I'm very displeased with this outcome, but I have to give credit to USCe. They had to make a major adjustment to what they did late in the year and subsequently met every challenge presented to them in the post-season.
That was like watching mud wrestling. The NCAA should make a rule that (2) SEC teams not be allowed to play in the championship game...for the good of the game.
Maybe O'Brien was drinking.
You didn't miss much. The poorest display of offense in a championship game since the 2010 perversion.
Does Geno have tailored game plans for teams, or is that if he can just get his players to play "UCONN ball" he expects them to win? What's puzzling is that in the UConn player interviews after the MSU loss, Lou, Saniya, and I think Napheesa all admitted they played poorly in the first half, but said they were pleased with their second half effort. Hard to figure. Certainly they came back in the second half, but it didn't seem like they were playing UConn ball. Maybe they were in the Twilight Zone.
What about the UConn-ND game from a few years ago? Final was something like 66-55, very similar to this game.
You mean the 2015 championship? It was definitely not a Monet, but I don't remember it being that bad.
Get rid of the Media, HBO etal pressure and Let these 2017-22017 UCONN gals start their own Streak !
I think it was something like 54-48 until the last 4-5 minutes of the game when KML took over.
Yup, it kept his NC game undefeated streak alive
It was a puzzling way to treat the young woman that got them to the title game.
The whole thing looks bad to me unless she really did or said something out of bounds. I think she earned way more respect than that, no matter how she was perceived in this game. And I'm really surprised Vic would treat her like that, both because of the the things he's said about her and everything we've seen about him personally. Until the tournament I didn't know a thing about him, so I'm going on what I've seen and heard on TV and just his overall demeanor during the games I've watched. But I have to say, he seemed a little different today. One of the most disturbing elements about what happened is that by benching her he took away all possibility of winning from the entire team, including his seniors. I would have thought they deserved better too.
I have to agree with a previous poster who said it was tough love Geno-style. Of all people, it should be UConn fans who understand this, but now seem to be getting all sentimental about the Morgan William story line. When Geno gives tough-love treatment to his players, such as when he benched Morgan and Stewie in a game last year (?) that immediately preceded a game with South Carolina, fans were quick to rush to his defense and support this style of coaching.
He wasn't losing in the National Championship game with his most electric player on the bench. Regardless, teaching in games is for during the regular season, not the post-season.
There were complaints on here from some Uconn fans earlier in the season because Uconn was not ranked number one in the preseason, even though they were the defending champs. With that reasoning, SC should be ranked number one in next season's preseason rankings.
I remember in the final, I think it was against Notre Dame in 2014, Bria Hartley was having a terrible game, so Geno sat her down for a very long stretch. Such play could cost the team the game if the player is allowed to continue. By your logic, if a player is playing poorly or just not giving the effort, you have to keep them in the game because they are a key player and it's a national championship game. I think the MSU coach's sitting of Morgan was like what Geno did when he sat Bria.
me too, short shorts and all. I like Coates, Davis, Bianca as well as Allisha
Geno could afford to sit Bria... she wasnt as important as William!