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Zarathustra said:
a BRIDGE TOO FAR......... great team effort! GO UCONN.
Brenda is now on the TV telling the interviewer about how well her team played against
the BIGGER UCONN players. OUCH. You escaped BRENDA. !!
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Would love to play them again in post season with healthy squad- UConn would win by 20. If they had Paige too, it would a win by 30+.
 
Wow! Old Dude is on a streak!! Fans of this team should be really elated after this effort. The Huskies made MD earn it, despite being woefully depleted. This may not be an NC contention season, but I have never been more proud of a team effort.
 
oldude said:
Some thoughts on the Maryland game:
  • I was thinking of an old movie that I love: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN!!!!!
  • With a badly depleted lineup, this was going to be a nearly impossible task for the Huskies today against the 20th ranked Terps. Without Paige, Ice, Dorka, Azzi & Nika, UConn had no justifiable right hanging with MD.
  • But somehow, incredibly, this UConn team did hang around for the entire game despite too many turnovers, Lou getting into foul trouble and MD heating up from the arc.
  • UConn outplayed MD in the paint, dominating the boards 46-23 and getting much of their scoring inside. The killer A’s; Aaliyah, Aubrey and Ayanna all showed up today and they kept the Huskies in the game.
  • Ines looked great in the first qtr, making several nice plays and showing remarkable poise. In the 2nd qtr, the going got a little rougher as she committed some turnovers. I would like to see Ines shoot the ball when the defense backs off. I think that confidence will come in time.
  • After a shaky start, Caroline picked up her play and made an impact. She needs to cut down on turnovers. But otherwise we're starting to see glimpses of the player that carried this team for much of last season.
  • I am incredibly proud of how hard UConn competed today! I know it’s so very difficult when so many Huskies are out with injuries. Be patient everyone. The time will come when the walking wounded will be back and no one will look forward to playing this UConn team
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SLY63 said:
AE may have just put herself in AA consideration. To win, we would have needed more offense from more than just AE. Hard to offset the 3 point barrage in Q2 (give MD credit) with our offensively-challenged lineup.
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I think she also played herself into a top 5 pick in next year's WNBA draft. Much deserved.
 
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That was a tremendous effort. Our ladies really left it on the floor. Several of the players out there were injured too and still soldiered on. To be tied in the 4th quarter was more than we could have expected using an extremely inexperienced PG and a bunch of players not used to playing in this combination. Ayanna showed some nice things too. Her minutes against a top team will help her grow.
 
HuskyNan said:
I thought Amari played really well. I don’t have any complaints about her play today. Keep it going, kid!
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This was her best game, but the worst aspect of her play is indeed her very slow lateral movement which hurts her on defense. Maybe Aubrey can give her a few lessons in moving laterally and being ready to anticipate what your opponent might do next.
 
Husky fanatic said:
While Caroline provided some offense her turnovers offset that. Thought Ayanna helped. For awhile there they had me believing but alas turnovers did them in
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She was more herself today, though. Remember she was playing out of position - she is NOT a guard and she had to run some point today. I could have told you before the game that was a recipe for disaster
 
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Stosh855 said:
Took too long to get DeBerry in. They played better w her and Lou on the court. The unforced turnovers hurt a lot!
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She was already dealing with a calf injury per Geno. That may be why they tried to limit her. She's going to have a lot more pain than that after this game. She got clobbered and kept on going. Proud of her.
 
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Zarathustra said:
a BRIDGE TOO FAR......... great team effort! GO UCONN.
Brenda is now on the TV telling the interviewer about how well her team played against
the BIGGER UCONN players. OUCH. You escaped BRENDA. !!
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Brenda is absolutely correct. Her team clearly outplayed UCONN's 6-5 and 6-4 players and a couple of 5-11s sitting on the bench. uch a height disadvantage! :D
 
With 5 players out, 4 starters out, this outcome is not unexpected. Upon played hard and it hurt to have Lou in foul trouble. They missed her scoring ability. For awhile, the big lineup fared well. Nice to see Ayanna show some offense and Amari be a more aggressive on the defensive end.

Overall, the turnovers were a killer. I would imagine this coming week in practice there will be an emphasis on protecting the ball.

A win would have been an unexpected bonus, but this team has no quit in them as the adversity piles on. Hopefully, karma will reverse and everyone will be healthy as tournament time rolls around.
 
The team played hard, and no one else got injured, and they had a chance against a top 20 team in an away game while being decimated. I don't think the zone helped, although I understand why it was employed. UConn just doesn't use a zone often enough to be proficient with using it. The turnovers were somewhat not a surprise, but they killed us. Maryland was shooting well and that certainly hurt too. I wish we could seal off the baseline better- hope Geno practices that more- too many times someone else had to cover for defense which left someone else open. Still, I'm proud of how close they came today. Now, a week off to finish healing for those still out (longer for Azzi though).
 
HuskyNan said:
Yes, and talking about how short handed the Terps were
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I suppose Brenda had to be EXCITED, for the TV in the end of game interview, that her Team FINALLY beat UCONN... and she was so sure someone was going to say how decimated UCONN was that he had to say "Both teams were shorthanded with the injuries".... HOWEVER, if I were her, with essentially ALL her starters playing against only 2 or 3 of UCONN's normal starters... to only win by such a small margin, she should be embarrassed. UCONN players on the bench would normally account for 60 to 70 points... not counting Lou, Aaliyah or Aubrey's average contributions.
 
I feel better about our March/April chances after this game. No moral victories here but just that
this team...when healthy...will be more dangerous when 'lose and go home' is on the schedule.

One whole week till Florida State: Nika/Dorka get back for that one...Azzi to follow...we will be just fine...period.
Lots of obvious guts...go Huskies!
 
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UConnCat said:
Frese talking about "under-manned" her team was. I just can't with her.
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Over the years, we've seen and heard a lot of Brenda's famous impassioned speeches. Against Uconn, she was 0-7 for them, but lucked out today. As noted, she equated her injured players with the Huskies' all star bench, a strange coincidence, somehow not quite the same.
 
In 17 mins, Ayanna had 10 pts on 5-7 shooting and 4 rebounds and kept the fouls under control.

In 13 mins, Amari had 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 0 turnovers and 2 MONSTER BLOCKS.

I am very pleased by both of their play today!
 
Zarathustra said:
a BRIDGE TOO FAR......... great team effort! GO UCONN.
Brenda is now on the TV telling the interviewer about how well her team played against
the BIGGER UCONN players. OUCH. You escaped BRENDA. !!
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I especially liked the halftime trio, praising Maryland and giggling all over themselves. Never one mention that by the way, Uconn has 3 starters on the bench and only 7 total players available. The bias against Uconn goes on. But, I thought the girls played a very hard fought battle to the end, they scored with Maryland the second half 42-42.
 
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