Tara said that getting the ball inside was emphasized at half every timeout but was easier to say than execute - poor coaching or pressure defense ? - either way, they didn't get it done. Brink getting 3rd and 4th fouls on consecutive plays didn't help - she has been prone to doing that.
Stanford Postgame Thread
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The operative word here is ‘huge’ because we made and even gave up so many huge plays!
Too bad I predicted an extra 10 points for each team, otherwise I would have gotten the final score perfect. Ok that is a stretch but heyho…
I thought we made Stanford play a bit faster in their half court than maybe they are used to. As a result, they missed a lot of shots. They were a bit off as well.
EW had a tough assignment with Belibi and Jones. Too bad CD isn’t ready to play tough defense against players like this, or at least GA doesn’t think so. EW got beat for 6 points over a two-minute stretch in Q2 but also put up 9 on threes which were huge! She also gave up points in the second half fairly consistently as well. The late FTs she hit were huge though. The TOs were also huge..
AE played huge. She is like a ‘mini boston’ on the glass. The Rbs were absolutely beast-mode and none better than the ORB at 1:26 giving a possession that culminated in hitting 2 FTs to give us an 8-point advantage. Took a huge charge at 1:04 giving us another possession. Possessions are something I pay close attention to because it does two things: keeps the other team from scoring and gives us another scoring opportunity. It’s like a ‘double whammy’ to the other team – deflates the hell out of them as well.
Speaking of possessions, the Queen of possession is NM. She gave us a couple extra ones (many more if you count the rebounds against taller players) and had to play defense against a player 4 inches taller than her. If you don’t think that is really difficult, then you have never had to do it. Think of how great it is for a coach to trust a 5’9 player to guard somebody 6’1.
18 minutes of work and gave up 2 points on defense. Had an incredible number of rebounds for the smallest player on the court – must have approached 8-10 rebounds. She defines the word tough! GA must like her given that she played so many minutes. Yes, she missed the FT and now I will say this is concerning. But at least she got to the FT line to begin with! The stroke looked good though, unlike the last two. I still think she shoots closer to 70% than she does to 25%.
With NM in the game were outscored Stanford by 6, which is really huge, especially when you consider we won by 5.
We hit 16 of 20 FTs and that was huge. Equally as huge was the roughly 20 TOs we had, none worst than the late ones against and two by EW. PB was not very good in this area either. She must have had a half dozen herself.
Liv was huge defensively and on the boards as well. She had trouble finishing at times, but she played well enough.
The switching on defense has really improved during the tournament. I would say that this is a pretty good defensive team. Nothing really easy.
CW played ok at best and for a senior with so many expectations, that is just not good enough. Defense was really good. She just can’t seem to hit enough shots, but she hit some big FTs late and the 3 in the 4th was huge as well. It would be nice if she could just finish the season and her career with a HUGE game against SC and not just an ok or solid game. She will have her opportunity. We don’t beat SC unless CW has a huge game. She needs to hit big shots all game and get to the basket.
PB was solid not great and didn’t play nearly as well as I thought she might. SC length was a problem. I’ve never seen a team so long at every position on the floor. This caused roughly 8 of our TOs alone. PB still hit some really tough shots and we wouldn’t be here without her. Even if she doesn’t go for 20 plus, she creates great opportunities for others…EW took advantage of those opps in Q2 – great for her and us! CW needs to do the same and more often and consistently against SC.
was huge on offense two times and the FTs were huge, but she was also huge screwing up at times as well. Her defense can be really spotty. She missed way more than she hit, but I’m going to be bullish and say she will hit more than she misses against SC. She gets shots, thanks to PB and NM, but she needs to drain them. She has a sweet midrange that she can use when teams overplay the 3 as well.
Bring on SC. Uconn wins 67-66 with a last second 3 from…..CW to end her career. Wouldn’t that be….HUGE!!!
