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Post game thread - Cincy (merged thread)

I was at the game last night. Things that may have not been noticed on the screen or discussed in the postgame thread.

  • I live in Ohio and have now attended the OSU, Dayton and the Cincinnati game.
  • I paid $10 for a general admission ticket and sat 6 rows from the floor at half court. I paid $5 to park. I had to drive two hours each way but it was well worth it.
  • It may not have looked like it on the screen or in the box score but the Huskies looked a little sluggish or even flat on offense in the first quarter. Cincinnati made things easier by shooting miserably and refusing to hit the boards on either end.
  • I know who got the Bad Ass Award but from my view, the best player on the floor by a wide margin was Crystal. Scoring is secondary to her. She seems to revel in the responsibility and trust that Geno has given her.
  • Either I am her good luck charm or she likes the state but Kyla has shot the ball well in her three games in Ohio. I still think PART of her diminished minutes of late was the lower leg injury that she had. She seemed to move well last night.
  • With being sick and having a sore nose, ONO still managed to get some things done in her 13 minutes. A missed layup and a couple of questionable calls against her kind of took the wind out of her sails in the first half. The pressure put on the perimeter is obviously predicated on ONO being around the basket to help anybody who gets beat on the dribble.
  • CW’s best stat in my opinion was her 8 rebounds. She forced a few things early but worked really hard doing other things. She did not hesitate to take open shots. I don’t understand why she played 39 minutes.
  • It was a good news, bad news night for Aubrey. The adjustments she has made to her free throw mechanics are working. Unfortunately, I counted at least three times where she entered the game after a timeout or substitution without knowing who she was guarding or what defense they were playing. You can tell the team really likes her but for this still to be occurring at this time of year has to be frustrating.
  • The nice looking stroke that Touly demonstrated on her made shot from the foul line made me wonder what might have been if should could have stayed healthy…
  • I don’t understand why teams insist on full-court pressing with their second team and they are down by 40.
  • There was a guy in the next section yelling at the refs the entire game. You talk about someone missing the point. The refs didn’t allow the visitors to shoot 16 for 23 from 3.
  • There was absolutely no indication of them running up the score but as others have stated, there had to be joy in putting up 105 on Jamelle’s old team. By the way, the AD who fired her is now the AD at Southern Cal.
  • In the first half, Molly made a bad choice on offense and was out of position on defense on the next possession and got a quick hook from Geno because of it. It seemed from my view, that they really wanted to give Crystal some much-needed rest but Geno just does not seem to trust Molly.
  • I was surprised to see that two of Cincinnati’s early baskets were because the Huskies were slow to get back on defense. I mention this only because it happens so seldom.
Just so much more to see when you get to see them live. As usual, a significant UConn presence was in attendance. The business-like approach, the composure and class they demonstrate while being unbelievably well-coached makes traveling long distance for many like me, a no-brainer.
 
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victor64 said:
.... Things that may have not been noticed on the screen or discussed in the postgame thread.
  • I live in Ohio and have now attended the OSU, Dayton and the Cincinnati game.
  • I paid $10 for a general admission ticket and sat 6 rows from the floor at half court. I paid $5 to park. I had to drive two hours each way but it was well worth it.
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You are absolutely correct, neither of these things have been discussed!! (sorry @victor64 - I just couldn't help myself)
 
Wowser, best game of the year “So Far” for me! Lots of movement, cutting, making shots and great team play! We were cheering so hard and fist-pumping all game! So sweet to see Evelyn and Batouly score. CW, we couldn’t be more proud of her. She didn’t back away at all even with a couple of missed shots. Just love that kid. Anna’s stat line was very impressive and her defense gets better and better each game! FUN-FUN-FUN game!
 
wbball novice said:
Hope Liv's bug doesn't go through the team. Sounds like Geno might have picked it up. Poor Liv. (I already used up my Marcia Brady joke in Chat). But kudos to her for giving it a try & she was a presence in her meager minutes.

Christyn believers might have been feeling a bit low for the last several games, but she showed she isn't ready for the bench quite yet. The mystery of putting the ball in the hole eludes me. Psychology? Muscle memory/amnesia? Movement? Position/matchups? Sinking a couple FTs? Basketball gods? Whatever it is, you can't say CW wasn't working to get back in the groove, and it finally came through. I suspect early in the game the team was trying to get her the ball so she could get in rhythm, and maybe that was what worked. Now, if she & Anna can do this with consistency ... It doesn't take Captain Obvious to figure this was an unusually hot shooting night, but as long as the shooters can keep an even keel in the coming games there's reason for optimism.

Meg was really Megatron this evening. A real scoring machine before the fouls benched her for a while, then comes back and goes back to work. Relentless.

Anna Mak also broke 20 and matched CD's 6 assists, with Kyla contributing 5 asts plus 2/2 3s. For this game, anyway, UConn 3 pt shooting was like the Q1 shooting of all the bad teams they've ever played.

Pretty good FT shooting tonight. CW 6/6, Griff matched Anna Mak's 2/2. AG was part of an ONO by committee that did pretty well.

