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Message: [QUOTE="Alydar, post: 3376372, member: 730"] While it may be seen as running up the score against the losing team I don't think that was intended. I was at the game and the first half, while showing improvement, still had many unforced errors and a lack of flow. Players got the ball and hesitated when they had a good shot. Less than other games but still there. In the second half, when pulling away from a disheartened opponent, they got into their transition and I could see their confidence soar. The energy level was high. They rebounded agressively, the passes were crisp and shots were well chosen and taken confidently. Sure, it was against a team that had lost their energy but I think it did a lot to the confidence of a couple of the newer players to hear the cheers and to believe in themselves. Geno has usually shut doesn't the transition game in the second half when the score got one-sided and we watched the team play a slowdown game, something that has never suited UConn teams. I read a saying once that you don't hitch a race horse to a plow. On Sunday CD let them do something they are good at and I enjoyed every basket and it was obvious they did too. Maybe it was CD's holiday gift to them. :) [/QUOTE]