South Carolina post game thread

[cockhrnleghrn]

Congratulations on a nice win; you are still the team to beat in WBB.

 

[shiverz45]

Now we know what the team looks like when all 5 starters +1 come to play. With Crystal, Megan, and Christyn all attacking the basket, the defenses had to readjust, leaving Lou and Napheesa more open. They don’t need a lot of room, just an opening. Man, Napheesa made some tough, tough shots today and some of Lou’s rebounds were FIERCE.

This was classic UConn basketball against a pretty darn good opponent who shot the lights out in the first half. Kudos to South Carolina. They were unfortunate to get the Huskies when they were running on all cylinders

For some reason that seems to happen when we play UConn. The way we played tonight we would have beaten most teams.

 

[j66kicker]

Notice the reply from Becky Burke, a member of the 2009 Louisville squad.

Haha - caught in a vortex

 

[RockyMTblue2]

www.theuconnblog.com/2019/2/11/18221071/strong-third-quarter-propels-no-4-uconn-huskies-womens-basketball-past-no-11-south-carolina-97-79


www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-women-vs-south-carolina-2019112-20190212-3gbh4gpzmbbpfcam7ut3ru5waa-story.html

www.nhregister.com/sports/article/Collier-Samuelson-help-UConn-beat-South-Carolina-13608733.php

 

[HuskyNan]

Lol no kidding. I mentioned this in another thread yesterday. South Carolina usually gets Connecticut’s best game of the year. I’m used to it at this point haha..

ND was UConns best game but this was a close second

 

[RockyMTblue2]

While we wait for video, here is one from yesterday that might be worth viewing:



Someday Dawn, just not today.

 

[Biff]

Now we know what the team looks like when all 5 starters +1 come to play. With Crystal, Megan, and Christyn all attacking the basket, the defenses had to readjust, leaving Lou and Napheesa more open. They don’t need a lot of room, just an opening. Man, Napheesa made some tough, tough shots today and some of Lou’s rebounds were FIERCE.

This was classic UConn basketball against a pretty darn good opponent who shot the lights out in the first half. Kudos to South Carolina. They were unfortunate to get the Huskies when they were running on all cylinders

I liked the fact that they were hit by an opening salvo (10/11 or something like that) but held steady and clawed back to a first half lead. A good experience.

 

[JonathanXIV]

Reading some comments on the chat and there are some negative comments, especially about the defense and Ono's play. Anyone who finds something bad to say about tonight's performance, is just being unfair. We already knew the defense needed to improve and it did in the third quarter when it was most needed. Seems some people are just hard to please.

Don't worry about some in the chat. Some seem to be there just to troll and offer strongly stated "contrary" opinions. And by contrary, I mean contrary to reality.

 

[UConnCat]

I saw one of the refs signaling it was tipped by UConn. Lou seemed incredulous at that call.

Lou isn't tall enough to have tipped that pass. Geno was apoplectic. Ref missed that one badly.

 

[Biff]

Lou isn't tall enough to have tipped that pass. Geno was apoplectic. Ref missed that one badly.

Agree completely. In those situations, the other two refs need to step in.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Cockytalk site is down for maintenance. Maybe overloaded or something like that??

 

[Carnac]

I saw one of the refs signaling it was tipped by UConn. Lou seemed incredulous at that call.

THAT was one of the worse "non-calls" of the evening.

 

[msf22b]

Some random thoughts

Dawn's team shot lights out and had a great game plan.
But Geno is still better at in-game adjustments...

Interesting that the SC kids seemed to lose heart as early as the 2nd quarter when UConn refused to go away....

Loafing on D: not getting up the floor; losing cutters for easy lay-ups, getting destroyed in transition; perhaps...(just perhaps) reflects the weakness of their coach...who is surely improving in most respects.

The loss; first to fouls and then to the injury of Te'a Cooper was a big blow to them...I remember her fouling a lot in her UTennn days, but she certainly is a tough defender and sure shot....She really seems to have found a home in SC. tough competitor.

Geno really has done a wonderful job turning around a season...As season in which we looked pretty run-of-the-mill at times....Terrific game.

