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Wbbfan1 said:
Give St John's credit, but this is the worse defense UConn has played this year. St John's small lineup is getting easier shots then UConn and has also beaten UConn down the court on break out baskets. Geno & Shea have to be livid at how easy St John's is able to run their offense. CD has to be livid that Kiah Stokes is not looking for her shot Kiah took 1 shot and was fouled on another.

Where is Kelly Faris in this game? She needs to exert Senior Leadership in the 2nd half. If not, could be a repeat of last year.

Let's see if the team comes out in the 2nd half like they did against Duke
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A repeat of the Duke game? A blowout?

A repeat of last year's SJU game? A nail biter and loss?

My guess is in between, but this game could be any of those.
 
JSB60 said:
Regardless of all the arguments back and forth, I think Banks' knee injury looks bad. Hope I'm wrong.
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It was not a knee to knee contact injury. It seemed to happen starting with the odd step on her right leg before the contact as she attempted to change direction.
 
Did anyone notice the quick hook on Stewart at the end of the first half, then no bigs in starting lineup in second half?
 
vtcwbuff said:
Is Auriemma stubborn or just overconfident? UConn was getting their ass kicked for most of the half because St John's was doing such a good job of breaking the press but he waited until the last minute or so in hte half to call it off.

Lots of standing around on defense and lots of UConn players watching St John's guards blow by them or shoot over them.

As for Banks, the MRI will tell, but based on previous player "knee sprain" reports it doesn't look good. However, unlike knee injuries we've seen in the past this time it didn't look horrible (remember the Doty replay? Ugh!) so here's hoping it's just a tweak. When I saw the replay the announcer was saying they bumped knees but my first thought was that Banks was having a Bill Cosby moment.
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Maybe he isn't as worried as everyone here.
 
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Get Kaleena good looks. She has the ability to take this game over.
 
Terrible sign Geno is sitting on the sidelines and not even looking at the game.
 
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Doty has to get that ball to KML open on the right.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
This game is getting out of hand. How is our defense this horrible?
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That is the real question because we are consistently being out of position leaving wide open passes to better positions because no one rotates.
 
I'm going to propose a theory that more of our players aren't feeling well than just Dolson. The lack of energy and defense at times has been out of the norm.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
This game is getting out of hand. How is our defense this horrible?
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The dirty secret is that UConn's D usually looks great....when the other team gives up by halftime. Not when another team brings the fight for them for 40 mins.
 
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If geno has Stewart in the dog house than that is a huge coaching mistake, punishment can be doled out at a later date
 
It's like the team has totally forgotten how to play defense.
 
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