I will never throw our players under the bus!
For myself it's a major disappointment to see our girls play like they do in so-called "big games"! They're so much better than their performances show!
One big reason for our UConn troubles is talent has been spread to more and more programs, because of NIL, transfers, making more teams competitive!
At the beginning of every season I look at the roster and see wall to wall talent! Geno & staff get the best players they can!
But IMHO our players in BIG games try to hit "5 point" baskets, trying to hard! The missed layups is like they're SHOT PUTTING the ball to the rim instead of a gentle push!
They are tremendously NICE girls that don't have the killer instinct in their bones!
DT, Birdie, Stewie, Shea, MJ, Renee, Maya, Tina (in her junior and senior years), Rebecca, Rizzotti, you get the idea, would rip the opponents heart out and eat it for lunch!
There's nothing UConn can do about the Big East Conference!
We're in it for better or worse, so complaining about it makes no sense!
I still believe all the injuries over the last 3 1/2 years have taken a toll by disrupting practice time and game time! Everyone is disjointed from missed time!
I don't have an answer to the above but the players should have a player only meeting and air out the answers!
The talent is as good as any team in Division I, it's just not being realized!