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Gus Mahler said:
Since what seems like forever UConn has a GOOD DAY.

What a joy. The best part was seeing Azzi smile so much! And Evina. And the bench.

Seven of nine was nice to look at and so was Azzi's three-point shooting (ka-boom kooshhh). But what I really liked about Azzi was early in the game when she dribbled past the right elbow, put on a quick juke move and then floated to the right for a nine-footer (which missed, but still). Then, toward the end of the third, from the left wing she faked a pass and with two hard dribbles she was in the lane and splashed a 13-footer. The mid-range! So fine from inside the line.
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I am going to go one step further. IMO, Fudd had a terrific game, not because of the 7-9 3 point shooting or the 25 points. Not to belittle either but three of the 3’s and 11 of the points came in garbage time from the 4 minute mark up 14 to the end of the game. So yes, she scored and shot very well but……..…to me, much more impressive than the shooting was her defense, her moving the ball and herself on offense, her hunting shot opportunities when they were there in the flow of the game, her assists. Shooting comes and goes for even the best but good all around team ball on both ends of the court is a constant.
 
a day later but few thoughts on the game:
*This game (after the first quarter) felt like UConn of old kind of game (maybe it was the uniforms) with energy, hustle, smart plays, defense, actually running plays and making shots.
*What an amazing difference for how the game looks when you have a kid like Azzi who shoots so well.
*Azzi's fundamentals and basketball iq are off the chart.
*Now we can really dream of what (next season) a backcourt of Paige, Azzi and CD with Nika off the bench, can look like. Can you say the best backcourt in the country (by far)
*We saw the AE of last season in this game. This is the kid that thought got a good chance to be an AA one day. Hopefully this version stays for the rest of the season!
*Feel bad for CD for not playing in this game but her interactions on the bench and the whole bench responsiveness for what was going on the court was fantastic! Oh..and Paige is having way too much fun :)
*Geno couched a real good game. All his substitutions were on point. his Time Outs timely and the game planned worked real well. Clearly his half court adjustments worked as well with UConn starting the 3rd quarter so well.
The players:
*Azzi; wow wow wow
*AE: her best game of the season (by far). And that 3 was smooth (didn't touch rim).
*E: it was real good to see the emotions of E in this game. While not shooting well, she contributed a lot to this win.
*Nika: her energy is something else... hear Nika roar...
*ONO: fantastic on defense but still no offense against similar size players.
*DJ: contributed but hopefully will play better next game. There was one sequence where she had the ball behind the 3 point line, looked to the right, saw Azzi free and decided to shoot the 3 (and missed). Note for all UConn players: if you have an open shot for 3 and Azzi got an open shot for 3, please pass Azzi the ball.
*CW: this is a game she'd like to forget (aside then the win). On offense she was absolutely terrible (aside than that beautiful pass to Nike for a 3.

Next 3 games are against the best 3 (out of 4) teams in the conference so good tests for the team to see if the progress is real.
 
I loled last night when I heard a sound bite from Geno.

Something like...

"Christyn did not have a good game. Not at all. And Dorka...ehhh."

That "ehhh" was some funny stuff.
 
MD#12Fan said:
Good job,
I have met Coach K. I worked his camp back in '83, his early days at Duke. He also recruited a kid from a Northern Virginia private school, where I was an assistant, so I met him then too.
He wows you with his attention to detail, obvious superior competence, and this granite hard integrity. I bet Tara is similar.
Maybe, Wooden-like.
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I hear you but would you call that charisma? Geno has charisma, Dawn Staley has charisma......love her or hate her Kim Mulkey has charisma..........Tara Vanderveer..........great coach..........no charisma........:rolleyes:
 
I am an old Bob Cousey fan who loves the great pass. Azzi had a nice give and go to ONO. TN had a nice tic tac toe play late in the 4Q. Where was that earlier? I saw a clip of Sonia Citron from ND who had a behind the back assist on a fast break last week. Reminded me of Anna. I'm sorry, I just love the great pass, perhaps over the great shot.
 
