Marquette Postgame Thread

[mainerhuski]

A lot of our turnovers come from over passing in the lane. The player receiving the passes assume the player will shoot and are not ready. Turnover.
Our back-ups need to get better on defense. Really not switching very fast.
Serah is better on defense than Jana, but I think Jana is a better rebounder. Offensively they are really close.

I don’t agree that Jana is a better rebounder than Serah. Jana may touch more rebounds, but Serah actually controls more. I’m hopeful that Jana will develop Dolson hands!

 

[victor64]

-KK’s usual flawless floor game tonight included 5 rebounds. She might be the team most consistent player.

 

[1974yankees]

Lovely Peacock and Xfinity..

Missed the entire game because my FREE Peacock from Xfinity (because I have a gig+ of internet) was having problems with the app...Spent the entire game on the phone with Xfinity and Peacock. Still waiting for them to call back about my case.

Unreal.

I suspect they do this stuff on purpose. They never should have stopped SNY.

 

[my2cents]

Tonight Marquette proved that they are, indeed, better than UCONN'S 6th through 12th players in the 4th quarter...
As others have mentioned, Serah looked really aggressive and sharp tonight, Sarah was a Tale of Two Cities tonight (brilliant shooting and puzzlingly bad with turnovers), Azzi with a terrific start to the game, Blanca was electric as usual (her major problem with turnovers is that her passing is so quick and crisp that she sometimes surprises teammates), KK and Kayleigh were efficient in assists to turnovers and Allie and Kelis were effective within the team concept.
I'm confident they'll clean up the turnovers and be more efficient at the free throw line against Iowa on Saturday.

so really think comparing players who have been out playing together for over 30 minutes vs. players who have been sitting watching for 90 minutes and playing the last 5 minutes is fair? OK.

 

[Dugway]

Well, hard to complain about the play when we blow the opposition away. I kinda expected that the fourth quarter would go the way it did, in football they call it the prevent defense.

I am happy that Williams seems to be coming around. I really thought she would be a major contributor from the first day. Looking forward to seeing her finish out the season strong.

Overall, we are overwhelming! What else can we see to improve…

Maybe we could improve on our free throws… in fact we could. There, found one. Free throws are not up to standards!

 

[Cuango]

Tonight Marquette proved that they are, indeed, better than UCONN'S 6th through 12th players in the 4th quarter...
As others have mentioned, Serah looked really aggressive and sharp tonight, Sarah was a Tale of Two Cities tonight (brilliant shooting and puzzlingly bad with turnovers), Azzi with a terrific start to the game, Blanca was electric as usual (her major problem with turnovers is that her passing is so quick and crisp that she sometimes surprises teammates), KK and Kayleigh were efficient in assists to turnovers and Allie and Kelis were effective within the team concept.
I'm confident they'll clean up the turnovers and be more efficient at the free throw line against Iowa on Saturday.

I suppose your first sentence is correct but I doubt it would be if they had gone through training camp with Geno as the first team. I think Allie showed some really good moves around the basket. Unfortunately, she hasn’t had any opportunities from three over the last couple of games. I feel good about her for next year.

 

[DemonDeac22]

so really think comparing players who have been out playing together for over 30 minutes vs. players who have been sitting watching for 90 minutes and playing the last 5 minutes is fair? OK.

I took the comments as a note of sarcasm…playing starters consisting of grad students and seniors when the game was over seemed like an odd coaching decision. It should have been used as an opportunity to give the normal bench players some valuable playing time against a strong UConn bench.

 

[Gael]

Do the good folks who say that Blanca provides a spark off the bench realize that a spark is the most minuscule possible pyrotechnic event.

Blanca, more accurately, provides a . . .



. . . off the bench.

In this game, she made three or four Magic Johnson passes only to end up with zero assists because her teammates bungled the ball or missed the shot.

 

[Huskee11]

I was at the game and although it was not a sellout, it was a pretty enthusiastic crowd by Hartford standards, especially given the lack of students in attendance.

I was surprised at how lethargic Marquette played. I know that UConn had much to do with it but unlike Marquette teams of the past, they looked very mediocre and had very little fight in them. I hope that some of the other Big East teams compete harder against UConn than what I saw tonight.

Serah is getting a little better game by game. And Blanca just continues to amaze. We know what we have with Sarah and Azzi. The key to this team is whether Serah and Blanca can continue to make strides as UConn marches towards April.

