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Is SCar at UConn threadworthy?

This is the first time in the past 10 years that Uconn goes into a game with zero chance to win. None, zilch, nada.
 
Cornell Lt said:
Potsdam ??
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Bingo! Me, my wife, my father-in-law, two of my sisters, and two of my brother-in-laws went to school in Potsdam. To my dread, my daughter applied to some engineering school just north of Albany.
 
HuskyNan said:
I went to Clarkson.
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Getting more off topic, so did most of the folks from my post. Was on campus last summer. Daughter liked school, but as a California kid, wasn’t sure she wanted to be in a town that small and far from a larger city. She applied and we’ll see.
 
HuskyNan said:
Just FYI, the Like button has other options including a down vote. I’m on my iPad and I just hold the link down until the options appear. I think with a PC you hover over the link
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I didn't actually know that, thanks!
 
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HuskyNan said:
I get exasperated when I see posts that Geno has a bunch of 5 star players. Geno is primarily playing:
  • #23 ranked Aaliyah Edwards
  • #33 ranked Aubrey Griffin
  • Dorka Juhasz, unranked in the US but the 12th ranked high schooler out of Europe
  • Unranked Nika Muhl, the #23 ranked point guard, meaning she was considered the 23rd best pg out of high school but not ranked overall
  • Unranked Lou Lopez Senechal
Off the bench he has
  • #5 Ayanna Patterson
  • #5 Amari DeBerry
  • Unranked Ines Bettencourt who was going JUCO before she was signed
Geno has done a masterful job recruiting players that buy into his system and have the personalities to mesh with the existing team. That’s why he doesn’t always pursue the top rated kids - he needs the right fit. Then he coaches them up.
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I mean it's not quite as highly rated as it's been in year's past put you have on the roster:

2022 #4, #5
2021 #1, #5, #15
2020 #1, #23 (Canada)
2019 #20

Muhl was playing with pros and was up there on international charts.

Juhasz was two time first team Big 10.

Lou was MAC player of the year.

I know the injuries hit the ranked players hardest, but with respect, the available roster at UConn would be an all time roster at many, many schools.
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
I mean it's not quite as highly rated as it's been in year's past put you have on the roster:

2022 #4, #5
2021 #1, #5, #15
2020 #1, #23 (Canada)
2019 #20

Muhl was playing with pros and was up there on international charts.

Juhasz was two time first team Big 10.

Lou was MAC player of the year.

I know the injuries hit the ranked players hardest, but with respect, the available roster at UConn would be an all time roster at many, many schools.
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If all were healthy, sure, but #1Paige and #4 Ice won’t play this year and #5 Caroline Ducharme and #1 Azzi Fudd won’t be available for a while.
 
HuskyNan said:
If all were healthy, sure, but #1Paige and #4 Ice won’t play this year and #5 Caroline Ducharme and #1 Azzi Fudd won’t be available for a while.
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My point was just that the roster was so stacked to start with that losing all those rated players still left a pretty stout lineup.

Geno or whomever holding it together with all that going on is truly impressive.

Healthy UConn would have been fearsome. Probably see it next year.
 
HuskyNan said:
If all were healthy, sure, but #1Paige and #4 Ice won’t play this year and #5 Caroline Ducharme and #1 Azzi Fudd won’t be available for a while.
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How long is Ducharme supposed to be out? Of all the injuries this one has been difficult to grasp. Hope she is doing better.
 
SECbbfan24 said:
How long is Ducharme supposed to be out? Of all the injuries this one has been difficult to grasp. Hope she is doing better.
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Word is she practiced yesterday. Speculation is she will get evaluated today and COULD see SOME minutes Sunday. We’ll see!

Her presence would present Dawn with the dilemma of putting Beal on her or Lou.

Best of luck to her.
 
visitingcock said:
Word is she practiced yesterday. Speculation is she will get evaluated today and COULD see SOME minutes Sunday. We’ll see!

Her presence would present Dawn with the dilemma of putting Beal on her or Lou.

Best of luck to her.
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Mercedes Russell missed almost all last year in the WNBA with chronic headaches, so it could be a long time.
 
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visitingcock said:
Word is she practiced yesterday. Speculation is she will get evaluated today and COULD see SOME minutes Sunday. We’ll see!

Her presence would present Dawn with the dilemma of putting Beal on her or Lou.

Best of luck to her.
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She was wearing a special jersey indicating light contact only. I'd be shocked if she could go into a game any time soon. UConn is super cautious about returning players from injury, and has a pretty lengthy protocol/schedule.
 
hoopsfan22 said:
She was wearing a special jersey indicating light contact only. I'd be shocked if she could go into a game any time soon. UConn is super cautious about returning players from injury, and has a pretty lengthy protocol/schedule.
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Two seconds left. Trailing by 3. Lou on the bench fouled out. Who do you want in? Patterson, Deberry or Ducharme?

Two seconds of PT for the entire game. Is it worth the risk?
 
visitingcock said:
Two seconds left. Trailing by 3. Lou on the bench fouled out. Who do you want in? Patterson, Deberry or Ducharme?

Two seconds of PT for the entire game. Is it worth the risk?
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If she's cleared to play in a game, of course I'd want Ducharme in that scenario. She won us a game that way at DePaul last year. But it's ultimately not up to the coaches when it comes to players returning from injury - that decision is out of Geno's hands.
 
SECbbfan24 said:
How long is Ducharme supposed to be out? Of all the injuries this one has been difficult to grasp. Hope she is doing better.
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In one of his pregame interviews Geno said that he hopes she’ll be back for Marquette or Georgetown. So hopefully within a week.
 
hoopsfan22 said:
South Carolina has a deep and talented team with most of the important players returning. We took our team from last year's beat down and removed Paige, Azzi, and 3 others who were essentially professional players. As much as I love this team, this is the kind of game that could get ugly fast.
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And removed Caroline, who was UConn's second-best player to Paige in the final.
 
