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Zarathustra said:
More optimism for Sunday.
I wonder who will be the stars
against Marquette? Maybe Caroline?
with cameo roles by ---------- ( fill in
the blanks.... but don't leave out Christyn ).
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Let’s Curb The Enthusiasm.Sunday will be tough.Team has to travel to Milwaukee and will be dealing with tired legs.Marquette will make it a physical game.
 
Bigboote said:
Yes, Doug announced he would be retiring either just before or just after the beginning of the season. I wish he'd been a little more entertaining in the halftime interview with Maria.
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Dang. He finally gets a blue-chip big and he goes and retires. And he might have only one more chance to beat Geno.
 
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Gus Mahler said:
Dang. He finally gets a blue-chip big and he goes and retires. And he might have only one more chance to beat Geno.
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I googled "doug bruno retiring" and got nothing. His contract is through 2023-2024 season.
 
Few thoughts:
*it was the best game of DJ as a Husky and what a great time for it with ONO and CD missing.
*Great game by AE but come on...make those layups...she missed at least 3-4 layups in this game.
*CW had a great aggressive game and her defense in the first half fueled her offense for the second half.
*Nika made a shot in tis game which i saw her shoot for the firs time. Great defense and was distributing the ball real well.
*E came to play tonight. Her steal and basket was brilliant
*Azzi couldn't shoot tonight but she is such a smart kid that she found a way to contribute in other areas (rebounding, ball handling and defense).
*The team defense was real good this game. Players were communicating and helping one another. .
*If you were told that ONO and CD will not play, Azzi will score onyl4 points and Morrow will have a 20 points and 16 rebound game, would you have believed that UConn would win by 24?
*Geno coached a real good game with his substitutions all on point.
Now, can we please have ONO and CD back and later on Paige back so this team can start really to roll...
 
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Gus Mahler said:
Dang. He finally gets a blue-chip big and he goes and retires. And he might have only one more chance to beat Geno.
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Any ideas / rumors who takes over?
 
Blakeon18 said:
Tell me before the game that Azzi goes 2-11 and I would have cringed at the outcome.
Best game of year for Dorka and Aaliyah...and in general Nika played under control with good defense and passing.

Entertaining....for sure. Come out Sunday with the same energy and we'll be fine.
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I’ve been (not exactly critical) let’s say less enthusiastic about Nika than many this season (and still maintain my position on her starting when everyone gets healthy) but I must say she was really good tonight! I think this was the best I’ve ever seen her play! If she can play like that consistently when everyone is healthy, we will be a pretty tough out! Who would have thought Azzi could score 4 points and we would win by 24!
 
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It was a great team victory. With the continued absence of Ono, CD and Paige, the rest of the team met the challenge and easily defeated DePaul. Dorka was the most impressive with her game high 22 pts and 8 reb. Aaliyah was close behind with 19 pts and 6 reb. CW continued her excellent offensive performance with 20 pts and 4 ast. Evina looked comfortable contributing another 10 pts while Nika added 9 pts. Both had 5 ast. Although Azzi had an off night shooting, she did gathered 6 reb which helped to give UConn a 47-37 reb advantage, a complete turnaround from the previous game. As the saying goes, individuals may win games but teamwork wins championships. Tonight, UConn showed how good a team it is now and hopefully how great a team it will be in the near future.
 
pvdoggy said:
I googled "doug bruno retiring" and got nothing. His contract is through 2023-2024 season.
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I’ve looked, too, and can’t find anything. I‘m likely confusing him with someone else. My bad.
 
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Dorka and AE's best game this year although that 17 rebound game Dorka had was right there with it. I'm surprised Dorka had it in her as she looked like she was struggling badly last game but we really needed her tonight and she came up huge. Part of that was that Morrow was playing AE a lot and Dorka had a mismatch on her.

CW real solid again tonight. People think she's inconsistent but she's as consistent as just about anyone on the team not named Paige.

Nika's best game of the year but I still would make her a 5-10 minute per game player as soon as everyone's healthy. She's valuable as a back up and probably future coach. She may end up making a lot of money as a coach someday. Love her effort and intensity.

