Post Mortem

[jdote33]

Has anyone watched the game again. I probably will in a couple weeks. I keep stumbling on clips from the Sue and Dee broadcast on YouTube. I keep seeing the score semi close and thinking we kinda have a shot. Lol. 39-46 in the forth.this is sort of being discussed in the other thread but I think we did miss Dorka. I think perhaps Dorkas best skill is her rebounding. Also the last game SC lost this season was because of a big getting hot and pulling SC away from the basket. I felt UConn just needed a couple more threes. Who knows if Dorka could've provided that. I hope that thought sortve fuels her.

I also really appreciate the post above. And jj Reddick also talked about this on his podcast well he was talking about the lack of spacing and cbb being sort of stuck. Watching SC all season I just thought they had no spacing, and no movement from side to side. But they do have a dominant post and good albeit streaky one on one players.

 

[eebmg]

Interesting follow up article on the season

Geno Auriemma might ‘lead the country’ in technicals while defending Paige Bueckers: ‘That kid gets fouled more than any kid in America’

Bueckers, the national player of the year as a freshman, played just 17 games as a...

www.thehour.com

Just about every member of UConn’s travel party left Minneapolis sick. Some had sniffles, others flu-like symptoms or a stomach bug. Still others came away from the Final Four with COVID-19 — though no players or coaches.


“Unless it turns out perfectly, it’s always tinged with ‘What if?’” Auriemma said. “While you’re going through it, you know what a struggle it is. But you look back and go, ‘Yeah it was a struggle, but it wasn’t anything we couldn’t handle.’ So then you get to the final game and you go, ‘Shoot, all we’ve been through and we’re going to lose?’ It was like that movie with Chevy Chase when they go through all that stuff to get to Wally World — and it’s closed.”

“Not even close,” Auriemma said (about Paige being herself) . “And when you’re trying to come back, you’re trying to do it against the best competition you face all year. So that was a challenge. And she’s got a challenge this summer. She’s got to get stronger.”


“Azzi overthinks things sometimes. And when she doesn’t, there are times at practice when that kid will go a week without hitting the rim [all swishes]. Then you say to yourself, when she passes up some open shots, ‘What could be going through her mind?’ How’d you like to be coached like this? ‘Hey, Azzi, every time the ball touches your hand, shoot it.’”


“I said this to Azzi once: I think some people can help you with your confidence but I don’t think confidence is something you order at a sandwich shop,” Auriemma said. “You can’t walk in and go, ‘Can I have a confidence sandwich?’ Confidence comes from putting the time in and doing it to a certain level every day, doing it against competition, and then going home and going ‘I got this.’ Confidence doesn’t come from someone else saying, ‘You got this.’ That’s a part of it, but it’s not the biggest part of it. Self-confidence is way more important than someone else having confidence in you.”

 

[KingKong139]

The amount of fans crying ‘South Carolina is too physical, they’re hurting the game, the refs are in their pocket’ is embarrassing for UConn. Some of y’all have turned into the pundits from 2016 when UConn and Stewie were ‘ruining the game.’ Dawn Staley and SC aren’t doing anything but winning and growing the sport. If it’s the physicality that presents an issue for UConn, then they need to adjust.

 

[BRS24]

Interesting follow up article on the season

Geno Auriemma might ‘lead the country’ in technicals while defending Paige Bueckers: ‘That kid gets fouled more than any kid in America’

Bueckers, the national player of the year as a freshman, played just 17 games as a...

www.thehour.com

Just about every member of UConn’s travel party left Minneapolis sick. Some had sniffles, others flu-like symptoms or a stomach bug. Still others came away from the Final Four with COVID-19 — though no players or coaches.

Quite a few journalists at the FF also testing positive for covid last week, some now unable to attend the WNBA draft.

 

[bbsamjj]

Hypothetically, how many WNBA stars would Coach Auriemma have produced in his first 14 seasons in Storrs? South Carolina has produced as many WNBA Rookies of the Year as the storied program at Stanford, and one more than Notre Dame. There are, likely, a number of factors at play when young ladies choose to matriculate at South Carolina. Good players will make it to the WNBA regardless of where they played their college ball, and great players will become great pros regardless of where they developed their skills in college.

This, and also, 7X WNBA all star Candice Dupree, who ranks 4th in career points in WNBA history, played for Staley at Temple.

 

[visitingcock]

Time to declare post mortem on the negativity in this thread.

UConn is not dead. The season might be, but not UConn. Let;s face it, UConn's runnerup finish is the best since 2016. Final fours are nice but UConn played for it all this year despite having an excess of injuries.

Yes, SCar will hold an inside edge next year. Uconn will have an outside edge.

Both teams have NOPYs returning. UConn's should have two more years, Scar's? only one. Dare I use the word "generational" for both?

SCar has the disadvantage of being the hunted. UConn will be the hunter.

Who will be more motivated in the offseason?

Get over it. SCar, UConn Stanford and somebody else will almost certainly be the powers of next year, None hold a true advantage. Same as this year.

Get over it folks!

 

[bbsamjj]

Finishing runner up, as tough as it is, is not an unsuccessful season; particularly when SC came in as the #1 ranked team and UConn faced a bevy of injuries/obstacles all season long. As Geno said in the presser, of his 11 championships, he thinks 10 of them UConn legit had the better team; he did not think UConn had better team against SC. You need some luck to win a championship when you're not the very best, and sometimes even when you are. UConn played three #1 seeds in succession in NC State, Stanford, and SC. Winning 2/3 games is incredibly impressive. I think the only team in the country that could beat NC State, Stanford, and UConn in a row is SC, the worthy champions.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

The amount of fans crying ‘South Carolina is too physical, they’re hurting the game, the refs are in their pocket’ is embarrassing for UConn. Some of y’all have turned into the pundits from 2016 when UConn and Stewie were ‘ruining the game.’ Dawn Staley and SC aren’t doing anything but winning and growing the sport. If it’s the physicality that presents an issue for UConn, then they need to adjust.

The amount of crying we would've heard from SC fans had they been on the other end of a 26-4 FT disadvantage would've been biblical. Also, your coach blamed the basketball for her loss at Storrs. Maybe you should stow your crying comment.

 

[KingKong139]

The amount of crying we would've heard from SC fans had they been on the other end of a 26-4 FT disadvantage would've been biblical. Also, your coach blamed the basketball for her loss at Storrs. Maybe you should stow your crying comment.

Why on earth are you saying ‘your coach’? I have a news flash for you, we share the same coach. UConn born and bred here. Not every critique is automatically from an opposing fan. To address the free throw disparity, OUR team needs to get more physical as I eluded to, we had one player that would look to drive through contact.

 

[Dognusty]

Why on earth are you saying ‘your coach’? I have a news flash for you, we share the same coach. UConn born and bred here. Not every critique is automatically from an opposing fan. To address the free throw disparity, OUR team needs to get more physical as I eluded to, we had one player that would look to drive through contact.

Also some fail to realize that 14 of those 26 attempts where within the last 7 minutes off the game. 12 for the first 33 mins. Then break down how many paint attempts each team took and u see why there is a big margin in attempts.