Top 3 Things You Want To See Against Iowa State on Tuesday Night. Game is at 8:30 p.m. on FS1.

[BBallF]

After a good bounce back win against the Hoyas we now face Iowa State with Audi Crooks, a very talented inside player, as we continue our Top 25 parade, with Juju & Co. looming on Saturday . It will be very informative to see if our bigs can handle Crooks and if we can get consistent scoring from someone other than Paige and Sarah. So, here are my top 3 things:

1) Paige to have the ball on every offensive possession and for her to look to score on every possession so that the defense has to constantly key on her. At least 20 shots this game.

2) Morgan to continue to get more confident in general but to let it spill over into offense so that she looks to score and shoot not only her 3 but also her pull up.

3) Jana and Ice to play solid defense on Crooks, arms vertical, feet moving and box out. Crooks will get her points, we just don't want her setting any records.

I have a lot more as I am sure you do, but what are your top 3?

 

[Ozimoto]

Continued growth.
Consistency.
A loose team having fun.

 

[and one]

How Ice handles Crooks.

How Jana handles Crooks.

How Sara handles Crooks.

 

[Bigboote]

1. Brady vs Crooks. Both 6-3 and strong, but Crooks relies primarily on strength and Brady much more on finesse. Curious how the staff prepare for Crooks

2. More from Cheli. I wanna see her keep building on her recent growth. UConn may need a big guard to body up to Juju later in the week

3. Relentless defense, possibly to include frequent pressing

 

[Husky fanatic]

1. Ash in double figures
2. Kaitlyn decides to score
3. Jana shoots from 12 ft

 

[Centerstream]

I'm just hoping that the game starts closer to 8:30 than to 9:30. There's a game before ours that starts at 6:00, but it shouldn't be a close game and should be over before 8:00. But you never know...

 

[GoUconn7961]

1. Paige being absolutely selfish with the ball
2. Lockdown defense
3. A strong showing from Ice and Jana

 

[Majic Hands]

1 more Morgan
2 more Allie
3 more Q

 

[Bone Dog]

1. Morgan
2. Morgan
3. Morgan

[if we see a lot of Morgan, it means the game is going well, and she is soaking up good experience]

 

[kidfrom360]

1. Paige and Sarah to be Paige and Sarah
2. Post players stay out of foul trouble
3. Everyone end the game healthy

 

[LwrcasefaN]

1.Extended periods of small ball... 4 out, 1 in with Sarah at the 5.

2. Play even faster.

3. EVERYONE rebound.

 

[huskeynut]

1, Pressue defense, steals and fast breaks
2. Need more scoring from Kaitlyn and KK
3. Ice & Jana improve

 

[TC22]

You’re going to have to be physical with Crooks to keep her out of the paint. We just kept putting a fresh body on her and she just wore out. Keeping the ball out of the paint puts pressure on all of the rest of their players and that’s not how they play.

 

[Tonyc]

Poise
Energy
Confidence

 

[Rowdy831]

I would like to see them go big for a change. Crooks can't handle Jana if Jana can play good technical defense. She doesn't have to jump, she doesn't have to reach, all she has to do is be tall and strong on the boards.

1. Jana and Ice (Or Morgan) on the floor
2. Paige running the offense
3. A little bit of an in and out game

 

[Next 12]

( 1 ) I would like to see I- 6' player, 2- 6'2" players , 1-6'3" player and 1-6' 5" player on the floor at the same time.See what our BIGS can really do. ( 2 ) Play pressure offense. ( 3 ) Double, triple Crooks when possible. Good tune-up game before SoCal game. See if experiment worked. GO HUSKIES!!!!!

 

[Zarathustra]

1. a "W"
2. Another step forward on chemistry and consistency
3. Two 2025 "ALL AMERICANS" doing " _____ - like" and
"_______-like" things. You know who they are!!

 

[Charliebball]

I'll take a win with no injuries please........

 

[meyers7]

Geez people, Fudd. There shouldn't be any other answer.

 

[Galaxyshooter]

Ice double-double, rebounding, and scoring
Ice plays defense with her feet and top, getting cheap fouls
Ice shows why she was in the top 5 in her class

 

[HuskyNan]

Geez people, Fudd. There shouldn't be any other answer.

Dunno. I want Aubrey back really badly. She would give the defense an automatic boost and her rebounding is sorely missed

 

[meyers7]

Dunno. I want Aubrey back really badly. She would give the defense an automatic boost and her rebounding is sorely missed

I'd rather a AA candidate back than a non AA candidate. True our rebounding could be better. We're at a plus 7, should be plus 10. But our 3 pt avg is at 33%. Much rather see that at 38-40%, and I think/hope Fudd can help with that.

Also, the longer Fudd doesn't come back the more likely there's a bigger problem than they are telling us.

 

[DeepThreat]

I haven't seen ISU play this year, but it's easy to understand stopping Crooks is key to beating them. They've lost Hare for the year which should dampen their perimeter game. My 3 things:

1) Ice and Jana 'limit' Crooks in the paint, improve their shot blocking (especially against ISU's guards) and rebounding #s
2) Our guards putting pressure on ISU's guards, limiting entry passes into Crooks
3) More 2-man play between Paige and Sarah ala Stockton and Malone. Would UCONN's motion, read and react offense allow for that?