Personally, I didn't see the great floor game Azzi is reputed to have had tonight. I saw a lot of standing around tonight, very few screens set for her and not that much different in defense. They got past her several times on corner drives to the basket and overall I thought her defense was about what we have seen recently, which is good. I think overall, it was a bad game for her. It seems as though the plan was to be out there to open up spacing for drives, but that created very few shots for her as well. De Paul didn't leave her open and she generally stayed behind the 3 point line, often in the corner. If the plan was for her to be sacrificed to open up the lanes it worked. I don't think that was the plan though.

Solid game by Evina, including lots of things not necessarily easy to see. Great mature, team player.

Overall though, the Tennessee game and tonight's game were mainly won because the other team imploded to a degree. If the other team doesn't make it's 3 pointers and we don't turn it over a lot we probably win. We usually hold our own in shooting percentage and rebounds. Losing their 2nd best scorer was harder for De Paul to overcome as they are not that deep in talent.

We still get beat by a top 10 team unless we get most of Liv, Caroline and Paige back.
 
A late thought has occurred to me - the passing was much crisper tonight. Dorka, especially, passed the ball with purpose as did her teammates. There were only a couple instances of the dribble-dribble-dribble with no purpose and those moments didn’t seem as long as past games.

That must have been a brutal practice after the loss to ‘Nova but it seems to have been effective
 
Really big for players other than Azzi to have a good game. If it took her scoring 25 pts to win, then they would be in the same hole they were in with Paige, relying on somebody else. Shows that playing these games shorthanded has paid off in some regards.
 
HuskyNan said:
A late thought has occurred to me - the passing was much crisper tonight. Dorka, especially, passed the ball with purpose as did her teammates. There were only a couple instances of the dribble-dribble-dribble with no purpose and those moments didn’t seem as long as past games. That must have been a brutal practice after the loss to ‘Nova but it seems to have been effective
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The assist distribution and total tonight was closer to what it was in the TN game.
The key part of this is practice and also simply having time to react. For the Nova game Liv's injury was announced literally right before tip off leaving the team sort of shell shocked. Dorka deservedly won the badass award for this game but this may also have been Nika's best game as a Husky. Nika was very efficient with the basketball (5 assists and only 2 turnover) finally shot a couple of mid range jumpers (made 1 of 2) and was the only UCONN player not to commit a foul tonight.
 
Postie said:
Let’s Curb The Enthusiasm.Sunday will be tough.Team has to travel to Milwaukee and will be dealing with tired legs.Marquette will make it a physical game.
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Marquette has to travel to Milwaukee and will also have tired legs. They lost in overtime tonight at Nova and all 5 starters played 40 minutes or more.
 
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Although Azzi had a poor shooting night (adjusting to all this new college level defensive attention) she had a really nice floor game. She was the only UConn play I saw that looked for a jersey and boxed out with intention. Once she gets comfortable she's going to draw a lot of charges on defense.

Dorka and Aliyah remembered the previous DePaul game where Morrow looked like Aliyah Boston and bullied them around in the paint. They made it a goal to be the better post duo and they succeeded. They also clearly practiced backcuts passing which worked really well.

Christyn is a different player and whichever WNBA team gets her is going to get a good one. Evina showed flashes of her skillset which is good. Overall very happy that UConn decided that they would never let DePaul get close because one streak being broken is enough for one season.
 
msf22b said:
I didn't see the game...was its on Fox?...I couldn't find it

I said after the last game Aaliyah will be ok...after her difficult night after her wonderful Tennessee effort.
We can't expect consistency yet...but tonight, again, a fine game...more of this to come

E seemed to provide a spark whenever she came in...great.

And Dorka (thank goodness not injured) had a wonderful outing

Now, they have to do it again on Sunday.
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You’ll never wonder where to find the game if you read my Gameday posts. I try to “tee up“ the game up for the yard. All the facts, figures, news and notes concerning the game. I also include current media articles about UConn and that day’s game. Sunday’s game will be on Fox.
 
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