"The pressure is on UConn"

[tzznandrew]

I do wonder how Bama reacts to being in their first Final Four.

Are they just happy to be there? Do they actually believe they can go all the way?

We obviously took full advantage of our first trip. Other programs have face-planted.

But our UConn team had been to the E8 the year before, had won back to back BET and BE regular season titles, and had only lost twice that year (only once fully healthy). They were a dominant #1 seed.

Alabama....well, they aren't the 1999 UConn team. The more you look at their resume and actual results, the more you realize how good a draw we got.

 

[JohnFSilver]

There reason pressure doesn’t matter is UConn is so much better than everyone they are playing. It doesn’t matter.

This might be the best college team in a generation. Listen, they gotta win it, but there is only one way this team loses…

A team like Alabama does a creighton and hits 15 3s.

 

[Stinger92860]

Easy way to tighten them up, punch them in the mouth early with a 15-pt run and don't look back.

You had that half right…30-0 in 2nd half

 

[Stinger92860]

There reason pressure doesn’t matter is UConn is so much better than everyone they are playing. It doesn’t matter.

This might be the best college team in a generation. Listen, they gotta win it, but there is only one way this team loses…

A team like Alabama does a creighton and hits 15 3s.

Spot on…we were horrible from 3 and won handily.

 

[tzznandrew]

There reason pressure doesn’t matter is UConn is so much better than everyone they are playing. It doesn’t matter.

This might be the best college team in a generation. Listen, they gotta win it, but there is only one way this team loses…

A team like Alabama does a creighton and hits 15 3s.

But...remember. Creighton is a Top 20 defense. So while they were hitting 15 3s, they were also stymying our offense...

 

[drayenob]

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Now you did it Hans. I can't get this out of my mind...

Yikes, banish that bizarrely acquired ear worm, and go to the source.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Meanwhile, over on CBS, at the 8-minute mark, a masterclass in pressure feels is being conducted by the two remaining finalists for this year's Gene Mauch Award.

 

[Waquoit]

I can believe there's a lot of pressure to get over the hump and into the Final Four...when you've not done it before.

Don't we know it!

 

[IndyLives]

That's why you need a next game mindset and not thinking about repeating. Next game, next play mentality. Learn from it and get better. Easier said than done. That's why it's both a mental game and physical game.