Game thread Stanford - UConn

[BlueDevils]

Uconn will be fine. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tuck in the starting lineup come conference time.

 

[Replicant]

Great effort by Stanford...they got a lot of friendly calls, but seems like they wanted it more than we did.

 

[sawxfan23]

The late game execution in recent close games has been abysmal. Think Notre Dame. Some of that has to fall on the coach.

Geno is the greatest coach ever, a great motivator, great teacher, great recruiter but he is very average in his xs and os.

 

[j66kicker]

There's a poetic ending: KML dribbling like the game just started.

Really - what was THAT? She was awful tonight, but that was especially horrible

 

[OneTrickPony]

Tuck was a key loss...tough day with the whistles..l

 

[sawxfan23]

Oh dear. Well we go the loss out of the way.

Notre Dame and SC will beat this by double digits if they don't get a lot better!

 

[pksundevil]

Geez did Stanford just win the national championship? I don't think I've ever seen this kind of celebration.

They didn't really storm the court or celebrate as much as I've seen elsewhere.

 

[Blue Huskie]

What happened to our basketball IQ?

I think the shooting percentage had more to do with it, but don't forget Chong & Stokes with more on them than ever before and a Freshman and a Red shirt player coming off the bench. Give it time.

 

[RadyLady]

Geno is the greatest coach ever, a great motivator, great teacher, great recruiter but he is very average in his xs and os.

based on this one loss? really?

 

[Replicant]

Geez did Stanford just win the national championship? I don't think I've ever seen this kind of celebration.

Hey, that's as close as they'll get to it...might as well celebrate

 

[UConnChapette]

Breanna is taking this loss hard. She was in tears coming off the court.

Folks, this is the way it is supposed to be. It is not supposed to be easy. Kudos to Stanford. This team will learn from this game and it will serve them well down the road.

A new streak srarts....

 

[HoopsFan21]

Uconn will be fine. I wouldn't be surprised to see Tuck in the starting lineup come conference time.

Kiah would have been OK if she just made a couple of those chippies. We wouldn't be having this conversation if she had. It's clear that Stef+Bria > Kiah+KML from a senior leadership standpoint. One thing I would have considered is going with 3 guards to counter Stanford on defense.

 

[Flyegirl]

Well you can't say Stanford didn't deserve it.

Yeah, they out-hustled, out-shot and out-thought us.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I'd like to say we will be better for it. I hope so. I expect so. Credit to Tara and her team.

 

[UConnChapette]

Breanna is taking this loss hard. She was in tears coming off the court.

Folks, this is the way it is supposed to be. It is not supposed to be easy. Kudos to Stanford. This team will learn from this game and it will serve them well down the road.

A new streak srarts....

 

[Aluminny69]

Well, this season just got interesting.

 

[RadyLady]

Shots weren't falling tonight as they were the other game. Shots were heavily contested and this game was very difficult for UConn. They will learn from this game. I actually will feel sorry for Stanford (a little) should they meet again.

 

[HoopsFan21]

Breanna is taking this loss hard. She was in tears coming off the court.

Folks, this is the way it is supposed to be. It is not supposed to be easy. Kudos to Stanford. This team will learn from this game and it will serve them well down the road.

A new streak srarts....

Yeah poor Bre. She played hard. I don't care what that other poster said. This is a big transition for her and she is carrying the weight of this team on her shoulders this year.

 

[sawxfan23]

based on this one loss? really?

No I have said it in the past and can name at least 3 games off the top of my head. Go watch the ND games a couple years ago.

 

[Farney]

Stewart's numbers might look pretty good, but she was awful tonight on both end. Didn't even look like she cared out there.

Huh? Sarcasm?

 

[UCweCONN]

KLM's poor conditioning cost us the game. She's the only player I can think of that got in worse shape the longer she's been here. Others like Dolson have come in as out if shape freshman and got in better shape the longer they were here. Imagine how good she'd be if she was in better shape?

 

[Bayareahusky]

Hey Stanford Great Win! Congrats..... a victory well earned...... wasnt rooting for you, but I salute your effort and your victory

 

[Dawson]

It's hard to win when the NPOY has 2 points over the last 12 minutes of the game. Such a fun game to watch though! I like having some competition in a game for once!

 

[Huskyforlife]

Geno is the greatest coach ever, a great motivator, great teacher, great recruiter but he is very average in his xs and os.

thank you someone else with eyes

 

[Blue Huskie]

Notre Dame and SC will beat this by double digits if they don't get a lot better!

We won't shoot this bad against them. One thing that burned us in this game was scoring so easily against UC Davis.
Plus I'll go out on a limb and predict Stanford will NOT shoot 49% against another top 10 opponent.

 

[RadyLady]

No I have said it in the past and can name at least 3 games off the top of my head. Go watch the ND games a couple years ago.

3 games out of how many? And were the loss the result of Geno or failure to execute his instructions (think Kiah Stokes)

 

[CTBballfan243]

KML was Mia in this game. Once she gets into playing (game) shape I think she will do better. She really struggled with the speed of the game. Especially on the defensive end of the floor. However, all is not lost, she and the team have the whole season to get in better condition and work on the O and D. Geno will whip them into shape.

 

[UConnChapette]

Breanna is taking this loss hard. She was in tears coming off the court.

Folks, this is the way it is supposed to be. It is not supposed to be easy. Kudos to Stanford. This team will learn from this game and it will serve them well down the road.

A new streak srarts....

 

[Buzzyboy]

I said in a recent topic that the best chance to beat UCONN this year is contain KML outside shooting, Stanford did that tonight. Great game!

Great game??? Stanford played pretty well but UConn played awful, making so many bad decisions. I find it hard to believe that Kiah Stokes took a three point shot with plenty of time left on the clock and UConn having a decent lead with less than two minutes left in the game. Breanna Stewart played well but with a few minutes left in regulation and time left on the clock, shot a flat footed three point shot a few feet beyond the arc. Some ridiculous foul calls that weren't anything resembling a foul and were brought up by the broadcast team for how stupid they were. Nurse fouling out and thus allowing the Stanford guards to blow past Chong play after play after play. How is it possible that KML didn't even attempt a shot at the final buzzer??? How is it possible that Chong would drive to the hoop when there was less than three seconds left for a two point basket when you're down by three points???? Unbelievable stuff! Geno is probably going to have a seizure. Actually, maybe this is exactly what he needs to get them to focus and get better. I think it is pretty hard for them to play worse than they did tonight though I concede that Stanford did some nice things and played pretty decent defense with a whole lot of hustle. Chong did some nice things offensively but she did give away a lot of the defensive side of the ball. It's early and it's a learning experience but boy, I'm still stunned about their performance tonight.

 

[Wbbfan1]

Stanford played the better game and deserved to win. If Kia Nurse doesn't foul out, UConn wins this game as her defense would have stopped some of Stanford's guards points. Poor execution for extended stretches and have to give Stanford's quicker players props. Great Game plan by Tara. Thought UConn would win, but wasn't surprised the game was close.