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POSTGAME: Dawn Staley on UConn: It was the ball's fault! [merged]

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bballnut90 said:
If schools are able to pick which ball they use, you can bet every road game SC has the rest of the year they'll be using Wilson balls.
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You must mean NIKE. SC plays with a Wilson ball.
 
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UConnCat said:
By Mechelle Voepel. This is her take.
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I don't think much of her, but I still would've expected better.

She's always missing the boat while counting ladybugs. As if UConn didn't miss shots or miss free throws or make other mistakes that might've been avoided in a perfect game. SMH
 
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Voepel:

Yet if the Gamecocks had hit one of the four shots they had at the basket at the end of regulation--- Destanni Henderson's jumper was short, then Victaria Saxton missed a putback, followed by Aliyah Boston's two missed putback attempts -- Bueckers wouldn't have been the story of the night.

The Gamecocks will rue their missed layups, which ruined their normally lethal transition game, missed free throws (8 of 15) and turnovers (21). They kept the Huskies 24.1 points below their season average of 87.1 coming into the game, held them to just 2 of 15 from behind the arc and outrebounded them 52-39.

I wonder if UConn is allowed to change anything in the game. Missed FTs? Turnovers?
 
Plebe said:
I don't think much of her, but I still would've expected better.

She's always missing the boat while counting ladybugs. As if UConn didn't miss shots or miss free throws or make other mistakes that might've been avoided in a perfect game. SMH
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Or a half court heave? Or the officiating. I think SC looked like the better team good portion of the game but Paige is the difference in tight games, because she can find her shot. If we meet SC again we will need more contributions from others to beat them.
 
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A friend of mine was recently on the staff at an ACC school (Pitt). A lot of them use Nike balls, but I know that a few use other balls, including Miami (who uses Adidas). For a practice or two prior to a trip to Miami, they would practice with Adidas balls.

Given the number of Nike schools in the SEC, you would think South Carolina has used them before, but regardless, an odd excuse.

Assuming this photo is from this year, they used a Nike ball at Alabama:
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It is public record who sponsors each colleges sports teams. UConn is a Nike school therefore they will wear Nike gear and use Nike basketballs. She must play Nike schools all the time so this should never be an issue. Will she try this if she loses a game as the USA coach? I can hear it now "we had trouble catching the ball because it was a different color".
 
I can’t believe she really blamed the ball. Had you guys made those 4 layups at the end would you have said this Dawn?
 
Zinethar said:
It is public record who sponsors each colleges sports teams. UConn is a Nike school therefore they will wear Nike gear and use Nike basketballs. She must play Nike schools all the time so this should never be an issue. Will she try this if she loses a game as the USA coach? I can hear it now "we had trouble catching the ball because it was a different color".
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Nike sponsors about 100 D1 programs, including about half of the SEC.
 
This is exactly why I just can’t muster up any enthusiasm for Dawn Staley. She just rubs me the wrong way with her arrogance, her constant “look at me” attitude, the whole silliness of the banner for being number one on one of the polls last year, her alleged lobbying for her team to be declared National Champion simply because they were ranked number one when COVID shut the NCAA tournament down, and now this. Surely the Team USA coach should be above blaming a hard fought loss on a ball and dismissing a performance for the ages by a freshman in a #1 vs #2 matchup as “she’s a good player”. And for what? Can’t she see that none of that is necessary? She’s obviously a good coach and a great recruiter, she’s won a real national title, and she’s built her program into a national power. I just don’t get it. All that stuff just makes her look bad.
 
shiverz45 said:
UConn why do you have us dribbling with a flat ball? Did you'll learn that from New England. Well it work. We had zero fast break points. :) This is not the first time Dawn mentioned something about the ball. I don't remember who it was but I knew Cooke was having issues with it. Had to be a road team so we won that game regardless.
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The whole deflated ball was a bs made up story. Were both teams using the same ball.
 
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Besides the ball excuse which is a real thing, I like Coach Dawn game post press comments.
She protected her team. No singular or condescending call outs, no end of the world talk, no grouping of bad vs good players. She just talked about her teams poor play and how they will grow from this loss.
 
Kaizen said:
At first I thought she blames to Nika then I realize she was blaming to the Nike ball. No grace at all...
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You're absolutely correct here, when I see/read Nike on the Boneyard in my mind the post is talking about Nika.

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Does the ball make a difference on number of assists also? South Car 7 assists on 25 made shots.
 
UConnCat said:
Voepel:

Yet if the Gamecocks had hit one of the four shots they had at the basket at the end of regulation--- Destanni Henderson's jumper was short, then Victaria Saxton missed a putback, followed by Aliyah Boston's two missed putback attempts -- Bueckers wouldn't have been the story of the night.

The Gamecocks will rue their missed layups, which ruined their normally lethal transition game, missed free throws (8 of 15) and turnovers (21). They kept the Huskies 24.1 points below their season average of 87.1 coming into the game, held them to just 2 of 15 from behind the arc and outrebounded them 52-39.

I wonder if UConn is allowed to change anything in the game. Missed FTs? Turnovers?
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If, If, If, If, Whiff, Whiff, Whiff, Whiff
 
It takes balls to say what Dawn said. I give her that. Hope she has a nice flight home.....
 
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