The full court pressure came in different variations tonight and was suffocating. I feel good about this team as they go to Brooklyn to face Iowa. Given that it is only December, this team is in a very good place. They are best when on defense and in the open court. The half court offense is good but that is where there is most room for improvement.

 

[Majic Hands]

Liked the nonstarter getting minutes. Personally would have liked to have seen a couple starters in Q4 and nonstarters enter a little earlier.

Apparently coach wants them to figure it out.

 

[Basingstoke]

Liked the nonstarter getting minutes. Personally would have liked to have seen a couple starters in Q4 and nonstarters enter a little earlier.

Apparently coach wants them to figure it out.

Personally, I'm fine with the deep bench dominating 4th quarter minutes, but I look forward to selectively seeing players like Kelis getting early minutes with starters to give them a chance to mesh.

 

[Bills Fan]

As I listen to Geno's continuous comments about how hard it is to get the bench players enough minutes, it is starting to make me think that he might be trying to send messages to certain players. I believe that we have 8 core players right now (and yes I know some posters have favorites who are not in that core) but why does he keep talking about how there are not enough minutes to get everyone in the game for as long as they want? We have 8 core, the starters and Blanca, K9 and Jana. If all 15 players were healthy then I believe ICE and Morgan would increase that core group to 10. From that group we only lose 2-Serah Williams and Azzi and in theory they have already been replaced by our 2 recruits. OV and JP. Out of the none-core we lose 1 player-CD. leaving 4---AP, Gandy, Kelis Fisher and AZ. Is he sending subtle messages to SOME of that group that they need to make real progress to get more minutes in the future ? (absent injuries)

If not, then he is merely stating the obvious that we all knew before the season started. There are not enough minutes in the game to satisfy 15 players

 

[Stagnant]

I know they aren’t the best players on the team. But Allie and K9 are the two players I look forward to watching. I always perk up when I see them at the scorer’s table.

 

[ec33]

I know they aren’t the best players on the team. But Allie and K9 are the two players I look forward to watching. I always perk up when I see them at the scorer’s table.

I am right there with you in paying more attention to their play more than others. I think their integrating further into the team is a key to how to this season goes come April.

But there are a lot of conflicting thoughts going on watching them. They are such contrasting players. K9 all about her quickness and Allie is (to be kind) not all that quick so the suffocating Blanca/K9 backcourt tandem has a weak point.

However, I think Allie brings out the best in K9 on the offensive end. And it works the other way as well. They are a nice tandem (and I think Blanca is a better passer with the two of them on the floor as well).

It is great to see them both growing in confidence, though. I expect good things from them as the season progresses.

 

[Glenn]

I don’t agree that Jana is a better rebounder than Serah. Jana may touch more rebounds, but Serah actually controls more. I’m hopeful that Jana will develop Dolson hands!

actually Jana is better than Serah on the offensive end and they are about the same on the defensive end; at least judging ny the share of rebounds they get when thry are in the game. Jana gets 26% of the offensive rebound opportunities while Serah gets 14%. For defensive rebounds Jana gets 14% and Serah 16%.

 

[hoophuskee]

actually Jana is better than Serah on the offensive end and they are about the same on the defensive end; at least judging ny the share of rebounds they get when thry are in the game. Jana gets 26% of the offensive rebound opportunities while Serah gets 14%. For defensive rebounds Jana gets 14% and Serah 16%.

I agree with you that Jana is a better defensive rebounder than Serah but if we're going to look at advanced stats then Serah overall is a much better defender. And looking at the passing stats Serah's advanced stats are much better than Jana's. It's better to have the better passer on Offense so you can get the ball to the much better efficient shooters/scorers.

 

[Glenn]

I agree with you that Jana is a better defensive rebounder than Serah but if we're going to look at advanced stats then Serah overall is a much better defender. And looking at the passing stats Serah's advanced stats are much better than Jana's. It's better to have the better passer on Offense so you can get the ball to the much better efficient shooters/scorers.

well, i actually said Jana is better at offensive rebounds. I agree that Serah is a better player on both offense and defense and it shows up in the stats across nearly all categories. For example twice the assist rates and nore steals and blocks.

 

[Stagnant]

I think we are a lot better on defense with Serah on the floor. I like Jana; I do. But I know you have seen her struggle to get out to three point shooters. If the opponent is playing a stretch 5; we are in trouble with Jana on the court.

Jana works best with opponents that play traditional bigs. She can bang with them. She can rebound with them. She gets to use 5 fouls. And probably some of our other key personnel are not in foul trouble as a result.

