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1. If Lou and CW shoot decently, UCONN scores over a hundred.

2. 24 and 9 for Crystal Dangerfield is terrific. O turnovers is ridiculous. The full court layup to end the half makes the season highlight tape.

3. Unusual to see the team get beat down the floor in transition as often as it happened today.

4. Need DavidNaples to determine if ONO's free throw attempts for the minutes she has played is some kind of record. 11 today in less than 15 minutes.

5. Basketball has probably always come easy for CW. You can see that she is stressed. She works too hard and is too talented for this funk to last.

6. Winning, no one getting hurt and everybody getting a little bit of time trumps any negatives.

7. Teams are crowding Lou before she uses her dribble then collapse on her once she penetrates. She's adjusted to everything else, she'll figure this out.

8. Understandable but weird seeing Crystal Dangerfield shoot the technicals.

9. Is it my imagination or does this team get fewer looks in transition than in past years.

10. 16-1, #2 in the nation, heading home and don't have to be coached by Holly Warlick. Life is good in Husky land.
 
4. Need DavidNaples to determine if ONO's free throw attempts for the minutes she has played is some kind of record. 11 today in less than 15 minutes.

She must shoot better than 5 for 11, 45% does not cut it
 
Stinger92860 said:
4. Need DavidNaples to determine if ONO's free throw attempts for the minutes she has played is some kind of record. 11 today in less than 15 minutes.

She must shoot better than 5 for 11, 45% does not cut it
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the fact that she usually misses the first foul shot badly and then often makes the second one clearly says it's more of a concentration issue then a physical one..................she's still got the jitters and hasn't adjusted to the speed of the college game...............she'll figure it out.............she actually has pretty good touch for a big, I would be surprised if she shot less then 70% from the line in the next three years
 
Stinger92860 said:
4. Need DavidNaples to determine if ONO's free throw attempts for the minutes she has played is some kind of record. 11 today in less than 15 minutes.

She must shoot better than 5 for 11, 45% does not cut it
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Would've been 4-11 if she hadn't gotten a second chance on that lane violation.

No real sugar coating it, her FTs are a hot mess. Time for her coaches to earn their pay with her.
 
UConn appears to be suffering from a virus known as the Shooters Flu. It’s been making its way through the team pretty much throughout the month of January. Last game everyone on the team had it except for Megan. Today Pheesa & Crystal showed signs of recovery, but Megan had a bit of a relapse joining Lou & Christyn.

As Victor64 points out, a little better shooting and UConn puts up triple digits, winning by 30+. So this shooting flu that the Huskies are suffering from is a glass half empty or half full dilemma.

If everyone on the Huskies shoots the ball like we know they’re capable of, they can defeat anyone in the country. But if 3-4 starters are laying bricks, upcoming games vs Louisville & SC could be problematic.
 
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I'm actually more concerned about the defense than the offense. I don't have the stats handy, but I'm just accustomed to seeing UConn opponents commit more turnovers and struggle more to score than they are this year. Shooting slumps will happen, but the defense should not be slumping.
 
victor64 said:
1. If Lou and CW shoot decently, UCONN scores over a hundred.

2. 24 and 9 for Crystal Dangerfield is terrific. O turnovers is ridiculous. The full court layup to end the half makes the season highlight tape.

3. Unusual to see the team get beat down the floor in transition as often as it happened today.

4. Need DavidNaples to determine if ONO's free throw attempts for the minutes she has played is some kind of record. 11 today in less than 15 minutes.

5. Basketball has probably always come easy for CW. You can see that she is stressed. She works too hard and is too talented for this funk to last.

6. Winning, no one getting hurt and everybody getting a little bit of time trumps any negatives.

7. Teams are crowding Lou before she uses her dribble then collapse on her once she penetrates. She's adjusted to everything else, she'll figure this out.

