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I am absolutely blow away by this team!!!!!!!

This was a total destruction of the #20 team in the nation.

We were in our community's sports bar watching the game, in our UConn garb of course. Those around us who are not that familiar with UConn were asking us questions. They were in amazement of our team.

I still find it hard to beleive that this is the second time the program has won 90 in a row. Man life is good if you are a UConn fan!
 
vowelguy said:
Memo to anyone who complains about large margins of victories for some other schools:

I will note that UConn's starting 5 is in midway thru Q3 in a 50+ pt game.
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Hmmm - see anything in these numbers 30, 35, 19, 18 - they are quarter scores and by the beginning of the second half Uconn had called off the dogs. Slow walk up off boards and made shots, work on half court offense. The 5 starters averaged 24 minutes and the 5 bench players including the former walk-on average 16 minutes each - a little over a 1.5 quarters. Yeah, I'll still complain about teams that continue to press and run and gun on offense in blow-outs.
 
Finally home from the game and I must say... I'm amazed. Absolutely amazed and blown away. I chatted briefly with the folks around me before the game and we all seemed to wonder how hard USF would play us - would we see something similar to the meetings in the past where it looked close for a bit but ultimately the Huskies pulled ahead? By the end 5 minute mark of the 1st quarter, we all knew that wouldn't be the case. This was different. This was... special.

How lucky we are as a fanbase to support this program. Geno said he wouldn't trade this team for anything, and you know what? I wouldn't either.
 
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HoopsFan21 said:
Anyone know what was on the special shirts?
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The backs said:
11 National Titles. 17 Final Fours. 6 Undefeated Seasons.
2 of the longest winning streaks in college basketball.

(The 'longest winning streaks' bit might not be word for word, but it's as close as I can remember.)
 
Just got back from the local sports bar, so I haven't had a chance to catch up with posts. It is entirely possible that someone else has reached the same conclusion as I, and it is this:

At various points in various games over the last, say 15 years, the UConn women have played stretches of 5 to 20 minutes of what I would call perfect basketball. I would define it as exciting basketball that overwhelms the opponent, does not include any mistakes, and creates offense (regardless of which UConn players are on the court) that is essentially unstoppable. I submit that we saw a bunch of that today in the first quarter. It was breathtaking, IMHO. Hope we see more of that level of play again this season, but if we don't, I'd say we were damn lucky to witness it in this gme.
 
I was there, and it was an astonishing performance. Compared to the Huskies, USF looked very slow and unathletic. UConn appeared to be moving at warp speed while USF was out for a jog. No one on USF could come close to beating anyone from UConn off the dribble, and UConn`s switching man to man defense was stifling, allowing USF only a handful of open looks all night. 65-19 at halftime, complete domination.

Like a tsunami!

Butler looked very comfortable out there and hit some nice shots. Molly was on Laksa defensively late in the game and more than held her own. Nice game for Kyla as well, glad to see her hit the three. And of course Chong, great night for her.

Dangerfield made a move and basket late in the game that only she can do, fantastic. I did not see any indication that she was injured or that anything specific happened in the game.

Very nice at the end of the game, Geno spoke and gave his team high praise for their effort tonight. Also, about 10 or so ex-players were on the scoreboard congratulating this year`s team - Doty, Charles, Maya Moore, Stewie, Tuck, Montgomery, Faris, Hayes, Buck, Greene, maybe one or two more. Crowd loved it!
 
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Ron and Vida said:
I know this has been raised before but is this a rare case where the master puppeteer has pulled the wrong strings?
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You've got to be kidding? This is what you wanted to talk about after this phenom display put on by this team? Not to mention last year she was hurt a bit and she was behind the other 4 starters in which you could have either used Lou for perimeter offense or Gabby for perimeter defense.

You've got to be kidding. UCONN has lost one game since Chogn was a frosh. You've got to be kidding.
 
Someone asked about the woman doing the announcing - Julianne Viani - former Marist Red Fox basketball player. I have heard her on before and think she is pretty good. Definitely thought the teams and MVP candidates were bogus but not sure they were hers. She seems pretty knowledgeable.

The guy was - Brent Stover, meh.
 
I said this on another thread, but the point bears repeating. The score was 60 -13 with 4+ minutes to go in the FIRST half and I asked the woman next to me if she had noticed another team on the floor besides UConn. She hadn't.
Trivia: in c 29 years of being a fan this was the first game I've been to. Picked a good one I think.
 
vowelguy said:
Memo to anyone who complains about large margins of victories for some other schools:

I will note that UConn's starting 5 is in midway thru Q3 in a 50+ pt game.
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Are you serious???? This is what you want to talk about after a super played game by UCONN?

You realize there are only 10 players on the team, right? You expecting Lawlor to have a big impact at some point in the future as a result Geno should have also benched Chong?

You have to be kidding me.
 
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VAMike23 said:
Watching on TV, but I see (hear) in the post-game that they are playing pre-recorded messages from former players up on the scoreboard screen?? Think I just heard TipHayes3 give her congrats and encouragement??

Crystal Dangerfield and others staring up and grinning like a little kid!

BYers in attendance , please elaborate on this if you've got more info !!
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It went by very fast and was a little hard to hear, for me anyhow. But I think I can say that Kelly Faris got the loudest cheers.
 
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Awesome game from these ladies tonight!! Williams has got be considered for AA honors at this rate. That diving save for the ball before crashing into the USF bench maybe the type of play that will secure this team their own identity. This team seems to be very hard to play against and this toughness has been led by Williams and Nurse! It would very interesting to watch their practices. Those scrimmages must be very competitive with Stevens, Butler and Camara banging with Collier and Williams.
 
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hoophuskee said:
You've got to be kidding? This is what you wanted to talk about after this phenom display put on by this team? Not to mention last year she was hurt a bit and she was behind the other 4 starters in which you could have either used Lou for perimeter offense or Gabby for perimeter defense.

You've got to be kidding. UCONN has lost one game since Chogn was a frosh. You've got to be kidding.
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Yeah I have to agree with ,you. It's something that I've been, thinking about for quite a while and it just kind of popped out. The bottom line is She had a fabulous night and. Couldn't be happier for her
 
oldude said:
Wow Danger. Never seen that move before
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You got that right. I saw it live and my first thought was that I'd never seen anyone do that like that, on UConn or any other team. she spun so fast I bet the defender is still looking for her. Wonder what she'll do when she has 2 good feet again. Hopefully, no more uncontested 3s that miss by 3 or 4 feet.
 
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