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Some postgame thoughts on the DePaul game.
  • Congratulations to Sue, who’s #10 jersey was retired today by UConn. Check out Wikipedia which chronicles Sue’s incredible achievements from her days at Christ the King, UConn, Seattle, Europe and USA Basketball. She will undoubtedly go down as one of the very best pg’s in the history of WBB.
  • The Huskies storm out of the gate in most games. Today against an overmatched DePaul team was no different. But in building a 28-9 1st qtr lead, UConn actually forced more turnovers (10) then shots allowed (9). 😮
  • When Azzi’s “in the zone” her 3-pt shot is both inevitable and a thing of beauty!
  • Ash is UConn’s Energizer Bunny. She hustles all over the court on defense and moves constantly without the ball on offense. But my favorite Ash thing is when she flies in from nowhere to snag a rebound among the trees, often on the offensive end, thereby extending a UConn possession.
  • KK is among the nation’s leaders in A/TO ration. Today she had 7 assists and 0 turnovers. 🤩
  • Kayleigh really appears to be settling into her role at UConn. She is yet another relentless Husky defender and her ability to run the offense whenever she subs in for KK is exceptional.
  • Sarah continues to play her brilliantly complete brand of basketball. Today she had 20 pts on 7/9 shooting, along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals. Her no look pass from underneath the basket to Ash in the corner for a 3 was ridiculous!!!
  • While UConn’s rotation looks to be solidifying, imo, the one spot that remains a question is center. Serah hasn’t taken ownership of it yet. Jana is solid and more physical. Blanca would be an undersized option, but she continues to impress. Time will tell.
  • As a team the Huskies shot better from the arc than they shot overall, 67% to 63%, and they shot even worse from the FT line, 61%??? Go figure.
  • I’ll be out of pocket next Saturday, so thanks again in advance to one of my fellow BY’ers for starting the USC postgame thread.
 
I am sure Sue Bird’s 12 year old niece was thrilled with how Azzi played today!

-Geno used DePaul to gather information about who can he trust after the first 8. I was happy to see Carol get some early run.
-Serah’s sometime struggles on the block are usually the result of her trying to make too many moves. The last two games she has shown obvious improvement
-Ash kept her streak alive of getting at least one offensive rebound
-Geno mentioned that they are trying to spread the floor for Blanca and let her create off the dribble. It looks great because she is handful to guard one on one.
-KK is sometimes hesitant to finish with her left hand. It was good to see her have two nice left handed finishes left today.
-I hope Jana’s success today is a building block for future success. She is getting more comfortable on the block.
-Geno played a lot of zone today. I wonder how that fits in his end of the year plans. He must think that zone could be an option against one of the better teams.
-Today’s nit pic. Not a great day from the foul line.

Congrats Sue Bird!
 
There's not a ton to say about this game, other than that Kayleigh looked fantastic, and Serah and Jana seem to have settled down their post moves.

Serah 4-5
Jana 5-6
Kayleigh 7-8

These numbers are not all that surprising given the level of competition. But Serah has eliminated much of the noise and extra movement in her post moves. Just catch, pivot and shoot. It looks good. Jana has also become a lot more surehanded and looks much more confident in the post, like she's not trying to figure out what to do on the spot.
 
Depaul is not very good. But I will share my thoughts anyway.

Heckel was the best player on the court for large stretches of the game today. We look so much better in garbage time this year; and I think Heckel has a lot to do with that. She also did a great job feeding Jana. And it resulted in Jana easily having her best game of the season so far.
 
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oldude said:
Some postgame thoughts on the DePaul game.
  • Congratulations to Sue, who’s #10 jersey was retired today by UConn. Check out Wikipedia which chronicles Sue’s incredible achievements from her days at Christ the King, UConn, Seattle, Europe and USA Basketball. She will undoubtedly go down as one of the very best pg’s in the history of WBB.
  • The Huskies storm out of the gate in most games. Today against an overmatched DePaul team was no different. But in building a 28-9 1st qtr lead, UConn actually forced more turnovers (10) then shots allowed (9). 😮
  • When Azzi’s “in the zone” her 3-pt shot is both inevitable and a thing of beauty!
  • Ash is UConn’s Energizer Bunny. She hustles all over the court on defense and moves constantly without the ball on offense. But my favorite Ash thing is when she flies in from nowhere to snag a rebound among the trees, often on the offensive end, thereby extending a UConn possession.
  • KK is among the nation’s leaders in A/TO ration. Today she had 7 assists and 0 turnovers. 🤩
  • Kayleigh really appears to be settling into her role at UConn. She is yet another relentless Husky defender and her ability to run the offense whenever she subs in for KK is exceptional.
  • Sarah continues to play her brilliantly complete brand of basketball. Today she had 20 pts on 7/9 shooting, along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals. Her no look pass from underneath the basket to Ash in the corner for a 3 was ridiculous!!!
  • While UConn’s rotation looks to be solidifying, imo, the one spot that remains a question is center. Serah hasn’t taken ownership of it yet. Jana is solid and more physical. Blanca would be an undersized option, but she continues to impress. Time will tell.
  • As a team the Huskies shot better from the arc than they shot overall, 67% to 63%, and they shot even worse from the FT line, 61%??? Go figure.
  • I’ll be out of pocket next Saturday, so thanks again in advance to one of my fellow BY’ers for starting the USC postgame thread.
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Won't dignify this game with words, except to say that I thought some of K9's passes were things of beauty. She gifted the Queen of the Nile double digits. This is a wonderful addition to the team.
Maybe a game will break out next weekend.
 
