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eebmg said:
This is great stuff from a fanbase looking at things in a constructive and positive way.
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It was fun to read. And I would have liked to gone at it in fun with Kaph. IMO that poster is missing the point with Geno.

Would like ot know if that poster watched the men's title game back in 1999 when UCONN beat Duke 77-74. What were the thoughts of having Langdon make the final move vs Ricky Moore rather than get the ball to Brand. Also - what are the thoughts of Duke's past signature (maybe still is) of why Duke "slaps the floor."
 
Carnac said:

UConn women’s basketball to open Phil Knight Legacy against Duke​

This article is a bit dated. It was written this past summer on July 25, 2022. I'd like to find something a bit more recent. I'll keep looking. If I find something, I'll post here.
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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.

www.dukechronicle.com

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 www.dukechronicle.com
 
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sun said:
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.

www.dukechronicle.com

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 www.dukechronicle.com
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It's a nice article. Thanks for posting it. I mean, it's a bit of a "pep talk" for the students and fans, but it's still refreshing.

One thing I notice is how certain incomplete stats are used by many outlets, not just this one. For example:

"The competition this week will bring an additional challenge for the Blue Devils to continue their stout defense. UConn is averaging 90.7 points per game, good for seventh in the country. If Duke is to face Iowa, it is also scoring 90 points per contest. UConn guard Azzi Fudd is having a historic campaign, averaging 30 points per game, second in the country."​

Without a "Strength of Schedule" factor, these numbers are meaningless. Our 90.7 pts/g is 7th in the country taken out of context, but I suspect factoring in SoS, we'd be first or second. The same for Azzi's 30 pts/g -- take into account SoS and she's probably leading the country. Of course, SoS is a tricky factor to calculate, but even doing it naively, say by using AP rankings at the time of the games, would probably cull the pretenders.
 
Just noticed Ore St has a 6’9” center, Yelena Mitrovich, who averages 25 mins 8 pts 9 rebounds and 2.5 blocks.

One other interesting thing to note — she’s Serbian, which could create some tension with Nika.
 
Both were born after the war, but I'm sure they both have been told the history as seen from their particular country's perspective. I doubt it will create any issues.
 
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Well... Look who we found..
 
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Cuango said:
“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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Glad to see that I’m not the only one still quoting that line! Lol
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Bone Dog said:
Just noticed Ore St has a 6’9” center, Yelena Mitrovich, who averages 25 mins 8 pts 9 rebounds and 2.5 blocks.

One other interesting thing to note — she’s Serbian, which could create some tension with Nika.
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The bigger they are, the harder they fall. :p
 
Some pregame comments from Geno in this article

www.registercitizen.com

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

www.ctinsider.com

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 www.ctinsider.com
 
RedStickHusky said:
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...
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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.
 
A sidelight: the Oregon UNC game (going on now) will reveal whether we’ve even now remembered how to rank a team.
 
Bone Dog said:
A sidelight: the Oregon UNC game (going on now) will reveal whether we’ve even now remembered how to rank a team.
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OR looks better than #18 rank. A lot of good pieces. VanSlooten is a star in the making
 
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eebmg said:
OR looks better than #18 rank. A lot of good pieces. VanSlooten is a star in the making
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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 said:
There are alot of teams worse than NC or OR in the top 25. The look around 15 to me.
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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.
 
OR is the type of team that can give us problems with their size in the middle. Two bigs (really big bigs) present a matchup problem and they have two very good guards. Not as good as our guards, but still good.
 
sun said:
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.

www.dukechronicle.com

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 www.dukechronicle.com
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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.
 
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Bills Fan said:
OR is the type of team that can give us problems with their size in the middle. Two bigs (really big bigs) present a matchup problem and they have two very good guards. Not as good as our guards, but still good.
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Yeah we heard the same things about Texas.
 
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
 
Bone Dog said:
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.
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Did you post a vote in the BY top 25 this week as I would love to see who you think is deservin…
 
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