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Discograd said:
Cannot agree CW did much to show she is out of her funk. The team needs more from her to get to the FF
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Today. I think it's necessary to defend Chirstyn's contribution

The other day, I noted to a poster who had said that CW's strength was rebounding but in the game in question (in the middle of her funk) she had had zero that evening.

Yes, her distant shooting was off...but tonight, she had 7 defensive rebounds and 4 steals... played credible defense and made her foul shots; not bad.

I agree that the team requires even more from her, I think we'll get it
 
LCConnFan said:
I agree with oldude, especially with ONO's continuation of 'The Tomahawk Chop'! It always rears its ugly head and WILL get her in trouble, against better teams! Her hands are the next thing JE needs to address (catching and holding the ball).

IMO, Tatyana Hill gets the 'Academy Award' today for best actress! She added to our PF count with some pretty lame 'fosbury flops' :)
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The guy who made the [basketball] flop famous wuz Monte Towe [NC State] mid 70s, eh?
Fosbury was an Olympian who changed the technique of high jumping.
 
Curious about a comment from Meghan - she said Kyla had a foot issue that seems finally to be better. Didn't remember anything about this - what did I miss?
 
UcMiami said:
Curious about a comment from Meghan - she said Kyla had a foot issue that seems finally to be better. Didn't remember anything about this - what did I miss?
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It was mentioned in passing a few games back, either on SNY or maybe by Geno in his postgame comments. I hadn’t thought much about it until reading your post.
 
UcMiami said:
Curious about a comment from Meghan - she said Kyla had a foot issue that seems finally to be better. Didn't remember anything about this - what did I miss?
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kyla went from starting to zero/last person off the bench. Recently Meghan said she had been battling a foot injury. Looks like a healthy Kyla is the first off the bench
 
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Jingo said:
The guy who made the [basketball] flop famous wuz Monte Towe [NC State] mid 70s, eh?
Fosbury was an Olympian who changed the technique of high jumping.
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Towe had to flop..he was only 4 feet tall. and his best friend was David Thompson..still have not forgiven NC State for knocking of Walton's UCLA Bruins..
 
Biff said:
Yes but is she ready for the world championships in Germany? ;)

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Actually, I was probably thinking of the Scottish games in Estes Park, 20 miles from my mountain home, where tossing an enormous log is a highlight. Aubrey doesn’t look strong enough.
 
Question for board historians.

When was the last time the Huskies wore white in an actual road game. I can't remember a game in the last five years.
 
southofnorth said:
She played great despite every Houston player guarding her wrapping one her arms and raking her across the arms every time she had the ball.
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I was going to post that it seemed to me that she was getting mugged (again) every time we had the ball by both of the Cougars post players - with no calls. But I was going to wait until I watched the replay (but not post it), but you @southofnorth have basically confirmed it for me.
 
jabstep said:
Kyla in the last two games has looked a lot better getting rebounds and making some threes. She could give us some minutes in the tournament. Especially with Liv's, as everybody calls it playing swat defense. Aubrey has the strongest hands she wins so many 50/50 balls. Anna is actually looking like the best freshmen we have had in a long time. We as of now have three consistent 3 ball shooters going into the tournament. That should open the lanes for some cutting for layups. Liv's outside shot is coming along. When she is a senior look out. Even with all of the good things we have been doing, this team is capable of more. Great win Huskies
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I agree ONO will look good as a senior. I'm already on record suggesting that Olivia will make a huge "junior" leap such as the one Megan made this year. I predict she will round into form at or around the holiday break at the end of THIS year. Liv turns 20 this summer. She will be older, more experienced and will continue to benefit from weight room training over the summer. I look for Liv to be a "consistent" force in the middle for UConn next season.......on both ends of the court. Doubles doubles will be the standard for her if she can stay on the floor.

The top priority on her "to-do" list during the off season should be to eliminate the tomahawk chop blocking technique from her game. If she can do that, she'll play more minutes in the first half. One chop block foul and one ticky-tack foul call puts her on the bench. Olivia and the team would greatly benefit if she could learn to play WITHOUT fouling. Her effectiveness and degree of over all contributions to the the team will be determined by her ability to stay on the floor. The best ability in any sport is AVAILABILITY!!! No player can help their team win sitting on the bench.
 
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Carnac said:
I agree ONO will look good as a senior. I'm already on record suggesting that Olivia will make a huge "junior" leap such as the one Megan made this year. I predict she will round into form at or around the holiday break at the end of THIS year. Liv turns 20 this summer. She will be older, more experienced and will continue to benefit from weight room training over the summer. I look for Liv will be a "consistent" force in the middle for UConn next season.......on both ends of the court. Doubles doubles will be the standard for her if she can stay on the floor.

