The Courant's Mike Anthony looks at the Huskies' past, present, and future.

[Sluconn Husky]

yes, she should have been in earlier( it's called going with the hot hand). she easily could have made the difference. then she only played 2 minutes in the OT. all head scratching.

Having watched that game the other day, I'd suggest the answers weren't cut and dried. Collier was perhaps UConn's most effective player in the 2nd half so it's not easy arguing to replace her. They weren't taking Gabby out, and I don't think they wanted Dangerfield off the floor late--they needed ball-handling. The one possibility that I doubt entered Geno's mind would've been to put Stevens in for KLS and make a jumbo front court. Considering how badly Lou was struggling to guard in the game it would've been an interesting option. But Geno liked Lou on the floor as much as Gabby.

 

[boontonbomber]

Having watched that game the other day, I'd suggest the answers weren't cut and dried. Collier was perhaps UConn's most effective player in the 2nd half so it's not easy arguing to replace her. They weren't taking Gabby out, and I don't think they wanted Dangerfield off the floor late--they needed ball-handling. The one possibility that I doubt entered Geno's mind would've been to put Stevens in for KLS and make a jumbo front court. Considering how badly Lou was struggling to guard in the game it would've been an interesting option. But Geno liked Lou on the floor as much as Gabby.

spread the time among all those players, but since Z was playing so well, try to keep her on the floor. having her on the bench for 6+ minutes in the third quarter, after a monster first half, was inexplicable and inexcusable. wouldn't have hurt any of those players to have a breather.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

spread the time among all those players, but since Z was playing so well, try to keep her on the floor. having her on the bench for 6+ minutes in the third quarter, after a monster first half, was inexplicable and inexcusable. wouldn't have hurt any of those players to have a breather.

Either way, UConn still had a 7-pt lead with 5:30 to go, and Stevens was in the game at that point when ND rallied.

Ogunbowale made some plays that you have to tip your cap to. Also, there were two awful calls in OT that gave ND 4 points at the foul line---might've been the difference.

 

[Cedar]

If the referees had called the game without blatant bias, UCONN would have won the 2018 semifinal. Notre Dame had 17 more free-throw attempts; for every free-throw attempt for UCONN, ND had nearly 4.

Stevens had relatively hot hands in that game: her 19 points were the second-highest on the team, and she scored at the fastest rate (points per minute played). It’s unfortunate that she didn’t get more playing time.

 

[meyers7]

spread the time among all those players, but since Z was playing so well, try to keep her on the floor. having her on the bench for 6+ minutes in the third quarter, after a monster first half, was inexplicable and inexcusable. wouldn't have hurt any of those players to have a breather.

None of those players needed a breather. They had just come out of halftime. You can put her in for tactical reasons, but not because someone needed a breather.