ECU Postgame

[hoopsfan22]

 

[huskeynut]

Wonder if Geno would ever consider hiring a Defensive Coach. Tired of watching opposition drive down the middle and quick guards consistently blowing by UConn defenders. We no longer have an offense that can offset an average defense.

Are you going to apply for the job?

 

[Zanzman]

He could be there tomorrow

 

[hoopsfan22]

 

[vtcwbuff]

He could be there tomorrow

Beat me to it!

 

[hoopsfan22]

 

[Bama fan]

I predict the 1st post titled, "Who will be the 5th starter?" will pop up within 48 hrs after the end of the season.

I say before the final game.

 

[caramel]

Ok,where is the real boneyard. Where is all the negativity about the game play? Seriously,it is great seeing all the positive comments and accolades. Well worth reading every post.

 

[Bama fan]

When was the last time we had 3 players in double figures ...IN REBOUNDS?

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Outstanding!

Me thinks they really wanted Lou to know that they had her back.
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Had her back? Get it ? Her back? Please tell me you meant to put it that way!

 

[ABCDFE]

Pheesa and Liv - wow! Very impressed with their games together. Livs presence when she defends well and raises her arms on shooters is intimidating and something we haven’t had in a few years. We just need Megan and CW and CD to shoot a little better from outside going forward.

 

[hoopsfan22]

 

[SVCBeercats]

Maybe he knows something we don't?

Yes he does ... how not to prepare.

 

[JavaMan]

Had her back? Get it ? Her back? Please tell me you meant to put it that way!

Who? Me?

 

[hoopsfan22]

 

[hoopsfan22]

Pheesa and Liv - wow! Very impressed with their games together. Livs presence when she defends well and raises her arms on shooters is intimidating and something we haven’t had in a few years. We just need Megan and CW and CD to shoot a little better from outside going forward.

Yeah we haven't had a rim protector since the Stef, Stewie, Kiah years where you know if you get beat on defense there's someone backing you up. It's nice to have and allows the others to be much more aggressive on defense. It's why defense was so good from 2012-16. Mo and Kia could go after the ball on the perimeter knowing if their guy gets by them, a Stewie, Stef, and/or Kiah would be waiting.

 

[Bama fan]

Who? Me?

Aah, shucks!

 

[MSGRET]

Pheesa will take over the #4 scoring spot tomorrow and move Lou to the 5th spot. Unless Lou has some outrageous games in the NCAAT and outscores Pheesa by at least 10 every game she will end up behind Pheesa.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Blair did well--very impressed. The thing I liked best was that she didn't go on any long rants about somebody's sick dog or such.

Same here! No nonsensical tangents - Loboisms. No AA silliness. She just stayed with the game in front of her.

 

[msf22b]

For years, during the period that UConn dominated, Geno challenged
the Woman's BB community to recruit better and coach up the players once they arrive...And for years, nothing happened...lots of teams played
UTenn style...force it up and crash the boards offense, no real offense. When a great player materialized like Parker, they were fine, otherwise less so.

Well, things have changed...there are a loads of athletic, talented, indeed skillful kids and they go to schools all over the country where they learn team BB; they don't go only to UConn and 2 or 3 other schools...

Looking around the country the last few days, I've see some enjoyable basketball, played by skillful, talented kids, who seem reasonably well coached.

Parity has arrived.

Take ECU...They're not bad at all, undersized scrappy, made some tough, tough shots in the first half...Couple of guards there that Geno would know what to do with.

Geno knows it...it the hallway today, he said that if we don't make some jumpers tomorrow, it'll be a tough game...

There's going to be a lot of tough games...in this tourney, in the NCAA's and surely next year. We'll win a bunch of them, but the days of rolling over opponents...teams coming in having been defeated before the first whistle are over.

They're all going to come in thinking they can knock us off.

Hopefully, it will be Geno's finest hour.

Just noticed...my 5000th, time flies. Last day skiing at Steamboat tomorrow and heading home on Monday

 

[JordyG]

Did Lou dye her hair? Looks different.

It's braided.

 

[Ralph]

ok someone asked for negativity, did you notice Collier had no assists? Clearly she misses Lou as the target for a lot of her passes. Whole team was actually low compared to our normal assist totals. Not sure why, maybe too much dribbling, not the crisp passes Geno teaches and loves?

 

[Gus Mahler]

Pheesa will take over the #4 scoring spot tomorrow and move Lou to the 5th spot. Unless Lou has some outrageous games in the NCAAT and outscores Pheesa by at least 10 every game she will end up behind Pheesa.

Wow. That's a shock. I've been worried Lou's shooting woes (relatively speaking) might keep her from making first team AP All-America again and that this injury would keep her from passing Tina C. in scoring and KML in 3-point shots made for her career.

 

[BobbyJ]

This was ECU. They are short, and not very good. We murdered them on the boards because they just aren’t tall enough to play with us. We scored 118 points and beat them by 63 last time we played. Hope today’s game doesn’t give anyone a false sense of confidence.

Glad you posted it. I didn’t want to burst those warm, cozy bubbles.

 

[meyers7]

Are you going to apply for the job?

He could be there tomorrow

I was gonna say we might have our own CJ.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Not sure what is bothering Crystal (i.e. wrist?). A step slow on defense and too amped on offense.

Crystal had tape on both wrists and a support/knee pad on one knee. She looked banged up.