Charliebball said:
I hear you but would you call that charisma? Geno has charisma, Dawn Staley has charisma......love her or hate her Kim Mulkey has charisma..........Tara Vanderveer..........great coach..........no charisma........:rolleyes:
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Interesting back and forth.
definition of charisma: compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others.
not the same thing as say, gregariousness or bravado.
was Wooden charismatic?
 
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Rixxx said:
I am an old Bob Cousey fan who loves the great pass. Azzi had a nice give and go to ONO. TN had a nice tic tac toe play late in the 4Q. Where was that earlier? I saw a clip of Sonia Citron from ND who had a behind the back assist on a fast break last week. Reminded me of Anna. I'm sorry, I just love the great pass, perhaps over the great shot.
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Nika finding Azzi on the break late in the game. She knew Azzi was there. A good passer gets it to a shooter at the right time with the ball delivered to the upper chest for a shooter. Purest shot Azzi had all day. Twine.
 
Littlemin said:
I am going to go one step further. IMO, Fudd had a terrific game, not because of the 7-9 3 point shooting or the 25 points. Not to belittle either but three of the 3’s and 11 of the points came in garbage time from the 4 minute mark up 14 to the end of the game. So yes, she scored and shot very well but……..…to me, much more impressive than the shooting was her defense, her moving the ball and herself on offense, her hunting shot opportunities when they were there in the flow of the game, her assists. Shooting comes and goes for even the best but good all around team ball on both ends of the court is a constant.
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I agree. Fudd did many things like a 4th yr player. She is very smooth, moved well without the ball like CD. She ran to her spots well, didn't fumble the ball and drove against a very good TN player for a layup. WOW. Really was Impressed with her desire to play strong defense. She might need to get a quicker first step on defense but recovered well, even after playing a lot of minutes. Azzi is a major addition to the quiver. Thanks for committing to UConn!
 
RedStickHusky said:
1. My walk of shame... As recently as a couple weeks ago, I was pretty critical of Nika's game and wishing she didn't have to play so many minutes. Since then, she's cut down on the silly circus passes and bad fouls and raised her shooting to 'good enough'. I'm happy to be proven wrong. We've been fortunate to have her get us through these rough times. She's still going to get squeezed when everyone is back, but she is a nice piece to have on the bench.
2. With Key tied to the rim, it was not a slashers game, but CW found ways to contribute and didn't shoot us out of it. Saddens me to see all these 'disappeared' comments.
3. It was cool that Nika and CW keyed that run to start the 2nd half.
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And now a word from Nika.....

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Horston is shooting 37% for the year, 22% from 3. She is shooting the bulk of their shots and leading the team in rebounding...etc. Green was shooting 55%. Losing green dropped the scoring efficiency of the team a lot. Green's shots are now largely Horstons shots and Horston isn't converting at the same rate. Also Key is getting fewer shots now and she is shooting at a very high percentage. Losing Green was the straw that broke the camel's back. I don't blame Horston but they need an offense, not 2 players only scoring.
 
Notyetready said:
And Nika was +21, the two defensive stalwarts Led the team in that statistic.
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Nika's 5 straight points in the middle of the 3rd quarter put UConn up 21 points - 46-25 - and put the game out of reach. Most of Fudd's scoring came after this point, i.e. when the game was out of reach. TN's measly 25 points were the result of Liv's patrolling the paint. These two were our players of the game, eh? Don't be fooled by "mop up" points!
 
MSGRET said:
So Dr. Fairfield Fan, do you know that they didn't have her looked at after the game, or just think that. I believe the reason she did not play was because the medical staff thought it was best for her to rest, not Geno. I've had concussion's with one of them that was so bad that I had a week's stay at Landstuhl Army Hospital, others were a couple of aspirins and some rest. So unless you are privey to what happened and what was diagnosed then leave it to the people that do.
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Umm... As I pointed out, concussions are often not properly diagnosed by staff of athletic teams. It's a scandal, actually. So I'll stock with my opinion that she should be careful. Wouldn't you if your child had been whacked in the head repeatedly? Or doesn't it matter?
 