The top priority on her "to-do" list during the off season should be to eliminate the tomahawk chop blocking technique from her game. If she can do that, she'll play more minutes in the first half. One chop block foul and one ticky-tack foul call puts her on the bench. Olivia and the team would greatly benefit if she could learn to play WITHOUT fouling. Her potential will be determined by her ability to stay on the floor. The best ability in any sport is AVAILABILITY!!!
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If her foul shooting doesn't improve, I fear opponents will employ a "hack a Liv" strategy. 51% isn't going to cut it.
 
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victor64 said:
If her foul shooting doesn't improve, I fear opponents will employ a "hack a Liv" strategy. 51% isn't going to cut it.
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Agreed!!!
 
Coaches must not be concerned about the tomahawk chop. I'm confident it would go away if she got to immediately sit on the sidelines for 90 seconds every time it happened. Bet she would loose it in about two games.

Nothing said. Just sitting on the end of the bench every time until it happens.

So I'm not worrying about it anymore because the coaches aren't.
 
Majic Hands said:
Coaches must not be concerned about the tomahawk chop. I'm confident it would go away if she got to immediately sit on the sidelines for 90 seconds every time it happened. Bet she would loose it in about two games.

Nothing said. Just sitting on the end of the bench every time until it happens.

So I'm not worrying about it anymore because the coaches aren't.
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Exactly. I was just going to post the same thing. Right after her third foul she had another situation and went straight up with her right arm and avoided the foul because she knows better. They just have to demand it if they want to stop it.
 
bramos said:
Towe had to flop..he was only 4 feet tall. and his best friend was David Thompson..still have not forgiven NC State for knocking of Walton's UCLA Bruins..
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It made me HAPPY.
 
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oldude said:
It was mentioned in passing a few games back, either on SNY or maybe by Geno in his postgame comments. I hadn’t thought much about it until reading your post.
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Geno mentioned it.
 
I enjoyed seeing Christyn smile tonight. She seemed more relaxed.

The offense was really a pleasure to watch, even when the play didn't result in a basket: Crystal's behind the back pass and Anna missed the layup. Crystal gave her quite a stare afterwards.

Olivia can really catch the ball! She has come a long way.

I thought many of the plays by the bench were almost there. I had gotten used to the bench players throwing the ball around to no apparent end and this has very much changed lately. Just a little more practice together might get them there.
 
bramos said:
Towe had to flop..he was only 4 feet tall. and his best friend was David Thompson..still have not forgiven NC State for knocking of Walton's UCLA Bruins..
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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.
 
MSGRET said:
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.
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Good for you .. good pick .. that was a huge upset!
 
Majic Hands said:
Coaches must not be concerned about the tomahawk chop. I'm confident it would go away if she got to immediately sit on the sidelines for 90 seconds every time it happened. Bet she would loose it in about two games.

Nothing said. Just sitting on the end of the bench every time until it happens.

So I'm not worrying about it anymore because the coaches aren't.
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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!! ;) 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.
 
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Centerstream said:
I was going to post that it seemed to me that she was getting mugged (again) every time we had the ball by both of the Cougars post players - with no calls. But I was going to wait until I watched the replay (but not post it), but you @southofnorth have basically confirmed it for me.
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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.
 
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Carnac said:
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!! ;) 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.
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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.
 
Jingo said:
The guy who made the [basketball] flop famous wuz Monte Towe [NC State] mid 70s, eh?
Fosbury was an Olympian who changed the technique of high jumping.
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Yes I knew Fosbury was a high jumper, but I was just illustrating his 'unique' style, as he would clear the bar with his back towards it (ie flopping backwards like Tatayana did).
 
Carnac said:
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. :p

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. :D 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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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.
 
Carnac said:
I agree ONO will look good as a senior. I'm already on record suggesting that Olivia will make a huge "junior" leap such as the one Megan made this year. I predict she will round into form at or around the holiday break at the end of THIS year. Liv turns 20 this summer. She will be older, more experienced and will continue to benefit from weight room training over the summer. I look for Liv will be a "consistent" force in the middle for UConn next season.......on both ends of the court. Doubles doubles will be the standard for her if she can stay on the floor.

The top priority on her "to-do" list during the off season should be to eliminate the tomahawk chop blocking technique from her game. If she can do that, she'll play more minutes in them first half. One chop block foul and one ticky-tack foul call puts her on the bench. Olivia and the team would greatly benefit if she could learn to play WITHOUT fouling. Her potential will be determined by her ability to stay on the floor. The best ability in any sport is AVAILABILITY!!!
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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.
 
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