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Charliebball said:
If she's not going to shoot it at least Cheli has really nice passing skills as evidenced by that neat assist to Ice.....
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yep,,, not sure how BYers feel she's a scorer, or a good shooter ... she canned a few treys early this season but that was an anomaly; hope she works over the summer to make it a norm.

but her passing is superb and she's got a nose for the ball -- and her most important asset, now, is her energy and attacking mentality. plus, she's a 'basket player' a la geno.
 
oldude said:
If you watched the SC-TN game ...

Hopefully, UConn can find a way to come out on top, particularly against TN, which I believe will insure a #2 seed or better. Beating SC in Columbia will be a monumental task, regardless of how the game is played. Maybe we can hang around and steal the game late, with Paige hitting a 3 that clanks high off the back rim and falls through the net……;)
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or, perhaps, uconn plays up to its potential, gets a 20 to 30 point lead, and sinks both the vols and roosters easily ... u never know.
 
PacoSwede said:
yep,,, not sure how BYers feel she's a scorer, or a good shooter ... she canned a few treys early this season but that was an anomaly; hope she works over the summer to make it a norm.

but her passing is superb and she's got a nose for the ball -- and her most important asset, now, is her energy and attacking mentality. plus, she's a 'basket player' a la geno.
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It’s possible that the shots Morgan is passing up would just turn into bricks and airballs.

Geno never really tries to hide his body language anymore. I haven’t seen him throw his hands up and act like she should have taken a shot at any point this season. So fans may think she should shoot it more… but maybe UConn coaches aren’t on the same page with us?

There was one time Morgan sealed her defender and posted up. She didn’t get the ball. But I would have been curious to see if she could have done anything in that spot.
 
PacoSwede said:
yep,,, not sure how BYers feel she's a scorer, or a good shooter ... she canned a few treys early this season but that was an anomaly; hope she works over the summer to make it a norm.

but her passing is superb and she's got a nose for the ball -- and her most important asset, now, is her energy and attacking mentality. plus, she's a 'basket player' a la geno.
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Morgan's shooting was not an anomaly.
 
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I thought last nite Geno was trying to get everybody else going and for the most part he did. Now we have Ash and Kaitlyn showing us there is no hesitation when they shoot and they can score. That gives us more scorers and will take alot of pressure off the Big 3.

Jana Ice and Morgan are still not getting the ball and not scoring because they dont get the ball. Some of that has to do with we have scorers who can get their own shot. I expect to see more of a smaller lineup for that reason and with a smaller lineup we put more scorers on the floor.

We all know how good we should be and were not there yet. Can we win big games playing Sarah in the middle.? Well if we have 4 shooters who are hitting I think we can.

With Tenn and SC both away games coming up we will see where we are. Both games will be a measuring stick. These two games are where our stars should step up and take over. I think we are in better shape now then we were a month ago. We also have the Big 3 who are just super. The question will be will they be super against Tenn and SC? They will if we run plays to get them their shot. We have to get them their shots and lets face it if we get them their shots they should combine to shoot over 45% which is pretty much their average. We do that and it will be hard to loose. With that said we must stay out of foul trouble. We get a big lead down there and oops here come the fouls which will make us defenseless and allow them to get easy shots. Both these games will be about the way the refs call the game.
 
Tonyc said:
I thought last nite Geno was trying to get everybody else going and for the most part he did. Now we have Ash and Kaitlyn showing us there is no hesitation when they shoot and they can score. That gives us more scorers and will take alot of pressure off the Big 3.

Jana Ice and Morgan are still not getting the ball and not scoring because they dont get the ball. Some of that has to do with we have scorers who can get their own shot. I expect to see more of a smaller lineup for that reason and with a smaller lineup we put more scorers on the floor.

We all know how good we should be and were not there yet. Can we win big games playing Sarah in the middle.? Well if we have 4 shooters who are hitting I think we can.

With Tenn and SC both away games coming up we will see where we are. Both games will be a measuring stick. These two games are where our stars should step up and take over. I think we are in better shape now then we were a month ago. We also have the Big 3 who are just super. The question will be will they be super against Tenn and SC? They will if we run plays to get them their shot. We have to get them their shots and lets face it if we get them their shots they should combine to shoot over 45% which is pretty much their average. We do that and it will be hard to loose. With that said we must stay out of foul trouble. We get a big lead down there and oops here come the fouls which will make us defenseless and allow them to get easy shots. Both these games will be about the way the refs call the game.
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You get the ball where and when you have demonstrated to your peers that you may likely shoot and score. Our bigs (other than Sarah) have not demonstrated that as yet.
 
Paige is wasting her talents playing against the Big East this season. When the time comes and the opponents are better she will turn it on and be the player she needs to be to win. I think Sarah has that same ability too but for them to make a meaningful run in the big tournament they will need Azzi to be that way too.

My issue with evaluating talent when playing teams like DePaul is you can look good because of how poor they play on offense and defense. UConn has several extremely good players but they have a couple that will disappear once the competition gets to a top tier. It will be a little apparent next week against Tennessee but will really be on full display against SC.

I still think UConn can and will compete and most likely beat SC but it will be with players that aren't necessarily counted on right now.
 
Worth the price of admission was Geno's face at the end of the 3rd quarter when they took to long to get into their offense and Ash hit that prayer, that was disallowed upon review. If ever there was a Geno "you have to be kidding me face, that was it. That was one GIF worthy face.
 
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huskeynut said:
A win is a win. Defense was outstanding. The pressure forced 20 DePaul turnovers and 12 steals.

On offense, not very good at all tonight. No flow. I'll attribute some of that to DePaul's defense. They bang away on defense. Paige had a forgettable game. Three point shooting was good tonight. But that has not been the norm this season.

Looks like the team in a funk on offense. Geno and staff have a lot of work to do to get the offense flowing.
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The team could be in a funk on offense but what we are seeing can also be described as "It's hard to play your A game against C level competition". You're playing those games with a completely different mindset and it's really hard to not let yourself fall into a kind of lazy, lackadaisical offense. Your cuts are not as sharp, screens maybe not where they should be, your eye sort of wanders when shooting, etc. In other words, your head is not in the game. So who's blame? Players? Coaches? Neither in my opinion. It's the level of competition that now exists in this league. C level competition is what unfortunately the BE WBB has become as high ranked players seek better opportunities at schools that devote and have more resources supporting womens basketball. Also they command more viewers and more exposure which is attractive to anyone looking to move up to the professional level. It's been said before but UConn needs to move out and up.
 
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