Cinci got whipped -- outstanding UConn defense shouldn't be overlooked -- but some good things worth remarking, perhaps a credit to a former coach's recruiting. Antoinette Miller was persistent and got some hits. Sifa managed to get the ball in the scrums with some regularity. Sam Rodgers maybe should be on the gymnastics team since she seems to excel in backflips. UConn haters would probably compare her to Katie Lou for her dramatics, though KLS was really being fouled in all the cases they will cite, of course.
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You bring a good point about Sam Rogers. It seemed if the wind went by her she not only fell down and almost always did a back flip. Is there a flopping rule in Women's Basketball? If not, this replay would make most want to implement one. Cant believe her coach doesn't stop this since few could survive the beating she gives herself.
 
for those moaning how awful Cincy is so our game does not mean much, they beat UCF by 17, they beat Utah and they lost to Ohio State in overtime. They are not top 25, but they are not terrible. Key stat for me was the number of assists. Finally. Was this our high for the year?
 
donalddoowop said:
Don't you think UConn fans know that? Everyone knows Cincy is not on the same level of the top three. Can't UConn fans enjoy one of the better played games this season without someone telling them to not get ahead of themselves? Your last sentence, it's impossible for any team to play more than one game at a time.
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Ummm, spring training split squads???? ;)
 
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I don't like to post immediately after games as I think I can make a more coherent post after "sleeping" on it. As such, much of what I want to say has already been mentioned. ;)

What a great game to build on! They finally looked like a UConn team offensively. Only missed two free throws. Lock down defense for most of the game and the second unit once again held their own for the most part. There is still room for improvement (would be nice to start a game hot) but they look like they are on an upward arc. If they can maintain this level of play moving forward the Huskies (along with Maryland) might be building into some dark storm clouds on the horizon of the "Big Three" moving into the NCAA tournament.
 
donalddoowop said:
This was the third straight game AM scored in double figures. If she does not start next season then next year's team will be at a very elite level. For any freshman to be as much of a factor as Anna has been will be something to see. I expect Westbrook to play as well.
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As I commented in another post, Geno will have options next year he hasn’t had in two years. He’s losing 5, and gaining 6. I agree with the general consensus of the boneyard that Westbrook starts next year. Now that Anna’s game has arrived, how do you keep her out of the starting lineup? She’s starting now.

We’ll have to wait and see how fast the freshmen learn enough of the system to get on the floor. There’s going to be a lot of talent on the reserve bench next year. Next year’s team will have a lot of fire power. Scorers up and down the roster.

If Geno can get then to play defense like UConn teams of old when opponents rarely scored more than 55 points a game. I see a return to the “glory years“ in the very near future, when UConn was a nasty piece of business for their opponents, and bad for women’s basketball..........the good old days.
 
HopJim said:
You bring a good point about Sam Rogers. It seemed if the wind went by her she not only fell down and almost always did a back flip. Is there a flopping rule in Women's Basketball? If not, this replay would make most want to implement one. Cant believe her coach doesn't stop this since few could survive the beating she gives herself.
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Apparently there is. I believe it was @JordyG who mentioned it in the chat. Perhaps he could expand on it since I was not aware there was one. He said the refs never call it. But if there IS a rule already "on the books", I'd certainly be in favor of making it a new "point of emphasis" for next season. The disease of the ND style of flopping seems to be spreading thru the rest of WCBB.
 
EricLA said:
Apparently there is. I believe it was @JordyG who mentioned it in the chat. Perhaps he could expand on it since I was not aware there was one. He said the refs never call it. But if there IS a rule already "on the books", I'd certainly be in favor of making it a new "point of emphasis" for next season. The disease of the ND style of flopping seems to be spreading thru the rest of WCBB.
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For those who wonder.

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HuskyNan said:
Yes, agree 100%
Thank you for mentioning the game rhythm or what I interpret to mean as pace. Last night was the first time I saw the Huskies control the pace of the game, largely through a great defensive effort that took Cincy out of its game. Since UConn was in control of the pace, shots were in rhythm, making for a very pretty offensive game. As you said, it was UConn basketball
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Did you find it worrisome that this pace, rhythm, and chemistry was happening while Olivia sat on the bench? She played only 13 minutes. Was the team as fluid with Olivia in the game?
 
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EricLA said:
Apparently there is. I believe it was @JordyG who mentioned it in the chat. Perhaps he could expand on it since I was not aware there was one. He said the refs never call it. But if there IS a rule already "on the books", I'd certainly be in favor of making it a new "point of emphasis" for next season. The disease of the ND style of flopping seems to be spreading thru the rest of WCBB.
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I'm not aware of a rule in WCBB or that the women's game has made flopping a point of emphasis like the men's game has.

The NCAA rules for MBB have a rule against trying to fake the official. Before this season, the men's rules committee announced that officials would give a team a warning for the first flop in the game and a technical foul for subsequent flops.

I'm not aware that the women's game made a similar announcement about making flopping a point of emphasis. Perhaps someone can point to it.
 
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UConnCat said:
Those rule changes were for men's basketball. I'm not aware of a similar change for women's basketball.
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You're right. My mistake.
 
