OT: UConn Men down by 1...10.2 seconds on the clock...who do you want on the floor?
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Wbbfan1
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Its unfair to compare the men vs the women as both games are completely different. There's more talent in the mens game and upsets happen frequently where even the elite teams can lose on any given night. That usually doesn't happen in the women's game due to the talent disparity. However I do wish the Men would pass the ball more often looking for an open player. The men seem to have a lot of one on one plays. So much dribbling by one player and end up driving to the basket where two or three defenders are waiting for him.
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I don't know that it's necessary to take a shot at the men.
This one falls on Kevin Ollie, IMO. How in the world can the guys have two shot clock violations in front of the UConn bench? How about a TO, Kevin, and reminding the freshman point guard to watch the clock? How about yelling at the team "10 seconds" or whatever? When Cincinnati tied the game up late in the second half, Sterling Gibbs looked over to the bench at Ollie, who did nothing, so Gibbs called a TO. Good thing there are graduate students on the team that know what to do.
I'd like to see the big men play bigger, too, but Nolan and Enoch are what they are.
This one falls on Kevin Ollie, IMO. How in the world can the guys have two shot clock violations in front of the UConn bench? How about a TO, Kevin, and reminding the freshman point guard to watch the clock? How about yelling at the team "10 seconds" or whatever? When Cincinnati tied the game up late in the second half, Sterling Gibbs looked over to the bench at Ollie, who did nothing, so Gibbs called a TO. Good thing there are graduate students on the team that know what to do.
I'd like to see the big men play bigger, too, but Nolan and Enoch are what they are.
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My post was meant tongue-in-cheek as I fully support all sports wearing a UConn uniform and have no doubt that the men's and women's game can't really be compared when considering size, length speed and athleticism....my desire for the UConn Women to be on the floor is more a testament to the team approach to scoring more evident in their game vis-à-vis one too often seen in the men's game at almost every level....I coached boys high school basketball at the varsity level for 15 years and one at JV level attending countless clinics finding those given by college women coaches to be far more beneficial than the majority of the ones offered by D1 coaches....I remember one clinic in particular headlined by Joe B. Hall of Kentucky who was giving a high-low post clinic to high school coaches that demonstrated his use of his two 6'10" centers Rick Robey and Mike Phillips when few in the audience had even one player anywhere near that height....Rollie Massimino of Villanova followed with a "Match-Up Zone Into Man" clinic where his players would overwhelm teams with their athleticism and physicality which was also difficult to implement at a high school level where pre-Sonny Vaccaro recruiting was still in its invent stage....as an aside, our rookie girls varsity coach that year was a young woman name Tara Vanderveer.....sorry if my post offended anyone.....
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