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DePaul Postgame Thread

CocoHusky said:
Not sure I like the thought off turning Paige into A SG- at her best she is a play maker so let her playmake. Nika got away with a chest bump and hack on that last steal of the game. Nika needs to improve drastically to get minutes and quiet as it kept she is also having an 0 for America streak of her own. On a positive note I like the way AE is cutting to the basket with great timing and balance. Also like the way ONO, Evina, Paige and CW kept thier heads in the game when shots were not falling by doing other things like playing good team defense. The team defense has a noticeable weak link which becomes more noticeable when that link is not hitting shots.
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I noted games before as well that Geno's pressure on Paige to shoot more has pressured her to double think. She'll work it out.
 
pvdoggy said:
For all the praise that Geno gave Aubrey at the start of the summer, she has not shown much. Where is that person who thinks Aubrey is going to get 20/10 this year even if she does not start?
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I think Mir had more minutes than AG tonight. Yet Mir missed more bunnies tonight than Elmer Fudd.
 
CocoHusky said:
Not sure I like the thought off turning Paige into A SG- at her best she is a play maker so let her playmake. Nika got away with a chest bump and hack on that last steal of the game. Nika needs to improve drastically to get minutes and quiet as it kept she is also having an 0 for America streak of her own. On a positive note I like the way AE is cutting to the basket with great timing and balance. Also like the way ONO, Evina, Paige and CW kept thier heads in the game when shots were not falling by doing other things like playing good team defense. The team defense has a noticeable weak link which becomes more noticeable when that link is not hitting shots.
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Yes..Agree..4 against 5 is not ideal..
 
I suppose this was a minor point, but I thought that Mir McLean had good minutes tonight and showed again that she is trying to fit into the team's offense by setting screens and moving without the ball. She may become the 9th rotation player and even move ahead of Nika in the depth chart if she continues to make progress. Her strength and athleticism continue to be very impressive.
 
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oldude said:
Some thoughts on the DePaul game:
  • DePaul is UConn’s 1st ranked opponent, while UConn is DePaul’s 4th ranked opponent. As a result, the Blue Demons were not particularly fazed by the Huskies.
  • I have to believe UConn is a better outside shooting team then they’ve demonstrated so far this season. Games like this are going to be a lot tougher than they should be when UConn doesn’t hit open shots.
  • In general, UConn’s defense was good, holding DePaul to 36 points less than their season average.
  • Not the prettiest win. UConn's size advantage was a significant factor, and Paige, Christyn and Evina made just enough plays to push the score to a reasonably comfortable margin.
  • Bring on the Lady Bears, I think. :oops:
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EARLY ON, ANA, EVINA AND CW APPEARED TENTATIVE, AFRAID TO SHOOT WHEN OPEN, AS IF THEY WERE GOING TO LET PAIGE AND ONO DELIVER THE GOODS. GRIFFIN IS NOT COMFORTABLE AT 15 FEET.
GREAT DEFENSE. SORRY ABOUT THE CAPITALS.
 
CocoHusky said:
Not sure I like the thought off turning Paige into A SG- at her best she is a play maker so let her playmake. Nika got away with a chest bump and hack on that last steal of the game. Nika needs to improve drastically to get minutes and quiet as it kept she is also having an 0 for America streak of her own. On a positive note I like the way AE is cutting to the basket with great timing and balance. Also like the way ONO, Evina, Paige and CW kept thier heads in the game when shots were not falling by doing other things like playing good team defense. The team defense has a noticeable weak link which becomes more noticeable when that link is not hitting shots.
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Isn’t it kinda hard to reach any conclusions about Nika? She’s been injured, she’s a freshman, she’s had very limited time so far. She made a couple of nice passes showing good vision.
 
