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Holy Cross Postgame Thread
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This team continues to completely underwhelm while beating the dregs of college basketball. Will the Husky's ever snap out of it and give a complete effort? Can anyone honestly say this team has put 4 good quarters in a row together yet this season?
Maybe I am wrong. But I don’t think we tried to beat Holy Cross by 100. I thought Geno was fairly relaxed even though he obviously wasn’t impressed.
I think Geno was really rotating players and trying some combinations again. (Some of them were strange though imo. Sarah Strong as the Center with 4 guards. I am just not sure when we will use that lineup against a good team.)
So, again. Not playing our best game. I think it was by design a little bit. We could have pressed this team. But how would that have helped against Louisville?
I think Geno was really rotating players and trying some combinations again. (Some of them were strange though imo. Sarah Strong as the Center with 4 guards. I am just not sure when we will use that lineup against a good team.)
So, again. Not playing our best game. I think it was by design a little bit. We could have pressed this team. But how would that have helped against Louisville?
South Florida was the best performance this season imo.
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Imagine what you would have been if you were a South Carolina fan all these past 3 years. What would you have thought if they didn't get all those offesnsive rebounds? Especially vs UCONN in that finals 3 years ago. . .
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Yes. Brady is way too slow, and unschooled, to get into offensive rebounding position.
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Few observations
The freezing rain right before the game was a real treat
The highlight of the game was a student who made a half court shot at halftime
The team plays it’s best when KK is on the court
K Chen is a very good player but it’s not a point guard
I saw at least three players pulled out of the game for Pour Defense in the first half
For all the talk of Paige, going to be more aggressive this year. The first half was a perfect chance to take over the game, but it didn’t happen.
Morgan,Chelli
will be a very good player during her career in Uconn
I suspect it was the first time I Sarah Strong has ever been benched for a poor play early in the first half
her response was tremendous
The team spends too much time offensively running a little bit of a weave and not making aggressive moves towards the basket
I’d like to see ice move to the hype Post and allow Sarah in Paige Post up
The freezing rain right before the game was a real treat
The highlight of the game was a student who made a half court shot at halftime
The team plays it’s best when KK is on the court
K Chen is a very good player but it’s not a point guard
I saw at least three players pulled out of the game for Pour Defense in the first half
For all the talk of Paige, going to be more aggressive this year. The first half was a perfect chance to take over the game, but it didn’t happen.
Morgan,Chelli
will be a very good player during her career in Uconn
I suspect it was the first time I Sarah Strong has ever been benched for a poor play early in the first half
her response was tremendous
The team spends too much time offensively running a little bit of a weave and not making aggressive moves towards the basket
I’d like to see ice move to the hype Post and allow Sarah in Paige Post up
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No.
We're doomed.
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Honestly, take a look at all the other top teams in the country. I have seen ugly basketball by UCLA, SC, LSU, ND, TX, USC and name any team. Geno is playing a lot of players, and sometimes it’s not going to look pretty.
Tonight UConn won by 36 against a well coached mid-major that played hard. The Huskies are 7-0 and ranked 2nd in the country.
I can only wonder what you have to say about the men’s team.
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This was an unusual night at Gampel. Santa was sitting behind the bench. It was a decent crowd for a weekday game in December against a weaker opponent. Said weaker opponent hung around quite well in the first half, they generated some open looks and cashed in on them. Their guards acquitted themselves nicely. Pretty well coached, I would say.
The cavalry showed up in the second half. And somebody took the lid off of the basket. the defensive intensity picked up as well and UConn was able to generate some hoops in transition.
After sitting through that snoozer of a first quarter, the final game stats are quite a shock to read. That’s a good thing. It seemed like UConn was getting good open shots in the first quarter, they just couldn’t hit anything.
What made it worse was I don’t think we got an offensive rebound in the first quarter. One and done. And we weren’t getting any turnovers into easy scores either. So the energy in the building was nonexistent at the end of the first quarter. What’s going on here, was the sentiment.
Geno was mixing and matching in a way that hasn’t been seen at Gampel in a long, long time. Ash was in, then out. Chen was set to come out over a contact lens issue but made a layup using her good eye before she headed to the locker room. Sarah was in, then out. Lots of combinations. Chen and KK on the court together, for example.
