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Blueballer said:
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.
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Chong just seems to have any of the confidence she ever had sapped out of her. She'll be needed next year so I hope she can get back to what she can be and that's her not Moriah..
 
ME Husky Fan said:
Chong just seems to have any of the confidence she ever had sapped out of her. She'll be needed next year so I hope she can get back to what she can be and that's her not Moriah..
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I think Saniya has looked pretty good this year. Geno said that one day she is great in practice then the next she reverts back to some of her bad habits. Saniya's a junior, so I think she knows the drill at this point.
 
HardHatGuy#2 said:
That is not an excuse. It was an absolute embarrassment.
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You misunderstand my comment. I wasn't making excuses for the cheer, just offering an explanation for why he chose that moment, perhaps without thinking about how it would be perceived by the South Carolina fans. I think most of us here know who was leading the cheer and know that he is as rabid a UConn fan as there is. The cheer, at that moment, may have been ill advised, but I'm also pretty sure there was no malice intended.
 
Kmoney said:
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.
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Yes. Mitchell, Coates, Stewie and Mo were on the Pan Am team last year. So there are some friendships there. Dawn is the U.S. women's assistant coach so she knows Stewie.
 
hoophuskee said:
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?
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Morgan can score on anyone at anytime. Geno said, she's good at everything...including missing layups. If you're big and and don't have quick lateral movement... she'll step back and pop the 3 or drive pass you and finish the layup. If you're quick, but undersized....she'll back you down in the paint to use and abuse you. Pick your poison.
 
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Coates's one and only field goal is not even two minutes into the game and then the drought sets in. Great job Morgan and company. Let's see if other teams learn from how UCONN guarded her, presuming they have the bodies and/or talent to do so. The key with the weak side help UCOON provided is they shut-off Coates's line of sight to be able to dish it off to the open man, but some of that could be linked to her lack of bball savvy.
 
HoopsFan21 said:
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.
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HoopsFan21- - -If Geno and the coaching staff, kept their girls at the level they played the first 25 minutes of the game. UCONN would have won by 35+ points! They had it at 21 points and weren't killing themselves doing it! Then the foot came off the gas and they cruised to the 12 point win!
SoCar showed me nothing, they were a typical SEC school, no offense and a trace of defense! The crowd of 18,000 was great & loud but where- ever UCONN plays it's a HOME GAME!

For all the ESPN publicity, Wilson did little vs Stewie, Tuck shutdown Coates and MoJeff destroyed Mitchell!
SoCar, and the rest of Div. I has a long hard road to get to the level UCONN is at!
I would have liked to see Chong & Butler have some time in the 4th quarter.
 
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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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Actually, I thought at least at first that South Carolina got more energy when Wilson was out of the game! I think they went on a 5-0 run. Kind of how Notre Dame played without Turner.
 
ME Husky Fan said:
Chong just seems to have any of the confidence she ever had sapped out of her. She'll be needed next year so I hope she can get back to what she can be and that's her not Moriah..
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You've got to be kidding with this...
 
The Big 3 come through, scoring 53 of the 66 points on 19 - 40 shooting. The rest of the team scores 13 points on 5 - 17 shooting.

It's really nice to have one of the best recruiting classes in WCBB history.
 
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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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It could have been a blow out.
Gene called off the dogs for a good part of the fourth quarter.
I believe he did it out of respect for his Assistant Coach on the Olympic team.
If UConn had kept up the pace and kept scoring it could have been a 25-30 point win.
When they got out of their rhythm to slow the game down and stop pressing, they missed a bunch of shots and SC made some shots.
If Geno chose to keep the pace and pressure of the earlier part of the game, it would have been a blow out.

Edit: Apologies to RSHERMVIKES -- I had not seen his post before posting this. But I like what I said, so I am leaving it up.
 
