Texas exposed UCONN tonight

[BigBird]

I agree with those who have said or implied that the Huskies played their "B" game. There were too many bunnies and layups that cost points. Perimeter defense was streaky at best. Lou did well at times, but sometimes was slow to rotate to the corners, which left UT some open looks for 3. Good energy from her though. UConn gave up open drives to the rim too often. Again, some of these were missed help assignments.

And, to be honest about it, there were just too many 50/50 balls that bounced away to become 10/90 balls. Several UT rebounds were frustrating as they plopped into Texas mitts on the second or third touch.

Texas played well, but the 21 point MOV could easily have been 31. But 21 looks acceptable at this point. Big of me, right?

Final thought: Some of the nervous-nellie BY responses to this game were probably posted because the team that trashed MSU didn't really show up against Texas. I'm guessing the coaches noticed this discrepancy and will address it.

The key of all keys is remarkably simple (but not easy). UConn needs to play its best games for the next 80 minutes. Then they head back to see the White House again.

 

[01Neaggrad02]

First and foremost, we need to keep in mind that Texas is a good team with great talent. They played with the attitude that they had nothing to lose so they went out playing like they had nothing to lose... They fought for rebounds, steals, to block shots, etc. They did make rebounding look more like football with the tackles on Stewart.... but overall it was a great game. I wish the refs had called more fouls on Texas when they were hacking Stewie.... but she was able to prove once again why she is one of the best players all time.... Geno and others have brought up the point that because of how dominant and amazing UCONN is... a 21 point victory seems less impressive... almost as if something was wrong. Texas was a good team. This was an impress, hard-fought win for UCONN. We should be celebrating it

 

[RockyMTblue2]

First and foremost, we need to keep in mind that Texas is a good team with great talent. They played with the attitude that they had nothing to lose so they went out playing like they had nothing to lose... They fought for rebounds, steals, to block shots, etc. They did make rebounding look more like football with the tackles on Stewart.... but overall it was a great game. I wish the refs had called more fouls on Texas when they were hacking Stewie.... but she was able to prove once again why she is one of the best players all time.... Geno and others have brought up the point that because of how dominant and amazing UCONN is... a 21 point victory seems less impressive... almost as if something was wrong. Texas was a good team. This was an impress, hard-fought win for UCONN. We should be celebrating it

Who says we aren't partying? I've got my paper bagged 36er right next to me and it ain't full!

 

[bags27]

on the play where Tuck went around Boyette and missed the underhand lay up. Boyette completely displaced Tuck with her body as Tuck made her scoop shot. "

I think there were missed calls or wrong calls on both sides (I had a perfect sight line to a ball bouncing off one of our guys that was then called UConn ball, and we went down and Lou (I think) hit a 3). But the play you cite about Morgan had to be the worst (non-)call in the game. 10,000 boos followed that one.

 

[HopJim]

Be very physical with Stewie!! UCONN struggled to a team they absolutely destroyed last year. Baylor has owned Texas this season not even close. Depending on the game tonight with Baylor and Oregon State.. Which I think Baylor will absolutely destroy them tonight. My point is if UCONN plays like they did tonight in the national semis it will be a loss for my beloved huskies. I know UCONN is up but just doesn't seem like a typical UCONN performance. I'm quite nervous about the semis in Indy!!

While I agree with your Baylor worry, looks like we can table that thought for next year. As one of the few that has watched Gino since before UConn (my wife went to HS with him and I saw him coach in Phila area), the tactic to "beat up" UConn goes back many years to all their great players. Nothing new that Texas tried and nothing new regarding the results.

 

[Icebear]

I think there were missed calls or wrong calls on both sides (I had a perfect sight line to a ball bouncing off one of our guys that was then called UConn ball, and we went down and Lou (I think) hit a 3). But the play you cite about Morgan had to be the worst (non-)call in the game. 10,000 boos followed that one.

I wasn't saying that calls aren't missed both ways I was speaking specifically about Doris. She referred to that non call as excellent defense which is was only if you didn't count the obvious uncalled foul.

 

[TARZAN22]

I look forward to next year,when UConn play Texas.
That's going to be good.

 

[Baroloboy]

Watching the game before I saw the stat sheet I thought we brought our B- game on defense and our B game on offense. But If if you just look a the stat sheet it tells another story. Our D held a very talented team that is physical and works hard 40 minutes at both ends of the court to just 40% FG, 32% from 3-land and just 5 free throws made. Texas also had one more TO than we did. At the other end we shot 56% FG, 57% from 3-land including 12 made 3s and were 12-14 from the stripe. One could conclude from this that we brought our A game for offense and defense and should have won by 35+ if you weren't watching the game. Not so. We had an unusually high number of missedh defensive assignments, got beat down the court for uncontested layups four feet ahead of the nearest defender 3 times ---- almost unheard of for a Geno coached team, lost more 50/50 balls than we won, lost the battle of the boards, made an unusually high number of sloppy passes leading to unforced turnovers, were outscored 14 to 4 on points off turnovers and finally played almost the entire game at a pace dictated by TX. Bottom line it is surprising that we won by 21 and it could have been a lot closer but for big games by our Big 3




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