Top 3 Things You Want To See Against Iowa on Saturday- Game is at Barclays at 1:30 p.m. on Fox

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I saw their loss to Iowa State...played at ISU. ISU is currently undefeated. Tight at the half...ISU pulled away in the third quarter...looked like a rout was on the way but Iowa rallied and closed quite a bit...lost by around 4. The game...being at ISU...was a significant advantage. Iowa is ranked.

When watching on Saturday [I have seen 2 starting times [1:00 and 1:30] keep an eye on soph Iowa
guard ...Chit-Chat Wright...5'4". Got to be one of the coolest nicknames in the country. She has a good handle...is very quick..did some nice shooting to help Iowa get close late....think she wound up with around 21 points. I suspect she will
be matched up with KK quite a bit....should be interesting. That game was her first back from some kind of injury or
sickness...that made her performance all the more impressive.

Oddest feature of the game: Iowa coach single-covered ISU star...Audi Crooks...all game long. She rotated
several different players on her but it always was single-coverage. Result: terrible....Audi had around 30 points with
good shooting. If they had been able to show her down somewhat...who knows? BTW she leads the country with
around 27 points....and...is second in field goal percentage...around 72%. Strength of schedule...not impressive.

Audi matched with Sarah/Serah/Jana/Blanca...singly or occasionally with double coverage? Audi is a legit
college scorer...was Big 12 POY last season as a soph. Will she have some real trouble on defense? Probably.

We are playing Iowa not Iowa State so Crooks isn't going to be matched up with any Huskie. Hello!??

 

[DeepThreat]

I watched them play ISU and did not come away impressed with their athleticism. That impression runs counter to many posters in the analysis posts. I think they play like your typical mid-west team (think Creighton, Marquette, Nebraska, etc) although they do have more size.

1. I believe KK and K9 will be effective at limiting Chit Chat's contributions. That means not only her scoring but also her ability in running their offense.

2. Spread the floor, utilize the high post action, work the baseline and run their bigs out of the gym.

3. Utilize our deep bench to maintain '40 minutes of hell' (thank you Nolan Richardson).

I don't see this as being a particularly close game. UConn's speed, athleticism and depth rule the day.

 

[DEFCONN1]

1. An exciting
2. 30 pt.
3. HUSKY WIN

 

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1}Defense as aways
2}Sara dominating the game like the best player in the country
3}Serah and Jana out playing the Iowa bigs

 

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Like everybody else I'm fine (to say the least) with the defensive effort so my wishes are on the offensive side. So my fondest wishes are:

Allie takes a big step toward being a bigger factor in scoring consistently. Off hand I don't know her 3 point percentage but I think it is pretty good. She needs to find a way to take more shots and make the defense have to fear her.

Ditto for Ash. Unlike Allie she does a whole lot more than score. Her shooting is streaky so if she can take and make shots throughout the game it make the defense work that much harder. Be assured that her overall game as is is just fine.

Serah is improving. She needs to stop missing the bunnies and find her inner beast. Go up strong and score, getting "and ones" in the process.