JBK said:
Wow.
Imagine what can happen if CW, Anna and MW shots are all falling in the same game.
They were hitting the same open shots they were missing against the big 3.
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If the team had shot this well, we may have won at least two of the 3 games we lost. The Baylor game for sure. We lost that one in the 4th quarter.
 
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HopJim said:
You bring a good point about Sam Rogers. It seemed if the wind went by her she not only fell down and almost always did a back flip. Is there a flopping rule in Women's Basketball? If not, this replay would make most want to implement one. Cant believe her coach doesn't stop this since few could survive the beating she gives herself.
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How funny you should say that about Rogers. Evidently it looked so obvious that everyone noticed. It was truly an Academy Award performance for her. Even Allen Bestwick mentioned how she would be sore the next day from falling so often! :rolleyes:
 
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LCConnFan said:
How funny you should say that about Rogers. Evidently it looked so obvious that everyone noticed. It was truly an Academy Award performance for her. Even Allen Bestwick mentioned how she would be sore the next day from falling so often! :rolleyes:
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Side note - I like him a lot. He has an engaging personality, seems very smart, calls the game, lets us know who's in and who's out, who has fouled, etc., does a minimum (if even any) inane chit-chat, and works well with Meg.

One thing I'd like to see - if they disagree even slightly with the officials, I'd like to see more replays done. They do it occasionally, but not all the time, and not usually when the fans start booing over a call. Let us have a 2nd look at home, guys!! That way we can yell at our TV's and chant "Bull $h*t"!!! :D
 
MSGRET said:
one OR won?;);)
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won. An auto correction that I didn’t catch. It’s been corrected. I had to laugh just now when I saw it. My command of the English language isn’t perfect, but I do have a reasonably firm grip on it. I do a lot of composing and posting from my phone as I’m doing now. I don’t have the auto correct feature turned on - on my desktop, so sometimes I let my guard down when I post from here. I try to post clear, rational and grammatically correct comments when I post. Every once in awhile, I’ll swing and miss. :cool: I proof read this post 3 times for accuracy and correctness.
 
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Did not see any mention of the CW breakout game analysis in

www.courant.com

How things finally clicked for Christyn Williams, and what Geno was most pleased about from UConn’s big win over Cincinnati

Christyn Williams had absolutely no clue that she finished Wednesday’s game against Cincinnati, a 105-58 UConn win, with 26 points, tying her season high. “I had how many?” she as…
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I like that they were able to hone in on specific aspects of CW's struggle and how they diagnosed it and overcame it through practice and film study

To Williams, Wednesday was a product of finally being able to take what she’s learned in extra film sessions with assistant coach Shea Ralph, who works with the guards, and translate it to the court. Specifically, she was able to read how defenders are playing her on-ball screens.

“It happens fast, so the only way to get it right is by watching film and then by practicing it,” Williams said. “That’s where the extra work comes in.”

The end result on Wednesday? She shot 8-for-14, 4-for-6 from deep, not to mention a perfect 6-for-6 from the free-throw line.

“I’m trying to be aggressive and make the right decisions,” Williams said. “In other games, I’m aggressive but I’m not attacking it right. ... And today I kind of got a good feel of that, and it felt good to knock in some shots as well.”
 
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eebmg said:
A cynical take on UConn leaving the AAC and why Cinn will benefit.

www.downthedrive.com

How UConn’s Departure from AAC Should Benefit Cincinnati Women’s Basketball

Cincinnati’s women’s basketball team is on an upward trajectory, and the departure of UConn will greatly benefit the program moving forward.
www.downthedrive.com www.downthedrive.com


Basically, UConn is too good and is overshadowing the program. Now we have a chance.
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I rolled my eyes so hard that I think I pulled a muscle.

If they played consistently well and against decent OOC teams, they would be in the same position as UCF and USF have been the past few years to get an at-large bid to the tournament. But now, it'll be do or die in the AAC tournament -- I suspect they'll be doing less doing and more dying over the next few years.
 
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Argonaut said:
I rolled my eyes so hard that I think I pulled a muscle.

If they played consistently well and against decent OOC teams, they would be in the same position as UCF and USF have been the past few years to get an at-large bid to the tournament. But now, it'll be do or die in the AAC tournament -- I suspect they'll be doing less doing and more dying over the next few years.
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What's so bad about the article is that it didn't say the real reason why they have improved. Jamelle was responsible for bringing in the starting five and many of the Sophomores, 46 of the 58 points were scored by players that she had recruited.
 
One thing I wanted SNY to broadcast - the Cincy players/Jamelle reaction as they met in the post game "handshake" line. I was very interested...but...
 
eebmg said:
A cynical take on UConn leaving the AAC and why Cinn will benefit.

www.downthedrive.com

How UConn’s Departure from AAC Should Benefit Cincinnati Women’s Basketball

Cincinnati’s women’s basketball team is on an upward trajectory, and the departure of UConn will greatly benefit the program moving forward.
www.downthedrive.com www.downthedrive.com


Basically, UConn is too good and is overshadowing the program. Now we have a chance.
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This says it all:

"Bearcats are 0-22 all-time against UConn, losing by an average of 40 ppg, including losses of 30 and 50 (at home), in 2020."
 
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