Iowa Postgame Thread [merged thread]

[MilfordHusky]

Aaliyah is averaging 18 ppg in the Big Dance, while shooting an other-worldly 85%

Some kid from Syracuse had a pretty good NCAA tourney as a freshman. Go Aaliyah!

 

[oldude]

Edwards is already a better player than Tuck. More athletic, better defender, better post moves. Tuck had a 3-pointer in her arsenal; otherwise, I take Edwards.

I think Aaliyah will eventually expand her game to the arc.

 

[darkstar1]

Where’s the people that said CW shouldn’t guard Clark?? And momma E.... saving her best for the tournament

Fun game to watch. 2 great offenses. But I can see why Iowa defense rated so low. They had no answer for UCONN. Every UConn player looked great to me.

 

[Huskie837]

AE will be a top 5 WNBA draft pick; book it now

 

[pghhuskydoc]

That game was everything you want to see to promote women’s hoops. Great play making, lots of wonderful shooting, and great sportsmanship at the end.

 

[VidNick]

And despite that tight defense on Caitlin she still put up over 20 points I believe

Unfortunately for Iowa, Caitlin did not take advantage of the double teams, rotation of players to her as she was driving. These were opportunities to get the ball to an open teammate, instead of putting up highly contested shots.

 

[mbr33ct]

That game was everything you want to see to promote women’s hoops. Great play making, lots of wonderful shooting, and great sportsmanship at the end.

Glad two SEC teams were not on display on ABC.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Some hilites:

 

[MooseJaw]

Excellent team play, excellent individual play. The top talent showed up. The refs were not the focal point of the game inconspicuous even. The ABC coverage was the best we have seen and heard this season. While a little tense during the game I made it through and will now rest up for the next one. Brilliant, even enjoyed the butt pat by Paige.

 

[Monte]

---UCONN: played with the most determination and grit I have seen all year.

---I liked the way the announcers stayed with the game and did not wander away to other topics.

 

[Kaizen]

 

[Heytherego]

 

[jaydee602]

You would’ve thought Lobo was on Iowa payroll calling the game

This isn't easy for Rebecca. She gets unfairly slammed for being partial to her alma mater. So she has to be careful showering the Huskies with praise. She'd rather be accused of rooting for Iowa than for blatantly rooting for UCONN. I thought both announcers did great staying on topic & paying attention to the game.

 

[CTGirl15]

If Christyn plays like that on Monday night and we get the solid tournament play of Evina, Paige, and Aaliyah, I like UConn's chances. Add Nika and some strong rebounding/defense from Liv and Aubrey, and this is absolutely a Final Four team.

I am beyond thrilled that Christyn had such a great game today on both ends of the floor, the team needed her and she needed this kind of game as well to try to get them to next weekend. And so happy with how solid Evina is. She absolutely helped her WNBA draft stock, but I would also love for her to surprise us and stick around for another year. Either way, happy all around for the team. Fun game, bright future, and excited for Monday!

 

[MooseJaw]

That game was everything you want to see to promote women’s hoops. Great play making, lots of wonderful shooting, and great sportsmanship at the end.

And that's the reason it was lead off game for the sweet 16. Hope other games live up to this example. Great for WCBB.

 

[Gurleyman]

I don't think that's true. Hit a bunch of 3s, but missed a bunch of point blank shots, couldn't grab a rebound to save their life, had some really bad TOs.

I’m struggling to remember them missing many from point blank, other than some tough runners at full speed Clark didn’t make, but my brain might not have held on to those replays. They got a bunch of good drives and dishes, especially in the third, and pretty much finished them all. Czinano made the ones where she got good seals.

I think if we got caught a break, it was the quick 0-4 that Clark started off in the fourth when she had a good rhythm in the third ... and had some pretty good looks. If she continued on one of her extended hot streaks, it could have been down to 3-4 points, and then who knows.