8. Understandable but weird seeing Crystal Dangerfield shoot the technicals.

9. Is it my imagination or does this team get fewer looks in transition than in past years.

10. 16-1, #2 in the nation, heading home and don't have to be coached by Holly Warlick. Life is good in Husky land.
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It's hard to believe 10 points were made and Pheesa having 30pts, 12rebs, 5ast weren't even mentioned. This is what some of us reference when we say proper recognition is rarely given to her. She's about to score 2,000 points and have 1,000 rebounds (barring injury).
 
Tulane - Good defense, meh offense
Temple - Good offense, meh defense

Maybe next game they'll put it all together.
 
Plebe said:
Would've been 4-11 if she hadn't gotten a second chance on that lane violation.

No real sugar coating it, her FTs are a hot mess. Time for her coaches to earn their pay with her.
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How do we know the coaches have or have not addressed her foul shooting?
 
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victor64 said:
1. If Lou and CW shoot decently, UCONN scores over a hundred.

2. 24 and 9 for Crystal Dangerfield is terrific. O turnovers is ridiculous. The full court layup to end the half makes the season highlight tape.

3. Unusual to see the team get beat down the floor in transition as often as it happened today.

4. Need DavidNaples to determine if ONO's free throw attempts for the minutes she has played is some kind of record. 11 today in less than 15 minutes.

5. Basketball has probably always come easy for CW. You can see that she is stressed. She works too hard and is too talented for this funk to last.

6. Winning, no one getting hurt and everybody getting a little bit of time trumps any negatives.

7. Teams are crowding Lou before she uses her dribble then collapse on her once she penetrates. She's adjusted to everything else, she'll figure this out.

8. Understandable but weird seeing Crystal Dangerfield shoot the technicals.

9. Is it my imagination or does this team get fewer looks in transition than in past years.

10. 16-1, #2 in the nation, heading home and don't have to be coached by Holly Warlick. Life is good in Husky land.
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#3 Because their shooting has been inconsistent, they're trying to get more people on the offensive boards and it leaves them vulnerable in transition with only 1 or 2 guards back and 3 trapped inside.
#7 Coaches know UConn isn't passing as well as in the past and the way to clog their offense is have someone in her face. Forces others to make plays which is a problem against good teams.
#9 They do get fewer points in transition. With more rebounders in the past they were able to release at least 1 guard, for instance Nurse, to basket hang for layups. Now they need everybody going to the defensive board.
 
Charliebball said:
the fact that she usually misses the first foul shot badly and then often makes the second one clearly says it's more of a concentration issue then a physical one...she's still got the jitters and hasn't adjusted to the speed of the college game.....she'll figure it out...she actually has pretty good touch for a big, I would be surprised if she shot less then 70% from the line in the next three years
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I think she could do with some upperclassmen coaching.
 
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Charliebball said:
the fact that she usually misses the first foul shot badly and then often makes the second one clearly says it's more of a concentration issue then a physical one...she's still got the jitters and hasn't adjusted to the speed of the college game.....she'll figure it out...she actually has pretty good touch for a big, I would be surprised if she shot less then 70% from the line in the next three years
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Olivia IS learning and well. The free throws don't bother me. What's important is she is drawing them rather than creating them. She holds her own under the basket, not perfect---but how many actual non clean up minutes has she played? You have been right about her since the start---a talent with intelligence.
 
If Lou is going to continue to handle the ball as much as she has she's going to have to learn how to protect the ball. She tends to play straight up where her defender and the double team have easy access to swatting the ball away from her. The shooting will straighten itself out in time..
 
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vowelguy said:
I would bet FT shooting is not Genos list of top 3 concerns for Ono.
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Maybe but it should be near the top for her. Easy way to inflate the stat line and get more playing time.
 
