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Message: [QUOTE="BostonFan, post: 2898631, member: 8793"] As I've stated before, last year's semi loss to ND was easily Geno's worst-coached game. After ND blindsided UConn in the 1st quarter (the team wasnt mentally ready), Geno figured out how to use Azura & UConn jumped to a 7-point halftime lead. At this point, UConn had a 90% probability of winning. So, what does Geno do to start the 2nd half? He benches Azura & ND was able to get even. UConn pulls ahead again & leads by 8 with 6-minutes left. At this point, UConn win probability is 93%!!! Then, UConn stopped playing aggressively, letting ND storm ahead. UConn had the superior talent & depth, but Geno could find/leverage the mismatches to pull away in the game. He should have. It never should have come down to last second possessions on both ends. As for the MSST semi, I felt UConn just ran out of gas & was outplayed for large stretches of the game. They were very fortunate to tie the game with the controversial KLS call. But, my god. Why is Chong driving with so much time left?? Even if she made a layup, it was the wrong play to score with so much time left. MSST would be happy to try the 3 to end the game. The correct coaching call was for Chong (or someone else like KLS!) to start the play with about 10 seconds left - enough time to have a 2nd attempt but not long enough for MSST to rebound and score. It was Geno's job to hammer this point home in the timeout, but apparently he didnt. [/QUOTE]