The turnovers were definitely a problem for Iowa. Maybe not the sheer number but the how and the when - a couple through the hands were totally unforced in the fourth, and it felt like we got a few steals here and there when we weren’t always getting stops to help us stretch the lead.

 

[Carnac]

Great team effort
With respect to the movie
“Field of Dreams”
There is a new answer for the question “Is this heaven?”
The answer is “No, It’s UCONN”.

Good one Penn!! 😀

 

[freshler40]

Entertaining game to watch. Iowa made several serious runs at us and made a game of it. Good for them. We grew from this tough game, a good match and great coaching changes made by Geno and his team. He pushed all the right buttons!

 

[VidNick]

As normally happens, teams just run out of gas against UConn.

Iowa did not run out of gas. It was not that frenetic of a game, by Iowa standards anyway. Simply too many 2nd shots, too many shooters left wide open and too many of the wide open shots falling (especially threes) for a team that excluding Paige, shot 31% for the year on threes.

 

[BoomBoom]

There's a word for how Rebecca called the game:

 

[nwhoopfan]

I’m struggling to remember them missing many from point blank, other than some tough runners at full speed Clark didn’t make, but my brain might not have held on to those replays.

I seem to remember quite a few missed drives, not just Clark. UConn was really contesting shots, so some credit to the D, but some of those shots they needed to hit and didn't.

 

[Glenn]

Our juniors had great games. Liv on the defensive end and offensive rebounding and passing, and CW and Evina on all aspects of the game.

 

[oldude]

I’m struggling to remember them missing many from point blank, other than some tough runners at full speed Clark didn’t make, but my brain might not have held on to those replays. They got a bunch of good drives and dishes, especially in the third, and pretty much finished them all. Czinano made the ones where she got good seals.

I think if we got caught a break, it was the quick 0-4 that Clark started off in the fourth when she had a good rhythm in the third ... and had some pretty good looks. If she continued on one of her extended hot streaks, it could have been down to 3-4 points, and then who knows.

The turnovers were definitely a problem for Iowa. Maybe not the sheer number but the how and the when - a couple through the hands were totally unforced in the fourth, and it felt like we got a few steals here and there when we weren’t always getting stops to help us stretch the lead

Fatigue. By the 4th qtr Iowa was running on fumes and it showed.

 

[pghhuskydoc]

What I enjoy the most about this team is that they play tough and fearlessly. With the most recent UConn teams it felt like they were playing not to lose. There is a palpable joy in the play of this team.

 

[nwhoopfan]

a couple through the hands were totally unforced in the fourth

That was a real killer. I think it was a 9 or 10 point margin, on back to back possessions Warnock had a pass go right thru her hands and out of bounds. UConn might've scored after both, I think any chance of a rally was done at that point.

 

[BRS24]

What a scary moment in Q4. From only 9 pts lead, then upto a 20 pts win!!
Congrats to all the girls!

I went back and looked at gamecast ... Iowa didn't score for over 5.5 mins

 

[RockyMTblue2]

For me the best thing about this game is the Huskies didn't blink.

 

[BRS24]

I loved the long and respectful conversation after the game between Geno and Caitlin. He was obviously saying very nice things about her, and she was obviously appreciating it.

I don't think Geno has any thought of recruiting her, and I don't think she has any thought of leaving her native state.

Geno always makes a point to speak with opposing players after a win, especially when games are so amped up. It shows respect for great player effort.

 

[jabstep]

E and CW came to play today. Aaliyah Edwards adds a lot to our starting lineup. She scores in the first quarter every game she starts. It gets us going. She is good enough defensively to guard almost any player. She can hit the foul line jumper Soon she will add the drive to the hoop when they come out to guard the jumper. We need the inside game to go all the way. We are rolling and the energy and focus are high.

 

[BRS24]

Give some credit to the Refs, who let them play.

And to think there's an espn dot com article with quotes from Tara D about how the games are not being called as tight in the tourney as regular season. It was refreshing to see a lot of contact uncalled.