Louisville Postgame Thread (merged)

[Geno-ista]

Morgan Cheli continues to impress me, especially with her intensity and defense.

She reminds me of Nika Muhl per her energy.

Early on her she fouled a bit, last couple outings better.

I've been to a couple games in person and she looks bigger than her listed 6 2".

For someone of that size she hustles and gets to her positions and scambles for the ball.

I think we have several "developing stories" that the fans will love, Morgan will be one I watch.

I’m with u 100% - she hustles/defends & rebounds like Kelly Farris, but with a larger frame & a lot more pure offensive ability!

 

[AzzisBraids]

UConn throttled Louisville. Strong and Fudd benefitted from Louisville keying in on Bueckers. If not for that injury, Fudd would have had 30. I hope she's ok and it was just an awkward tap but I did not like how she grabbed her knee.

Looking ahead, with Fudd UConn has the advantage and I really like the line-up with Fudd and Shade. They were both taking shots after shot on the perimeter.

 

[mainerhuski]

Thanks to free tickets from Huskeymaniac, I was at Barclay's last night. They were punishing Paige whenever she was moving. We are going to see this all year. It didn't matter at all though last evening. My five top takeaways were these:

1) Sarah is gifted, there is no other way to describe it. She made the UL defenders look helpless. An extraordinary all around player and what a head for the game. That pass to Q on the fast break brought the house down.

2) The team defense was at a February level last night. They were stifling. I watched carefully a UL out of bounds play. We had 5 switches. It became a 5 second call.

3) Ash being aggressive and scoring is a game changer. Let's see if she can do it against ND. She is going to get there this year. It's part of the maturity issue that Geno was talking about. When she does it consistently it takes the pressure off of everyone else.

4) UL is very physical and at times unruly and I was worried all game. That was a nasty pick on Azzi. Fervently we hope she is okay. Her all around game is actually better than it has ever been. And her shooting? What a stroke. That one drive move on the baseline and backhanded scoop layup was textbook. During the game at commercial timeouts they had on these quizzes with Azzi and Paige. Azzi is hysterical and very, very smart.

5) This is a NC caliber team. It's been said repeatedly by old dude and it is spot on that the post game is the key. The two bigs have to improve and develop. If Aubrey is even 85%, it will be huge. She looked good in warm ups. They only have to stay in the games, defend and rebound, reduce errors, and be a threat underneath. We have such great guards/forwards where the scoring will come from. Ice is going to break out soon though. She has much greater presence than last year. You can feel it. Her problem is her lift. She has to rely more on positioning and boxing out than Sarah for example who can simply see the ball, get the ball.

Go see our team in person. They are addicting!

Can’t wait to see Aubrey back in action!

 

[Gus Mahler]

Swipe..

Great, great stuff. Looks like we've gained a smiler in Morgan (as well as a good player). I always get a kick out of Jana's primal screams. The intensity!!

 

[pacific 44]

As an orchestral veteran of almost 50 years, please drop the references. There is absolutely no similarity between a basketball team and an orchestra. Thank you.

If you have 50 years experience in anything then you must be getting along in years like myself. With all the snow and ice in New England these days we must watch our step,so just remember that if you don't C-sharp you'll B-flat.

 

[Boreifs]

You haven't see our orchestra when the French horn player comes in wrong, There's stuff at him from all over.

Be patient. It’s the hardest instrument to play; nothing is even close. That extra harmonic series is a gift from the Devil.

 

[Zinethar]

One of the first things I noticed when Azzi returned to the bench was that she had changed out of her new Paige sneakers. Gave me two thoughts - if she was returning to play did she think the sneakers had contributed to her issue or did she change because she knew her playing that day was done.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Can’t wait to see Aubrey back in action!

With Azzi's offense and Aubrey's defense, the opponent will be demoralized!