This Just Out: UConn Can Pass

[RockyMTblue2]

Hopefully not a repeat. The article posting I mean.

UConn Women’s Basketball Exceptional at Passing the Ball

"With a facilitator like Williams in the middle, this year’s team has quickly ascended to one of the best group of passers in Auriemma’s tenure.

“It’s as good as any we’ve had,” said the coach. “They really play well together and they enjoy being on the floor together. They look for each other.

“There’s a lot of people that are good passers but aren’t willing passers. We’ve got guys that are pretty good passers and they’re willing.”

 

[Bajan Best]

Their ability to find the open player has been key to offsetting the losses of Stewart, Jefferson and Tuck. They don’t need to rely on the big star. Instead, all five players can take over on any given night.

“There's not this go-to player -- like ‘We're going to run this play and we're going to go get Stewie a touch here and that's the end of it’,” said Close. “It's all these different players making plays at different times.”

That superstar may be gone, but the Huskies haven’t skipped a beat. Once again, they’re undefeated and in the Sweet Sixteen for the 14th-straight season.

 

[UcMiami]

Uconn has a chance to break the NCAA record and team record for most assists in a year, and the team record for average/game in a year*, but the NCAA record for per game is safe for another year I think - Villanova at 24.7 in a 31 game season in 1987

* Uconn record book doesn't actually give this stat, but looking at the top 17 raw yearly assist numbers it doesn't look like any of them would likely top the current number. 1995 is the current leader at 22.46 in a 35 game season. This year through 34 games is at 23.85.