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Rblack335 said:
I'm going to keep things as neutral as possible, as I predict an onslaught of negative posts are going to follow.
  • Tonight was the proof that our second 5 are not a top ten team, heck our 2-5 and a bench player looked like they'd struggle through the big east schedule. A lesson to a lot of posters to be more realistic with expectations and to respect the student athletes that play DI basketball, top to bottom. There's a lot more talent today than 20 years ago.
  • I do think it is difficult to adjust to losing a NPOY, but to also simultaneously be without another 3 contributors is incredibly tough. It's going to take some time to figure things out, and we need to be patient.
  • That being said, we still on paper brought a lot more talent to this matchup. How is it that our talent looked so bad? I am hopeful that those who played tonight take this loss very personally.
  • I noticed we pretty much ran zero half court offense. This might be a scenario where we have to rely on sets to generate open looks. You can't play read and react when nobody is moving. Nothing to react to.
  • I thought the turning point was the stretch where AE missed the wide open transition bucket, and then ONO went out with 3 fouls. After that point, we looked really bad offensively.
  • The good news is that Amari looked pretty good to me. Caroline had a very up and down game. But I think we have to continue to give both minutes as they look like they can develop into reliable options.
  • As for CW becoming our go to scorer? Not who I'd choose! But I guess what other option do we have?!
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This whole season was supposed to taken personally, and then again after the SC game. Unfortunately, talking doesn't do it.
 
Here is my take. E isn't a PG. CW isn't a PG. Our PG is the best player in WCBB and she is hurt. We were losing this game the second Paige went down on Sunday. I don't care who is on the floor, you're only as good as your guards and no Paige changed everything about this team.

I mean-our 4 injured players could be 4 of our 5 starters next year. This is going to be an UGGGGGLLLLLYYYYYYY 6-8 weeks and we will probably lose 5 straight.

One last thing-does anyone else feel Rebecca tries really hard to not seem like a homer?
 
I don't care if they have to lose more games...they need to get more minutes for reserves. They looked uncomfortable and out of sync on D. I would have left Amari in the game. She looked like she didn't have a care in the world. When she was in they flowed better. AE is frustrated. Show her some love. Something has shaken her confidence. Chin up, AE. It happens. CW and Evina were gassed by the 4th quarter. Olivia looked good. Growing pains here. I would not want to play Uconn once they adjust.
 
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We just have to get through the next couple of games, then we play Marquette before getting a long break for the holidays. Hopefully as we flip the calendar to 2022 we'll have Azzi, Nika, and Aubrey back. I'll be pleased with 2-1 until then.
 
Surly1 said:
The question has to be asked. Is Paige that special (answer is yes) that she covers up the team's deficiencies except against the premier teams or is the remaining cast overrated, the incoming class excepted?
Separately, Edwards is in the Twilight Zone. She clearly is playing with a lack of confidence. She has too much ability and ceiling to be playing this way.
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Agree. What is it though? Why can’t they make shots and why so many turnovers? Edwards is mind boggling.
 
jchuskie said:
I think it's time for a serious discussion about just punting this season. Have Paige not comeback because she feels she needs to rush. If this is how the srs are going to play with no drive then what is the point. Not one sr ever steps up in the biggest moments.
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Might be a little harsh. They really needed another point guard so EW and CW can play off the ball.
 
rt bb fan said:
What has happened to Ew the last few games. Her shooting is way off.Edwards is an enigma, Cw is inconsistent along with Ono.
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As I watched, it seemed that for UConn, whoever had the ball was essentially going solo, often working alone to get room for a shot. It was not team offense, not often enough. Oddly enough, I thought Caroline, at least early on, was making aggressive cuts looking for passes. But by and large, much too much dribbling outside the arc and bad timing between screeners and dribbleers.
 
I anticipated some issues and was not surprised that they lost
I was worried about only having 7 players...actually it turned out to be 8
Not the reason we lost.

Is it time to ask some serious questions of the staff?
1.Why is Dorka so ineffective...she was pretty fine the last season or 2
2. I've heard of sophmore slump...but Alaiyah played with pros all summer
hard to believe her seeming lack of confidence and total ineffectiveness
in this game
3. Why isn't Evina shooting more...at the end of the half, she was set up
for a 3, instead passed off to a much lesser shot by Williams.
4. There was a reasonable period in the 2nd half when passes into the interior
gave opportunities to the cutters...precious little in the 2nd half.