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JordyG said:
Poor FT shooting, poor 3 pt shooting, lack of effective movement on offense, and a lot of poor decisions on entry passes by UConn. Paige looked like a freshman tonight, CW has to come up bigger and Anna.... Well, Anna needs our support right now. I thought the best flow the offense had was when Aaliyah and Liv were in there together with Liv at the high post. Geno however didn't see it my way and played them very little together. This was also not Evina's best performance in blue. It is good to know that even though they played poorly on offense they still won by 23. On to the next.
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I agree. With Alijah at the low post, Liv had much more freedom of movement.
 
We did not score much on transition and we played the game at a slower pace. We worked the ball inside and got 27 points from our bigs. That is our advantage against most of the big East. Most teams look like a JV trying to guard Liv. Our guards will have to shoot better to go deep and to beat better teams. Our foul shooting could be better. CW is turning into our defensive stopper. She works hard all game. I would like to see more of Liv and Aaliyah together. Baylor will be a good test.
 
JoePgh said:
I suppose this was a minor point, but I thought that Mir McLean had good minutes tonight and showed again that she is trying to fit into the team's offense by setting screens and moving without the ball. She may become the 9th rotation player and even move ahead of Nika in the depth chart if she continues to make progress. Her strength and athleticism continue to be very impressive.
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But she often finds herself wandering around the court on defense and offense without a clear idea of where she should be.
 
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Has Anna ever driven into the lane and shot the ball one time in her career? It's almost painful to watch how hesitant she is to shoot the ball inside the arc. She gets in the lane every time, albeit not a lot, but enough to notice and passes. It's like she can't wait tp get rid of the ball. I've never seen anything like it.

Our FT shooting is going to bite this team in the you know what against good teams. It's just abysmal-but it makes sense. We can't hit from the outside and we can't hit FT's.

This was tough to watch. No rhythm from either team, no flow, constant whistles, ugly shots.

One more thing, has any UCONN team ever committed as many travelling violations as this one?
 
JoePgh said:
I suppose this was a minor point, but I thought that Mir McLean had good minutes tonight and showed again that she is trying to fit into the team's offense by setting screens and moving without the ball. She may become the 9th rotation player and even move ahead of Nika in the depth chart if she continues to make progress. Her strength and athleticism continue to be very impressive.
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Mir had a solid game. I don’t think Mir is competing with Nika for minutes because Nika is a guard. There are only 4 scholarship guards on the roster and three of them are starting. Mir is competing with Aubrey Aaliyah and Anna for minutes at the 4 position.
 
psconn said:
Man, I feel bad for Anna. Came in ready for a big step up this season and it's not going well. ☹ She seems to have a tendency to take up residency in her own head.
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If she could create a shot off the dribble it would help her game...can't just stand at the 3 pt line especially if her 3 pt shot has been to be kind less than stellar.
 
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I agree with most posts so far on this thread. I just look forward to when Paige gains the confidence and/or the understanding to be what this team needs her to be in order to get to the next level. There is a reason why Geno keeps getting on her about being tentative and not shooting enough.
 
pvdoggy said:
You are reading things that are not there.
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I agree. She is a complete team player. It's not going to be a straight line up with her after her surgeries. There will be some times where she is not as sharp as others. What I saw was 11 shots and 8 threes tonight and if she gets and takes the same number of shots per game it will bode well for us. She is averaging 14 points and 4 assists for the last 3 games. Like Kara said in the post game show, they, including Evina, have to take their brains out of the shots. Don't think, just release.
 
This wasn't the kind of game you jump up and down and get all excited. Lots of missed open shots and no big run. Although DePaul kept the score close enough to make it interesting for three quarters, they got ground down in a grind it out game.

