Memphis Postgame Thread

[oldude]

Some thoughts on the Memphis game:

• Yea I know. Turnovers, poor shooting and defensive breakdowns make for some ugly basketball.
• Geno tried just about every player combination he could think of to get some offensive flow and defensive intensity in the first half. I was excited to see Evelyn get some early PT, but sadly she threw the ball away on her first offensive possession, and she was soon back on the bench. Sigh……
• Liv continues to be an enigma. Against a team with some size like Memphis, we need more from her.
• Don’t know if Elvis was in the building tonight, but fortunately Crystal was. She had a nice game in front of family and friends, and she was critical hitting her shots when it seemed like all her teammates were laying bricks.
• Christyn made all her layups tonight including several “High Degree of Difficulty” shots. At the same time, she was 0-3 from the arc.
• Oh well. A win is a win is a win.

 

[Biff]

Geno : "We won the game and we played lousy"

 

[EricLA]

Cannot WAIT for the post game presser from Geno. Should be a riot!

Bottom line, dismal performance against one of the worst teams in our conference. But yeah we won, nobody was injured, and no one died, so I guess those are the good things LOL!

Team is certainly "allowed" to have a stinker every once in a while. But it's disheartening to see so many steps backwards. I thought the Houston game was 2 steps forward, but this sure felt like 3 steps back!

 

[CTBballfan243]

A win is a win. These games should be battles and not cake walks. They gutted it out. On to the next game.

 

[JordyG]

UConn played tonight? I don't know, there seemed to be another team entirely on the court in Memphis tonight.

 

[HuskyNan]

Some thoughts on the Memphis game:

• Yea I know. Turnovers, poor shooting and defensive breakdowns make for some ugly basketball.
• Geno tried just about every player combination he could think of to get some offensive flow and defensive intensity in the first half. I was excited to see Evelyn get some early PT, but sadly she threw the ball away on her first offensive possession, and she was soon back on the bench. Sigh……
• Liv continues to be an enigma. Against a team with some size like Memphis, we need more from her.
• Don’t know if Elvis was in the building tonight, but fortunately Crystal was. She had a nice game in front of family and friends, and she was critical hitting her shots when it seemed like all her teammates were laying bricks.
• Christyn made all her layups tonight including several “High Degree of Difficulty” shots. At the same time, she was 0-3 from the arc.
• Oh well. A win is a win is a win.

Crystal shot well. The rest of her game was off tonight

 

[Ralph]

but it is fundamentals, making free throws, 5 early turnovers by Meg, and Liv can't pick up her fourth foul with less than a second left in the third. She has to know better. This is a team that was 0-3 in the AAC.

 

[eebmg]

This team did not look like a UConn team. Just a mess. If we want to beat TN, we better get our act together

 

[Centerstream]

UCF could annihilate us if they play their usual physical/mugging game. Memphis certainly almost did it without the mugging.
I was not liking our performance.

 

[uconnfan68]

Geno almost took out the SID with his water bottle fastball.

 

[Centerstream]

Geno : "We won the game and we played lousy"

And walked away, just like at halftime.

 

[Husky fanatic]

It's going to be a long season

 

[HuskyNan]

UCF could annihilate us if they play their usual physical/mugging game. Memphis certainly almost did it without the mugging.
I was not liking our performance.

The crowd will be 80% UConn fans. My husband and I will be there. It’s practically a home game in Orlando

 

[Ralph]

the only thing worse than our team tonight was the unanimity on the board predicting a rout by 30 to 50 points.

 

[JordyG]

Crystal shot well. The rest of her game was off tonight

In a nutshell.

 

[eebmg]

The crowd will be 80% UConn fans. My husband and I will be there. It’s practically a home game in Orlando

You may be drafted onto the court

 

[Centerstream]

Geno almost took out the SID with his water bottle fastball.

Not a good thing. Was this ever a habit of his?

 

[ReadR00ster]

It is W on the record. Throw out the game tape.

 

[oldude]

but it is fundamentals, making free throws, 5 early turnovers by Meg, and Liv can't pick up her fourth foul with less than a second left in the third. She has to know better. This is a team that was 0-3 in the AAC.

Liv didn't play well, but that 4th foul on her was a phantom foul. The Memphis kid just took a dive and the ref bought it. Now the other 3 fouls were all hers.

 

[Biff]

Not a good thing. Was this ever a habit of his?

nope

 

[ochoopsfan]

the only thing worse than our team tonight was the unanimity on the board predicting a rout by 30 to 50 points.

Not me. I predicted a UConn win by 10 and said it would be a close game.

 

[Centerstream]

The crowd will be 80% UConn fans. My husband and I will be there. It’s practically a home game in Orlando

Ok, I hope that it helps us play a normal UConn type game

 

[EricLA]

the only thing worse than our team tonight was the unanimity on the board predicting a rout by 30 to 50 points.

Um... This is a team (Memphis) who lost to Houston by 10. We beat Houston by 40. Not a stretch to think this should have been a massacre.

 

[HopJim]

Question: since its been difficult for Geno to get this year's team to run the offensive, would he consider a new scheme? Like this year's one on one ability but that alone won't win any tournaments.

 

[Kaizen]

At least we win. That all I can say ....