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Providence Postgame Thread

oldude said:
Guys, it’s almost inevitable that sometime after Christmas, after a few days off, before school is back in session, UConn will play down to their competition. Last year, on December 29, UConn hosted Providence in Hartford, beating them by 67-41 in an ugly game.

Yes, last year’s national champions beat lowly Providence by 16 at home, with everyone healthy. Chill everyone. The Huskies will be firing on all cylinders when it matters most.
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A noble effort by you but I doubt much of it will get through. It's amusing how quickly UConn has slipped from dominant super team to disappointing. At least they hung on to win the 4th qtr. so they've got that going for them. 😉
 
Blanca should be starting now. Not tomorrow, not next week and not next year. She is too good period.

And I don't know why people get down on Fisher everytime someone mentions she needs more minutes.

From what I have seen of Fisher, she looks ready to explode onto the scene very shortly. She drives to the basket as good as anyone on the team.

But Blanca does it all.
 
oldude said:
Some postgame thoughts on the Providence game:
  • With their 14th win today UConn arrives at the New Year undefeated for the first time in 9 seasons. Let’s hope the Huskies end Easter Sunday the same way.
  • Playing without your starting PG is typically a recipe for sloppy offensive basketball, and 21 turnovers by the Huskies was pretty ugly.
  • At the same time, it was business as usual on defense as the Huskies forced 30 turnovers with 16 steals while holding the Friars to 35 % shooting.
  • I did think UConn’s offensive flow was better with Kayleigh at PG. She had tape on her chest, likely securing padding to protect her sternum.
  • I’m not sure who put together the gameplan for Providence to “back off” Sarah at the arc... 😮
  • UConn has some wonderful athletes on the roster. But honestly, Blanca is at another level that we haven’t really seen since Gabby, and she’s only a 19 year-old freshman!!! 🤩
  • UConn is a great passing team. But I really would prefer that they not pass up point blank layups to pass the ball to a teammate on the perimeter….🤯
  • I’m guessing the next time we see KK on the court, she’ll be wearing a mask, signifying her superhero status 😎. In the meantime, let’s hope the Huskies stop beating the hell out of each other in practice.
  • I’ll be at PeoplesBank Arena for the Seton Hall game on Saturday. Thanks in advance to whomever starts the postgame thread on the BY.
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Back on the beat...where you belong. (I'm still trying to track down those checks).
 
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1974yankees said:
Blanca should be starting now. Not tomorrow, not next week and not next year. She is too good period.

And I don't know why people get down on Fisher everytime someone mentions she needs more minutes.

From what I have seen of Fisher, she looks ready to explode onto the scene very shortly. She drives to the basket as good as anyone on the team.

But Blanca does it all.
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Blanca would easily be the best player on any team without Sarah or Azzi.
 
donalddoowop said:
Some posters on this board don't know how to chill. They expect perfection from every player every game. It gets old. I can see why some posters stop posting.
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So we're not supposed to watch a (mediocre) game that had us turn the ball over 21 times, commit 19 fouls and play kind of average for the last three quarters and not post our comments? And why would this affect other posters, ending up with some to stop posting?
Hmm.
 
lonsharkin51 said:
Blanca would easily be the best player on any team without Sarah or Azzi.
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Uconn has the first second AND third best players (easily no less)? lol, Cancel the tournament.

(And most every analyst or coach epipf challenge the claim that she’s Easily better than Hidalgo, Booker, Harmon, Betts, Edwards, ….)
 
Centerstream said:
After watching Seton Hall for three quarters before the UConn game started, we better hope that KK is starting Saturday. Today's starting guards seemed to be hesitant about who was going to bring the ball up and then would get rid of the ball whenever an opponent was near, leading to some bad passes. And it continued for most of the game. We even had a 10 second call against us, right?
Something I really wonder about with UConn is how a player or two will come out and light up the scoresheet in the first quarter or half and then not be heard from the rest of the game. Or the opposite, little scoring in the first half and then go crazy in the second half.
I think Jana played pretty good. I just wonder how her opponents can beat her up, knock her to the floor or swarm her without committing a foul but if she breathes on her opponent, whistles galore. No wonder she doesn't seem as happy on the court this season versus last. She tries so hard.
I thought that with KK out today that both Ashlynn and Allie would have great scoring games by being really involved in bringing the ball up and starting the offense. Oops.
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schmendrick said:
Was it me or did Sarah seem out of sorts?
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I know saying anything negative about our best player is like talking badly about the Pope in the Vatican, but 5 TO's in 23 minutes today and a recent game with 6 TO's??? What's going on ? Is she getting too comfortable and reading too many headlines? This is not the Sarah we saw all of last year and early this year.
 
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oldude said:
Guys, it’s almost inevitable that sometime after Christmas, after a few days off, before school is back in session, UConn will play down to their competition. Last year, on December 29, UConn hosted Providence in Hartford, beating them by 67-41 in an ugly game.

