think of when that was happening last night was this must be what it feels like to face KML.
would NEVER game-plan by telling January, Jenkins and Schulte that throwing up 25 footers would be 'good' shots to take.
Did not see outgoing Depaul coaching legend Bruno screaming 'no, don't shoot' at anyone last night!!!C'mon, UcM. DePaul's best scoring three-point shooters yesterday were January (4-6), Jenkins (3-6) and Schulte (2-4). In DePaul's first 6 games prior to the UConn contest, January was a frightening 4-21 from three (19%), Jenkins was 8-26 (30%), while Schulte was the 'sharp-shooter' of the group, going 5-15 for 33%.
In light of these pretty lousy 3-point stats, I'd wager that even newly hired DePaul head coach UcMiami
They were 'bad' shots that just happened to go in. Just because a shot goes in hardly makes it a good one, whether it swishes or clanks on the rim 4 times and drops in. To their credit, those DePaul kids played their eyeballs out, but their extra long range shot selection was insane but lucky as all hell. That freakish shooting success (along with Bruno's masterful hockey line substitutions) did keep it a game.
When they are falling, like they were last night, you just go with the flow, and keep shooting. When the force is with you ... In fact based on stats, it seemed that Depaul as a team shot better the further from the basket they launched - they shot 13-34 or 38% from two and 13-29 from three (45%.) And I bet if you tracked the actual threes they shot, those within a foot of the arc would have been about 40% and those launched from 3+ feet back would have been 50% or better - go figure, it is an amazing game, basketball!
Well it is early in the year and as an example ... last year in game one Uconn shot 64.3 % against UC Davis, then traveled up the road to Stanford and shot 36.7%. For the year they settled in at .406 but I don't think anyone reacted to the UC Davis game by saying Uconn going 18-28 and KML going 10-13 was luck!Come on. It must have been luck. It surely wasn't talent!
DePaul did shoot a much better % than usual.
If a shot goes in repeatedly how can it be called a bad shot? DePaul has been shooting those same three for 5 years now-Brittany Hrynko was named big east player in 2015 of the year based on that shot.
Gotta disagree a bit, Coco. Hrynko is a gamer. She willed her team to a lot of victories even when she didn't score much. I really enjoyed watching her play.
Not sure we are in disagreement. I have known and loved Brit since she was A High School Freshmen Leading her team to Philly Public League Championship. She is definitely a gamer.
Or appreciate Lou.
Disagree about the exclamation mark vs. all caps - caps are definitely yelling, exclamation marks are emphasis, surprise, astonishment, excitement. In any case, I certainly wasn't yelling at you!