By the way, is there a rift with Tara and GA? They dont seem very friendly at the hand shake line...
Too bad I predicted an extra 10 points for each team, otherwise I would have gotten the final score perfect. Ok that is a stretch but heyho…
I thought we made Stanford play a bit faster in their half court than maybe they are used to. As a result, they missed a lot of shots. They were a bit off as well.
EW had a tough assignment with Belibi and Jones. Too bad CD isn’t ready to play tough defense against players like this, or at least GA doesn’t think so. EW got beat for 6 points over a two-minute stretch in Q2 but also put up 9 on threes which were huge! She also gave up points in the second half fairly consistently as well. The late FTs she hit were huge though. The TOs were also huge..
AE played huge. She is like a ‘mini boston’ on the glass. The Rbs were absolutely beast-mode and none better than the ORB at 1:26 giving a possession that culminated in hitting 2 FTs to give us an 8-point advantage. Took a huge charge at 1:04 giving us another possession. Possessions are something I pay close attention to because it does two things: keeps the other team from scoring and gives us another scoring opportunity. It’s like a ‘double whammy’ to the other team – deflates the hell out of them as well.
Speaking of possessions, the Queen of possession is NM. She gave us a couple extra ones (many more if you count the rebounds against taller players) and had to play defense against a player 4 inches taller than her. If you don’t think that is really difficult, then you have never had to do it. Think of how great it is for a coach to trust a 5’9 player to guard somebody 6’1.
18 minutes of work and gave up 2 points on defense. Had an incredible number of rebounds for the smallest player on the court – must have approached 8-10 rebounds. She defines the word tough! GA must like her given that she played so many minutes. Yes, she missed the FT and now I will say this is concerning. But at least she got to the FT line to begin with! The stroke looked good though, unlike the last two. I still think she shoots closer to 70% than she does to 25%.
With NM in the game were outscored Stanford by 6, which is really huge, especially when you consider we won by 5.
We hit 16 of 20 FTs and that was huge. Equally as huge was the roughly 20 TOs we had, none worst than the late ones against and two by EW. PB was not very good in this area either. She must have had a half dozen herself.
Liv was huge defensively and on the boards as well. She had trouble finishing at times, but she played well enough.
The switching on defense has really improved during the tournament. I would say that this is a pretty good defensive team. Nothing really easy.
CW played ok at best and for a senior with so many expectations, that is just not good enough. Defense was really good. She just can’t seem to hit enough shots, but she hit some big FTs late and the 3 in the 4th was huge as well. It would be nice if she could just finish the season and her career with a HUGE game against SC and not just an ok or solid game. She will have her opportunity. We don’t beat SC unless CW has a huge game. She needs to hit big shots all game and get to the basket.
PB was solid not great and didn’t play nearly as well as I thought she might. SC length was a problem. I’ve never seen a team so long at every position on the floor. This caused roughly 8 of our TOs alone. PB still hit some really tough shots and we wouldn’t be here without her. Even if she doesn’t go for 20 plus, she creates great opportunities for others…EW took advantage of those opps in Q2 – great for her and us! CW needs to do the same and more often and consistently against SC.
was huge on offense two times and the FTs were huge, but she was also huge screwing up at times as well. Her defense can be really spotty. She missed way more than she hit, but I’m going to be bullish and say she will hit more than she misses against SC. She gets shots, thanks to PB and NM, but she needs to drain them. She has a sweet midrange that she can use when teams overplay the 3 as well.
Bring on SC. Uconn wins 67-66 with a last second 3 from…..CW to end her career. Wouldn’t that be….HUGE!!!
By the way, is there a rift with Tara and GA? They dont seem very friendly at the hand shake line...
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No, I said UConn matchups up fine and compared the type of matchup problems they’d give us to what Oregon did. Last night’s game was extremely similar to the rock fight we had with Oregon later in the season. You took that as a dig because Oregon disappointed this season despite the talent they have. Below is the comment I made straight from the other thread.
