Tonyc
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I watched the Stanford Oregon game last nite. Good game and 2 really good teams. Stanford has balance height and good shooters which allowed the middle to open up. Oregon when they got it going is a really good defensive team which will help them in the tournament. Stanford was up 15 at one point and down 5 in the 4th qtr and Oregon missed a couple of times with 12 seconds left. Either team couldve won the game. Oregon made a 20 pt turnaround against Stanford. Stanford has had a few tight games. IMO may not be a number 1 in the country but is definitely a 1 seed. With that said Oregon with the way they came back last nite will be a tuff out. One other point about that game. There seemed to be alot of pushing and shoving which are called in our games and wasnt called last nite. Just an observation.
It seemed to me that there is alot of luv for SC Stanford TAM and NC State. Theyre all good teams and on a good nite can beat a good team. Are they number 1? For me UConn is number 1. As poorly as some posters say UConn is playing theyve only lost one game, and were in almost immediate foul trouble in that game which took away their defense and made ARK look better on offense then they have been One other point Dungee went off and was pushing off blatantly and no fouls called. We lost that game by a basket. Alot of talk about our win against SC. Well the biggest call in that game was the 4th foul on Boston that was reversed sometime later which allowed her to stay in the game and keep SC in the game. Later when she did commit her 4th foul with UConn leading by something like 4-5 pts all the illegal screens were called and that allowed SC back in the game. IMO we couldve won that game by double digits and we should have.
I can see 8-10 teams that could win it all. The one thing UConn needs is more scorers. First our outside shooting will open up the middle to allow more scoring. Liv Evina and Christyn need to knock down more shots on a consistency basis and that will happen. I believe that because under pressure good players revert back to playing the game and thinking scoring instead of thinking mechanics.
As poorly as some posters think UConn is they find a way to win. Alot of that has to do with Paige who can make plays for her team mates and for herself. No other team in America has a Paige. The St Johns game will be interesting in that we will see where we are as a team. I still say we need a minimum of 20 games under our belt to see where we're at as a team and how we function cohesively and with confidence. Its coming together for this young team that has grit fight and a winning attitude. I expect to see a different team, a much improved shooting and scoring team over the next 10 days. We are number 1 right now and will only get better.
It seemed to me that there is alot of luv for SC Stanford TAM and NC State. Theyre all good teams and on a good nite can beat a good team. Are they number 1? For me UConn is number 1. As poorly as some posters say UConn is playing theyve only lost one game, and were in almost immediate foul trouble in that game which took away their defense and made ARK look better on offense then they have been One other point Dungee went off and was pushing off blatantly and no fouls called. We lost that game by a basket. Alot of talk about our win against SC. Well the biggest call in that game was the 4th foul on Boston that was reversed sometime later which allowed her to stay in the game and keep SC in the game. Later when she did commit her 4th foul with UConn leading by something like 4-5 pts all the illegal screens were called and that allowed SC back in the game. IMO we couldve won that game by double digits and we should have.
I can see 8-10 teams that could win it all. The one thing UConn needs is more scorers. First our outside shooting will open up the middle to allow more scoring. Liv Evina and Christyn need to knock down more shots on a consistency basis and that will happen. I believe that because under pressure good players revert back to playing the game and thinking scoring instead of thinking mechanics.
As poorly as some posters think UConn is they find a way to win. Alot of that has to do with Paige who can make plays for her team mates and for herself. No other team in America has a Paige. The St Johns game will be interesting in that we will see where we are as a team. I still say we need a minimum of 20 games under our belt to see where we're at as a team and how we function cohesively and with confidence. Its coming together for this young team that has grit fight and a winning attitude. I expect to see a different team, a much improved shooting and scoring team over the next 10 days. We are number 1 right now and will only get better.
Why is Stanford, a Nike school using a "Wilson" ball anyway? 
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