That Sarah Strong is a big time player. I am thrilled we will see her for four years. Morgan got a lot of playing time as well and looked very good. The future is bright. So is the present.
A young women did the Arvelo Airlines shoot to win contest, didn’t win but then her boyfriend proposed to her at half court. Shaking off her disappointment at not winning, she said yes. Later in the evening, a guy hit a half court shot and won something for it, I think money off his tuition.That was also cool. The shooting ability of the fans has definitely gone up.
We had eleven available, Aubrey participated in warmups. Ayanna was in the sling, bummer.
The cavalry showed up in the second half. And somebody took the lid off of the basket. the defensive intensity picked up as well and UConn was able to generate some hoops in transition.
After sitting through that snoozer of a first quarter, the final game stats are quite a shock to read. That’s a good thing. It seemed like UConn was getting good open shots in the first quarter, they just couldn’t hit anything.
What made it worse was I don’t think we got an offensive rebound in the first quarter. One and done. And we weren’t getting any turnovers into easy scores either. So the energy in the building was nonexistent at the end of the first quarter. What’s going on here, was the sentiment.
Geno was mixing and matching in a way that hasn’t been seen at Gampel in a long, long time. Ash was in, then out. Chen was set to come out over a contact lens issue but made a layup using her good eye before she headed to the locker room. Sarah was in, then out. Lots of combinations. Chen and KK on the court together, for example.
That Sarah Strong is a big time player. I am thrilled we will see her for four years. Morgan got a lot of playing time as well and looked very good. The future is bright. So is the present.
A young women did the Arvelo Airlines shoot to win contest, didn’t win but then her boyfriend proposed to her at half court. Shaking off her disappointment at not winning, she said yes. Later in the evening, a guy hit a half court shot and won something for it, I think money off his tuition.That was also cool. The shooting ability of the fans has definitely gone up.
We had eleven available, Aubrey participated in warmups. Ayanna was in the sling, bummer.
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Are North Carolina and Ol Miss, dregs?
You realize these aren't pros, right?
You're not going to see consistent performances from this team in November/December. You're just nort going to see 19-20 year olds steamroll everyone just because they have the name UCONN on their jersey too.
If this is how you look at things, then you're going to be pretty miserable (I mean upset) for at least half the Big East games too. Instead you should be pretty elated what you saw.
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I heard Morgan Valley said to Geno in Pregame that she expects the play to be a little disjointed because of the trip to Paradise!
She was right on!
She was right on!
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In another thread someone observed that the trajectory of Sarah’s perimeter shot looked pretty flat and wondered if this had something to do with her low percentage in previous games. Tonight it looked to me like she was shooting a higher arc. Did anyone else notice this?
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Be not dismayed. Someone predicted that this team will go undefeated.
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Ah, it’s like the good ol’ days on here. By that I mean the days when the BY stressed over lapses in performance while we won every game against ranked opponents by double digits and unranked opponents by 30 or more. Some of these responses could have been copied and pasted from 2010 or 2014.
One of my favorite players, Ashlynn Shade, did not have a good game. Did you see her get yanked, "Jim Calhoun style" after being on the court for all of 15 seconds? I don't recall Geno ever doing that in the past. To her credit she took it well and played better when she did get back in the game.
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Two offensive rebounds in the first half, when not shooting well, did not provide the separation needed. We seem indifferent when shooting threes to have a player or two hunt offensive rebounds. In the second half we drove toward the hoop. This created more variety than settling for three pointers. The rebound numbers were not very good in this game.
When our defensive picked up in the second half, we got many turnovers and fast break opportunities. With our deep bench we could have played more full court pressure early to offset our weak three-point shooting.
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Only UConn fans can be this sour after a 36 point beatdown
The drumbeat of criticism for Ice and Kaitlyn is astounding. Kaitlyn had 7 assists and was leading scorer at one point in the first half when the rest of the team couldn’t throw the ball into the ocean from a boat. And Ice - I thought she had a great game especially in the second half. I thought her confidence grew noticeably last night
I know people have their favorites but there’s no need to tear down one player to make another look better
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Reading these posts you would think we lost by 36.
