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Focus on Duke and the Oregon trip

I was just doing some pre-prognostication research: Duke has
seven transfer players on their roster = from Oregon State (2)
Texas, Baylor, Louisville, Georgia, and Wisconsin. Points per
game 75.4 (vs UCONN 90.7), Field Goal % .456 to UCONN
.521, Three point % .212 to UCONN .382, Free throw %
.758 to UCONN .759 Duke's " big" girl, Kennedy Brown, 6'6"
doesn't play much (from Oregon State). The second " big"
is also from Oregon State: Taya Corodale 6'3", a graduate student.
UConn shoots approx. 23 threes a game: 26 for 68. Duke
shoots 13 threes a game: 14 for 66. Azzi and Lou Lopez
should lead the way for UCONN. I have done poorly on my previous
Prognostications, so, maybe research does not help!! Go HUSKIES!
 
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Cornell Lt said:
From Dukes Twitter page


Duke Women’s Basketball
@DukeWBB


Kara: “We want to challenge ourselves and play really hard road games. Games like this are revelatory. You learn about yourself, you learn about your players, you learn about your team, you learn about yourself as a coach.” 5-0 and always prepping for what’s next.

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Duke women's basketball coach Kara Lawson is entering her third season in Durham. She said her team is deeper, bigger and more athletic entering the 2022-23 season.
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Coach Lawson has that Duke program playing well right now. Another good test for our beloved UConn program.
 
I went to the guide on my TV. Very confusing. They had the game listed for a half hour on ESPN 2 sandwiched between the Men’s games. The Iowa game is listed on ESPNU at 8. My guess is that our game will wind up on ESPNU too.
 
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Next 12 said:
I believe our record against Duke is very good and their 5-0 start is deceiving as they played patsy's. I don't think Iowa or Oregon State has played any team that has our defense and scoring ability. Uconn adds another trophy to it's name. GO HUSKIES!!!
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Well, if we just wipe out everything that happened under our last coach, the series record would be 3-3.

@triaddukefan and I will be here all week, unless we decide that we need to hide after Friday. @CamrnCrz1974 and @Ladeeeeda get in here!
 
AgStatesman said:
Under Kara Lawson, Duke has shown they will fold up tents and retreat at the first sign of adversity. That Duke game has 20 point victory written all over it for UConn. UConn wins two games by a total of 32 points.
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“That’s way harsh, Tai!”
I wouldn’t argue with a 20 point mov but I don’t think that will be due to them giving up. They clearly are at the beginning of a major rebuild and I’ll be very surprised if they are not regularly ranked two years from now. I’m fairly confident that Kara has the chops to become a very good coach.
 
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Zarathustra said:
I was just doing some pre-prognostication research: Duke has
seven transfer players on their roster = from Oregon State (2)
Texas, Baylor, Louisville, Georgia, and Wisconsin. Points per
game 75.4 (vs UCONN 90.7), Field Goal % .456 to UCONN
.521, Three point % .212 to UCONN .382, Free throw %
.758 to UCONN .759 Duke's " big" girl, Kennedy Brown, 6'6"
doesn't play much (from Oregon State). The second " big"
is also from Oregon State: Taya Corodale 6'3", a graduate student.
UConn shoots approx. 23 threes a game: 26 for 68. Duke
shoots 13 threes a game: 14 for 66. Azzi and Lou Lopez
should lead the way for UCONN. I have done poorly on my previous
Prognostications, so, maybe research does not help!! Go HUSKIES!
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Join the club Z. :confused: You have lots of company.
 
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Anyone know of UConn's itinerary for their trip to Oregon this week? I believe in the past, a small number of UConn fans were able to buy a travel package and fly on the team charter and stay at the team hotel on road games. Is that program still in effect?
 
Definitely expect Duke to lose this one by 20 maybe even 30. Our offense is still very much a work in progress and we lack a pure shooter at the moment. I expect UCONN to exploit that. The rebuild is def in progress, but still not ready to compete with the big dogs. I am curious to see how the team responds. The energy is very different this year in Durham.
 
This little tournament really puts a cap on what Geno has wrought so far. Duke, maybe Iowa, these could be good games and excellent challenges. What an awesome schedule we have. Good for us, good for our opponents.

We’ve exposed a couple teams composed of portal pieces that haven’t gelled yet. Iowa won’t be one of those. They are the same team they’ve been for 3 years. I hope they get to play us.

And December brings even more awesome games — ND, Princeton, MD, and finally Creighton and Marquette.
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huskyd said:
Ah ha. This thought crossed my mind, too. But I don't believe there's just one answer, meaning that there may/will be reason(s) for starting each depending upon the opponent. The important idea is that the 4-guard line-up works so long as Aubrey does her best Gabby imitation and especially if (as often happens) Dorka is nicked up. So, think of the possibility of multiple starting line-ups as another UConn weapon available from here on.
My belief has always been that Geno is the finest coach at managing his players in the game, maybe ever. He'll figure it out.
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We should find out about the long term idea of Aubrey starting over the next two weeks. The key to UConn's season is not how they are playing now, but entering the playoffs. After two games, most indicators are that you want Aubrey to play as many minutes as possible, but I wonder about rebounding against the South Carolina's and Stanford's. That being said, Aubrey has been such a great performer this year so it wouldn't surprise me to see her start excelling in this part of the game as well.
 