Terrible thing to say but team does not seemed well-coached, the foul approach was maybe ok at 3 minutes, embarrassing at 1

We could easily lose a couple of games in a row if the team doesn't figure out how to play to their individual and team potential.

And I certainly don't think we lost because of such wonderful D of tech
This was a self-inflicted loss.
 
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Centerstream said:
This whole season was supposed to taken personally, and then again after the SC game. Unfortunately, talking doesn't do it.
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Agreed. You would think that CW would've taken losing her homecoming game to Arkansas personally. And thus not wanted Olivia to lose hers.

A fitting similarity for this senior class, who has never had to take much responsibility. Shielded by KLS, Collier, Walker, Dangerfield, and then the freshman Paige.
 
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SLY63 said:
Quick (short) rant...

We started 3 top-five recruits, 1 Canadian Olympian and one All Big 10 player and were beaten soundly by an average team (at best). WOW.
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We’ll be breaking a lot of UConn records in the next few games.
 
In the good old days, UCONN would have played an AAC patsy tonight & had time to adjust their game without Paige. They weren't up to the challenge of a road game vs. a well coached, motivated team.
 
Well, we now got a glimpse of what UConn is without Paige. I know we were very shorthanded, but still, it's a bit of a surprise, given all the highly ranked players we still put on the court (many more than GT).
For those who thought Ducharme was the answer.. no, not yet at least. She was fairly useless tonight.
I can see people missing 3pt shots, but CW consistently misses by an unbelievable amount.
For those who had been claiming AE is the second coming, I'm baffled by how bad she has been. Can't even make a layup.
Evina has been far below expectations.
Liv has been okay, but tonight, not much more than that.
Juhasz has been a disappointment -- I definitely expected much more from her.
A good glimpse of Amari... hoping she can build on that.
Our streak of not losing two in a row is certainly in jeopardy, unless our ladies can dig deep!
I remain hopeful, but barely so... :)
 
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So ... was that the first loss to an unranked team since St. Johns in 2012?
 
This was a painful game to watch; one of the worst performances I've seen from a UConn team.

They had a lot stacked against them with the injuries, but this team had the pieces to win this game tied at the end of the 3Q, then everything fell apart, just like the SC game. Even with the injuries, the starting lineup includes 3 highly ranked players that are now seniors, an All-Conference transfer, and an Olympian. They should have been able to win this game.

I don't know why this senior class has never seemed to gel or find their confidence when they are pushed by their opponents and their energy always seems low. They should have won this game, but Georgia Tech made all the plays down the line; they hustled and had all the energy. Kudos to them on this win, they absolutely earned it today by outplaying UConn down the stretch and not backing down.

This UConn team has some soul searching to do; from both the coaches and the players. They've got a long few weeks ahead of them right now and it only gets harder from here. This game either lights a fire under these players or is a sign of things to come until February.

I think Geno needs to take a step back and figure out how to coach these players. For whatever reason, his coaching style just doesn't seem to work for these seniors and if they want to survive these next few months, they need to figure out how this group can win games. I'm not sure what that looks like, but it can't be worse than what happened on the court today.
 
This is a team playing its first game since losing its starting point guard and backup point guard (who started at PG half their games last year). When a team is missing its point guards, I expect a lot of turnovers and a lot of crappy shots. Turnovers weren't much worse than usual. There were more possessions than usual, though, with prayers lofted or players shooting threes just because they couldn't think of anything else to do.

The outcome was worse than I expected, but the flow was about what I expected. What I didn't expect was all the missed bunnies. I agree with Rebecca that something has gotten inside Edwards's head.

I thought Ducharme played pretty well other than not shooting well. I liked the little bit of DeBerry that we saw.
 
My wife came into the room while I was watching the game and asked me why I had a paper bag on my head. Just told her it was the first time since forever that I was embarrassed to be a UCONN fan. The good news I didn't cut out the eye holes, why wreck a good bag over one game?
 
