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Is Boston for SC stoppable?

Ya'll have NC State and then Stanford before even possibly facing Boston.

I would be more worried about Haley Jones and Cameron Brink at this point honestly. You all have the toughest path to the NC game. NC State is no slouch either. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they won tonight.
 
Forego said:
You are correct, the refs hardly ever call her for a foul. I think her average is about 1.5 fouls per game. Pretty low for someone who is always camped out in the lane. But she is not the only big that the refs close their eyes on. When Brink blocks shots she usually gets all ball - but she usually has body contact or a hand coming down on the opponent’s arm. It’s like the refs only watch the first half of the play. She should foul out of a lot more games than she has.
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FarmFan calls out Boston everyday on this board as if Brink isn't just as physical. It's very obvious. Lol
 
Ask most recently Kentucky ….she can be stopped…only Wilt Chamberlain was unstoppable
 

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SCspur said:
Nah look at the prognosis thread. Some UConn fans are predicting a 20 point win and NC State hasn’t lost that bad all year and is a #1 seed. They should be respected.
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I laughed my way through that thread. Lol
 
visitingcock said:
Why do so few UConn fans give any respect to NC State?
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SCspur said:
Nah look at the prognosis thread. Some UConn fans are predicting a 20 point win and NC State hasn’t lost that bad all year and is a #1 seed. They should be respected.
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Do I need to shoo you two back to the General board, taking @shiverz45 with you? Consider this a reminder that you are currently posting on the UConn board. We don’t care if you don’t like our opinions here.
 
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Carnac said:
A better question is "Can UConn stop Boston"? I say no. Whether another team can stop or slow her down doesn't do anything for or help UConn. UConn DOES NOT have anyone that can stop or slow her down. ONO can't. She's had numerous opportunities and failed to do so up to now. What would be different THIS time?

Boston had 22/15 when they played earlier this year. ONO had 6/5 with 5 blocks. SC won by 16 points. This was BEFORE Bueckers was injured. UConn was held to 3 points in the 4th quarter. :( [Box score]

Edwards has a better chance of slowing her down, but she's 2' shorter than Boston. My guess is she'd get in foul trouble BEFORE she was able to have any affect on Boston. Boston has gone up against the best post players in the country and come out on top in most of those encounters. 29 double doubles in a row.

I'm a UConn fan, and I want them to win it all, but they're not going to beat SC THIS year with THIS team. We turn the ball over too much, we can't make our bunnies, and we miss too many free throws. I'm not whining here, just giving my take the way I see it. Disagree if you wish. This is not UConn's year. You can be as optimistic as you wish. The stark reality is it's not our year. How many of you thought that UConn was going to win the NC when we were down to 7 heathy players?

We can resume this discussion AFTER UConn beats NCS. We're getting ahead of ourselves here.
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Ono played a great defensive game if you watched it..Yea Boston got hers But liv was all over the court defending..this Uconn team is a much better team now than when they played.A 3 point game at the half and a 3 point game after 3 quarters till they ran out of gas..Dorka did not know her role then and Azzi only played 10 mins..Nika 3 mins and CD not at all..so it was basically an even game for 3 quarters but now uconn has depth to not run out of gas
Liv can't stop her but every game they have played Liv has played well against her
 
HuskyNan said:
Do I need to shoo you two back to the General board, taking @shiverz45 with you? Consider this a reminder that you are currently posting on the UConn board. We don’t care if you don’t like our opinions here.
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But . . . well ... uhm . . . you know . . . er . .. then again . . . in our defense . . . for fairness' sake . . ..

Yes Ma'am.
 
SCGamecock said:
FarmFan calls out Boston everyday on this board as if Brink isn't just as physical. It's very obvious. Lol
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No, all I point out is that Boston doesn't get called for a lot of things other bigs -- including Brink and ONO -- get called for. I agree, Brink is very physical, and sometimes in very stupid ways. (Stupider, indeed, than Boston.).

But the fact that 30 people have liked that post of mine (so far) suggests I'm not alone in thinking Boston gets favorable ref treatment. And it's pretty freaking hard to get 20/20 games while fouling only once as a 6'4" big. Miraculous, in fact...

And sure, you're probably getting homered on this one, but I'd never go on a SCAR sports board and tell you folks that Dawn's Mythical National Championship was a self-own, so prepare for less favorable treatment of Boston around here than you'll get from the refs! ;)

(And to be clear, this isn't personal at all - I really like Boston as a person and a player. But I just call 'em like I see 'em.)
 
It's one thing to double team a player and not wall off close enough and they slip through. It's another thing to trap a person, they're stuck...so they just burst through and get free throws. What's the difference between that and charging into someone? My answer...you charge into two people instead of one. lol. Like Boston, fine player, but THAT is a foul until someone explains why it isn't.
 
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I'm sorry but after watching Texas last night and their player Ebo literally just shove and push players I never want to hear that Boston gets away with calls. That was such a horrible play of basketball that I was having UCF nightmares again.
 
TheFarmFan said:
No, all I point out is that Boston doesn't get called for a lot of things other bigs -- including Brink and ONO -- get called for. I agree, Brink is very physical, and sometimes in very stupid ways. (Stupider, indeed, than Boston.).

But the fact that 30 people have liked that post of mine (so far) suggests I'm not alone in thinking Boston gets favorable ref treatment. And it's pretty freaking hard to get 20/20 games while fouling only once as a 6'4" big. Miraculous, in fact...

And sure, you're probably getting homered on this one, but I'd never go on a SCAR sports board and tell you folks that Dawn's Mythical National Championship was a self-own, so prepare for less favorable treatment of Boston around here than you'll get from the refs! ;)

(And to be clear, this isn't personal at all - I really like Boston as a person and a player. But I just call 'em like I see 'em.)
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Nan just leashed us so I’ll just say.

No comment
 
Carnac said:
We may win by 10, or lose by 10. It depends on how many of our 9 rotation players show up, and how well they will play.
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Wow! Do you really need a turban to make that prognostication?
I bet you also do a dandy weather forecast!
 
Blueconn said:
Boston is terrific…no question. And I generally don’t whine about officiating very much. But : does it seem to anyone else that Boston stays in the lane longer than 3 seconds quite often in
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Talk about camping out in the lane, a number of years ago, Chris Daily complained to the refs that the opposing team’s post player had time to pitch a tent and start a campfire in the lane. I do not recall who the player was. But Boston also has time to put on a pot of coffee and serve it. And since you were so honest, I just want to say that unlike you I do complain about the refs. And despite being well treated by the refs Boston is an outstanding player.
 
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Forego said:
And despite being well treated by the refs Boston is an outstanding player.
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In one sentence, this is exactly how I feel. And those two factors are why, bringing this thread full circle, she is nearly unstoppable.
 
TheFarmFan said:
In one sentence, this is exactly how I feel. And those two factors are why, bringing this thread full circle, she is nearly unstoppable.
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Agree completely!

And I see no change in these two factors over the remainder of this tournament. Therefore SC will be very, very difficult to beat.
 
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