I won $400.00 on that win. I was stationed at Fort Bragg and the Squad Leader was from California and gave me 10 to 1 odds that UCLA would win. He wasn't to happy either.
Good for you .. good pick .. that was a huge upset!
I can't understand why the coaches haven't addressed that dynamic yet. It is very fixable. How many games THIS year did she have to go to the bench in the 1st quarter, or early in the 2nd quarter with foul trouble. One game she picked up 2 fouls in 4 minutes, and sat the rest of the half. However when she came back in the 2nd half, she only picked 1 more foul.
Yes unfortunately I saw the mugging all to clear with the refs saying doing nothing about it. There was an instance when I thought I Houston player actually took a swing at Olivia as she (Olivia) was going to the high post and trying to unwrap the defending Houston player's arm from her own. I get that smaller players tend to be more physical with bigger players, but there's got to be something done to protect the bigger player from getting bruised every time they're on the court.
Maybe (and sorry for speculating, but it's just my observation) they'd rather have ONO play with a couple of fouls and prove that she play without picking up another one? I remember in the video about the 2016-17 season Samuelson (then a sophomore) came to the bench after a foul in (I think) the Florida State game. She told Geno, "I have four fouls!" and Geno simply responded with something like, "That's your problem not mine." Fouling out and being forced to sit on the bench and watch regardless of how much you want to help your team on the court might be a good teacher, too. You still end up on the bench, but now you know there's nothing anyone can do to get you off of it until that game is over. Again, just my observation, but it could be a million other things like lack of depth or that she still gets a good amount of blocks from those swats.One of UCLA's John Wooden's quotes was "The bench is an excellent teacher". I don't think you're right, I know you're right!!
Have not seen replay yet, but this is one of the best box scores I have viewed in many years of following UConn. With few exceptions, all starters in double figures, great shooting percentage, with multiple rebounds, steals and assists. I understand this is against a poor team, but having all starters fully engaged in all aspects of game a great foundation for playoffs.Like Geno, I like what I saw out there today. You know it's a good day when ALL of your starters score in double figures (see box score below). A piece of Anna's luggage got lost during her flight to America while changing planes. It had her jump shot in it. Luckily it was found after a couple of months and delivered to her by the airline. Thank goodness. We remember at the beginning of the year when she was "0 for America". Thank goodness that ship has sailed.
Think how good she's going to be the next 3 years. When she's in rhythm, she's unstoppable. She can knock down 3-4 shots in a row with ease. I expect Anna to have an "exceptional" tournament.Can't wait for the brackets to be revealed in 2 weeks. The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship bracket will be revealed at 7 p.m. ET on Monday, March 16. ESPN will televise the announcement.
Games start with the first round on Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21. First and second round games will be played at campus sites. Regionals will be at Dallas, Texas; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Greenville, S.C. and Portland, Ore. This year's Women's Division 1 final four will be in New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center on Friday April 3, and Sunday April 5.
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ONO's "swatting" would seem to warrant a typical Geno response to repeated non performance - benching, particularly in games we have a huge lead. In a sense, she is self inflicting this type of "motivation" since she has to sit due to fouls. Doesn't seem to be working. Seeing her stop this tendency and get in control would put more of a smile on my face than scoring in double digits against inferior competition.
Shoot 45% or better, not 32%!
Hey .. Aubrey's foul-shooting was stellar yesttidday and she had a gr8 putback in a crowd w/o getting blocked, so I still predict superbness for her .. meanwhile, i m sooo happy for Ania and for UConn fans who get to see her weave her magic, eh?Maybe @Jingo had the wrong freshman in mind. hey!
Looked at it again. Even better. Liv blocks, then Anna bats back to her and....makes only No. 2 on Top 5 plays but their No. 1 is pretty good, five passes, including two from Anna, before Kyla dishes. Really good minutes from Kyla.
Looking forward to Mir along with Aubrey adding 'disruptive defense' to the juggernaut!I’m not trying to rush the termination of this year’s play, but I can’t wait for next year’s games. It will be very interesting to see how Geno incorporates the 6 new players coming in. Everyone will have to practice and play hard to scratch out some minutes.
Geno will have “options” he hasn’t had the last two years. Players won’t have to pace themselves to go 40 minutes. So every starter can “ball till they fall.” There will be adequate back up for them to give them a 2-3 minutes blow. Geno is losing 5, and getting 6 replacements. That’s a total of 11 players, more than enough to get us through the season doing 90 mph in the fast lane, and taking no prisoners along the way.
Volleyball on the backboards.
