Exactly. When the opposition doesn't just allow them to go where they want and run their offense, other than LLS they have no one who can freelance and create a good shot. When Juhasz, Edwards, and Griffin handle the ball more than half of the time in the halfcourt, there's going to be turnovers.
You're kidding right? To me it looked like the opposite of a box and 1 with Deberry standing in the paint waving her arms while the other 4 kids were trying to guard St. John 4 on 5. I'm not dumping on DeBerry, UConn is not a good zone defense team. Never has been. Usually UConn is very good on switching in man-to-man defense. UConn seems to go zone when Deberry is in the game. It doesn't work. Then again, a lot of things didn't work tonight like shots less than 6 feet from the hoop and being able to actually catch a basketball. Maybe not a lot of turnovers, but each one was incredibly
Instead of blaming the players, how about Geno saying it’s on me.
I think the difference is that "traditionally" the UConn 7 or 8 would often have a 20 point lead at halftime and would be cruising in the second half, much less mental stress. This years' team is in a dogfight every game.
She doesn't do it enough for other defenses to even take notice. Untill this becomes the norm, they'll let her shoot all day..
Of course he did. That shouldn't surprise anyone.
One of those could have been an easy pass to Edwards, but who knows if she would have made the layup. Just a bad game. On to the next one.
A lot of what ifs here, hope your right and the pieces come together. I didn't see the bad breaks. We did point blank miss a lot of layups at an increasing number in recent games. Several third quarter calls went against us and we didn't seem to play up after that. We also seem to quit on finishing shots with the expectation that a foul would be called. This is three point opportunity but we chose to make faces at the ref as the game plays on............. Things balance out. There was a time when you make your own breaks. We played better then.
And he doesn’t even have 11 NCs!
I've been to all but 2 Final Fours since 2011. I'm a big UConn fan...I rarely post on here. Geno needs to use the bench!!!!..
Yes, and seemed to be hit once again, late in the game, and hunched over.
Providence - St John’s - Georgetown - used to be very soft opponents as well.
Geno is a realist. If you dissect the game or recent series of games, how do you improve???? Good players also do this and relish trying to improve. We have the bones to play against any team and have proved it often. The short bench and managing minutes is the challenge. More determined starts and fewer lulls possible. Don't count us out.
