Focus on Duke and the Oregon trip

[The deacon]

Amari is so darned comfortable in front of the camera... I wish some of that cool could translate to her performance on the court.

 

[eebmg]

Some pregame comments from Geno in this article

UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma using Phil Knight tournament to 'challenge' Huskies

UConn women's basketball is over 3,000 miles west of Storrs this Thanksgiving. The Huskies will play in their first road trip game of the year when they face Duke in Portland.

www.registercitizen.com

"They really control the pace of the game, and they make the game go at a pace that's good for them, which is fast," Auriemma said. "I think your guards have to do a really good job of not getting caught up in how much you want to run, how much you want to push the tempo … with each game that we win, as I told the team, with each game that we win, I think playing the next one is going to be progressively harder."


I saw the Duke Texas A&M game a bit. I know they like to press but I did not see anything unique about their pace that we should try to slow our pace? I guess depth and our lack of depth with Caroline in limited minutes?

 

[eebmg]

Can this be a replay of the last time the men's and women's team flew on the same flight as described by Rebecca Lobo in the 1995 season. Women won, Men lost and the women could not celebrate on the return flight

A very nice article on the new state between the men's and women's coaches. Real mutual respect.

Inside UConn basketball’s flight to Oregon and the ‘interesting’ chat between Geno Auriemma and Dan Hurley

The UConn men's and women's basketball programs shared a flight on Tuesday to this week's Phil Knight Invitational in Portland, Oregon.

www.ctinsider.com

 

[ShmiCO]

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Well... Look who we found..

It's nice to see the whole team there, irrespective of injuries. And Mama E too, of course.

 

[Skeets]

From that Duke board: "The rest of the starters on the team have all played extremely well--a far cry from last year, when injuries decimated them but their reserves were not ready to step up."

--This is how people think about a team whose sixth loss was in the National Championship game; our lowest point in recent memory is a dream season for just anybody else...

It's overstated, but I see where they are coming from. UConn did get a little wobbly during the injuries but managed to right the ship (thanks Paige) and go onto to the NC game. That's the real, important story.

 

[Bone Dog]

A sidelight: the Oregon UNC game (going on now) will reveal whether we’ve even now remembered how to rank a team.

 

[eebmg]

A sidelight: the Oregon UNC game (going on now) will reveal whether we’ve even now remembered how to rank a team.

OR looks better than #18 rank. A lot of good pieces. VanSlooten is a star in the making

 

[Mdoggie]

OR looks better than #18 rank. A lot of good pieces. VanSlooten is a star in the making

Really like her mobility for a “big”

 

[Bone Dog]

OR looks better than #18 rank. A lot of good pieces. VanSlooten is a star in the making

Either OR is better than #18, or UNC is much worse than #8, or (which is probably more likely) neither of them belong in the top 25.

 

[eebmg]

Either OR is better than #18, or UNC is much worse than #8, or (which is probably more likely) neither of them belong in the top 25.

There are alot of teams worse than NC or OR in the top 25. The look around 15 to me.

 

[Bone Dog]

There are alot of teams worse than NC or OR in the top 25. The look around 15 to me.

You could be right. It's still too hard to get any reliable sense of so many of the teams nominally ranked in the top 25.

 

[Zarathustra]

The Duke Chronicle's analysis of the upcoming game is 2 days old.

Duke has nine players who are averaging more than five points per game, and UConn only has four outside of Juhász. This could be the key to victory for the Blue Devils, who like to press and speed up teams, which could tire out UConn come the fourth quarter.

“I think our depth has helped us on [the defensive] end of the floor to be able to press full-court and make things harder for people,” said Lawson.

If Duke can take advantage of this depth and play to its strengths Friday, it will have a shot at defeating UConn.

5 things to know before Duke women's basketball travels west for Phil Knight Legacy

Here are five things to know before the Phil Knight Legacy tournament begins Friday.

www.dukechronicle.com

My.. My... talk about a cup half full! I think the DUKE CHRONICLE analyser looked
at some group of numbers and did not watch the North Carolina State highlights or
full game. But..... the game as yet to be played. You can see my MOV on the
Prognosticators link. hint: IMO it will not be close.

 

[RoadMaster]

 

[ScottCT]

Yeah we heard the same things about Texas.

 

[Bone Dog]

UNC topped Oregon with 5 starters in double figures scoring. I haven’t watched it yet, but that’s a good sign. Maybe UNC does deserve to be in the top 10

 

[Zorro]

Am I correct in saying that the game is at 6 ct time? Which means at 5 Central? I so wish that folks would take the time to specify zone.

 

[darrell]

Am I correct in saying that the game is at 6 ct time? Which means at 5 Central? I so wish that folks would take the time to specify zone.

You are right.

 

[darrell]

 

[DefenseBB]

Either OR is better than #18, or UNC is much worse than #8, or (which is probably more likely) neither of them belong in the top 25.

Did you post a vote in the BY top 25 this week as I would love to see who you think is deservin…

 

[Bone Dog]

Did you post a vote in the BY top 25 this week as I would love to see who you think is deservin…

I include myself in the crowd of folks who don’t know how to rank well.

 

[RoadMaster]

 

[eebmg]

At the men's game . UConn men set a good example for the women's team.

 

[Carnac]

I hope the UConn men's team returns the favor of being in the stands today to support the women's team.

 

[HuskyNan]

I imagine they will. They showed Geno at the game last night sitting with Phil Knight.