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oldude said:
With Vandy getting pummeled by Ole Miss, down 24 in the 4th qtr, Blakes picks up her 4th personal foul. Shea subsequently gets tossed as she comes out on the court, screaming at the officials. Obviously, she needed someone like Geno has in CD to restrain her and wrestle her back to the bench. 😉
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Stomping onto the court and hollering at officials has always worked for us. --Kim Mulkey and Dawn Staley
 
ME Husky Fan said:
Disappointed she didn’t bring Blakes out to the post-game. That could have been a growth opportunity for her?
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Shea has her players’ backs. I doubt that Blakes would have wanted to come out during the postgame and face a barrage of questions about her miserable 1st half performance, her 4 fouls or Vandy’s disappointing loss to Ole Miss.
 
She did the right thing. Down 22 points, she had nothing to lose. I love that she got so fired up, but I think her husband has to take on the CD role and keep her out of trouble. This loss will get her a #2 seed in the NCAA tournament. They will be fired up to make a NC run; hope they are not in our bracket.
 
oldude said:
Maybe that’s the difference. Shea is still young and quick enough to evade her coaching staff. Geno’s an old man who meanders out on the court. In addition he’s smaller than CD & Jamelle and not nearly strong enough to prevent them from dragging him back to the bench…… 😊
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Plus she’s never done it before. Probably the staff didn’t expect it. Geno’s staff can see it coming.
 
Bald Husky said:
She did the right thing. Down 22 points, she had nothing to lose. I love that she got so fired up, but I think her husband has to take on the CD role and keep her out of trouble. This loss will get her a #2 seed in the NCAA tournament. They will be fired up to make a NC run; hope they are not in our bracket.
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Also during her postgame comments, Shea said, “Nothing has changed” pointing towards Vandy’s pursuit of a national championship. I think that’s not quite correct. Had Vandy won yesterday and again today against TX, they likely would have earned a #1 seed, giving the Commodores a much easier path to the FF.

As it stands now, Vandy appears to be heading for the #2 seed in UConn’s region, something no team really wants. Should a Vandy-UConn matchup occur in the Elite 8, I have no doubt it will generate great excitement. But at the end of the day the teacher will likely give the student a new lesson or two on what it takes to get to the FF.
 
Creme's bracketology on 3/7 has Vandy now as the number 2 in UConn's region, with LSU moving over to UCLA's bracket. No one should be surprised by that. I know Vandy is dangerous but I would prefer them over LSU.

He now has Oklahoma as the number 4 in UConn's region and Ohio State as number 3. Oklahoma did beat South Carolina at home in overtime but otherwise, not much on the resume.

Texas seems to me to have the easiest path under his bracketology with Iowa, Louisville and Minnesota in the Texas bracket.

The biggest variable at this point is how the rest of the SEC Tournament plays out. Ole Miss is currently a (dangerous) 5 seed in his South Carolina bracket. As a UConn fan, I hope South Carolina wins the SEC and stays as the third (or possibly even second) number one seed.
 
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This game reminded me of the difficult loss we had against Ohio State and Cotie McMahon a few years ago. The OSU pressing defense caused us to turn over the ball too many times. I am confident Geno has worked on the press with the current team.

Vandy has to work on this, particularly if they get to face UConn ball pressure in the elite eight.
 
oldude said:
Shea has her players’ backs. I doubt that Blakes would have wanted to come out during the postgame and face a barrage of questions about her miserable 1st half performance, her 4 fouls or Vandy’s disappointing loss to Ole Miss.
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Can’t argue the first point, as is the case with most coaches, save a few we won’t mention. As to Blake’s wanting or not, again agree on the point made, but at some point in time, all the good ones, both on and off the court, have to face the music.
 
Yandy was ranked national 5 before this game. They will certainly drop notches...I do wonder if it is possible that they drop all the way to national #9...a 3 seed ....not just due to the loss but they were embarrassed especially in the first half.
Possibly Vandy goes to national 8...worst 2 seed...and plays the best 3 seed. Or goes to best 3 seed and plays the worst 2 seed?
Different uniforms and that's it.
 
Blakeon18 said:
Yandy was ranked national 5 before this game. They will certainly drop notches...I do wonder if it is possible that they drop all the way to national #9...a 3 seed ....not just due to the loss but they were embarrassed especially in the first half.
Possibly Vandy goes to national 8...worst 2 seed...and plays the best 3 seed. Or goes to best 3 seed and plays the worst 2 seed?
Different uniforms and that's it.
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Vandy will remain a 2 seed. In Charlie Crème’s latest update after last night’s game, he has Vandy as a #2 seed in UConn’s region, #7 overall.
 
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RockyMTblue2 said:
Vandy is an upstart. The SEC high command does not tolerate upstarts. The refs have always been shall we say strongly influenced by the high command.
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It was a foul on Blakes. Vandy was getting torched in the game.

They were not even competitive. The UConn women's game might be closer at the half today. There is no need for conspiratorial refs.
 
