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triaddukefan said:
Well if its any consolation, last years Duke game in storrs was my all time worst regular season loss i've ever experienced.... in ANY sport. High School Football, NFL, NHL, MLB, college football, mens college bb...... That goes back 34 years or so of watching sports. I didnt even look at espn.com , dwhoops... this board.... the devils den or anything for almost a week. Didnt look at the sports section of the newspaper that week... heck... i dont think i even had a taste for a burger, cheerwine, or donut for the rest of that week :(
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That's not right. You should take it up with Coach P. :)
 
Phil said:
Hmmm, that's disappointing. Is this true of both men and women, or is this referring only to the women's games?

I was at the 2003 game, I agree the atmosphere was electric.
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Only the women's games.
 
Plus, UCONN shoots very well at CIS.........Great sight lines........They have HS type hoops and the crowd is so close to the court...........UCONN's defense will set the tone next week.....How quick will DUKE be forced out of its zone defense?........If they have to try a Match up zone or MTM............Lights out
 
Alexis Jones is our only player that can create her own shot, would love to see her take most of ours.
Chelsea Gray is playing for the love of the game & team at 60% ??. Coach P has not added one new
wrinkle to our offense don't see us with 50 points. SO 83 -- 46 . The big loser women's basketball.
 
The only way UConn can lose is to be over confident. Duke has the talent to beat them. Chelsea Gray not being close to 100% does not do Duke any favors. However, they still have Williams, Liston, Peters and Jones. We have to limit the turnovers and be strong on the glass at both ends. The defense will determine the offense. We need to be very defensive, as always.
 
HuskyPhan said:
I'm begging for details on DT's 'call me' gesture as I can only half remember it!! Please, anyone help me out here with details-I need to live that moment again!!
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Not that much to tell. It is what went before: the Crazies had taunted her all game with some pretty rough stuff and DT ignored it but heard it. So when the clock ran out, with proverbial Dookie blood all over the floor, she skipped by the jeering section and gave them a very derisive mouthing of "call me" while holding the horns hand set sign to her ear.
 
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I didn't think it was derisive at all. Her expression was one of playfulness. She and they had a great laugh.
 
Icebear said:
I didn't think it was derisive at all. Her expression was one of playfulness. She and they had a great laugh.
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Agree. IIRC, they were chanting, "Who's your daddy" and she went up to the end court, looked into the crowd and said, "Daddy?"
 
Love and Hate, Duke is... Love the challenge... Hate Jessica Foley!!!
 
feste said:
This loss is on the coaches. After Diana hit the shot to put the Huskies ahead, UConn had a timeout to take to set its defense. It didn't. As Harding flew down the court, UConn had a foul to give. It didn't. It's one time that Auriemma slipped up.
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Well the REAL reason was the uniform fiasco. I guess you can put that on the coaches.
 
wes33 said:
Alexis Jones is our only player that can create her own shot, would love to see her take most of ours.
Chelsea Gray is playing for the love of the game & team at 60% ??. Coach P has not added one new
wrinkle to our offense don't see us with 50 points. SO 83 -- 46 . The big loser women's basketball.
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My game analysis (coming soon) will address some of this.

Jones and maybe Wells are the only players that can keep up with the speed of UConn both offensively and defensively.

When you have a hobbled Gray along with Liston and Peters trying to guard Stewart, Banks, Chong and Hartley or KML (if available) UConn has a huge advantage.
 
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Wonkster said:
Sure, blame it on the coaches, but the biggest blunder of all was by Ashley Battle, previous Big East Defensive Player of the Year, setting under the basket, waiting for a rebound. Just what the hell was she planning on doing with the ball as the clock ran out?

The obvious need was to delay Duke's bringing the ball upcourt, but UConn failed to do that.

Battle was the goat, in my opinion. She might as well not have been on the court for that play.
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The whole team collapsed. We were ahead by 8 to 10 pts. & Duke put on a press & as a result in the final 2 minutes, they went ahead by one pt. with 8 seconds remaining. I still can hear Geno screaming at the team for not playing to their full ability. Foley ran down the side line & was in position to shoot the three. While the ball was is in the air, the red light went on, 'basket good', game over!! Only silence remained except for the Duke players screaming with Joy.
 
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6 days to the game and we are worried about Jess Foley?...........The difference from the 2003 and 2004 teams to today are night and day....They were an over achieving bunch lead by UCONN's greatest player in DT.......The UCONN team has too many shooters and plays too much defense to allow that to happen again. Plus, Geno has much better athletes today VS 2003/04..........Lets talk again at 9 PM on Tuesday night following the game. I wish both teams well and stay healthy between now and Tuesday night.........UCONN can and will win with or without KML and Tuck..........UCONN has played 3 games against top 15 talent and DUKE has played 0......
 
Win or lose, I'll be glad when the game is over @ 9pm next tuesday....:oops:



jsloanjr said:
6 days to the game and we are worried about Jess Foley?...........The difference from the 2003 and 2004 teams to today are night and day....They were an over achieving bunch lead by UCONN's greatest player in DT.......The UCONN team has too many shooters and plays too much defense to allow that to happen again. Plus, Geno has much better athletes today VS 2003/04..........Lets talk again at 9 PM on Tuesday night following the game. I wish both teams well and stay healthy between now and Tuesday night.........UCONN can and will win with or without KML and Tuck..........UCONN has played 3 games against top 15 talent and DUKE has played 0......
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I dont think that Penn State is a top 15 talent team, but time will tell.
 
