Iowa State Postgame Thread

[pvdoggy]

Crooks reminds me of a huge center for Oklahoma years ago. Also had her almost as big sister there. All American but can't remember if she made the pros. Crooks not as athletic.

Had a reasonably long pro career.

Courtney Paris - Wikipedia

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[donalddoowop]

Great win! Ash got it started, and Paige and Sarah helped to close it out. It was nice to see all the 3s drop tonight, but we've got to establish some kind of a post-game. I'm waiting for Jana or Ice to be more productive. We will need it from the post when the 3s aren't dropping. I refuse to be a prisoner of the moment because it doesn't get any easier on Saturday having to deal with JuJu and Iriafen.

There were posters saying in the chat room that UConn does not need an inside game. They truly don't know basketball well. I agree with you. A team that can score inside and outside is hard to guard. UConn's outside shooting is not always accurate. I still can't understand why UConn cannot get the ball to their post as easily as Iowa State does theirs.

 

[Chet71]

Did I expect us to break the century mark this point? Or to set a new school record with 20 3pt shots made? No!! But boy do I feel good right now!!

Somebody got their confidence back big time tonight and that is a huge development for this team!

I’m going to date myself but that’s ok- I have this CASSETTE somewhere and its title was appropriate tonight. The band was KISS. the year is 1989. The album title: HOT IN THE SHADE. Good description of Ashlynn tonight!

 

[LwrcasefaN]

ISU fans - How is Sydney Harris not a starter?

 

[jeff30189]

I hope every kid that has ever played any sport - male or female, any age, any level - at some point has the same amount of pure, unbridled, uncontrollable JOY as Ash had in that first quarter. That kid goes all out all the time, and it's nice to see her get rewarded by a performance like this one. First 14 points before Paige decided she didn't want to get shown up.

Having three legit scoring options on the floor at all times makes this team tough to beat. Now if we can only get the Ice/Jana duo to make a few layups and tip ins. Once they get USC behind them the focus of the conference schedule should be to force feed post players until they get better thru sheer repetition.

 

[jaydee602]

Geno: "Ice played great tonight. She's not gonna get a lot of box score stuff but I thought she had a great game. Great game."

 

[packwrap]

Crooks, unfortunately, owned Jana on the post.

Not completely and mostly in Q4.

I do hope Jana watches the film of Crooks. It's classic old school post work. Get position, call for the ball, catch it sure handed...and here's the secret EXPLODE in your turn to the basket!

Both Jana and Ice have the body and athleticism to do this, if they work at it.

On Crooks fouling, an old secret is if you use your hips, legs and butt to move people around, you won't get called for a foul. When it's your hands and shoulders, they call it. Charles Barkley made a career out of this.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Chen is a better defender than I thought. I like her bringing the ball up. She immediately goes on the attack by passing deep into the defense or probing by the dribble. She doesn't allow them to set up and get comfortable.

 

[Bigboote]

Ice defended Crooks really well. Some good occasional help from Shade and Chen, too.

I hope this puts all the “Shade can’t shoot” talk to rest.

For those not familiar with Atomic Dog (Gotta love George and PFunk):

 

[NoSpamHere]

-this was the same team that was 3-16 from three against ND. School game for threes made in a game. What a treat to watch.

-Ash must have read all the wonderful tips found in Nan’s thread on her mechanics.

-In 11 games, I would guess that I have counted less than 5 times Sarah has made a bad choice on the floor. Great seeing her get hot from three.

-Crooks is a nice player, could she help UConn?

-I do think though that Ice held her own against her.

-I feel bad for Jana. Obviously busting her butt but with little to show for it. Geno must see something in practice because she continues to get minutes.

-As great as the first quarter was, the Huskies are still struggling with gaps where their defense struggles defending the three.

-BY historians, when was the last time the Huskies have three players score at least 27 in a game?

25 years ago 3 UConn players scored 25+ according to Alexa Philippou

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Ice defended Crooks really well. Some good occasional help from Shade and Chen, too.

I hope this puts all the “Shade can’t shoot” talk to rest.

For those not familiar with Atomic Dog (Gotta love George and PFunk):

I was going to settle in, but gotta bust the vinyl out now.

 

[Galaxyshooter]

Loved the game. My only criticism (or really worry for the future) is that UConn needs a fourth scorer.

I agree, preferably one of the bigs like Ice or Jana; they have plenty of scoring guards now if they could step up to help Sarah or keep the production from the bigs going when she goes to the bench, the team would truly be unbeatable and, If Allie and Morgan get into a rhythm along with Jana and Ice during the BE portion of the schedule, Aubrey and Azzi come back healthy, this team is going to be scary. on another note, I really hope KK works on her jumper if she gets a jump shot or a floater along with her defensive pressure, she's going to the W for sure

 

[DefenseBB]

18-7 foul disparity? Kantner can’t retire soon enough.