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Woof said:
I love that she did this.
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Genuine question, why did you love it? The reason I ask is if/when Staley or Mulkey does something like this, the reactions I see from some UConn fans is that it's unbecoming, etc.

Personally, I fully understand why Coach Ralph did it and can appreciate why she did. I'm just trying to understand why this seems to be getting a pass when in other cases, it likely wouldn't.
 
oldude said:
Vandy will remain a 2 seed. In Charlie Crème’s latest update after last night’s game, he has Vandy as a #2 seed in UConn’s region, #7 overall.
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Of course they'll want to stick Shea and Geno together and prey the pixie dust will send UConn home.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
Of course they'll want to stick Shea and Geno together and prey the pixie dust will send UConn home.
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Well, in this case, it’s absolutely according to the process outlined by the Selection Committee. There is no subjectivity involved.
 
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As someone who watched the game, that was a great ejection by Ralph. The foul calls were, imo, very inconsistent. She not only fired up her team--literally high fiving them on the way out--but got the refs to call the game more evenly
 
donalddoowop said:
Bueckers and Diana had similar shooting stats in games. It happens to some of the best of players.
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And much better it happened in the SEC tournament and not in the NCAA. Maybe they lose a couple of spots in the seeding, but meh. That 2023 Diana team famously laid an egg in the BE tournament to snap their streak, but it provided a tension release for the team and they won the next six. I'm sure Shea will point that out to the team, relax, get healthy, and refocus - good things are coming!
 
Blakes ended up scoring 24 points in 32 minutes which wasn't too shabby.
 
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Chalk it up to a bad game, and disastrous first half. I'm sure Shea will say "you can't play like with did in the first half and expect to win". The team needs to wake up for the NCAA's. For better or worse, now they have a few weeks rest.
 
cancontent said:
Genuine question, why did you love it? The reason I ask is if/when Staley or Mulkey does something like this, the reactions I see from some UConn fans is that it's unbecoming, etc.

Personally, I fully understand why Coach Ralph did it and can appreciate why she did. I'm just trying to understand why this seems to be getting a pass when in other cases, it likely wouldn't.
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I don't have a problem with it unless it reaches Dan Hurley level. I think a coach has to do it on occasion to protect their players.
 
oldude said:
Also during her postgame comments, Shea said, “Nothing has changed” pointing towards Vandy’s pursuit of a national championship. I think that’s not quite correct. Had Vandy won yesterday and again today against TX, they likely would have earned a #1 seed, giving the Commodores a much easier path to the FF.

As it stands now, Vandy appears to be heading for the #2 seed in UConn’s region, something no team really wants. Should a Vandy-UConn matchup occur in the Elite 8, I have no doubt it will generate great excitement. But at the end of the day the teacher will likely give the student a new lesson or two on what it takes to get to the FF.
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Let’s hope so, but I’d just as soon we didn’t have to play that game at all. Aside from the (very real) chance of getting beaten, I’m afraid the game might be a huge distraction and turn into some sort of circus that diverts attention from the main focus; winning #13!

Obviously, we would be the favorite but, strange things can happen in rivalry games and though not a traditional rival, it might be seen as that by the two teams. Also, Shea is obviously a very good coach, with the added benefit of having learned from the master for 13 years. Nope, we may have to play them but, if I have my druthers, I’d just as soon not!
 
Cuango said:
Let’s hope so, but I’d just as soon we didn’t have to play that game at all. Aside from the (very real) chance of getting beaten, I’m afraid the game might be a huge distraction and turn into some sort of circus that diverts attention from the main focus; winning #13!

Obviously, we would be the favorite but, strange things can happen in rivalry games and though not a traditional rival, it might be seen as that by the two teams. Also, Shea is obviously a very good coach, with the added benefit of having learned from the master for 13 years. Nope, we may have to play them but, if I have my druthers, I’d just as soon not!
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UConn can’t avoid every good team. The Huskies are going to have either Vandy or LSU as the #2 in their region. Which would you prefer?
 
cancontent said:
Genuine question, why did you love it? The reason I ask is if/when Staley or Mulkey does something like this, the reactions I see from some UConn fans is that it's unbecoming, etc.

Personally, I fully understand why Coach Ralph did it and can appreciate why she did. I'm just trying to understand why this seems to be getting a pass when in other cases, it likely wouldn't.
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I totally understand why she did it and don’t really disapprove of it as she was simply trying to shock her team back into their usual mode of play. It was a desperate ploy for that game but a calculated one for future games. I have no problem with it.I just didn’t think it looked very authentic. When Kim and Dawn (or Geno for that matter) go off, they tend to look a bit more deranged!

Shea’s looked like what it was, a deliberate desperation ploy to “wake up”her team. I gave it a 6.5 on the “I’m truly pissed and liable to get physical with a Ref.” scale. It was fine, just not imbued with the reality that comes from dozens of previous go offs! I’m confident she will get better and in a few years she will be quite fearsome indeed!
 
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