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Seton Hall Postgame Thread

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I'll start out by saying Julianne Viani is from my hometown, Poughkeepsie, NY. She won at least one state title while playing at Our Lady of Lourdes in Poughkeepsie. She played her college ball at Marist College in Poughkeepsie. BYW - Nova star Maddie Seacrest is also a Lourdes alum.

As to the game, the team, especially the defense was out of sync for most of the 1st quarter. Not unexpected considering having played Georgetown on Thursday.

Second quarter was an improvement. The bench came thru. Blanca, Kaylie and Allie were hugh.

Defense, when it got it together, was huge in causing 10 second violations, missed passes and UConn causing tie ups.

Now the team gets home before the storm and get a little rest.
 
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A workman effort and another win. KUDOS to the bench, they scored 45 points and the starters scored 47 points. 11 players out of 13 scored, positive contributions from every one. Ashlynn had 3 threes, Allie had 3 three and Azzi had 3. Holding our average of 90+ points per game. GO HUSKIES!!!!!!!! Bring on Xavier!!!!!
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In the things you want to see in the SH game I posted ( 1 ) Score 90+ points. ( 2 ) Hold SH to 50 points. ( 3 ) Let the bench go wild. I nailed it. GO HUSKIES!!!!!!
 
JwittersPAC said:
To a point. This team is just so dominant this year.
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As Diane said at the end of one championhip game: when you think of Connecticut you think Domination...Domination. Given it was her last I remember thinking she might have just laid a heavy burden on the team, I think it has held up remarkably well.
 
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A lot of bench positives coming out of a mostly lackluster effort from the starters (outside of Azzi and Sarah being their solid selves). Blanca looking far more under control. Allie finally playing with the confidence wanted from her. K9 seemingly more in control of the offense. She had a bunch of hockey assists and she chose better moments to drive to the hoop. Yanna returning to a bit of form.
 
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Rough start but we were able to adjust and got through it which is important. This team has been great about adjusting when it needs to happen.

Glad to see Azzi with her 3 ball back. I thought Blanca and Allie had exceptional games.
 
UConn is so much better than most of the teams they play I understand when they play uninspired ball at times. When they have to get ready for a big opponent they are ready so nothing to worry about.
 
Some slightly unusual things in this game.
  • Blanca got the most minutes (28). That may be a first for her.
  • 48.3% of UConn's shots (29-60) were threes. That's high. On the season, 31% have been threes.
  • KK had a low A/TO of 1/1.
 
Very slow start, trailing 6-0. Azzi was matching Valenzuela bucket for bucket. Then Blanca happened. She was fabulous. Overall, a pretty good game against a pretty good team. Sarah should have gotten lots more FTs.
 
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For once, I'm not going to read the previous posts before posting myself.
I acknowledge that it's probably bad form and possibly UCONN-unreal-expectations syndrome, but, even though today was a 40 point victory, I find myself a little distressed witnessing today's game in person at Seton Hall.
Even though they shot very out of the gate (& for the game), I found UCONN starting off flatter than flat.
I hope that Serah heals quickly, but (even though she had a quick 2 assists) she was unable to cover or close in the first period (particularly on Valenzuela, who is really good and a lock for All Big East). It wasn't only Serah, but Seton Hall looked like the more well-coached and disciplined team in the first quarter. Cutters constantly got wide open layups or found stationery shooters who did not have defenders closing out on them.
Once more, for the game, giving up offensive rebounds (particularly on long bounces) was a problem.
Defensively, things got better as the game progressed, but, before getting to some positive things that I noticed, it seemed to me that, even though she can be unstoppable whenever she wants, Sarah's hands and passes lately have been less reliable and efficient. Even if her passes were not intercepted, they seemed to be frequently tipped and less sharp, and she didn't seem to be aggressive on offense (specifically, driving to the basket or even pulling up against Valenzuela).
Before getting to some good things, it also seems to me that KK post-Notre Dame seems to be experiencing a regression in her own offense. She is still a great on-ball defender and takes care of the ball on offense, though.
Some really good things:
Blanca immediately turned things around when she entered pretty early in the first quarter. She was very efficient and effective on offense and defense.
Allie was a one-woman zone buster. Whenever they left her relatively alone, she made Seton Hall pay for it.
Yanna looks healthy and is back to doing some wonderful things on the court.
Azzi's first half shooting and her defense throughout the game were great, to me.
While it might be a problem vs Tennessee without both Serah and Ice, Jana looks healthy and effectively aggressive (& obviously should benefit from increased minutes for the near future).
I'm sorry if I'm being overly harsh, but this is a team with a tremendous ceiling, going through a part of the season where they are not truly being challenged (& probably were fatigued and thrown off by the change in schedule and rapid turn around), and are starting to have increasingly long lulls where they are not playing up to their own standard. It is a trend I hope that can be rapidly remedied.
Lastly, I haven't read the other posts as yet and have no idea how things were perceived in the telecast, but, to me in the arena, the refs seemed to have as dreadful and one-sided a game with their calls as I can remember. I'm probably overreacting, but it almost seemed like they were trying to influence the final score so that an exotic bet was being covered. Probably an overstatement, but that's how it seemed to me sitting in my wonderful seat at Walsh...
 