My two big takeaways: Anna was lost and needs a good shooting game sooner than later. The good things she can do will be overshadowed if she can't score and lets too many players blow by her. Related, and previously mentioned in this and previous game threads - passing up so many open 3s isn't a good look. Opposing teams smell the lack of confidence and can cheat on perimeter D. Paige will catch and shoot but the rest pass up even mildly contested 3s, or uncontested 3s for that matter.
 
cohenzone said:
Isn’t it kinda hard to reach any conclusions about Nila? She’s been injured, she’s a freshman, she’s had very limited time so far. She made a couple of nice passes showing good vision.
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No. I have said since day 1 that Nika would need to increase her defensive techniques drastically to get minutes on the floor. Those of you that are still clinging to this theory that it is the ankle injury is what is causing her not to be in position should take a closer look at where her hands are positioned while she is attempting to play defense. Nika is a very good passer to get meaningful minutes she must defend better and knock down some shots.
 
ucbart said:
Has Anna ever driven into the lane and shot the ball one time in her career? It's almost painful to watch how hesitant she is to shoot the ball inside the arc. She gets in the lane every time, albeit not a lot, but enough to notice and passes. It's like she can't wait tp get rid of the ball. I've never seen anything like it.

Our FT shooting is going to bite this team in the you know what against good teams. It's just abysmal-but it makes sense. We can't hit from the outside and we can't hit FT's.

This was tough to watch. No rhythm from either team, no flow, constant whistles, ugly shots.

One more thing, has any UCONN team ever committed as many travelling violations as this one?
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She didn't come 6000 miles to drive to the basket...cut her some slack..
 
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Here is a surprising factoid from the box score (which has just been put up on ESPN):

Aubrey played 6 minutes and had 3 assists (and one turnover). I remember one of her assists on a very highlight-reel pass under the offensive basket. I don't remember the other two. But that is a new aspect to Aubrey's game.

Another box score factoid: UConn had 21 assists on 29 made baskets. Given how ugly the offense sometimes looked, that is surprising to me. Furthermore, Paige had only 2 assists in 35 minutes (fewer than Aubrey in 6 minutes). Evina had 4 assists, Christyn had 5, and Olivia had 3.

Maybe Geno would like to see fewer assists and more shots.
 
CocoHusky said:
Not sure I like the thought off turning Paige into A SG- at her best she is a play maker so let her playmake. Nika got away with a chest bump and hack on that last steal of the game. Nika needs to improve drastically to get minutes and quiet as it kept she is also having an 0 for America streak of her own. On a positive note I like the way AE is cutting to the basket with great timing and balance. Also like the way ONO, Evina, Paige and CW kept thier heads in the game when shots were not falling by doing other things like playing good team defense. The team defense has a noticeable weak link which becomes more noticeable when that link is not hitting shots.
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She is the playmaker in the transition game but in the half court set the PG after the first pass cuts on an angle into the corner and stays there for at least another one or two player movements. That is Evina. Paige would be wasted there and will get far more shots at the 2 spot where she is at the top of the key or at the foul line extended and the bigs can pick for her. She can also use the dribble drive pull up moves there. She is really a combo 1 and 2 which make her so great and so reminiscent of DT in that respect.
 
The game was not pretty but a win is a win. I believe Geno will have lots to say to the team that needs improvement. I love Anna but I think she’s lost her confidence that was beginning to shine late last year. Hopefully it will return!
Mir showed she belonged and I believe with more minutes she will develop nicely! Wish we had another game before Baylor.
 
pvdoggy said:
One thing I don't understand is how hesitant the shooters are in taking wide-open shots. I don't know how many times Evina, Anna and CW passed up wide-open 3-pt shots to pass to Olivia who is being double-teamed. The DePaul kids, hit or miss, are not afraid to take their shots.
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I agree with this. There are many times, not just this game, when our supposed shooters have a decent look if they react quickly, but they hesitate just enough to let the defense get to them. I think as strange as it seems, unselfishness is getting to be a team problem.

This is both a better passing and worse shooting team than last year. When that improved passing is getting the ball inside for good looks, we really click, but when it produces open perimeter shots we are not consistently knocking them down. At least with Anna and Christyn we know they can shoot better than they have so far.
 
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