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oldude said:
So I watched the game downstairs in my man cave. When Paige's 3 went in, I let out a yell, causing Mrs. Oldude to come running downstairs, greatly concerned about my well being. I guess she still loves me. :cool:
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Here's to the Love, Olddude!!! Way To Show Spirit!!!! :)
 
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shiverz45 said:
I wanted to wait to see what Paige looked like after she played SC before I commented on her. She is definitely the truth.
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....and she had an off- night (for her) shooting and lost 2 or 3 assists when teammates blew bunnies within a foot of the basket
 
donalddoowop said:
I wanted to see what UConn would do when they had the ball in the fourth quarter and the clock was running down, but the ball got away from Evita.
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Looked like she was having trouble moving much of the night. She just could not get out after that pass, and she may have been fouled to boot.
 
bballnut90 said:
Can you name one specific game that comes close to what Paige did tonight?

-Paige scored half of the team's points on 54% shooting. The rest of the team shot a combined 31.9%.

-Paige scored the team's final 13 points, including two jumpers to send it to OT and all 9 points in OT. 5-5 shooting and 2-2 from the FT line.

-She did this against the #1 team in the country.
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the UConn/Tenn regular season game her year junior year. Seriously, go look at the schedule and box scores. Diana pretty much had to do this against half the Big East, and the top teams. Geno was trying to figure out a way to have Diana pass Diana the ball. 😂

Those teams had no business winning a championship, but did because DT was magic those two seasons.

I don’t say this to negate anything that Paige is doing..heck, she’s being compared to The GOAT as a freshman..but what DT did with those teams, was just..remarkable. Remember the second best WNBA player from those teams was Ashley Battle.
 
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King Kong said:
I've been annoyed with Boston for quite some time. Apparently she doesn't want to tough it out with a smaller, but very physical player. Bravo, Aaliyah! I think there will be a rematch in the NCAAs.
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Nothing like a 'minty fresh' smile (with no teeth missing)! :D
 
oldude said:
OK, here is a question for our UConn trivia experts. Has any UConn player ever scored 30 pts in 3 straight games?
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No. I recall during the post-game of the previous game, when she had done back to back 30 point games, it being mentioned that she was only the second UConn player to do that, and nobody had ever done three in a row.
 
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BBallF said:
I thought that was the announcers making the mistake since all they did was talk nonsensically. As I complained about in the last DePaul game, it seems as though they think they have to fill in the action because the women's game isn't engaging enough. I think it is insulting. That was a great and exciting basketball game. We didn't need the constant monologue. I also thought the refereeing was horrendous. They miss all kinds of contact on shots but call every possible moving screen. If you want to call it tight, call it that way 22 feet from the basket but also 2 feet from it as well.
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Any game with Dee Kanter will be called bad. I replayed the last shot at half frame by frame there were zeros on the clock when the ball was still at her waist.
 
UConn990411 said:
The bottom line is this team needs to be led by the frosh going forward. it’s not the norm in college basketball, but it gives them their best shot to win.

The juniors very good complementary players who will take turns stepping up, but if this team wants to win a title, it will be led by it’s freshmen.
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As I said in the game thread, this is Paige's team. It will go as far as she and the other freshman take them
 
nwhoopfan said:
I shudder to even think what Bueckers is gonna look like as an upperclassmen. She is amazing!


Holy wow was Henderson awful for South Carolina by contrast. 5-17 shooting, 8 TOs, and not a clue how to run a team. I remember when Gamecock fans were trying to convince everybody she was fine as a PG. That's a big NOPE.
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it was the ball.............
 
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bballnut90 said:
Can you name one specific game that comes close to what Paige did tonight?
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Does Chelsea Dungee scoring 37 point against UConn, including 4 for 5 from 3 pts, 13-21 overall, count? She is a redshirt senior, though.
 
JonathanXIV said:
Remember at the beginning of the season when someone started a thread that Paige was going to be locked out as Freshman of the Year because Clark and Van Lith had a head start on her? Yeah, me neither.
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forget about that................do you remember before the season even started when some folks here questioned whether PB would even be a starter?
 
blackbird said:
most of the big games her junior and senior year. Have people really forgotten how bad that team was when she left?
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Just watch what she did against Texas and Tennessee in the 03 FF! Against Tennessee 3/4 shot at halftime, 3 pointer to send to overtime and then a shot with 51 seconds let to win it all in one game.
 
uconnever said:
I don’t think she was hurting, she was not productive is my guess. She was out of sorts today, it was easy to see. No contribution so he sat her. She always contributes some way but not today.
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You could clearly see in the video that she came down on her knee after attempting to rebound and she noticeably winced in pain and took a little crow hop. She is clearly not anywhere near 100% and probably never will be.
 
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Great win. However this kind of play from our 3 upperclassmen isn’t going to cut it. I’m tired of the excuses they need to step up. I was happy to see CW didn’t start overtime, she is turning out to be a bust, has a solid game once a year.
Our future does indeed look bright, that is something to be ecstatic about
 
oldude said:
Some thoughts on the SC game:
  • UConn WBB fans live for matchups like this one. From a pure basketball standpoint this was one ugly game. As a UConn WBB fan, this was a thing of beauty.
  • Another really slow start on offense for the Huskies against the Gamecocks. Some of it was tough defense by SC and some of it was simply nerves. Fortunately, UConn played great defense and that kept them in the game.
  • I really love the fact that our 3 freshmen all played like they absolutely belong in a game like this against a top opponent.
  • Aubrey came up HUGE off the bench.
  • UConn needs to work on setting screens without moving.
  • Assuming UConn runs the table in the BE, the Huskies should be the #1 overall seed for the Big Dance.
  • Let's restart that thread again about Paige as the NPOY. THE LEGEND GROWS!!!
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What a Great Game. Paige is amazing.... Geno is going to have to pull the DT comment... We have Paige....... Such a great game.... lets keep building off of this! #1 where we belong... even if we have to wait a week to get that ranking...
 
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