If I am going to debate swapping Serah out. It would be for Blanca. (Who seems to be her backup anyway. Blanca comes in after about 5 minutes. And she always spells Serah.)

 

[Cuango]

I referred to this earlier. I completely agree that the oft repeated contention that our bench would be a top ten team is fantasy. However, I also think some go too far in the other direction after a game like tonight when it was a bit chaotic out there. Obviously, they would not (right away) be a highly ranked team but I do believe that if our bench, Jana, Ice, Gandy, Blanca, Morgan, Allie, Kayleigh, Kelis, Caroline, and Ayanna came into training camp/preseason practice as the team, we would likely be ranked at some point in the season.

All these players were/are highly ranked, talented players whose natural talent was enough to attract the eye of two of the best recruiters in the game! I’m pretty confident very few people would want to see even that team in their bracket in March/April, and the following year we would be back among the best teams in the country. Perhaps this too, is pie in the sky, but given those players and our staff, I don’t think so.

 

[Boreifs]

As I listen to Geno's continuous comments about how hard it is to get the bench players enough minutes, it is starting to make me think that he might be trying to send messages to certain players. I believe that we have 8 core players right now (and yes I know some posters have favorites who are not in that core) but why does he keep talking about how there are not enough minutes to get everyone in the game for as long as they want? We have 8 core, the starters and Blanca, K9 and Jana. If all 15 players were healthy then I believe ICE and Morgan would increase that core group to 10. From that group we only lose 2-Serah Williams and Azzi and in theory they have already been replaced by our 2 recruits. OV and JP. Out of the none-core we lose 1 player-CD. leaving 4---AP, Gandy, Kelis Fisher and AZ. Is he sending subtle messages to SOME of that group that they need to make real progress to get more minutes in the future ? (absent injuries)

If not, then he is merely stating the obvious that we all knew before the season started. There are not enough minutes in the game to satisfy 15 players

Allie is also a core player. Jana is ninth.

 

[Forego]

I don't know who knows it, but Uconn is on a 28 game win streak. When Uconn wins out and we have NO.13, it will be a 56 game win streak and the making of another fantastic win streak.!!!! This game was typical Uconn and the WHOLE team is to be congratulated on a Uconn team effort. We are putting all the pieces together to finish the GOAL, NC NO.13.GO HUSKIES

Now you’ve done it. We’re DOOMED. Tell me. How many no hitters and perfect games have you broken up?

 

[Stagnant]

Allie is also a core player. Jana is ninth.

I agree. Allie is number 8. We need to be up 25 for Jana to come in. That’s been the pattern so far this season.

I also agree that the players on the bench might look better if they were getting first team reps in practice. There are probably times they are standing around on the sidelines watching the starters play against male practice players.

 

[noirwestern]

Did anyone notice that Caroline was taken out of the game on a quick coaches time out, replaced by K9 with about 57 seconds left. It looked like Jamelle took her back to the locker room. I’m wondering if anyone has any further info on this. Praying she’s okay.

In her postgame appearance when Daly was asked about CD2 was quick to say that Caroline was fine but gave no details.

 

[ccwarrior]

We seem to give up between 10-20 points per game on bunnies. This won’t matter much in league games but could be a bigger issue against good teams.

 

[Majorthreat]

-I don’t think Marquette will end up being the second best team in the big east. I like Villanova and seton hall more.

-Missed too many layups. Serah Williams had some incredible finishes. But she still misses easy ones. And still bobbles the ball at times.

-Sarah Strong was really sloppy with the ball in the first half. Probably still sick would be my guess.

-Caroline ran to the locker room and K9 had to come back into the game. What happened? Did she get hit in the head? Or maybe she just needed to go to the bathroom.

-The 4th quarter was rough. No one made an argument for additional minutes.

-Geno basically gave us permission to nitpick… so, I guess I am doing that?

-I was kind of disappointed with the crowd size. I guess Louisville had a lot of empty seats tonight too.

Serah did miss a lot of chippies tonight and she does that a lot. So does Jana when she gets the ball near the basket and they blow the layup.
Geno said in the post game that Caroline took herself out. Maybe she was having something going on with her conditioning.
I would like to see the bench players focus in a little more and lock in on some defense. They always seem to get outscored in the 4th qtr. These are still 5 star players getting in, so instead of just being happy to get some PT focus on what you're good at. That will get you more PT and move up the depth roster.
I know Gandy was a project but if you can put in Ayanna you can most def play Gandy since they are very similiar in capabilities. To play only 2 minutes thus far in more than 8 blowout games is kind of crazy.