I imagine that the BE rules state what can happen when the team doesn't have 7 medically cleared players available. And the definition of medically cleared includes being available to play and able to play for up to 30 minutes in the game. This is according to what the AD said.
80% of my posts are from my phone like this one.
I read the 30 minutes as the AD's preference. But maybe there is a BE rule. Anyway, the problem is UConn's, and can't just continue to be shifted to their opponents. Or can it?
OK. You can be the purveyor of doom & gloom. I’ll wait to hear what UConn has to say, not attempting to piece together a negative scenario based on a string of unrelated events such as Dorka’s broken finger 2 months ago.
You see my take as negative but I don’t think keeping Azzi out nor postponing another gsme
I’m very interested to watch their game against South Carolina on Feb 12, when the currently undefeated titans meet to decide SEC conference supremacy. Looking at their respective schedules, I don’t see any threats to the winning streak they are currently riding.
You must think poorly of Uconn to think they aren't even a potential threat to beat a team that could only pull out a 7 point victory of Mississippi St yesterday.
Recovery time and rest is defined by medical people trained and paid to make those decisions, not by fans from afar who are sharing opinions pulled from wherever. I never met a player in 60 years in the game who was helped by or wanted more of either when cleared by the people in the best position to make that determination.
Nobody is rushing anyone back. The injured players will play when they are cleared by the medical staff and they feel they are ready to play.
Which is what I've been saying. You seem to think an earlier clearance is better, I think a later clearance is better and also more realistic based on past data. We seem to mostly agree.
And each of those players must be available to play 30 minutes (or something to that effect)
Please don’t make assumptions about what I think. Neither you or I have any say on when these young ladies should be cleared to play, and that’s exactly how it should be. I reiterate that the determination on when these injured players return is up to the medical professionals along with the players themselves. Let’s leave it at that and wait to hear from the school on their status.
SC has beat all comers so far, and remain the unanimous number one ranked team in the country. UConn lost to Maryland and Notre Dame. Two teams that in my opinion are not nearly as good as SC.
IMO, UConn’s chances hinge almost completely on the boards and whether they can get easy points. The conundrum they have is the best way to defensive rebound is to probably have Dorka and Edwards focus on boxing out and have the others crash for the ball but that precludes Uconn from pushing the ball which means playing half court against a very tough defense. So can Edwards and Dorka hold their own and keep SC 2nd chances to a minimum? If they can, IMO, Uconn has a very good chance.
Women's NET has only two components: Adjusted Net Efficiency (which is sky high for LSU) and Team Value Index. Both of them take the opponents into account to some degree, but there is no exact formula and it's hard to tell how much LSU's weak schedule affects it. An undefeated team with a huge scoring margin is likely to have a high NET ranking even against a weaker schedule.
Uconn hasn't lost a game with Azzi though. And South Caroline has been taken to overtime and won multiple games against worse teams than Maryland and Notre Dame by single digits. To think they aren't even a threat to beat South Carolina at home, as you said in your original post, is insulting.
South Carolina shot 30/22/58% against Mississippi State Sunday. They're going to be obliterated at XL if they do anything close to that against Connecticut. I like Connecticut's chances if they're back at full strength by then (they're 13-1 with Muhl and undefeated when Fudd was available the whole game).
SC shot 37% overall and 19% on 3’s, and 65% from the line in the NC game last year and Uconn lost by 15. SC is not a team to judge on shooting %, they win on defense and rebounding.
Every team has one or two WTF games at this time of year. See @visitingcock post fr this morning
According to the Hartford Courant at 4"22 the game vs. St. John's for Wednesday is a go. Yet to announce who is back as an eligible player,From the Courant article:
The team took Saturday off, with several of the players coming to Gampel Pavilion to watch the men’s victory over Creighton. They will practice Sunday, and their status will be evaluated day to day. In order to play their next scheduled game, at St. John’s on Wednesday, they will need to consider how much any returning players can safely play in their first game back.
“We can’t put our kids in a position where they come back from an injury and we’re expecting them to play 30-plus minutes a game,” Benedict said.
For instance, Fudd, who is close to returning, certainly would not be allowed to play 30 or more minutes in her return. Players coming out of concussion protocol must also be carefully monitored.....
UConn women’s basketball season remains on hold until seven players are healthy, ready to play without limits
The UConn women's basketball team, its game postponed due to a shortage of healthy players, will not play until there are seven healthy Huskies, AD David Benedict says.www.courant.com
I’m hoping for the best and a win against SC. Right now we don’t know how many of our players will be healthy enough to play and make significant contributions to the game. To think my post is insulting depends on how you perceive it. You think it is, so be it. I can assure you others will read it and not feel that way.
Points, minimum turnovers and winning the rebounding war (the battle of the boards), I believe will be the deciding factors. Dawn will use more of her reserves than Geno will, helping to keep her starters (and their legs) fresh for the 4th quarter. I can see each of our starters playing 34+ minutes.
I hope you’re right. Nothing would please me more than a UConn win over SC. Let’s make it happen!!
Agreed completely. Uconn has overcome its turnover problem with shooting efficiency thus far. That won’t work against SCar if we don’t neutralize the rebounding. You can only rely on efficiency to overcome so many areas of the game. Even more difficult against a good defensive team.
Having Aubrey available will help immensely with rebounding.