Plebe said:
I didn't really mean it that literally.
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Good. The comment seemed out of character for you. I know, its hard to get "humor" and the like on a post.
 
oldude said:
Liv’s FT shooting form is actually pretty good. She just needs to shoot a couple thousand FT’s in practice and she’ll get better at it.
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You were right about the rugged games from here on out..
On shooting 1000's of FT? Geno --has often spoken of that one: Why shoot 1000's it only repeats bad shooting.(per Geno)
Olivia is actually a good FT shooter--she normally drills ONE cleanly. Confidence is the common issue with her CW, Coombs etc--more time, more games and she'll be good to go. This year??
My take is she played a very good game for a Frosh Big--she's no Tina, no Steff, no Stewie--if we wait her name may be among them. She drew 11 fouls (or more) and she had what 2 fouls?? That's success. Success does not come as a boy cutting a tree next day George Washington--that took 50 year--ONO will be OLIVIA Nelson Ododa this year..
 
victor64 said:
4. Need DavidNaples to determine if ONO's free throw attempts for the minutes she has played is some kind of record. 11 today in less than 15 minutes.
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Box score shows she played 16 minutes today however she did attempt 11 free throws in just 13 minutes vs Seton Hall (Box Score).
 
CL82 said:
Maybe but it should be near the top for her. Easy way to inflate the stat line and get more playing time.
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No the way to get more playing time is to play great defense and rebound and try to score when you can.

Yes she needs to get better at FTs, but Shooting 100% on FTs does you no good if you stink at everything else and aren’t good enough to play.
 
In his on court interview Geno said the travel had made the week hard or words to that effect and getting home would be good for the team. They've had tough road stints, but I didn't think this was one.
 
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vowelguy said:
I would bet FT shooting is not Genos list of top 3 concerns for Ono.
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She has the range she has the mechanics, a great eye--confidence? I'm more than pleased with her outing today--good defense, helped on offense, didn't screw up much, drew more fouls than she created--that is huge. ONO and Geno had a very successful day.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
In his on court interview Geno said the travel had made the week hard or words to that effect and getting home would be good for the team. They've had tough road stints, but I didn't think this was one.
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Uconn had a small team run the legs of Uconn tired and played tough 1/2 court defense, had quick hands, weren't afraid to foul to stop scoring (european tactic) against Uconn. One or 3 of their players were pretty talented offensively, their ability to see the court was evident. This wasn't the OLD Temple--
 
vowelguy said:
No the way to get more playing time is to play great defense and rebound and try to score when you can.

Yes she needs to get better at FTs, but Shooting 100% on FTs does you no good if you stink at everything else and aren’t good enough to play.
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Fair enough. I think she lacks the muscle mass to bang with other bigs. I'm not sure their is much she can do about that right now, except to keep chugging.
 
I'm not Geno's greatest supporter, unfortunately, I believe he is ONLY human with the warts and foibles of all of us. Nowhere near perfect.
Having said that: I am pleased with the way he is handling this adversity and it is just that. He is bringing Frosh along, Sophs along, reteaching Juniors, and working with 3 very tried Starters. Tired wears on a person mentally and physically. Geno, with what he is working with and the louzy time frame is doing more than well---
If you are willing to cheer him in the good time why not stand with him in these less than perfect time? When he does well and not win by 50--isn't it a win just the same? Ragged play is not always dictated by Geno sometimes other teams play pretty rugged defense and shoot well at home?
This is the time to Cheer him--not jeer him.. He needs the BY help.
 
BroadwayVa said:
Olivia IS learning and well. The free throws don't bother me. What's important is she is drawing them rather than creating them. She holds her own under the basket, not perfect---but how many actual non clean up minutes has she played? You have been right about her since the start---a talent with intelligence.
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watching her high school videos she actually has a number of good offensive moves including a nice mid range jump shot..................we have only seen a small portion of what she has to offer offensively.............
 
Stinger92860 said:
4. Need DavidNaples to determine if ONO's free throw attempts for the minutes she has played is some kind of record. 11 today in less than 15 minutes.

She must shoot better than 5 for 11, 45% does not cut it
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For a superstar, she looks close to hopeless at the free throw line. She has thrown up air balls and once hit the backboard about 18 clean inches to the right of the rim. Maybe she needs glasses? I guess she has not yet grown into her body. Good too see her get extensive court time, though.
 
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