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Frodo said:
The officiating in this game was, to use a word, extraordinary. I'll watch the game again tomorrow, but I can't recall a single time when an SC player had the ball and collided with a UConn defender that it was called a charge...and there were at least several that should have been. It's games like this that makes you wonder if sometimes the officials are, at least unconsciously, trying to keep it close.
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If there is one team you do not want to be in a close game late, it's South Carolina. Call it luck, divine intervention, whatever, they pull those games out. You can't take your foot off the gas, because as Geno has said a million times, you can't just turn it back on whenever you want which is why he wants the team to go 110% all the time. A stop, turnover, and a made shot on the other end and next thing you know it's an 7 or 8 point lead with 5 to play. Whatever UConn did in the 3rd quarter, they should have kept doing in the 4th in my opinion. I'm not sure why they didn't, but it looked like we were trying to steal a win by playing 3/4 of a game. Wilson's injury helped us quite a bit.
 
Frodo said:
The officiating in this game was, to use a word, extraordinary. I'll watch the game again tomorrow, but I can't recall a single time when an SC player had the ball and collided with a UConn defender that it was called a charge...and there were at least several that should have been. It's games like this that makes you wonder if sometimes the officials are, at least unconsciously, trying to keep it close.
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Moe more thing...........The thing I liked best about tonight's game is that South Carolina NEVER LED. They looked up at UConn all evening.
 
ericsandiego said:
FWIW I enjoyed the game until the last 8 minutes or so. It seems that not only did UCONN take their foot off the gas, but suddenly couldn't make layups and what felt like a 15-20 point win actually turned out to be 12 points. SC can take all kinds of moral victories from that - they can say Wilson came back and led the charge, blah blah. Bottom line SC is a very good team. I think UCONN brought out the best in them. And SC plays tenacious defense that's for sure...
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The number two team in the nation only put up 54 at their place. No alleged 'comeback' is going to hide that.
 
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Carnac said:
IMHO, if you lose to a team ranked ABOVE you, you should not drop in the rankings. SC lost, yes, but they lost to the #1 team in the country who was ranked above them. They did not lost to Podunk U. They should retain their #2 ranking.
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Is that what the card is telling you?
 
johnnyc said:
The number two team in the nation only put up 54 at their place. No alleged 'comeback' is going to hide that.
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Look at the box score, the two teams really didn't play that much differently from each other. I would definitely not call this a blow out, and their best player was hurt in the 2nd quarter.
 
I believe it is more accurate to say that their best play was hurt towards the end of the second quarter. I doubt her presence would have done anything else...the damage was already done.

Has anyone ever considered that maybe UConn decided to slow it down to maybe not showcase plays, etc.? I mean I would say it is highly probable we will see SC again. And I do believe it was a blowout...the game was decided at the end of the third quarter.
 
I really enjoyed the mutual respect displayed by the players and the coaches after the game. There were several hugs and conversations. Although Dawn has the glare of "Nurse Ratchet" during the game, She really impressed me after the game. I can't wait to see the press conferences.
 
HoopsFan21 said:
Look at the box score, the two teams really didn't play that much differently from each other. I would definitely not call this a blow out, and their best player was hurt in the 2nd quarter.
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Lol....okay. Sorry you can't enjoy the victory.

I see one team played differently enough to have scored 12 points more than the other team (and it really wasn't as close as that).
 
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johnnyc said:
Lol....okay. Sorry you can't enjoy the victory.
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Who says I'm not enjoying it? I enjoyed it thoroughly. But there are some takeaways here, and one of them for me is that the two teams are quite a bit closer than I thought they were. Kudos to Dawn and South Carolina. They've put together a great program and had an awesome crowd and game day experience.
 
The game was not a blowout. Would SC have won if Wilson doesn't get hurt? What if, as someone already mentioned, the phantom foul against Morgan hadn't been called? Morgan doesn't come out. Wilson plays however many minutes. UConn wins.
 
BigBird said:
I am a little surprised at the 4th quarter, but Geno knows best. Burn the clock, forget the victory margin.
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Stewie and Moriah played all 40 minutes! Kia played 39 minutes! I think Geno wanted to keep those three on the floor but without 'killing' them. They had played so incredibly hard all game long, especially our magnificent Moriah. Taking the air out of the ball in Q4 seemed not so much a strategy to win the game (or maintain the large margin) as much as it reflected his desire to preserve Stewie, Moriah and Kia whose tanks had to be running low. Those three (and Morgan, who played 33 minutes) gave everything they had, every second they were out there. A fantastic effort.
 
Huskies Rule said:
Stewie and Moriah played all 40 minutes! Kia played 39 minutes! I think Geno wanted to keep those three on the floor but without 'killing' them. They had played so incredibly hard all game long, especially our magnificent Moriah. Taking the air out of the ball in Q4 seemed not so much a strategy to win the game (or maintain the large margin) as much as it reflected his desire to preserve Stewie, Moriah and Kia whose tanks had to be running low. Those three (and Morgan, who played 33 minutes) gave everything they had, every second they were out there. A fantastic effort.
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I'm a little surprised Saniya didn't get some time.
 
chrissaran said:
The game was not a blowout. Would SC have won if Wilson doesn't get hurt? What if, as someone already mentioned, the phantom foul against Morgan hadn't been called? Morgan doesn't come out. Wilson plays however many minutes. UConn wins.
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Might not be considered a blowout (although UConn was up by 20 at one point) but it was a pretty easy victory considering it was against the #2 team in the nation at their place.
 
