IMHO What Changed the 2nd Half.

[Wbbfan1]

http://elmcitytoeaglevillenhr.blogspot.com/2014/03/uconns-hartley-rebounds-after-quiet.html

Bria going back to how she's played all year after being Invisible in the 1st Half. That started the righting of the ship and enabled the team to pull away from BYU.

 

[Sonny44]

Nope, KML was the key.

 

[~*Jen*~]

Nope. Here's the definitive "what happened" explanation. Mini chick, in a state of confusion, was cheering for BYU. FINALLY at the end of the first half, I convinced her to cheer for UConn. (She was fixated on the colors of the uniforms and the men wore the dark ones on Friday, so she kept thinking that the BYU players were the "good guys" and kept cheering for the "black team." Yeah, I know their uniforms were dark blue. Mini chick thought they were black.) Anyway, once she started cheering for the "white team," we finally managed to make some shots.

True story.

 

[RadyLady]

"Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, who was coming off a triple-double in UConn's second-round victory over Saint Joseph's, had another big game with 19 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists."

Kaleena may be working her way quietly towards a tournament MVP - we shall see

"Coach said at halftime that he just wanted us to keep our heads in the game. A lot of us were probably frustrated -- I know I was -- because shots weren't falling. We had to go out and play the second half like nothing bad had happened in the first half."

Smart guy that coach. We should hire him.....wait...

 

[luckyhusky7]

To me what changed in the 2nd half is that we started making shots and decide to take charge of the game.

 

[baggerbob]

The one thing that sets this UConn team apart from every other team in college, and even most past UConn teams is their defense. Every Team will have games where the shots don't fall, but defense can always be there. Where Stef, Stewie, Kiah, are most important is by their ability to defend the back line. The guards are able to take chances for steals, and pressure opponents, knowing they have Stef, Stewie, and Kiah back there. Its not just the blocks, but how many other shots are altered, or hurried.