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In addition to the great drive described above by Q I thought she played some
energetic defense.
Ice has continued to make progress...late last year...and another jump this year.
She is headed toward 'solid'. Wonder if at some point in Geno's juggling [which will continue to
happen...especially in conference games] he will put both Ice and Jana on
the court at the same time in prep for rebounding troubles against elite teams?
energetic defense.
Ice has continued to make progress...late last year...and another jump this year.
She is headed toward 'solid'. Wonder if at some point in Geno's juggling [which will continue to
happen...especially in conference games] he will put both Ice and Jana on
the court at the same time in prep for rebounding troubles against elite teams?
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Alot of us are starting to notice Morgan. Provides an interesting option for Geno since she appears to be quick enough to switch onto guards and is tall and strong enough to rebound as needed. She is often taller than her defender and can get her shots off. Morgan can come in and do a good job in most situations.
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I loved that she was able to do some warm up drills. She’s surely missed from the team.
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No. Go watch the NBA where the best players in the world play perfect games for 4 qtrs. and the players give 100% effort every night. Except when they don't. LMAO.
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Well you are entitled to your opinion.
Geno still working various combos on the court - as he should. Big stretch coming up with 4 of the 5 teams ranked. He needs to know the combos that work. I think all of us can see the rotation is a viable 8 to 9 players. That is smart coaching.
Look at the ranked teams that are playing "cupcakes" and not always playing to their percieved levels.
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My Orlando Magic certainly didn’t get the “4 perfect quarters” memo last night
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I was at the UCLA/South Carolina game. USC played a lousy first half. I am not comparing Holy Cross to UCLA, just for whatever reason even in a big game, USC was flat as a pancake in the first half. Because it was UCLA, the game was over by halftime. Because it was HC, we were ahead at the half. We beat the two ranked teams we have played by double digits. It would be nice to avoid dead spots in a game, but it happens and overall we are a young team plus apparently Azzi was under the weather. Our team is in the process of jelling and will have Aubrey back. I am guessing the dead spots will become fewer. We shall see.
All 11 players got to play. We won by 36. We know now that others can score if Paige is being slowed down. It is great that no one played over 30 min and we are not wearing down our players like last year. Now we will be tested soon let's see if we can rise to the occasion.
I’m still hoping that point production from bigs will improve and become a real strength. I know it takes longer for bigs to develop, and I’m liking what I see from Ice, but I’m hoping to see more aggressiveness going to the basket. Besides extra points, it’ll get other team’s bigs in foul trouble.
Great analysis. KK of course needs a mid range pull up which will transform her into an impossible defend. She always gets the first step but often she can't finish due to post defenders underneath.Some thoughts on the Holy Cross game:
- For those of us who have been counting the days, it has been 387 days since Paige and Azzi started a game together for the Huskies. I fully expect that they will both start the next 33 games this season.
- Not sure what to make of UConn’s 1st half. At the start of the game the whole team was laying bricks. There was a stretch when the entire team got hot followed by more bricks. Holy Cross outshot UConn in the 1st half and Geno was not pleased. The 2nd half was considerably better.
- While there were some head scratching moments for UConn, Sarah came up BIG the entire game, putting up 22 points on 9/12 shooting, along with 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
- I know it didn't feel like it, But UConn shot a sizzling 47% from the arc on 14/30 shooting. Go figure.
- I really liked Morgan's PT off the bench.
- I also love the way KK attacks the basket off the dribble. Now if she can only knock down her 3's.
- Once again, Geno ran out a lot of different lineups. That will change in the near future.
- The next 18 days will be critical for UConn with 4 games vs ranked teams, including a visit to South Bend on December 12. At the end of the month, the Huskies will have a much better idea of who they are and what they can accomplish this season. GO HUSKIES!!!
As far as I am concerned, the most important words came in the post game show by Gary Apple: "They are as good as anyone else in the country". He is right. When this "immature team" becomes "mature", and it will be come March, we should all savor the moments of watching it.
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