TheGOAT23 said:
Morgan can score on anyone at anytime. Geno said, she's good at everything...including missing layups. If you're big and and don't have quick lateral movement... she'll step back and pop the 3 or drive pass you and finish the layup. If you're quick, but undersized....she'll back you down in the paint to use and abuse you. Pick your poison.
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I agree. Last year this was a question if you were on here. This 2nd game showed it wasn't a fluke. Not that is was in the 1st place. But if you read on here sometimes, there seems to be this overwhelming fear of size in the paint. Tuck continues to tear apart that wall.
 
bags27 said:
I think we're cheating. I think we have 9 guys on the court at the same time. 4 guys named Stewie, Morgan, Kia, Lou/Gabbie...and 5 guys named Moriah. Or at least it seems like she's everywhere at the same time....
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Actually, 4 of them were named Morqueda. ;)

She's the most disruptive force in WCBB who doesn't have a 7'1" wingspan.
 
bags27 said:
Stewie is unbelievable. She's playing a pro game. She doesn't have Dee's swagger or Maya's smoothness, but my oh my does she bring her own brilliance.
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She's playing at the Olympic level. Look for her in Rio.
 
RSHERMVIKES said:
HoopsFan21- - -If Geno and the coaching staff, kept their girls at the level they played the first 25 minutes of the game. UCONN would have won by 35+ points! They had it at 21 points and weren't killing themselves doing it! Then the foot came off the gas and they cruised to the 12 point win!
SoCar showed me nothing, they were a typical SEC school, no offense and a trace of defense! The crowd of 18,000 was great & loud but where- ever UCONN plays it's a HOME GAME!

For all the ESPN publicity, Wilson did little vs Stewie, Tuck shutdown Coates and MoJeff destroyed Mitchell!
SoCar, and the rest of Div. I has a long hard road to get to the level UCONN is at!
I would have liked to see Chong & Butler have some time in the 4th quarter.
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Yes and if Geno had let the team continue to play as they had been, UCONN could have built a 25 to 30 point lead and Butler and Chong may have gotten some playing time. They may need them both come NCAA tournament time.
 
BigBird said:
OK, stat geeks. When was the last time the Huskies lost a 21 point lead within ten minutes? Heck, have they EVER lost a 21 point lead? Gotta like our chances, I'd guess.
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I think we had a 30-point turnaround in about 15 minutes in St. Louis in April 2001. I was there. It was shocking and depressing as hell.
 
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donalddoowop said:
Yes and if Geno had let the team continue to play as they had been, UCONN could have built a 25 to 30 point lead and Butler and Chong may have gotten some playing time. They may need them both come NCAA tournament time.
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Hey give Geno a call and fill him in. He might need your help to get #11. :rolleyes:
 
donalddoowop said:
Yes and if Geno had let the team continue to play as they had been, UCONN could have built a 25 to 30 point lead and Butler and Chong may have gotten some playing time. They may need them both come NCAA tournament time.
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Or Stewie, MoJeff and Nurse could have worn down because of all the minutes they played and still trying to play at a fast pace and put the game in the refs hands. Which may not have been too good of thing come Tourney time. Why take the risk? Why not ENSURE you win the game?
 
MilfordHusky said:
I think we had a 30-point turnaround in about 15 minutes in St. Louis in April 2001. I was there. It was shocking and depressing as hell.
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The best player on the court 15 years ago was on the other team. This year's UCONN that has the best. In basketball ONE PLAYER makes a HUGE impact. HUGE.
 
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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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We owned that game wire to wire. We were composed and shut down SC the few times they strung together back to back baskets. We were shutting them down so effectively- we used the clock as our ally. And the thought that Geno didn't want to win by 30, and planned to keep it relatively close is really funny.
 
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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Couldn't disagree more- our team held them to 50 +~ pts!
 
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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Exactly!
 
calpedaler said:
And he's still laughing.
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You know, to all you people responding to this post, I was responding to a post by RSHERMVIKES. I was not talking to ANY of you. I believe RSHERMVIKES understands the post. Don't respond to a post unless you have all the information. I was not complaining about the decisions Geno made. However, there were posters who posted they were concerned when the team slowed the pace. Why did you not respond to those posts? By the way calpedaler, I'm laughing at you.
 
calpedaler said:
And he's still laughing.
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You know, to all you people responding to this post, I was responding to a post by RSHERMVIKES. I was not talking to ANY of you. I believe RSHERMVIKES understands the post. Don't respond to a post unless you have all the information. I was not complaining about the decisions Geno made. However, there were posters who posted they were concerned when the team slowed the pace. Why did you not respond to those posts? By the way calpedaler, I'm laughing at you.
 
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