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Message: [QUOTE="Huskee11, post: 5209753, member: 7171"] I was at the game. There are "sellouts" and there are real sellouts. This was a real sellout - a handful of seats behind the Marquette bench (presumably their allocation) empty, otherwise every seat taken. And virtually everyone was in their seat well before tipoff. Rousing welcome for Nika when the PA announcer recognized her and the video scoreboard showed her and sister Hana. I miss Nika. It was a pretty wild beginning. Back and forth. At about the five minute mark I noticed the scoreboard had UConn credited with 7 steals and Marquette 4. The shooting percentages on both sides were pretty gaudy. A couple of uncharacteristic bad passes by Sarah. Lots of possessions, lots of scoring. ringing up 31 was pretty special against a decent Marquette team. (Forbes would look good in a UConn uniform, by the way.) There was a lot to like about this game. The intensity, aggressiveness, and confidence from the beginning was noticeable. I don't recall ever seeing so many five second violations. Must have been at least four or five. If there had been any slight hesitancy to Aubrey's game up until now, that is no longer there. She was all over the place and is great around the hoop. With her in the lineup, the other team has no safety valve to pass to when they are in trouble. She should be 100% for the NCAAs and that is a very big deal. They are laying off of her, daring to shoot. I say, shoot it Aubrey, make them defend you and then blow by them. Ice looked really good out there, Jana didn't rush it on her layups, Paige was aggressively hunting shots, everything just seemed in sync. KK and Ash were all over the court defending. Azzi had a bit of an off day shooting but I was glad that she was not drifting into the background but was aggressively looking for her shot and that she took 13 shots. They will drop. The team as a whole is playing its best basketball of the season and having twelve players available is a luxury we have not had in many seasons. Feel bad for Morgan but she was in a cast on Thursday and was in a walking boot today, so that is good. Still with crutches, but hopefully making progress. I was watching from a distance in the second level so I could not see the postgame senior ceremony in the same detail that was available on television. From my perspective, the words I would use to describe it are classy, somewhat subdued, and respectful. Virtually no one left early (the traffic out was horrible). The video tributes to the players were very well done. I have a great deal of appreciation for this group and for being able to watch them play. Last game at my current seats as there are Gampel (and XL) renovations occurring and the season seating will totally change, with a "lottery" to occur this spring. Hopefully things will work out. I will miss our neighbors who have sat next to us for the last few years. [/QUOTE]

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