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The title of this thread should have been should have been "Piranhas on a Roast, V2". Or perhaps "Piranhas return for helping of Orange Marmalade".

But if Felicia's subsequent coaching career after this game is half as good as Vic Schaefer's after the 2016 game, she will be a very successful coach indeed!

One thing we don't want to see in a future NCAA tournament: Syracuse's #44 hitting a jump shot at the buzzer to defeat UConn and end a streak which by then will be over 100 wins long.
 
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jaydee602 said:
With the exception of Iowa, the #1 & #2 seeds are really showing their dominance over the rest of the field.
The games should be tighter in Fort Worth & Sacramento with more equal competition.
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We’ll see. When UNC played Syracuse in Durham this season, the Tar Heels won in overtime. Assuming Vandy beats ND, the ‘dores should give UConn a better game. But I still see UConn winning by 20+

As for the other regions, there will probably be closer games. But it certainly looks like the same 4 teams in the FF as last year.
 
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RockyMTblue2 said:
Legette-Jack is going off on the Committee for sticking her teams in Gampel year after year.
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I get it, she probably looks at Virginia going to the sweet 16 and feels a little jealous. She probably thinks her team is better than the Cavs; but got screwed by an impossible draw.

None of the 8/9 seeds fared very well though tbh.
 
jaydee602 said:
With the exception of Iowa, the #1 & #2 seeds are really showing their dominance over the rest of the field.
The games should be tighter in Fort Worth & Sacramento with more equal competition.
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You’re correct but I’ve just got to say (though i imagine it’ll cause a semi uproar ) that the UCLA or UConn # 1 overall seed debate should now be settled permanently. Specifically, I think our Huskies (and the entire BE frankly) get a raw and unfair deal from the national media when disparaging and downgrading our schedule and saying how weak our conference is compared to the Big Ten. We played Iowa, Ohio State and USC this year, 3 B 10 headliners who were all in the top 10 at some point this season and two of which ( Iowa and Ohio State) were 2 & 3 seeds, and they were totally dominated by us and not competitive at all, just like most BE teams. Meanwhile UCLA, whom last we played in the final four last season as the #1 overall seed and also demolished, somehow gets accolades for dominating their conference while we get insulted and criticized for going unbeaten in the BE. And all 3 of those teams are now eliminated in the round of 32. Combine that with tonight’s total oembarrassment of a well respected ACC team (12 points in an entire half !?!) and it would seem to any fair unbiased observer that UConn is just that good and the BE is not that bad and that there’s no way to justify any discussion that UCLA should have been or deserved the # 1 overall seed in this tournament.
 
jaydee602 said:
With the exception of Iowa, the #1 & #2 seeds are really showing their dominance over the rest of the field.
The games should be tighter in Fort Worth & Sacramento with more equal competition.
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I’m sorry to say but region 4 seeds 2 and 3 are extremely weak. We gotta do away with some of this bracketing rules. UCLA so much more difficult.
 
I’ve said this a few times over the past few games: I just love the way Kayleigh motors down the court in transition. Her focused movements, her aggressive stride, it’s really something. It’s like a challenge to opposing teams: “You want to run with us? Fine. Let’s run!”

If she grabs a defensive rebound and she’s got that gleam in her eye, it’s game on.
 
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Bone Dog said:
I’ve said this a few times over the past few games: I just love the way Kayleigh motors down the court in transition. Her focused movements, her aggressive stride, it’s really something. It’s like a challenge to opposing teams: “You want to run with us? Fine. Let’s run!”

If she grabs a defensive rebound and she’s got that gleam in her eye, it’s game on.
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I love how she runs down the court and the opponent thinks she’s at full speed, then she does a little hop and turns on the afterburners and you see how fast she really is.
 
Blakeon18 said:
I thought Blanca had her best game of the year. Shot well....some very nice [and unselfish] passes....usual rebounding
and defense. I thought she showed much improvement in dialing it back [just a little] and played under control.
One concern...will she do something similar in the next 4 games? Uhh...once or more than once.? The quality of
the competition goes up...and I hope she pulls a great imitation of how she played tonight.
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She played just as well in the first game.
 
CTBballfan243 said:
Fisher is a freshmen. Now is not her time. Her time to get some minutes will come next year, and more minutes the following year.
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That is a weak excuse, and it probably is not the reason why. With a score difference as much as that was. She played in the first game. What was the difference?
 
Cornell Lt said:
I felt her comments were in poor taste. If she wants to avoid UConn then woman up and be better as a team.
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I hear ya but considering the lame committee finds it convenient to bend over backwards to protect conference teams from playing each other in ANY early round (which was fine when their conference schedules had them playing each other twice or more with the conference tournament) when the super leagues of 16-18 only play each other 1 time, maybe the committee should rotate teams during these early rounds.

I find it more irritating she couldn’t acknowledge how well this UConn team played in the first half and only wanted to talk about her ream. She could have shown a touch of grace and acknowledged the defense and shooting.

The Leila Phelia part was touching and I am rooting for that young lady.

Overall, I am ok with Coach Jack but was just hoping for more.
 
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jaydee602 said:
Vegas does not wait around. They have already posted the odds for Friday's game with North Carolina.
UCONN is favored over the Tar Heels by 27.5 points!
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I'll check out the Palms sports book tomorrow to see what they have posted. Just might put some $$ down on the Huskies.
 
MSGRET said:
I'll check out the Palms sports book tomorrow to see what they have posted. Just might put some $$ down on the Huskies.
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Get your bet in early!
Bettors LOVE the Huskies, so the spread goes higher as the week progresses.
 
I am just going to borrow something I read elsewhere. I also don’t see much of a difference when KK or K9 is on the court. I think UConn is a little better defensively with KK on the court and a little better offensively with K9 on the court. But they are similarly effective imo.
 
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(football fan here)

just curious, whatever happened to caroline ducharme?
i see her name is still on the roster but i haven't heard anything about her in a few years now
 
Jetskies said:
(football fan here)

just curious, whatever happened to caroline ducharme?
i see her name is still on the roster but i haven't heard anything about her in a few years now
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Still on the roster. But greatly diminished by injuries. Probably didn’t have the on court career that she imagined. Looking to go into coaching after this season I think. (This is her final year of eligibility.)
 
donalddoowop said:
That is a weak excuse, and it probably is not the reason why. With a score difference as much as that was. She played in the first game. What was the difference?
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good point, I just watched the Syracuse game (at 4am est) Did she even get in the game? I saw Patterson and Caroline but forgot about BIG Fish
 
I just watch the post game interviews. Syracuse coach Felisha Legette-Jack lamented her frustrations for her teams continuing to be eliminated by UConn in NCAA subregionals at Gampel "After being in this business for 37 years and to have to be in this particular bracket every freakin' year is unacceptable" She came off as a real sore looser - not a good look
 
1974yankees said:
Wow! To this post game press conference. She is basically saying she is tired of playing Uconn and that Uconn is pretty much unstoppable...

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she thinks someone on the board has something against her... cool to hear her speak out
 
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