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Thanks Carolyn for pointing out the irrelevant fact that Geno is a whopping 158 wins away from the Great Pat Summitt's record total.
 
It was a game as long as Temple was getting turnovers and finding the net.... now that they're cold, looking like UCONN will pull away. Geno will have his team on another level after the break.
 
This is just way too exciting for me-gonna go walk my dogs. Can't see much from down here nohow.
 
Too many: sloppy passes, open threes for Temple, open layups for Temple.
 
This is what other teams put in their scouting report vs UConn: "We have to play a stifling defense, hit threes ata ridiculous pace and UConn has to play a sloppy game and miss shots". Good scouting job, Temple.

Seriously, good D from Temple but the Owls are getting lots of help from UConn.
 
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Temple has 5 treys. We have 1. 12 point advantage for the Owls.
 
bags27 said:
Temple started 5 guards. A thought: playing UConn small guarantees a closer game, but, ironically, also pretty much guarantees a loss.....
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What I mean is what Lobo said at half-time: that 5 guards gives different spacing and shot selection. Hard to practice against and a difficult match-up. So, exciting games, but ultimately the size differential will win out. Just that it's nearly always an ugly win....
 
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HuskyNan said:
This is what other teams put in their scouting report vs UConn: "We have to play a stifling defense, hit threes ata ridiculous pace and UConn has to play a sloppy game and miss shots". Good scouting job, Temple.

Seriously, good D from Temple but the Owls are getting lots of help from UConn.
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Temple is not doing anything exotic scheme wise on defense. They are simply doubling down on the post pass because UConn has not proven they can make 3 pt shots consistently. As far as Temple "hitting 3s at a ridiculous pace" they are shooting a pedestrian 5-14.
 
As a side note, in the first half, Temple played UCONN as hard as almost every other team we faced including all the top 10 teams. Temple is having a great season (17-7 and 11-2 in the AAC including a recent win over USF). I believe if Temple continues, they should be a NCAA team. They have had some AWFUL losses Quinnipeac and SMU, but those are no worse than many other teams who are ranked and/or getting votes, and IN the current brackets. Temple needs some love IMHO...
 
Great gameplan by Tonya and staff. This is the only way teams like hers have a chance against is. Super high paced, disrupt passing lanes, bump the cutters. Refs are letting them play almost to the point of why are they there? Temple's energy is off the charts. We are missing from the perimeter. All of those things other coaches hope for when playing us. All that being said and we're up 10. Not surprised he's had to sub even for Stewie as the pace is insane and there aren't too many stoppages for any reason.
 
TitleTown said:
Temple is not doing anything exotic scheme wise on defense. They are simply doubling down on the post pass because UConn has not proven they can make 3 pt shots consistently. As far as Temple "hitting 3s at a ridiculous pace" they are shooting a pedestrian 5-14.
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I guess it feels ridiculous, especially since they were pretty wide open.
 
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HuskyNan said:
I guess it feels ridiculous, especially since they were pretty wide open.
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Their % dropped way off in the last few minutes. They may very well be tiring. Very hard to keep up that breakneck pace.
 
j66kicker said:
Thanks Carolyn for pointing out the irrelevant fact that Geno is a whopping 158 wins away from the Great Pat Summitt's record total.
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Thankfully, I muted her before she had a chance to share that little nugget of priceless insight.
 
Jimbo said:
Thankfully, I muted her before she had a chance to share that little nugget of priceless insight.
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Pam did follow it up by mentioning Geno's record winning %, and speculating he could get there in a few more years....
 
Ilike Lou's composure this game. She's just calmly sinking shots.
 
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Temple kids playing with a lot of passion and energy. You go, Tonya, good job.
 
Kia just got her first hoop. Morgan not really Tuckish today, and MoJet just got beat down court on a break. Interesting day. Can we beat a decent team when we've only got our C game
 
Refs found their whistles. Geno must have been working hard at halftime.
 
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