Louisville wins 127-40

[HuskyFan1125]

I had to look at that score twice

Louisville beat Pikeville 127-40. Led by redshirt senior Asia Taylor with 19pts and 12 rebounds.

 

[sarals24]

They did something kind of cool...the game was at 11am today, and they bussed in schoolkids to watch. Great way to get some kids interested in the team! When I was a kid, my mom did the clock/book at SMU, and I was a ball girl for the home games. I still remember all of the members of those teams, I thought they were AMAZING. (Side note...on that highlight video for the UConn 1995 championship, they played SMU in the tourney and SMU was featured, so they used to be pretty good. Kerry Delaney was their best player, she was Canadian)

Point being....great idea to generate excitement for Louisville women's basketball!

 

[UCONNfan1]

Is that indicative of a coach just running up the score and letting the team use steals and defense to create fast breaks and score on demand? They might regret the decision not to work more on half court sets when they face a team who they can't wallop on talent alone.

 

[sarals24]

Who knows...he might have been using it as a chance to let players prove they should get playing time. I know he has two players back from injury so he might have been letting them get back in game shape. Plus, from what I remember last year, Jeff doesn't have a ton of half-court offense to work on

 

[John Glass]

Is there a NCAA rule that says the exhibition games have to be against D2 and D3 schools ? if so, why ?

 

[UConnCat]

Is there a NCAA rule that says the exhibition games have to be against D2 and D3 schools ? if so, why ?

The NCAA allows Div I teams to scrimmage against each other, no fans in the arena or broadcasting of the game.

I think one exhibition and one scrimmage against a Div I teams sounds like a good approach. Two lopsided exhibition games doesn't seem to accomplish a lot.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

The NCAA allows Div I teams to scrimmage against each other, no fans in the arena or broadcasting of the game.

I think one exhibition and one scrimmage against a Div I teams sounds like a good approach. Two lopsided exhibition games doesn't seem to accomplish a lot.

And even more so, no reporting of the result of the scrimmage or record-keeping. Rutgers has been scrimmaging for a number of years, opponents have included Drexel.

I personally like the 1 exhibition and one scrimmage idea (Arizona may have done that, there was only one exhibition but my wife wasn't well enough to go). But I think what is a good approach ends up being a combination of what the coach wants and what the athletic department thinks it can gain by an exhibition. UConn probably makes money on the games; Rutgers for example would not.

 

[triaddukefan]

And even more so, no reporting of the result of the scrimmage or record-keeping. Rutgers has been scrimmaging for a number of years, opponents have included Drexel.

I personally like the 1 exhibition and one scrimmage idea (Arizona may have done that, there was only one exhibition but my wife wasn't well enough to go). But I think what is a good approach ends up being a combination of what the coach wants and what the athletic department thinks it can gain by an exhibition. UConn probably makes money on the games; Rutgers for example would not.

I wonder how many programs actually charge for the exhibition games. I would guess only UCONN... and perhaps Tennessee. Went to the Duke exhibition this past sunday...... mainly just to see how the freshman played.

 

[UConnCat]

And even more so, no reporting of the result of the scrimmage or record-keeping. Rutgers has been scrimmaging for a number of years, opponents have included Drexel.

I personally like the 1 exhibition and one scrimmage idea (Arizona may have done that, there was only one exhibition but my wife wasn't well enough to go). But I think what is a good approach ends up being a combination of what the coach wants and what the athletic department thinks it can gain by an exhibition. UConn probably makes money on the games; Rutgers for example would not.

Many schools don't charge for admission to the exhibition games. I think the Louisville game today was free, as was Duke's game over the weekend. UConn charges, of course.

 

[jennyo70]

The game today was free. We have 3 players back from injury, Asia Taylor being the most dynamic today. Actually, the second half was spent running plays in the half court. However, with the discrepancy in talent, there tended to be a fair amount of easy transition buckets.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

The game today was free. We have 3 players back from injury, Asia Taylor being the most dynamic today. Actually, the second half was spent running plays in the half court. However, with the discrepancy in talent, there tended to be a fair amount of easy transition buckets.

Hey there!

Thanks for the post! How do think the Cardinals will do this season. Did Gibbs play today??

Good luck on the season!

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

Many schools don't charge for admission to the exhibition games. I think the Louisville game today was free, as was Duke's game over the weekend. UConn charges, of course.

Rutgers charged as well (originally, when you had the traveling teams for competition, they would charge for the international game and do the traveling team for free, then they started charging for both, then they stopped having them). I just assumed (based on that) that the Arizona game was charge, but I really don't know for sure.

 

[Icebear]

Clearly, Louisville played a bunch of Pikers.

 

[doggydaddy]

The game today was free. We have 3 players back from injury, Asia Taylor being the most dynamic today. Actually, the second half was spent running plays in the half court. However, with the discrepancy in talent, there tended to be a fair amount of easy transition buckets.

If you watch Uconn in blowouts, there are no transition buckets after a certain point. Geno has them pull the ball out on breaks. Clearly, UL doesn't.

 

[Phil]

Last year, Hartford played Harvard in a closed scrimmage, so yes it can be done.

 

[John Glass]

If you watch Uconn in blowouts, there are no transition buckets after a certain point. Geno has them pull the ball out on breaks. Clearly, UL doesn't.

That sounds like a soccer game I coached. We had a big lead so I told the team to slow it down. Then some clown on our team said to our opponents "our coach told us not to score"

 

[meyers7]

That sounds like a soccer game I coached. We had a big lead so I told the team to slow it down. Then some clown on our team said to our opponents "our coach told us not to score"

I was reffing a game like that once. About U11 girls probably (maybe U12). The coach of the winning team had told the girls they could not shoot from inside the 18 (penalty area) during the 2nd half. Whenever one of the girls would dibble into area, the other girls would yell at her, "don't shoot!" and she would turn around and dribble out. Don't think it was quite how the coach wanted it executed.

 

[meyers7]

If you watch Uconn in blowouts, there are no transition buckets after a certain point. Geno has them pull the ball out on breaks. Clearly, UL doesn't.

Yea the only time they can go down quickly and score is if they get a steal near the halfway line, and there is no one in front of them. Then they can go ahead and finish off the play. But other than that, when they get the rebound they always hold up and wait for the defense to set and then run some offense.

Also last night I don't believe UCONN ran any press or half court trapping defense.