Yes, last year’s national champions beat lowly Providence by 16 at home, with everyone healthy. Chill everyone. The Huskies will be firing on all cylinders when it matters most.
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I think everyone is chilling. But to pretend that this was a masterpiece game is being an ostrich (not saying that's you, just pointing it out). It was a solid win - a smackdown scoring wise, but there were a LOT of problems with how the team played. There were some good things too. I'm not sure anyone is on here blasting the team, but the 2nd half especially, was one of the worst halves of the season. Any objective person cannot sugar coat that...

I've never been a fan of ONLY cheerleading. I see nothing wrong with pointing out a subpar performance. I do agree that saying Sarah is perhaps letting all the good press "get her too comfortable" is a mischaracterization of her game - going from truly elite to just outstanding is indeed her sophomore slump. I'm sure she will right the ship soon enough.
 
We were without a healthy point guard and that played big with the TOs. Today proved Azzi Ash Allie Blanca and Sarah are good ball handlers but not point guards. We won big inspite of the TOs. Move on its over. Lets get KK and Kayleigh healthy for Seton Hall.
 
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EricLA said:
I think everyone is chilling. But to pretend that this was a masterpiece game is being an ostrich (not saying that's you, just pointing it out). It was a solid win - a smackdown scoring wise, but there were a LOT of problems with how the team played. There were some good things too. I'm not sure anyone is on here blasting the team, but the 2nd half especially, was one of the worst halves of the season. Any objective person cannot sugar coat that...
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Please cite the post or posts that called this game "a masterpiece."
I sort of believe the opposite that there becomes exaggerations because we see 20 year old kids that don't play great every game and that is somehow a big problem that they aren't some sort of a robot.
News flash to all fans - 20 year college players aren't pros. They are more apt to be inconsistent. 😀
 
EricLA said:
I think everyone is chilling. But to pretend that this was a masterpiece game is being an ostrich (not saying that's you, just pointing it out). It was a solid win - a smackdown scoring wise, but there were a LOT of problems with how the team played. There were some good things too. I'm not sure anyone is on here blasting the team, but the 2nd half especially, was one of the worst halves of the season. Any objective person cannot sugar coat that...

I've never been a fan of ONLY cheerleading. I see nothing wrong with pointing out a subpar performance. I do agree that saying Sarah is perhaps letting all the good press "get her too comfortable" is a mischaracterization of her game - going from truly elite to just outstanding is indeed her sophomore slump. I'm sure she will right the ship soon enough.
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Less than 24 hrs before the game you lose your starting pg, who is 2nd in the nation in A/TO and having a fantastic season. Under the circumstances, what exactly should we all expect from a UConn team that hasn’t even practiced once as a team without KK?

If TX lost Rori Harmon the day before a game, I’m guessing their execution would be pretty shoddy, to say the least.
 
Husky fanatic said:
Probably the worst 37 point win ever. No beautiful basketball today. Happy to see Jana in double figures but waiting for her to stay standing the entire game. All you KK critics might now see her value. Serah and Sarah were turnover queens. Kayleigh wide open for layup and passes. Come on!
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Finally, someone else has noted that Jana (a very nice person and teammate) is somewhat clumsy and falls often. No previous comments on the fact that 3 of our 4 bigs had 13 TO's---5-4-4 , while Blanca had zero. Maybe Geno needs to start ribbing SS, Serah Williams and Jana as leading the free world in turnovers, as he did with Blanca early this year. It seemed to work wonders with BQ.
 
Happydad745 said:
I've always thought the after game talk was an honest appraisal of how they played, not a jolly-gee they were great kind of thing, even when they were not.
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“jolly-gee” - haven’t laughed so hard all year - broke the tension for me of reading all the BY Millionaires complaining about having to pay taxes - but yes jolly-gee they got a helluva team
 
Now that I’ve had a chance to watch the replay on Peacock, I can honestly say that I’m impressed by what Erin Baath has done with Providence. She got a high energy offense and defense out of an almost entirely new roster. It isn’t just a bunch of random parts and misfit toys. There’s some good athlete on the Friars and I hope they stick around. They kept the first 5 mins close partly because UConn played sloppy (like two weak passes by Sarah in the space of two minutes) but also because they played with great energy.

In the end, the talent on Geno’s roster was going to pull away, even if they didn’t always play good basketball. One of his harshest criticisms for games like this is when he says they won because they were better athletes not better basketball players. There were stretches like this today.

But there were also incredible bright spots, like Jana’s post play. In one sequence, a poor pass to Jana at the top of the key allows a steal. But Jana forces a miss at the other end, grabs the rebound and hits Kayleigh with an outlet pass for an easy transition score. And there were Sarah’s 4 3s in the first quarter.

I think UConn was surprised that Providence was able to sustain their energy for the whole game. Most weaker teams run out of gas in the second half. But Providence stayed strong. They were trapping and getting in passing lanes until the end. That’s how they forced all the turnovers.

I hope this game points to a brighter future for Providence and the Big East. That’s good news for UConn.
 
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