Here’s my gist of the entire thread. SC has way more talented depth. The starting 5s are roughly comparable talentwise, but asymmetrically so. That’s actually a sad thought for both teams — this isn’t even UConn’s best unit but it’s still comparable to SC’s best unit. Lots of room for quibbling about this last bit. The one thing all can agree on is that Dawn and Geno have managed to attract and coach a bunch of tremendous young people.
 
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Bone Dog said:
Here’s my gist of the entire thread. SC has way more talented depth. The starting 5s are roughly comparable talentwise, but asymmetrically so. That’s actually a sad thought for both teams — this isn’t even UConn’s best unit but it’s still comparable to SC’s best unit. Lots of room for quibbling about this last bit. The one thing all can agree on is that Dawn and Geno have managed to attract and coach a bunch of tremendous young people.
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I don't know if it's sad or honest. Most Gamecock fans will tell you that SC's best point guard and probably power forward options are coming off the bench this year. Love Saxton and I respect Fletcher, but that's just the truth. Fletcher is steady, but not nearly as dynamic as Johnson off the bench. Saxton has elite BBall IQ and has been in so many big games that she rarely gets rattled, but probably not the scoring chops of a Watkins, Amihere or Feagin. Beal is no doubt one of the best defenders in the country and has shown she can hit the three, but Hall comes in and can give you the same exact thing at very little drop off, if any.

That's why it's hard playing SC. When you see the starting 5 begin to sub out and expect a moment to catch your breath, Dawn subs in another 5 that are near, on, or in some cases, surpassing the starters.
 
Just wanted to give FOX a thumbs up. Fantastic job of previewing the game.
 
SCGamecock said:
I don't know if it's sad or honest. Most Gamecock fans will tell you that SC's best point guard and probably power forward options are coming off the bench this year. Love Saxton and I respect Fletcher, but that's just the truth. Fletcher is steady, but not nearly as dynamic as Johnson off the bench. Saxton has elite BBall IQ and has been in so many big games that she rarely gets rattled, but probably not the scoring chops of a Watkins, Amihere or Feagin. Beal is no doubt one of the best defenders in the country and has shown she can hit the three, but Hall comes in and can give you the same exact thing at very little drop off, if any.

That's why it's hard playing SC. When you see the starting 5 begin to sub out and expect a moment to catch your breath, Dawn subs in another 5 that are near, on, or in some cases, surpassing the starters.
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This, I don't believe our starting 5 is our best 5 but more so our baseline to get the ball rolling. Then we sub in some of our better players based on how the game is going and what's needed.
 
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My thoughts:

Beal looked out of it at times but calmly knocked down a three at a critical time which is an evolution in her game. So important.

Dawn wisely sat Fletcher and rolled with Raven. She doesn't make as many as she's going to in the future. But a legit star, I think.

UConn can't really hold the boards in this matchup and it killed them.

South Carolina took a quarter to figure out what it needed to take away and from there it was just a matter of grinding away. Still a pretty disappointing defensive performance. Way too many layups allowed.

Edwards was great. Most improved player in the country if it isn't Muhl or Fudd.

I could have done with more fouls called on both ends but seemed relatively even.

Boston puts up 26 and 11 vs a defense designed to take her away and it seemed quiet. What a player.

There was a bit of a debate at one time about how much Cardoso would help SC and I think we understand that one now.

My recording lost the last minute and a half so I guess I can't weigh in on the end.
 
Good game from UConn. I knew it wasn't going to be a blowout.

Edwards has improved tremendously. Lopez Senechal was mostly held in check today (she can really go off if you let her) but her shot making ability is super impressive. Connecticut really found a diamond in the rough with her.
 
SCGamecock said:
Good game from UConn. I knew it wasn't going to be a blowout.

Edwards has improved tremendously. Lopez Senechal was mostly held in check today (she can really go off if you let her) but her shot making ability is super impressive. Connecticut really found a diamond in the rough with her.
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If the defense didn’t hold her back we would have been glad to let her go off
 
Gamecockfan77 said:
My thoughts:

Beal looked out of it at times but calmly knocked down a three at a critical time which is an evolution in her game. So important.

Dawn wisely sat Fletcher and rolled with Raven. She doesn't make as many as she's going to in the future. But a legit star, I think.

UConn can't really hold the boards in this matchup and it killed them.

South Carolina took a quarter to figure out what it needed to take away and from there it was just a matter of grinding away. Still a pretty disappointing defensive performance. Way too many layups allowed.

Edwards was great. Most improved player in the country if it isn't Muhl or Fudd.

I could have done with more fouls called on both ends but seemed relatively even.

Boston puts up 26 and 11 vs a defense designed to take her away and it seemed quiet. What a player.

There was a bit of a debate at one time about how much Cardoso would help SC and I think we understand that one now.

My recording lost the last minute and a half so I guess I can't weigh in on the end.
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The only thing I’ll disagree with is that the defense was designed to take Boston. It wasn’t imo, we just played her straight up with one defender and the occasional help defense coming down. The defense was designed to take away Cook, and did so effectively.

Otherwise per Genos post game they don’t expect to win the boards or stay even in the boards with South Carolina. Their game plan was to neutralize that with 3’s which South Carolina very effectively took away. They gave up layups to take away our advantage behind the arc, which was a smart game plan. Might be harder next time if we play again with Azzi and Caroline but I’m sure there are adjustments Dawn will make as well, like find a better defensive match up for Edwards.
 
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