ND Postgame Thread

[browns]

There is a saying in football. Teams with great defenses "travel well". Well, UConn's finesse, perimeter game is the opposite - it doesnt travel well. Without any post play, UConn has to be near-perfect with its passing, picks & of course shooting to score consistently against physical, big teams. It's not that hard to defend UConn if you have the size & physical players. Just clog the middle to prevent any cutting, and play tight perimeter defense against our "scorers". Azzi & Lou would need to play "hero ball" to give us a shot - very hard to do. We've seen this year after year in our losses. You need to have a post game to get easy points, put pressure on the other team, & create space for our shooters. Maybe a healthy Dorka/AE combo can get us there, but I doubt it this year against the physical Top 10 teams.

Well said

 

[Dillon77]

This was a tough one, but a loss in South Bend to an inspired Notre Dame team in December is way better than in March. This team had a rude awakening and without Fudd's late game heroics, this game was a runaway. Geno prepared this team the best he could but I don't think he could simulate how attached the defenders were to Lou and Azzi. Citron was so close she could name each ingredient Fudd had in her pre-game Chipotle bowl.

I can deal with a loss, injuries are heartbreakers, wishing for a speedy for Azzi. The ladies will rest, regroup and recover. There were sections in the game in which I felt I was watching football.

Good line: "Citron was so close she could name each ingredient Fudd had in her pre-game Chipotle bowl."
And those two know each other from their time together on the U.S.A. team in Europe: both were starters, along with Caitlin Clark.

 

[hoophuskee]

UCONN's style "doesn't travel well?" It seems any team they beat doesn't count.

Just -- wow.

Anyhow, injury issue still haunting UCONN. Hope Azzi is okay. This is why elite teams usually do well when they have the superstar to lean on, - and why they don't do as well when they are out.

 

[browns]

The other games she played well other than Providence, right? Some of them were "real," weren't they?

If you think she can become an AA then you haven't watched much WCBB..she is not a good basketball player..she is a superb athlete that plays basketball..ND not even guarding her looked pathetic..1for 12..come on..it's not that she had a bad night she has never been able to shoot..layups somewhat but that's it..AA ..she couldn't make HM in the Big East