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bschwartz said:
This game said a lot about the rotation for the tourney, I think. Granted Geno may wanted KLS and Collier to experience the atmosphere of a big time game, but no Chong and no Butler.
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Maybe, or maybe Chong's knee was acting up again. OR they didn't like the matchups. It's often about matchups. And it's also about fouls. If you see more fouls on Mo then Chong plays obviously (IF she is healthy).

P.S. : It may say more about the current rotation for the final four. Before that I think everyone keeps playing. And I wouldn't rule out Butler if she make a bit more progress between now and then. Always nice to have a big banger give you a couple of minutes if the situation warrants it.
 
i think gabby eventually calmed down, but our sophs and fresh looked terrible and are not ready for the big time. we wont need them except gabby i think needs to be ready this year. next year, we are in trouble.
 
uconnever said:
i think gabby eventually calmed down, but our sophs and fresh looked terrible and are not ready for the big time. we wont need them except gabby i think needs to be ready this year. next year, we are in trouble.
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They looked "Terrible"? I couldn't disagree more. Lou had some huge steals and played solid D she didn't get the benefit of the doubt much for the zebras. The only other freshman who played was Collier. Nurse was fine, they've said over and over she does a ton of things that don't show in the box score. I guess you want to keep seeing those 20 point games from her? We had 3 players in doubles and Nurse added 2 big threes. We played the #2 team and some of their upperclassmen looked terrible. I'm pretty happy with our team. As for next year, let's enjoy this year and let the future take care of itself. It always does.
 
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Male ESPN basketball commentators are too often very disrespectful of WCBB. So it was a pleasure tonight to hear
Jayson Williams and Seth Greenberg wax poetic, literally raving on ESPN's Basketball Tonight about Stewart as a generational star, UConn's program as the greatest ever, how enjoyable it was watching this great team play hard 40 minutes, and acknowledging Geno as the best coach in WCBB. They spoke admiringly (for five minutes) about how difficult it is to motivate college athletes, every game, especially against lesser teams- and UConn gets it done- mentioning UConn's demanding practices and the coaches and players' unwillingness to accept anything but their best efforts, every game, always playing unselfishly, trying to be their best and get better every day.

(BTW- UConn/SC game replay on tonight @1pm on the SEC Network.)
 
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HoopsFan21 said:
Look at the box score, the two teams really didn't play that much differently from each other. I would definitely not call this a blow out, and their best player was hurt in the 2nd quarter.
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But they were down by nine / or eleven because KLS scored in their own home gym in which they got Tuck in foul trouble in the 1st half with at least one bad call / had the home cooking. What can they say? Wouldn';t you agree once Wilson was out, nothing mattered that much, USC had no shot to win and the game will not be played same next time on both sides? What difference does it make other than your viewing pleasure (and mine:)) that UCONN slowed the game down? I'l say again and even they said halftime and Doris... said game is over with no Wilson comeback. When she came back the fork was already deep inside.

So what did USC prove at home with the home cooking they got?

But I do know a couple of things from this game; Tuck can certainly score in the paint vs their size(That was a question last year) and she can defend Coates, can't she? USC better hope they get the same home cooking next time, right?
 
uconnever said:
i think gabby eventually calmed down, but our sophs and fresh looked terrible and are not ready for the big time. we wont need them except gabby i think needs to be ready this year. next year, we are in trouble.
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Silly post.

Defense doesn't count and they had nothing to do with that, right? Sure buddy.
 
Huskies Rule said:
Male ESPN basketball commentators are too often very disrespectful of WCBB. So it was a pleasure tonight to hear
Jayson Williams and Seth Greenberg wax poetic, literally raving on ESPN's Basketball Tonight about Stewart as a generational star, UConn's program as the greatest ever, how enjoyable it was watching this great team play hard 40 minutes, and acknowledging Geno as the best coach in WCBB. They spoke admiringly (for five minutes) about how difficult it is to motivate college athletes, every game, especially against lesser teams- and UConn gets it done- mentioning UConn's demanding practices and the coaches and players' unwillingness to accept anything but their best efforts, every game, always playing unselfishly, trying to be their best and get better every day.

(BTW- UConn/SC game replay on tonight @1pm on the SEC Network.)
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Thinks for bringing this up. I thought the guys did a great job and yes it was every bit of 5 minutes. Honest commentary about Breanna and the UCONN program. Great comments about GA and what he does in Storrs. Great piece.

I will also say that on SEC Now around midnight (1am for most of the east coast) Nell Fortner and Andy Landers also spoke very well of UCONN and I have to say I really like Landers.
 
HoopsFan21 said:
Glad Stewie's parents could be in attendance tonight!
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Me too. Parents usually make the BIG games. They'll most likely be at the post season tournaments too.
 
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