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awhom111 said:
Well, if we just wipe out everything that happened under our last coach, the series record would be 3-3.

@triaddukefan and I will be here all week, unless we decide that we need to hide after Friday. @CamrnCrz1974 and @Ladeeeeda get in here!
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Naw, you guys have been great here and may only get some good natured ribbing should the Huskies prevail
 
HopJim said:
We should find out about the long term idea of Aubrey starting over the next two weeks. The key to UConn's season is not how they are playing now, but entering the playoffs. After two games, most indicators are that you want Aubrey to play as many minutes as possible, but I wonder about rebounding against the South Carolina's and Stanford's. That being said, Aubrey has been such a great performer this year so it wouldn't surprise me to see her start excelling in this part of the game as well.
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Freshman Aubrey had a good game against a big Tennessee team a couple years ago. NC State has good size too

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Bone Dog said:
This little tournament really puts a cap on what Geno has wrought so far. Duke, maybe Iowa, these could be good games and excellent challenges. What an awesome schedule we have. Good for us, good for our opponents.

We’ve exposed a couple teams composed of portal pieces that haven’t gelled yet. Iowa won’t be one of those. They are the same team they’ve been for 3 years. I hope they get to play us.

And December brings even more awesome games — ND, Princeton, MD, and finally Creighton and Marquette.
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Very true. UConn cannot let their early season success give them a false sense of security to the point of taking any team on their schedule for granted. Each game presents a new challenge to clean up and fix the mistakes and errors in judgment in the last game, and improve and enhance team chemistry.
 
I like our team with Aubrey on the floor because of her
1. Energy and explosiveness.
2. What she brings to our trapping press. Wes took Diamond Johnson out after a couple of minutes because she couldn't throw the ball over Aubrey.
3. How she gets out on the break. She is faster than any forward. Open court is her game.
4. She is a very good rebounder as Nan proved in the stats against bigger teams. I remember her out jumping Saxton for bounds in that game.
5. Geno likes to know where the points are coming from. So far she has been very consistent and averaging middle teens.
6. She finishes well around the rim.
7. She knows her teamates. The pass she made out to Lou for the 3 pointer from underneath showed maturity and understanding of the game.
 
jabstep said:
I like our team with Aubrey on the floor because of her
1. Energy and explosiveness.
2. What she brings to our trapping press. Wes took Diamond Johnson out after a couple of minutes because she couldn't throw the ball over Aubrey.
3. How she gets out on the break. She is faster than any forward. Open court is her game.
4. She is a very good rebounder as Nan proved in the stats against bigger teams. I remember her out jumping Saxton for bounds in that game.
5. Geno likes to know where the points are coming from. So far she has been very consistent and averaging middle teens.
6. She finishes well around the rim.
7. She knows her teamates. The pass she made out to Lou for the 3 pointer from underneath showed maturity and understanding of the game.
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Your post is spot on. Aubrey is the best pure athlete on the team, and this team has plenty of really good athletes on it.
 
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Carnac said:
Newfie, I very much want to disagree with your premise that we should not take pleasure in their fan’s current misery and their team’s demise.tant that

It’s hard to have any sympathy or compassion for a fan base that hates everything UConn, and wants your coach’s head on a stick.basketball
t both
But I can’t because you are correct in that one day, Geno will retire and we could very well find ourselves looking that karma right in the face. That’s the only reason. Payback is a dog ~ The Stylistics.
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I'm no fan of the Tennessee Lady Vols, but I feel it's good for the game that they field a good team. When they're good and they play UConn, the ratings soar. There's no bigger ratings for a game than when UConn and TN are both playing great basketball.
 
Bald Huskie said:
I'm sure there are lots of reasons and I think she made the right move.
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I guess. I am just curious about what the poster who mentioned it may have heard.
 
Newfie said:
I’ve gone on VolNation just to see how their board is. They are absolutely losing their minds that they are 2-4, and many are calling for Harper to be fired now. We shouldn’t take too much pleasure in their demise. We have had the good fortune to have Geno here for all these years. At some point, he will retire, and we may find ourselves in the same boat. Very hard to replace a legend. Let’s not invite karma to come smack us in the butt someday.
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I actually don't see Geno ever retiring. He loves coaching UConn and I can't imagine him ever stepping down.
 
The interesting thing in reviewing the games is quality of opposition, with 3, 4 and 5 games having been played by everyone, Massey starts to become relevant. Our 3 games are listed as #3 for Strength of Schedule and Duke's 5 games have their SoS at #93 and the eye test confirms that as their only quasi competitive opponent is Texas A&M so any discussion of 18-30 point victory is a fair discussion. I am not saying that will occur but Duke will have a hard time scoring and stopping us.

I would also add that in Season 3, it is still largely unknown what type of a coach Kara really is. She has some really good players this year but she needs to springboard that into ACC success and a good post-season run. I am still not convinced of her as a great coach but also am patient to wait this out after 4 full years of coaching.

UConn by 22.
 
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