CamrnCrz1974 said:
That game - or even just that shot - is nowhere to be found on YouTube. It is as if every single Boneyarder made a concerted effort in order to ensure that video will never be shown again and all memories of that game could be wiped out (from a visual evidence standpoint). Seriously.

#BoneyardSupremacy
#DontMessWithHuskyNan
#NeverUnderestimateThePowerOfPolarBears
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It has been stricken from all memory. Wiped clean from the face of the earth.

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(We have friends in high places.)
 
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I watched the game. I didn't think Oklahoma used their big girl to the best advantage.

I think the game with UCONN will be closer than 20 points as some have posted here. Their first real test of the season.

I'd like to see UCONN play Arkansas too but will have to wait until the tournament.
 
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Me 2............Have fun watching the game Duke fan..........Your football team had a great year..Congrats!!
 
Striper69 said:
I watched the game. I didn't think Oklahoma used their big girl to the best advantage.

I think the game with UCONN will be closer than 20 points as some have posted here. Their first real test of the season.

I'd like to see UCONN play Arkansas too but will have to wait until the tournament.
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11 - 0 Arkansas? Are you serious? They haven't played any team of note as yet and when the SEC regular season starts there will be a dramatic fall from perfection. They will be lucky to place 6th in the SEC. Doubt they will ever see UConn.
 
If Gray is as limited as some have suggested, why is she playing. Is a substantially limited Gray the best that can be on the floor?
 
triaddukefan said:
Win or lose, I'll be glad when the game is over @ 9pm next tuesday....:oops:
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Unfortunately, after Duke, UConn will not play a quality team for the rest of the season. (Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.) For that reason, the rest of the regular season will be somewhat boring ( at least if you are looking for a competitive game.) The AAC tourney will also not be very competitive. The only thing that could change the future are injuries or complacency.
 
Aluminny69 said:
Unfortunately, after Duke, UConn will not play a quality team for the rest of the season. (Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.)
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Ok. We play Louisville twice. And Baylor. Both ranked teams. Plus the AAC tourney and NCAA tourney. I'm sure we'll meet some decent teams there.

Aluminny69 said:
or that reason, the rest of the regular season will be somewhat boring ( at least if you are looking for a competitive game.)
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Depends on what you mean by a competitive game. Within 10? We haven't had one of them yet. So the rest of the regular season won't be any more "boring" then the front end of the season.
 
OMG...11-0 Arkansas is a threat to UCONN? Maybe in football..............In WCBB..........Not in the next 30 years............Lets look at 11-0 Arkansas in 30 days or so........
Just like DUKE, they have not play anyone in the top 10, yet. Cal is like RU or St. John's on a good year. Their team from the final 4 is not the same team now.......OK is a Top 25 team at best
UCONN plays Cal on Dec 22nd in NYC and it will not be pretty for them........
 
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RockyMTblue2 said:
If Gray is as limited as some have suggested, why is she playing. Is a substantially limited Gray the best that can be on the floor?
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Yes, she is. And her numbers are still excellent. It just shows what a great talent she is.
 
HuskyPhan said:
I'm begging for details on DT's 'call me' gesture as I can only half remember it!! Please, anyone help me out here with details-I need to live that moment again!!
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From the archives of Duke Basketball Report, where Rob Clough used to publish his articles before starting DWHoops.com:

"**Cameron Craziness: I've seen a lot of games at Duke, and this was one of the top five in terms of fan inventiveness and involvement. Cameron's doors opened at 5:30pm, and the downstairs was 90% full within 15 minutes.

The entire "media" side of the student section was jampacked with nothing but fans, the most hardcore of the tenting group. Before gametime, they let in even more students, making them all squeeze in. The other Duke loyalists also jammed the stadium--there were no seats to be found. A couple of hundred hardy UConn fans made the trek, and for the most part
were enthusiastic but polite. (The exception were three drunken louts who snuck into the student section, were thrown out, and snuck back in and were thrown out again, only to hold up the start of the second half as they were busy flexing and posing on their way out.) The 6th Man had tons of signs and costumes. Upon discovering that Auriemma's real first name
is "Luigi", they ran with it, with someone dressing up as Mario from "Super Mario Brothers", getting it down to a "t". (Mario's brother is, of course, Luigi.) Of course, Taurasi's father is named Mario, so the students were chanting "Who's your daddy? Mario" at her, and to her credit, she came over and said "Hello, father" to him. The 6th Man taunted the UConn players during warmups, with the "1, 2, 3...stretch" routine, cracking up the Huskies. Duke resurrected an old UConn razz,
changing "Husky--Cheerleaders" to "Husky--Women!" One poster said "Seperated At Birth?" and had photos of Taurasi and the Grey Alien. There were many, many more signs and chants--this just scratches the surface.

The important thing is that the crowd never gave up on the team even when down 28, and started roaring when even the slightest positive sign cropped up. When Duke actually went on a run, it was like listening to an airplane take off. It was a truly impressive showing for the fans and the university, who were obnoxious but never went over the line and supported the team above all. If only a fraction of that energy can be harnessed for the remaining home games, Duke will be in good shape."

 
Posted on the Devil's Den today: Kianna Holland has left the women's basketball team and has decided to transfer from Duke.
 
pap49cba said:
Posted on the Devil's Den today: Kianna Holland has left the women's basketball team and has decided to transfer from Duke.
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