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Message: [QUOTE="caseyb7, post: 5190748, member: 9520"] I’m just back from the game and I’ll share my biggest take-away. Venue: Normally the PC women play at Alumni Hall on the Friars campus, it is a gym. For the Huskies game they moved it to Amica Mutual Pavilion in downtown Providence which seats 14,000. They didn’t sell out, but the UConn crowd dwarfed the typical PC women’s crowd. Kids: UConn & its stars, particularly Paige Bueckers, do so much to foster the sport. I sat lower near the hoop and was surrounded by families with emerging women’s sports fans. The adults had UConn sweatshirts/caps and the kids had towels, clothing, and signs. I sat just to the left of a family with 3 girls maybe 5-8 years old, each with a sign. I asked to see them, which they liked and two were UConn and the big one was Paige Bueckers. Each of the tots had painted faces with player numbers, UConn insignias, husky dog faces to compliment their UConn jerseys (pint-sized) and Mardi gras style beads. They were having the time of their lives jumping up every commercial break waving their signs to get on the AMP jumbotron. Every UConn basket, especially every Paige basket, the kiddies were dancing and high-fiving. Granted Providence is only 90 minutes from Storrs and a lot of us to allegiances to both states, but watching Meg Culmo & Allen Bestwick it seems to be commonplace for road games. Thirty years back when I’d go to the Hartford Civic Center to see a UConn women’s game I could pick my seat, it is gratifying to see what the UConn program, and fan-friendly players like Paige, Azzi and others have done for the sport. Game-wise: Mismatch as expected. UConn continues to concern me with its lack of frontcourt. I love Jana’s work, but she seems sluggish and lacking agility. Plus gaining as many fouls as baskets will hurt us down the road against higher ranked teams. [/QUOTE]

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