On a personal note: We are skiing around the West this season and find ourselves in the Pacific Time Zone (Tahoe). It's weird watching a live game at 4 in the afternoon.

 

[MSGRET]

What happened on the backcourt violation that wasn't called?

They said that the ball was tipped into the backcourt off of a UConn player. Lou was pissed at the ref a second time on the ball going out of bounds and the same ref said it was off of her. She was telling him "That's the second time that you made a bad call on me." I just loved it.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Geno just seems to have Dawn's number. Most of the games haven't been particularly close. Somebody above said it was basically even for about 20 minutes, but South Carolina was up 10 in the 1st quarter and ended up losing by 18. Doesn't seem like it was particularly even after that opening salvo by the Gamecocks.

 

[ShmiCO]

Don't worry about some in the chat. Some seem to be there just to troll and offer strongly stated "contrary" opinions. And by contrary, I mean contrary to reality.

A nice feature of chat is that you can block someone so you don't see their posts -- it's one of the options when you click their name. As a rule I don't block people but I made an exception for an obvious troll and my chat experience has been good ever since.

 

[Carnac]

The win is great and Lou, Pheesa and Crystal played even better. But for me the most exciting thing was watching Christyn bring her game. This was the third straight game where offensively her game continued to elevate. Very exciting. It was also great to see the team clamp down on SCar in the 2nd period, and watching Liv clog the middle of the zone was just a treat. Something real good to build on for the Cotillion.

In the last two games, you could see her slowly coming out of the grips of the wall. She played with no fear tonight. Those two 3's she knocked down were huge and timely. This game was a huge confidence builder for her. I'll bet she was grinning all the way back to campus after the game. You know she's been stressing lately. Now she can relax, and mentor Aubrey Griffin next year when she hits her freshman wall. I guarantee you she'll sleep well tonight.

 

[shiverz45]

Cockytalk site is down for maintenance. Maybe overloaded or something like that??

Cockytalk has been down for several weeks.

 

[Carnac]

Geno just seems to have Dawn's number. Most of the games haven't been particularly close. Somebody above said it was basically even for about 20 minutes, but South Carolina was up 10 in the 1st quarter and ended up losing by 18. Doesn't seem like it was particularly even after that opening salvo by the Gamecocks.

In the game chat room, most agreed that SC could not keep up that pace and shooting percentage for too long. We were right. SC came out hot, but cooled down after the 1st quarter, and came out ice cold in the 3rd quarter. It was nice to see the UConn team we're use to. Definitely a confidence booster for the entire team, including the coaches.

I thought this game would tell us exactly where they were, and what we can expect from them in March. I think we're going to be OK. I feel a lot better going into the post season now than I did a week ago. I know Geno doesn't want to, but he now knows he can depend and count on his starters to go 40 minutes if he has to.

He also knows ONO can come in and give him a few minutes and not hurt him. Liv is getting a little better with each game. She's not as good as she will be come November, but she's a whole lot better than she was in October.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Cockytalk has been down for several weeks.

That's a bummer for SC fans. They saying what's causing such a long outtage?

 

[shiverz45]

That's a bummer for SC fans. They saying what's causing such a long outtage?

I am not sure but maintenance typically doesn't last that long.

 

[choochoo]

We know Sue was in the house. Just wondering if she gets to interact with the team either during pregame practice or postgame. Does anyone know what generally happens when former players are around?

Yes, they all go out to dinner with Geno and his staff and family after post game and team stuff!

 

[Carnac]

Cockytalk has been down for several weeks.

Invite them over here, we're friendly.

ND was UConns best game but this was a close second

ND lately has been the BIGGEST game on our schedule, and visa versa. Before the season begins, THAT is always the game we all look forward to. It's usually our first real test of the year.

 

[eebmg]

I am not sure but maintenance typically doesn't last that long.

Well you know the south has it's own pace.

 

[SCGamecock]

Congratulations on a nice win; you are still the team to beat in WBB.

And always will be as long as Geno is there. That third quarter adjustment was excellent. The other three quarters were pretty even. UConn came out of the half and ran away with it.