To all you people who
Liked this post- get a clue on the game tonight. UConn took 34 3 pt Shots and virtually all Of them were open looks due to our ball movement which means ISU could not foul.
ISU on the other hand pushed the ball inside where we double downed on Crooks and then had to scramble to guard an open shooter or another base line drive which resulted in fouls. I was at this game and YES we committed more fouls solely due to our style that ISU could not defend. We had 27 assists on 37 baskets. The was not a referee disparity issue. Did Dee and the others miss some calls against Paige and by Crooks, yes but Morgan probably committed 8 fouls while only be called for 5 and Jana had some action that was not called.
I think Geno and staff are perfectly fine with how this game was called and you should be too.

 

[Urshurak]

Happy for Shade after the ND game. Hopefully she can stay hot on Saturday. Great overall game. Paige and Sarah lit it up also. I almost feel bad for Iowa State. That had to be crushing.

 

[topogigio]

Chen is a better defender than I thought. I like her bringing the ball up. She immediately goes on the attack by passing deep into the defense or probing by the dribble. She doesn't allow them to set up and get comfortable.

Agree, and for a kid who was the go-to player on a solid Princeton team, she has taken on a completely new role for the Huskies. She handles the ball well and looks to set up her teammates every time down. A fantastic team player!

 

[LwrcasefaN]

To all you people who
Liked this post- get a clue on the game tonight. UConn took 34 3 pt Shots and virtually all Of them were open looks due to our ball movement which means ISU could not foul.
ISU on the other hand pushed the ball inside where we double downed on Crooks and then had to scramble to guard an open shooter or another base line drive which resulted in fouls. I was at this game and YES we committed more fouls solely due to our style that ISU could not defend. We had 27 assists on 37 baskets. The was not a referee disparity issue. Did Dee and the others miss some calls against Paige and by Crooks, yes but Morgan probably committed 8 fouls while only be called for 5 and Jana had some action that was not called.
I think Geno and staff are perfectly fine with how this game was called and you should be too.

If Crooks was called the way Jana was...Crooks would have fouled out TWICE. I looked at Jana's fouls from multiple games...and even in slow motion I don't get why a foul was called. I'm not even sure Jana's charge was a charge. Real discrepancy is 6-0 in post calls.

 

[Plebe]

To all you people who
Liked this post- get a clue on the game tonight. UConn took 34 3 pt Shots and virtually all Of them were open looks due to our ball movement which means ISU could not foul.
ISU on the other hand pushed the ball inside where we double downed on Crooks and then had to scramble to guard an open shooter or another base line drive which resulted in fouls. I was at this game and YES we committed more fouls solely due to our style that ISU could not defend. We had 27 assists on 37 baskets. The was not a referee disparity issue. Did Dee and the others miss some calls against Paige and by Crooks, yes but Morgan probably committed 8 fouls while only be called for 5 and Jana had some action that was not called.
I think Geno and staff are perfectly fine with how this game was called and you should be too.

Agreed.

Fun with stats: Iowa State came into the game averaging 17.9 FT attempts per game (tonight they had only 12).
UConn, as has been amply discussed, was averaging a paltry 9.3 FT attempts per game (we matched that with 9 tonight).

So if anything we "beat the spread" in terms of drawing shooting fouls, hitting our season average while holding our opponent to below theirs.

 

[kidfrom360]

I just really enjoy Sarah.

 

[bayern7]

Very very happy for Ash, BUT she needs to show she can compete like this against better/more athletic teams. Not saying she needs to score almost 30 to prove herself, even just slight improvements in her scoring/efficient against top teams would help our chances of winning a lot!

 

[kidfrom360]

 

[The deacon]

Crooks reminds me of a huge center for Oklahoma years ago. Also had her almost as big sister there. All American but can't remember if she made the pros. Crooks not as athletic.

Had a reasonably long pro career.

Courtney Paris - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Yup, Courtney Paris... she and Maya Moore are the only four-time AP All-Americans. Pretty good company for Courtney.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

There were posters saying in the chat room that UConn does not need an inside game. They truly don't know basketball well. I agree with you. A team that can score inside and outside is hard to guard. UConn's outside shooting is not always accurate. I still can't understand why UConn cannot get the ball to their post as easily as Iowa State does theirs.

I keep telling folks that the chat room is The Devil's Den.

 

[LwrcasefaN]

btw...Ice had 4 steals and 0 TOs tonight.

 

[JellyBean]

Nice win! It was great to see Ashlynn having fun out there. Her smile just lights up a room. Her shot was automatic tonight! Paige is Paige. She just is such an amazing player. Sarah played outstanding! She looks so at ease out there. Ice played decently out there. Got some deflections, rebounds, and some steals. She looked comfortable.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

Dee Kantner is the kiss of death to UConn!
But tonight all of our threes took the game out of her hands!
Even her lousy calls vs Morgan, Jana & Ice couldn't deter our Huskies!
Kantner can't retire soon enough for me!