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Didn't see the game, but understand DePaul is starting a petition for banishment. I really want them to get strong again though.
 
If they ever have another close game, the foul shooting could be a problem. Against Michigan they were 10-11. A 65% FS shooting night, they lose that game.
Had to find something.
 
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Any guesses on what a good UCONN Big East Conference over/under margin of victory for the Huskies should be? 25 points?
 
If Fudd and Strong don't make All-American first team something is wrong. Fun game to watch until the clean-up crew comes in, then it is give and take. Kellis Fisher, sometimes, reminds me of Renee Montgomery. Starting to worry about Caroline's shooting. It is still very early in the season, so no big issues, but, I was hoping for a more dynamic player than Serah Williams has shown so far.
 
Congrats to Sue. Great career. The best PG ever.

On to the game.
Sarah & Azzi continue to lead the team.
K9 and Jana with very good games. Jana getting good position down low.
Serah getting better.

You can see the development and chemistry improving.
 
Again the bench out scored the starters 54 to 48! Fantastic bench and it will definitely get better.There is so much that can be said about this team that it would fill the Boneyard forum to capacity. Let it suffice that this team has a destiny to fulfill and that is NO.13. Uconn is a Juggernaut on a mission and will not be denied. GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!!
 
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oldude said:
Some postgame thoughts on the DePaul game.
  • Congratulations to Sue, who’s #10 jersey was retired today by UConn. Check out Wikipedia which chronicles Sue’s incredible achievements from her days at Christ the King, UConn, Seattle, Europe and USA Basketball. She will undoubtedly go down as one of the very best pg’s in the history of WBB.
  • The Huskies storm out of the gate in most games. Today against an overmatched DePaul team was no different. But in building a 28-9 1st qtr lead, UConn actually forced more turnovers (10) then shots allowed (9). 😮
  • When Azzi’s “in the zone” her 3-pt shot is both inevitable and a thing of beauty!
  • Ash is UConn’s Energizer Bunny. She hustles all over the court on defense and moves constantly without the ball on offense. But my favorite Ash thing is when she flies in from nowhere to snag a rebound among the trees, often on the offensive end, thereby extending a UConn possession.
  • KK is among the nation’s leaders in A/TO ration. Today she had 7 assists and 0 turnovers. 🤩
  • Kayleigh really appears to be settling into her role at UConn. She is yet another relentless Husky defender and her ability to run the offense whenever she subs in for KK is exceptional.
  • Sarah continues to play her brilliantly complete brand of basketball. Today she had 20 pts on 7/9 shooting, along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals. Her no look pass from underneath the basket to Ash in the corner for a 3 was ridiculous!!!
  • While UConn’s rotation looks to be solidifying, imo, the one spot that remains a question is center. Serah hasn’t taken ownership of it yet. Jana is solid and more physical. Blanca would be an undersized option, but she continues to impress. Time will tell.
  • As a team the Huskies shot better from the arc than they shot overall, 67% to 63%, and they shot even worse from the FT line, 61%??? Go figure.
  • I’ll be out of pocket next Saturday, so thanks again in advance to one of my fellow BY’ers for starting the USC postgame thread.
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Although complementary, I think Kayleigh deserves more credit than “Serling into her role”. To me, she combines the best things I like about KK and Ash’s game. There is certainly no drop off when she comes in. IMO, the team is better when she is in. She hasn’t needed to score, but today she showed she can.
 
CL82 said:
I love that notwithstanding how much Sara hates being in the limelight, her post game interview skills keep getting better
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She actually looked like she was expecting more than just two questions...like, bring them on, I'm ready!!! 😉
 
Bob/Debbie CD post game:

KK's great game.

CD: She was terrific right from the start. Only played 15. Set the tone.

Defense:

CD:Trying to get better every day. Get smarter. Yes, there is physical improvement you can make, and we're doing that. But becoming a smarter team, seeing angles. And that's not being determined by opponents. Yes, Depaul was outmatched. But we approached both halves really well.

Goal to attack rim, get to FT?

CD: No. We've been focusing on it... at bottom of NCAA for number of FT attempts per game. We've been talking about it. Don't know if opp was there - but we need to make them. We're a better FT shooting team than that. In practice, players shoot 10 or need to make 90% or run. We went from 92% last practice and this game we were 50-something. I may need to check the accuracy. grin We need to focus on that, creates issues for other team.

Offense - looked like they ran through a variety of options successfully.

CD: Great balance with what shots we took. Found Azzi - off of 2 or 3 passes. Did real good job of making good decisions. TOs can make ugly basketball. We were knocking shots in.

Good bench production. Healthy!

CD: Helps. When we go to bench, kids should change game/impact on game in positive way. Not always scoring. Could be defense, energy. Having that puts pressure on other tream. Makes starters confident and feel better about taking a break.
 
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