It will be UConn-Villanova

[Cornell Lt]

SEblueblood- - -I respect SoCar's players and coach!
UCONN lost by 4 points the last time UCONN met SoCar without Azzi and Caroline Ducharme and was leading for most of the game!
By the time UCONN meets SoCar again Azzi and Caroline Ducharme will have worked their way back into the UCONN offense and defense!
UCONN's guards are superior to SoCar's guards and the way Aalyah and Dorka are playing they can hold their own with SoCar bigs!
UCONN has to much firepower in Nika, Azzi, Lou, Caroline Ducharme, Aubrey, for SoCar to shutdown!
UCONN would win in a close game!
But UCONN MUST remain injury/illness free the rest of the way for all this to occur!

I agree with the Azzi & Caroline point you make. But I don't see anything in your assessment that addresses the rebounding issue, which is where SC kills the Huskies. If they can't figure that out they will have a hard time beating SC.

 

[Ct Dog]

Ok. And it's so easy to pick and say if and maybe does not count. Again let's the facts tell the tale. In our last games, she did nothing spectacular, no 30 or 50 point games. Uconn held her in check. That's fact. And if Azzi or Paige had played. She would have been a foot note. Facts. Matter.

100% correct

 

[JBK]

I agree with the Azzi & Caroline point you make. But I don't see anything in your assessment that addresses the rebounding issue, which is where SC kills the Huskies. If they can't figure that out they will have a hard time beating

I believe three things need to happen to beat SC.
1) Aubrey plays her A game and is all over the place - athletically
2) Azzi is scoring ( 20) with the other starters meeting their season averages
3) Dorka/ Edwards somehow keeps Cardoza and Boston off the offensive glass
Rebounding. Bring Tina Charles in for a week after the BET
We were home last time and they will have the advantage next game.
There is a reason they are undefeated and played a good schedule. They will be hard to beat.

 

[SEbluebood]

100% correct

If I understand your post you say let the facts tell the story, but then you use pure conjecture to say she would be a footnote if or PB played. You can’t have it both ways!!!

 

[Martin]

If I understand your post you say let the facts tell the story, but then you use pure conjecture to say she would be a footnote if or PB played. You can’t have it both ways!!!

100% correct SE

 

[HuskyNan]

I agree with the Azzi & Caroline point you make. But I don't see anything in your assessment that addresses the rebounding issue, which is where SC kills the Huskies. If they can't figure that out they will have a hard time beating SC.

If the Huskies make more shots because the offense is running more smoothly, there will be fewer rebounds up for grabs

 

[Littlemin]

Ok. And it's so easy to pick and say if and maybe does not count. Again let's the facts tell the tale. In our last games, she did nothing spectacular, no 30 or 50 point games. Uconn held her in check. That's fact. And if Azzi or Paige had played. She would have been a foot note. Facts. Matter.

You have to be kidding, you talk facts and your proof is the 2 games against Uconn versus the rest of her season! I didn’t realize BE awards only took into account games against Uconn.
To top it off you talk about Fudd and Bueckers again prefaced by an ‘if” and try to couch that as fact.
Sorry, neither are even remotely in the realm of fact.

 

[Littlemin]

And Azzi numbers before she got hurt was just as good as Maddie. Period

Except awards are for seasons not a handful of games.

 

[ABCDFE]

Talk about going overboard! SC is undefeated. Has won 36 games in a row as a program. Is bigger and more athletic than UConn. Is devastating on the boards. Has incredible depth and a great coach! Has AA player and previous player of year. They are the only guaranteed lock to be a 1 seed. I am a UConn fan , but to say that SC pales in comparison to our team is just flat out silly! If you want your team to get respect, you need to give others respect.

You're really a South Carolina fan

 

[hoopsnloops32]

Talk about going overboard! SC is undefeated. Has won 36 games in a row as a program. Is bigger and more athletic than UConn. Is devastating on the boards. Has incredible depth and a great coach! Has AA player and previous player of year. They are the only guaranteed lock to be a 1 seed. I am a UConn fan , but to say that SC pales in comparison to our team is just flat out silly! If you want your team to get respect, you need to give others respect.

I actually saw a stat on ESPN that showed UConn was the second biggest team in the country, bigger than South Carolina. I'm not sure if it was in error but I don't think UConn's is gives up much height wise to South Carolina, or athleticism wise either if we are being honest. I THINK our starting 5 height might actually be taller than South Carolina's, evenly matched frontcourt (Aaliya-Dorka, Saxton-Edwards, Beal-Griffen, but then our guards have 2-3 inches on yours).

That said I do think South Carolina is better at the moment. IF Azzi is able to get into pre-season mode and Caroline returns to last seasons form in the next 2-3 weeks that might change, but thats a big, big IF that I would't bank on.

 

[Nolefan]

SC plays a style of game that is very hard to beat, especially late in the Tourney when everyone is fatigued. As Geno said, to win a NC some luck is involved and needed.

Yep throw bricks up let all your bigs rebound and put up easy baskets .. and play solid defense

 

[HuskyNan]

I actually saw a stat on ESPN that showed UConn was the second biggest team in the country, bigger than South Carolina. I'm not sure if it was in error but I don't think UConn's is gives up much height wise to South Carolina, or athleticism wise either if we are being honest. I THINK our starting 5 height might actually be taller than South Carolina's, evenly matched frontcourt (Aaliya-Dorka, Saxton-Edwards, Beal-Griffen, but then our guards have 2-3 inches on yours).

That said I do think South Carolina is better at the moment. IF Azzi is able to get into pre-season mode and Caroline returns to last seasons form in the next 2-3 weeks that might change, but thats a big, big IF that I would't bank on.

UConn has big guards and wings.

 

[HopJim]

Plan on seeing Siegrist getting picks every time down the court to get Edwards off of her and open up her jump shot. Suspect Geno will implement a few tricks to anticipate this tactic and prevent her getting in rhythm.

 

[Bone Dog]

Plan on seeing Siegrist getting picks every time down the court to get Edwards off of her and open up her jump shot. Suspect Geno will implement a few tricks to anticipate this tactic and prevent her getting in rhythm.

One possibility would be to have Aubrey switch on Siegrist a lot. Two very different defenders. Aubrey can do it.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

This is probably the silliest post I have seen today. SC does not pale in comparison to UConn. Ridiculous

Urshurak- - Why is this "the sillest post you have seen all day"?
It's just MY opinion and last I heard I'm entitled to MY opinion!

 

[Cornell Lt]

If the Huskies make more shots because the offense is running more smoothly, there will be fewer rebounds up for grabs

It's not the UConn misses that killed us, it was the offensive rebounds that SC got and I don't see Azzi and/or Caroline helping with that.

 

[hoopsnloops32]

It's not the UConn misses that killed us, it was the offensive rebounds that SC got and I don't see Azzi and/or Caroline helping with that.

Geno disagrees but we'll see if we run into them again.

 

[Zarathustra]

Brink deserves some votes. She's elevated her game this year - the only one on Stanford to do so.

Maybe Brink " deserves some votes" (I assume most will be on the West Coast), but
there won't be enough to win. My " vote" goes to Caitlin C. (The stats don't lie, in my opinion).
Of course, as noted elsewhere, there are many POY awards to go around. Let divide them up!!