Post Game — Post Mortem...

[Dove]

Analyze the offensive issues all you want. UConn lost this game on the defensive side of the game.

Not really because there they were with 5 seconds left all tied up.

Muffet suffocated Katie Lou for the last 10 minutes and maybe even longer. Not sure when her last hoop was. But that girl could not get a shot whatsoever and her last shot was an airball IIRC.

Taking her out was the key. The game was won at that time. Geno did not counter successfully.

 

[scrapiromjim]

Check the box score. ND had a 17 advantage in a 2 point game. The refs put you at the foul line. The difference in this game is simple - free throw advantage. Three of our starters were playing with 4 fouls at the end. Our UConn women do not play the style of game that leads to such huge discrepancies at the line. ND players were far more aggressive off the ball with no fouls called. The reason for this loss is simple . . . foul shots. Coaches can not do much about the refs.

 

[Teacherdeb]

Eh that was fine last year. Not this year. Not to Notre Dame. Sorry this was a huge missed opportunity that will haunt for some time.

It was one game-ONE GAME.
If the loss diminishes an entire fabulous season, you have my sympathy and advice- get some perspective, and get a life.
Sure, to the superficial and fickle media and casual fan, losing in the Final Four is egregious. But when you look at the entire body of work, how can you not esteem a team of athletes that personify the beauty and transcendence of sport?

 

[wyo angel]

Eh that was fine last year. Not this year. Not to Notre Dame. Sorry this was a huge missed opportunity that will haunt for some time.

What was fine last year?

Huge missed opportunity to what? Redeem themselves?