“I think UConn matches up fine. I see them as comparable to Oregon, who gave us a lot of problems each time.”
We did exactly what I said we’d do. Force UConn to beat us from the perimeter. We did that and neither team shot well. We put up way too many 3s instead of feeding Brink in the post. UConn’s defense played a part, but we didn’t help ourselves by making adjustments either.
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Just commented about this. It was right after Prechtel entered the game and hit a 3. I sensed it was to adjust for a tall "kid" who can step out and knock down 3's.
Not case with NC State game
I agree but something that gets lost is that uconn didnt play great offensively either.
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This goes way back. Tara is part of the girls club that believes men have no business coaching women.
I am thrilled that you recongise NMs contributions. keep in mind she is by far the smallest player on the floor as well.
do you expect her to say, 'no i really dont like GA. he kicks my ass every time we play!' ????
this brought back flashbacks of other times with the same quick no look handshake between the two...cant remmber when it was though.
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Re: Boston, she is a talented big girl. There are untalented big girls where I can see them "bulling" into the lane. But I don't think that applies to Boston as much as opposing fans say it does. Of course, no one is perfect and sometimes she does foul, but overall Boston is just big and talented.
That was no surprise, they do not like each other. Goes back many years. TV never appreciated Geno dominating a womens game, she’s cordial but where UConn is concerned, down right snotty. TV as the Olympic team head coach, refused to give Lobo, the reigning NPOY, any significant PT, at the 96 Olympics, and don’t think Geno doesn’t remember that.
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I'll leave you with this infamous Geno quote on the subject:
"Sometimes we act like girls, like we're supposed to go to dinner every night. We're supposed to play each other, try to beat each other's brains in, try to win a national championship and compete like hell, Muffet and Geno. And then we're supposed to get together afterwards and go have a bottle of wine? That s--- is just not going to happen."
doesnt really matter. uconn wins anyway. and it isnt like we played great either on offense, we had many open shots and missed.
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You seem to have answered your own question, IMO it was a risky pass to begin with, the Stanford players especially the player going into the paint area made Evina throw the pass further under the basket and frankly I don't know if it would have been an uncontested layup. With 30 seconds left and UConn with 27 seconds on clock, the best Evina could have done there was to just pull it back or keep dribbling under the basket and back out until they foul her. Regardless it worked out in the end.
unfortunately CW is shooting closer to 25% in the tournament from 3. She isn't a great shooter, despite playing a position that usually is a great shooter, but I do expect her to shoot better than 25% and despite the multiple game and large sample size, I think she is a better shooter than that. Maybe she breaks out against SC...hopes so because we dont win if we get another game like this from CW.
they played off of EW and CW to help if PB gets by her man against the Foul line pull-up. It was a great game plan by Tara and almost worked....but. this aint horse-shoes!
i agree...bring the demerits on.
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The NCAA has a rule Boston is foul proof.
funny stuff. GA secret rebound weapon!
NM does what we needs to be done, almost every time. She has the heart of a lion and shows it every single time she plays. We were 6 pts up when she played. This is the same situation every game. We always outscore our opponents when she is playing. Terrific game that many may not talk about.
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So Paige may be busy both celebrating with her teammates and consoling Boston after the game.
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Although if you watch that sequence after the game ends where Geno is getting all huggy with Wes Moore, Wes isn't saying much and kinda looks at Geno like he's looking at a bug crawling up his shirt sleeve.
They're buddies, I guess, but that is a tough time to be gracious when your season just ended in a significant upset. These coaches are highly competitive people. They wouldn't be coaching in these games if they weren't.
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The thing is, she didnt need to pass the ball. same with the last game although that pass was a little higher on the 'need to' list given the limited options. but yeah, if CW continues she catches the ball and hopefully she dribbles it out bc she might get it blocked as well.
Nelson-Odi awakened to put a hurt on her