Bald Huskie said:
Did anyone notice that after Nika shovel passed to Azzi for her last 3, she was back peddling towards midcourt with her arm up in the air? She knew it was going in. Awesome.
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AND...if you look real close you can see that Nika has 3 fingers raised on that right hand... I think she put up the "3" before Azzi even got off the shot. I chuckle every time I see a replay of it... The opposition however probably thought it was "show boating".... too bad! :D
 
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Littlemin said:
I am going to go one step further. IMO, Fudd had a terrific game, not because of the 7-9 3 point shooting or the 25 points. Not to belittle either but three of the 3’s and 11 of the points came in garbage time from the 4 minute mark up 14 to the end of the game. So yes, she scored and shot very well but……..…to me, m
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LOL. I don't like the way you diminish Azzi.
Firstly, 14 points left in 4 minutes something is never a garbage time. And Tenn shot 57% and outscored us in the 4th Qtr until Azzi exploded. Azzi shot 4/4 in the 4th Qtr and the other UConn players only shot 2/9. She protected our victory.
 
Childhood said:
LOL. I don't like the way you diminish Azzi.
Firstly, 14 points left in 4 minutes something is never a garbage time. And Tenn shot 57% and outscored us in the 4th Qtr until Azzi exploded. Azzi shot 4/4 in the 4th Qtr and the other UConn players only shot 2/9. She protected our victory.
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UConn won by 19. Suppose Fudd does not score those garbage time points? The score would have gotten a lot tighter and who knows what might have happened. To minimize what Fudd did was petty. It is important to build on your lead to keep a game from getting close.
 
dtbtbtb said:
a day later but few thoughts on the game:
*This game (after the first quarter) felt like UConn of old kind of game (maybe it was the uniforms) with energy, hustle, smart plays, defense, actually running plays and making shots.
*What an amazing difference for how the game looks when you have a kid like Azzi who shoots so well.
*Azzi's fundamentals and basketball iq are off the chart.
*Now we can really dream of what (next season) a backcourt of Paige, Azzi and CD with Nika off the bench, can look like. Can you say the best backcourt in the country (by far)
*We saw the AE of last season in this game. This is the kid that thought got a good chance to be an AA one day. Hopefully this version stays for the rest of the season!
*Feel bad for CD for not playing in this game but her interactions on the bench and the whole bench responsiveness for what was going on the court was fantastic! Oh..and Paige is having way too much fun :)
*Geno couched a real good game. All his substitutions were on point. his Time Outs timely and the game planned worked real well. Clearly his half court adjustments worked as well with UConn starting the 3rd quarter so well.
The players:
*Azzi; wow wow wow
*AE: her best game of the season (by far). And that 3 was smooth (didn't touch rim).
*E: it was real good to see the emotions of E in this game. While not shooting well, she contributed a lot to this win.
*Nika: her energy is something else... hear Nika roar...
*ONO: fantastic on defense but still no offense against similar size players.
*DJ: contributed but hopefully will play better next game. There was one sequence where she had the ball behind the 3 point line, looked to the right, saw Azzi free and decided to shoot the 3 (and missed). Note for all UConn players: if you have an open shot for 3 and Azzi got an open shot for 3, please pass Azzi the ball.
*CW: this is a game she'd like to forget (aside then the win). On offense she was absolutely terrible (aside than that beautiful pass to Nike for a 3.

Next 3 games are against the best 3 (out of 4) teams in the conference so good tests for the team to see if the progress is real.
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Pls enuff negative comments on Liv .. she and Nika had the game wrapped up in the middle of the 3rd quarter when Nika hit the trey and made the steal and layup to put them up by 21 .. and Liv controlled the paint, eh? .. Azzi had yet to get rolling at this point.
 
Fairfield Fan said:
Umm... As I pointed out, concussions are often not properly diagnosed by staff of athletic teams. It's a scandal, actually. So I'll stock with my opinion that she should be careful. Wouldn't you if your child had been whacked in the head repeatedly? Or doesn't it matter?
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Please sight a case where UConn did that, since you are stating "It's a scandal, actually."
 