It's going to be a really tough stretch. I think we have the potential to beat UCLA, but Louisville looks really challenging. Then Marquette could be a win. But this version of the team will struggle to score with Depaul. I for one see the back to back loss streak finally coming to an end.
 
gold2323 said:
I think CW was better her freshman year …I was criticized for saying I cringe when she shoots…she dribbles too much and forces shots too much….this is constructive criticism not being ugly. Dorka needs to be more aggressive and shoot with confidence…Caroline will get better she drives aggressively to the basket and her outside shooting will come when she gets more playing time….I liked Amari…she looks smooth and very fundamental.
Regardless the team will find its way when it counts. UCONN is UCONN….and the Georgia tech fans did not get to see the phenomenal Paige Bueckers.
We miss you Paige.
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CW was a huge disappointment tonight.
 
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Happydad745 said:
Hard to watch, especially late in the game....makes me wonder if CW needs lasik for her eyes, I don't think she sees the rim clearly from the 3 pt line. AE missed too many bunnies. It has to be a tough loss...everyone knows we were way under staffed. I liked seeing Amari Berry on the floor.
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Needs Lasik? Don't go where you are not educated.
 
jaydee602 said:
In the good old days, UCONN would have played an AAC patsy tonight & had time to adjust their game without Paige. They weren't up to the challenge of a road game vs. a well coached, motivated team.
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No, they would not have played an AAC patsy on December 9th in the old days. Try again.
 
Conndog said:
Biggest problem was offense. No creativity, few if any player screening, turnovers galore, even when open many shots didn't even hit iron. Where were offensive plays run by UConn? GT looked like a good team that knew what to do, and they could execute as well. Not sure Geno can create some basic offensive plays in short amount of time but that is what's needed.
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31% shooting overall 13% on 3pt attempts, and 5 points in the fourth quarter. Terrible loss! I don’t think we could beat ND again if we had to play them without Paige. Can’t believe CW was the #1 recruit coming out of high school. Teams are lining up to clean our clock over the next 8-10 weeks. i don think it makes any difference as to how many of the walking wounded return. Nothing will change until Paige returns.
 
Something to think about……how many Big East teams could we beat playing like we did tonight? What are our chances of going undefeated again this year in conference play? UConn may drop out of the top 25 with another loss to an unranked team. Massey has GT ranked #40.
 
EricLA said:
Not pretty at all. Neither will this post be. It's a bit of a rant so let me just get it out of my system...

I get the team is re-acclimating after losing Paige and Nika, but this is a team that starts 4 top 5 recruits and now 1 former Big 10 all star. 44 points in a game? 2 quarters where we scored single figures and one where we scored 11.

Are the coaches recruiting the wrong kids? Are they coaching them wrong? How many HS AA's does Ga Tech have? I have no words for the mess we just saw. At this moment, this team is not even a top 25 team, and to think that 1 player makes that much of a difference says a lot about the quality of the other players on the team and/or how they play together.

I'm not going to pick on specific players, but IMHO both the coaches AND the players need to look in the mirror and do some serious soul searching. This might be the worst game I've ever seen a UCONN team with this much talent play.

Not sure what Geno and Jamelle were barking at each other about. Would love to have been a fly on the bench at that moment.

Was nice to at least see Amari get some PT and do more in the stat sheet than Liya.

We lost Q4 18-5. Can't blame that on 3 games in 3 days.
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Thanks for pointing out something that should be obvious to anyone who understands the game, but still seems to be difficult for a lot of folks to grasp. HS rankings mean nothing in the college game. Dominating 16-17 year old kids, most of which are basically rec league level talent does not equate to having 18-22 year olds who take the game seriously up in your face competing. College coaches don't care how many points you scored in HS. As soon as they see you're not that good they're going to expose you. As for your comments on recruiting and also on development, have at it. It's a fair question that HS rankings can't answer.
 
Carnac said:
Something to think about……how many Big East teams could we beat playing like we did tonight? What are our chances of going undefeated again this year in conference play? UConn may drop out of the top 25 with another loss to an unranked team. Massey has GT ranked #40.
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If we play like tonight? We could lose to any team. There is no excuse for the way they played. Can’t blame it on youth or lack of talent. They played tight. The shooting was atrocious. They looked poorly coached.
 
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