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Lastly, I haven't read the other posts as yet and have no idea how things were perceived in the telecast, but, to me in the arena, the refs seemed to have as dreadful and one-sided a game with their calls as I can remember. I'm probably overreacting, but it almost seemed like they were trying to influence the final score so that an exotic bet was being covered. Probably an overstatement, but that's how it seemed to me sitting in my wonderful seat at Walsh...
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I concur wholeheartedly.
 
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Given all the variables with moving the game up a day, bus travel, late arrival, early start game, cozy home environs for SH, all in all, a very good performance by the Huskies. Not to pile on Serah with the injury, but she probably leads the nation in 3 second calls. I know someone in Boneyard land will have a chart/graph for that. Additionally, me thinks she hesitates too much with the ball down low - explode and power up to the basket!
 
ThisJustIn said:
Radio post-game (note Allie was on and echoed Azzi's tv post-game about being grumpy about their early defense. "Everything they got, we gave them"

CD in sweats!

Not my most comfy outfit. At least we won. Only clean thing left Kids opposing assistants gave me guff. "Wait? Are you going to repeat an outfit?" "No. I don't do repeats. Do do clean." lol

At beginning, credit SH.

We started slow, and they made some shots early. Made it difficult. I watched our warm ups and we didn't make any shots. Geno doesn't watch, so if we shoot well, I usually say, "It was great." If we shoot poorly, I say,"It was okay. It was good." Luckily he didn't ask today. Regardless of the situation - not easy - tough trip. Regardless, we'e got to play. Eventually we settled down/in.

SH heckling?

CD - Didn't hear it. (something about "The review? Only one person.)

Good test, on the road.

Historically not played well v. SH. Always ssume it's going to be a battle. They play hard. Play a lot of zone. Took us a little bit. Good environment. Threat of snow impacted it (attendance). Fun to come here. Better to be able to get home. <G> Proud of our guys.

Azzi was on fire at start.

Yesterday, Ash didn't miss a shot (a 3) in practice. Expected HER. But, with Azzi, just a matter of time. Not a mechanical thing. We have to do a better job of finding who's on a roll.

Blanca. Great job off bench.

In the same 3 minutes can do 5 things that change course of the game for us and 2 things that benefit opposition. Nothing fazes her. Consistent on level she plays. Have to help her value the possession. Sometimes just better to take the easy shot. She makes us a more diff team to defend.

Funny discussion about if she has a snow blower.
No, but yes to shovel. lol
Asking if I have a snowblower is like asking me if I use my oven.
She's a 3 ingredient recipe fan. Used it twice. (A Christmas New Years miracle.) Yogurt peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate. She's on food instagram, annoyed they lie about how long it actually takes to make something. Took longer to cook - and someone claimed it was because the oven not used to being ON. lol
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"They" did not make shots early. Number 8 made shots early. She had most of their points in the first quarter.
 
Gael said:
Some slightly unusual things in this game.
  • Blanca got the most minutes (28). That may be a first for her.
  • 48.3% of UConn's shots (29-60) were threes. That's high. On the season, 31% have been threes.
  • KK had a low A/TO of 1/1.
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Thanks. I'm a factoid fan. Keep it up!
 
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