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How sweet it is! (Louisville recap)

ESPN U is showing a replay of the game tonight. I believe it starts at 12Midnight EST.
 
boontonbomber said:
absolutely agree with the need to get the younger players more time, and got to wonder if they would have if
Samuelson had not gotten hurt. let that be a lesson to somebody.
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the fact is Geno was forced to play MW and CW right away because they are quality players and frankly because he had no other choice................I expect Ms Griffin will see significant minutes next year as will a graduate transfer or European recruit that joins the 2019/20 team.............
 
JordyG said:
Of all the great plays in the game my play of the game came about through typical great coaching by Geno. That was when UConn baited LV into throwing that horrible cross court pass on the inbounds. Coaching gold. The truth is once UConn got the lead they never relinquished it. Great team victory.
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As I mentioned in another post, after Louisville had burned UConn a couple times screening for Durr to allow her to get jump shots in the lane, for the one and only time in the game, UConn came out of a timeout in a 2-3 zone and Louisville had no clue what to do. Brilliant coaching move by Geno.
 
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msf22b said:
Interesting that neither Pheesa nor Asia were the stars of the game
For both teams other players had to step up and they did.

Encouraging going forward that on any giving day, any of our 5 can take over a game.
The team played tough D throughout and rebounded well

Aside from the strange blip at the end, they looked an awful lot like vintage UConn.
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Though I was dying at the time, that unfortunate blip at the end was good for us. We kept our heads and pulled out the win. I remember times this season, and past seasons, where that didn't happen.
 
I need to mention Crystal's play. As I watched the game at TUC, Crystal was unbelievable. She was running through, around and over screens and picks the entire game from sideline to sideline, bird-dogging Durr. While Durr had 21 points, it was on 7 for 19 shooting and she never was able to take over the game. In the first half, Crystal held Durr to 1-10 shooting. Crystal was truly the unsung hero of the game.
 
jaydee602 said:
ESPN U is showing a replay of the game tonight. I believe it starts at 12Midnight EST.
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If it's the usual ESPNU replay, you will hear "Due to time constraints, we move ahead in the action" multiple times.
 
At watching the previous games I started wondering why Geno was not running ANY plays for Lou, and really hadn't been running many all year, and how often the rest of the team was missing her when she was open as well.

This game was the first in quite a while that they seemed to be looking for her consistently and running plays to get her open.

Really wondered if they would keep the FF streak alive this year, and thought the rematch with Louisville was likely the best possible bracket situation available, and the only way that was likely happening was with Uconn as a 2 seed, so wasn't that disappoint with the field reveal.
 
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UcMiami said:
At watching the previous games I started wondering why Geno was not running ANY plays for Lou, and really hadn't been running many all year, and how often the rest of the team was missing her when she was open as well.

This game was the first in quite a while that they seemed to be looking for her consistently and running plays to get her open.

Really wondered if they would keep the FF streak alive this year, and thought the rematch with Louisville was likely the best possible bracket situation available, and the only way that was likely happening was with Uconn as a 2 seed, so wasn't that disappoint with the field reveal.
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Still haven't seen that curl at the elbow off of a screen for Lou in some time.
 
After the game Lou was jumping up and down and screaming with the cheerleaders. Then, a couple of minutes later, with the band. She outjumped everyone in the band, although the tuba players have an excuse. A couple of cheerleaders outjumped her. She didn’t appear to be bothered by that. She was about as happy as a person can be.

In the second half she worked a little maneuver with Crystal that freed Lou for a wide open three at the top of the key that she drained. Going back on defense, she looked at Crystal and gave her a quick nod and a wry “we got this” grin.

Driving up to Albany, I was apprehensive for her. She struggled on Friday and looked drained and out of sorts at the Saturday press conference. Maybe wishful thinking, but I thought she was moving better in warmups. Draining her first three was huge. I didn’t think Louisville had a great matchup against her. I was hoping for the best but this performance went way beyond that. Epic, her best ever considering the moment.

Crystal’s defense on Durr was outstanding, and CW is playing with an aggressive, powerful, multifaceted style that belies her freshman status. She and Megan were terrific on the boards and Megan’s four early threes kept us in the game. Napheesa struggled with those 5-6 footers she usually makes but which are touch shots that are more difficult than they look. Nevertheless, she provided help in a lot of areas - defense, rebounding, assists, even bringing the ball up on occasion.

One of my favorite games ever. Any team, any sport.
 
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Charliebball said:
the fact is Geno was forced to play MW and CW right away because they are quality players and frankly because he had no other choice......I expect Ms Griffin will see significant minutes next year as will a graduate transfer or European recruit that joins the 2019/20 team...
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Exactly...it isn’t fair that Christyn has the cup in her hand this soon. Amazing the way she’s handling it...
 
The specific injury was never mentioned until Holly Rowe mentioned it today. I've dealt with back problems for much of my life while playing sports. I don't play sports anymore.
 
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oldude said:
I need to mention Crystal's play. As I watched the game at TUC, Crystal was unbelievable. She was running through, around and over screens and picks the entire game from sideline to sideline, bird-dogging Durr. While Durr had 21 points, it was on 7 for 19 shooting and she never was able to take over the game. In the first half, Crystal held Durr to 1-10 shooting. Crystal was truly the unsung hero of the game.
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I totally agree; Crystal played amazing defense! Great reads on when to fight the screen and when to hold her ground when Asia rejected it. She hustled all game!
 
The Grittiest, (if thts a word), I'd put the ND game as the best...jmho.
 
When was the last time UConn had more turnovers and less assists than the competition and still won?
 
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oldude said:
As I mentioned in another post, after Louisville had burned UConn a couple times screening for Durr to allow her to get jump shots in the lane, for the one and only time in the game, UConn came out of a timeout in a 2-3 zone and Louisville had no clue what to do. Brilliant coaching move by Geno.
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Ditto. I've commented on Geno's lack of scheming/creativity throughout year but it was the old Geno I remember from 10+ years ago-i.e. box and one, zones, etc.
 
oldude said:
I need to mention Crystal's play. As I watched the game at TUC, Crystal was unbelievable. She was running through, around and over screens and picks the entire game from sideline to sideline, bird-dogging Durr. While Durr had 21 points, it was on 7 for 19 shooting and she never was able to take over the game. In the first half, Crystal held Durr to 1-10 shooting. Crystal was truly the unsung hero of the game.
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Not unsung to anyone who knows her...
 
HopJim said:
Ditto. I've commented on Geno's lack of scheming/creativity throughout year but it was the old Geno I remember from 10+ years ago-i.e. box and one, zones, etc.
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I am reminded of a great comment by Summitt in regards to how much to prepare/scheme for a regular season game: "We will play every card in our hand ... but that's not every card in the deck."
 
Fairfield Fan said:
Is this the sign of a magnificent coach, or what?!
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I don't know, but that was a pretty complete game by all concerned.
 
HopJim said:
Ditto. I've commented on Geno's lack of scheming/creativity throughout year but it was the old Geno I remember from 10+ years ago-i.e. box and one, zones, etc.
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I don’t think the lack of creativity is what he wanted. Geno commented not that long ago that he had to super-simplify things for this team.
 
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