Jingo said:
Nika's 5 straight points in the middle of the 3rd quarter put UConn up 21 points - 46-25 - and put the game out of reach. Most of Fudd's scoring came after this point, i.e. when the game was out of reach. TN's measly 25 points were the result of Liv's patrolling the paint. These two were our players of the game, eh? Don't be fooled by "mop up" points!
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As much basketball as you have watched, I can't believe you said that. Take away Fudd's "mop up" points and the game would have been much closer. Tennessee won a number of their games because other teams did not score mop up points in the last four minutes of the fourth quarter. Just ask Texas.
 
donalddoowop said:
As much basketball as you have watched, I can't believe you said that. Take away Fudd's "mop up" points and the game would have been much closer. Tennessee won a number of their games because other teams did not score mop up points in the last four minutes of the fourth quarter. Just ask Texas.
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Geno, like most every other coach goes into clock burning mode way too soon. Tenn cut the lead for about 25 to 14 in a couple of minutes as Geno had his team "burning clock". If Fudd didn't make those 3's that 14 pts could have been 5 or 6 with over a minute left and we would have to sweat out ONO and Williams at the ft line.
 
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Bald Huskie said:
Did anyone notice that after Nika shovel passed to Azzi for her last 3, she was back peddling towards midcourt with her arm up in the air? She knew it was going in. Awesome.
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I think it's a good bet when she is that open. I had a golf partner who would do that to my putts. He was often wrong and I blamed him for jinxing me. Jinxes are real, Just wait for an announcer to say "she hasn't missed a free throw in a week. 28 straight" :rolleyes:

Expect this during Fudd's 4 years. She's a 90%+ ft shooter.
 
Fairfield Fan said:
Umm... As I pointed out, concussions are often not properly diagnosed by staff of athletic teams. It's a scandal, actually. So I'll stock with my opinion that she should be careful. Wouldn't you if your child had been whacked in the head repeatedly? Or doesn't it matter?
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Hmm. You start with "often not properly diagnosed" (by whom?), move on to to "a scandal" (on whose part) and then on to implying that "it doesn't matter" to MSGRET that she possibly suffered a concussion. All guilt by implication, no? Why not just as easily assume that the department "staff" at Uconn and the coaches and the medical people did in fact assess her condition. In fact, I believe that in the end Geno determined that she would not suit up or play.
 
Alydar said:
I think it's a good bet when she is that open. I had a golf partner who would do that to my putts. He was often wrong and I blamed him for jinxing me. Jinxes are real, Just wait for an announcer to say "she hasn't missed a free throw in a week. 28 straight" :rolleyes:

Expect this during Fudd's 4 years. She's a 90%+ ft shooter.
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Free throws are gunna be boring. She's gunna have games from the field that she will barely touch iron. It's gunna be so fun! Yesterday was fun. You can't beat shooting like that. Aliyah Boston can make 5 layups in a row, and they're gunna be down 3 or 4. I'm pumped!
 
donalddoowop said:
As much basketball as you have watched, I can't believe you said that. Take away Fudd's "mop up" points and the game would have been much closer. Tennessee won a number of their games because other teams did not score mop up points in the last four minutes of the fourth quarter. Just ask Texas.
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At 4:48 of the 4th quarter- it was 62-48.
Was still a game at that point.
Hot hand for Tenn on 3 trips and it’s a 5 point game.
I’ve seen crazier things happen.
Azzi applied the kill shots.
End of story.
 
Alydar said:
I think it's a good bet when she is that open. I had a golf partner who would do that to my putts. He was often wrong and I blamed him for jinxing me. Jinxes are real, Just wait for an announcer to say "she hasn't missed a free throw in a week. 28 straight" :rolleyes:

Expect this during Fudd's 4 years. She's a 90%+ ft shooter.
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And Yet she missed the only Free Throw she took vs Tenn... :confused::cool:
 
Jingo said:
Nika's 5 straight points in the middle of the 3rd quarter put UConn up 21 points - 46-25 - and put the game out of reach. Most of Fudd's scoring came after this point, i.e. when the game was out of reach. TN's measly 25 points were the result of Liv's patrolling the paint. These two were our players of the game, eh? Don't be fooled by "mop up" points!
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If I recall correctly, Tennessee still had their front line players (i.e. Starters) in the game at that point and for the majority of the 4th quarter. Tennessee was still playing the game in an attempt to mount a comeback. Coach Harper had not waived the white flag...

The history of sports (team and individual) is littered with "sure wins" that turned into losses (or very close calls) because someone let up on the gas.
 
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