Oregon game thread

[ASweet3781]

Well that was enjoyable!

 

[VAMike23]

Nice

 

[MilfordHusky]

Kiah: 12-13-1-1-6. Nice!

 

[meyers7]

Rutgers losing by double digits to UMass with 4 minutes left in the game.

UMASS wins 64-63.

 

[Icebear]

Hard to believe it is only the second triple double in UCONN history.

Go Stef! 10 of 11 shooting tonight, too.

 

[Wbbfan1]

Don't know what the final score was but based on the Rutgers board, they must have loss the game. Rutgers WBB hasn't tweeted the final score, but it was down to a 1 point lead for UMass.

 

[chrissaran]

Oregon plays junk basketball. So Rowe scores a lot of points. She had two assists going into this game. Not a player who would ever play for Geno. Glad to see Stef get the triple double, but it was not an entertaining game. Junk basketball.

 

[Icebear]

Funny, Geno, thought it was fun.

 

[pap49cba]

Oregon plays junk basketball. So Rowe scores a lot of points. She had two assists going into this game. Not a player who would ever play for Geno. Glad to see Stef get the triple double, but it was not an entertaining game. Junk basketball.

And she has 2 assts. coming out of the game. But she only took 26 shots!!

 

[pap49cba]

How great is it that Saniya's H.S. coach seems to be at every game?

 

[pap49cba]

Stokes is turning into a real player....

 

[MilfordHusky]

The starters finished 20-20 on FTs. And our best shooter was on the bench.

 

[~*Jen*~]

Mini chick was on the couch with me screaming "GO MOMMA STEF!!!!!" into my ear.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Mini chick was on the couch with me screaming "GO MOMMA STEF!!!!!" into my ear.

So cute.

Does she think she has 2 mommas?

 

[pap49cba]

Terry Pulido ‏@TeePulee 48m
BRIANA THAT BASKET WAS AWESOME!

 

[tomcat]

I cannot see how it would be fun to play for Oregon over the long haul, knowing that any time you played against a decent team, you'd probably get your anatomy handed to you.

 

[UConnCat]

John Altavilla ‏@jaltavilla 3m
@genoauriemma says some of Oregon's 88 shots 'Were, uh, indescribable." #UConnwomen

That's one way to describe them. . . or not.

 

[EasyEd]

Oregon plays junk basketball. .... it was not an entertaining game. Junk basketball.

Maybe junk, but they made more shots against UConn than I've seen in a long time. If you don't have a team with a realistic chance to win it all or at least your conference, at least they play an uptempo and what I thought was an entertainig game. (More so then most UConn blow-outs). I really respect Harry Paretta, but I always thought playing Villanova was like watching grass grow.

 

[~*Jen*~]

So cute.

Does she think she has 2 mommas?

LOL. Maybe. She does confuse easily sometimes.

 

[blackbird]

I love the Mercury so I have a soft spot for Paul Westhead. Like any system, you need the right talent to win..and he's just not going to have it/get it at Oregon. It was more fun to watch than a majority of blow outs.

 

[UConnCat]

Here's what Geno thought:

"I don't even think that's schoolyard basketball," Auriemma quipped. "Where I grew up, if you played like that, you wouldn't be allowed to play anymore, because some of the shots that they take are just indescribable."

 

[Dove]

I love the Mercury so I have a soft spot for Paul Westhead. Like any system, you need the right talent to win..and he's just not going to have it/get it at Oregon. It was more fun to watch than a majority of blow outs.

Not even Ray Kasongo could help the Ducks tonight.

 

[HoopsFan21]

I'll never understand why teams try to turn a game into a track meet against UConn. Do they really think they have faster players? Or better conditioned players? Not sure what the appeal is to approach UConn in that way. Despite what people think is boring basketball, I've always thought the Villanova style of play where you grind down the shot clock, shoot decently from 3, limit UConn's touches on offense, and hope to frustrate them into foul trouble by the slow pace when they're on defense is the way to level the playing field. I think it was Villanova that did exactly that when UConn's 70-game winning streak was snapped during the 2003 Big East tourney. UConn is simply too gifted on offense to even attempt to keep up, so take note opposing coaches: the fast pace favors UConn which can run anyone out of the gym.

 

[Icebear]

I cannot see how it would be fun to play for Oregon over the long haul, knowing that any time you played against a decent team, you'd probably get your anatomy handed to you.

Sure but consider the talent he is doing it with. Diamond needs to convince her whole class to transfer together to play for Westhead. That would be something to see.

 

[Icebear]

I'll never understand why teams try to turn a game into a track meet against UConn. Do they really think they have faster players? Or better conditioned players? Not sure what the appeal is to approach UConn in that way. Despite what people think is boring basketball, I've always thought the Villanova style of play where you grind down the shot clock, shoot decently from 3, limit UConn's touches on offense, and hope to frustrate them into foul trouble by the slow pace when they're on defense is the way to level the playing field. I think it was Villanova that did exactly that when UConn's 70-game winning streak was snapped during the 2003 Big East tourney. UConn is simply too gifted on offense to even attempt to keep up, so take note opposing coaches: the fast pace favors UConn which can run anyone out of the gym.

As Geno has said many times you have to be true to who you are; changing team personalities for one opponent rarely works.