Top 3 Things You Want To See Monday Night Against Villanova

[BBallF]

As many here have already mentioned...

1). Get Caroline the ball in the post. She seems unstoppable there, so run it over and over again until someone does!

2). With all the talent on this team, it's unbelievable that they can't get the ball to Caroline when she cuts wide open through the lane (again and again).

3). Caroline's contributions throughout this season definitely warrant more than the 15 minutes she played against Marquette.

Right. She is the perfect player to pass to. She never stops moving and she is usually taller and more athletic than her defender at the 3 spot. It was no accident she was on fire when she was starting and everyone was looking for her.

 

[CTGirl15]

1A.) A Win with no injuries
1B.) A well rounded game where 4 or more UConn players are in double figures and we win the rebounding battle by a margin of around 10
2.) Better shooting % from Paige and Azzi than yesterday
3.) Any uniform but the grays. I'm convinced those things have some kind of curse on them. They always result in the strangest games.

 

[darkstar1]

1. Keep up intensity, both defensive and offensive for all 4 1/4s.
2. More minutes for Dorka if she is physically able. She adds so much to the flow and the team just looks and seems to move better when she is in.
3. Although I’d like to see Nova in the dance (Crème says they need a “good” loss, which he says is 10-15 points) and they deserve to be, A Blowout!

 

[Tonyc]

1. Intensity/energy
2. Suffocating Defense
3. Paige Azzi and Caroline do what we've been waiting for to happen. Score alot of points at a great percentage

 

[Wbbfan1]

A Win. If Nova is hitting their shots it won't be easy. Marquette got a lot of easy open looks in the 2nd half.
Azzi and Paige hit 50% of their shots.
Evina continues to look to score regardless if her teammates are hitting their shots or not.

I'll add a 4th Olivia Nelson-Ododa has an effective day on offense and scores around 15 points.

 

[Bball244]

1. a big win
2. all players stay healthy
3. Caroline gets her 3s to fall and scores 20+

 

[Bills Fan]

I'd like to see more minutes for Paige, Azzi, and Ducharme. UConn needs to start getting the NCAA rotation dialed in. Shorten the bench so our best players can start getting into a good rhythm. Those three players should be playing a minimum of 30 minutes a game once we get into the NCAA tournament.

I'll go along with your "at least 90 minutes" for the 3 players you mention, which seems to exclude 6 of our Nasty Nine from your "best players" category.

So that means 110 minutes or less for the following group: ONO, DJ, AE, EW, CW, and NM, who you seem to consider as a step down from your named best players. 80 of the 110 minutes must go to cover the 4 & 5 positions. Let's give CD 10 of her 30+ minutes as a 4 , so that means 70 of the 80 positions 4 & 5 (or 23 minutes each) will be covered by ONO, DJ and AE Now we have 40 minutes left (200-90-70) to spread among 1) our motor and Conf DPOY, NM; 2) our 1st team All-Conference and recently top scorer, CW ; and 3) the team spark plug off the bench, EW, so they get 13 minutes each. And clearly none of this last group can be considered (by you at least) as anywhere close to our best group of players, although many BY posters would disagree.

I think it best to allow our HOF HC to decide who and when certain players need to be in the game.

Why can't we just accept that we are very lucky to have this group of 9 very talented young women with a wide variety of complementary skills? They all seem to have one priority-WINNING, no matter how many minutes they play in any particular game. They might just be good enough to win NC # 12 !

 

[Longtime fan]

I'd like to see more minutes for Paige, Azzi, and Ducharme. UConn needs to start getting the NCAA rotation dialed in. Shorten the bench so our best players can start getting into a good rhythm. Those three players should be playing a minimum of 30 minutes a game once we get into the NCAA tournament.

I choose to disagree. I think each of those nine players is critical to our success. I think our edge this year is likely to be staying fresh, and putting relentless pressure on opponents who can't do that. Paige is not going to be "the best player in the land" by NCAA tournament time, despite our hopes and prayers. She will help and is an important piece to the puzzle. But we need wave after wave of great personnel on the floor. And we need someone ( or more ) to get hot at various times. It is the only way.

 

[Longtime fan]

1. a big win
2. all players stay healthy
3. Caroline gets her 3s to fall and scores 20+

And maybe AZZI can go 2-9 instead of 1-9?

 

[Longtime fan]

I choose to disagree. I think each of those nine players is critical to our success. I think our edge this year is likely to be staying fresh, and putting relentless pressure on opponents who can't do that. Paige is not going to be "the best player in the land" by NCAA tournament time, despite our hopes and prayers. She will help and is an important piece to the puzzle. But we need wave after wave of great personnel on the floor. And we need someone ( or more ) to get hot at various times. It is the only way.

 

[CTBballfan243]

I'll go along with your "at least 90 minutes" for the 3 players you mention, which seems to exclude 6 of our Nasty Nine from your "best players" category.

So that means 110 minutes or less for the following group: ONO, DJ, AE, EW, CW, and NM, who you seem to consider as a step down from your named best players. 80 of the 110 minutes must go to cover the 4 & 5 positions. Let's give CD 10 of her 30+ minutes as a 4 , so that means 70 of the 80 positions 4 & 5 (or 23 minutes each) will be covered by ONO, DJ and AE Now we have 40 minutes left (200-90-70) to spread among 1) our motor and Conf DPOY, NM; 2) our 1st team All-Conference and recently top scorer, CW ; and 3) the team spark plug off the bench, EW, so they get 13 minutes each. And clearly none of this last group can be considered (by you at least) as anywhere close to our best group of players, although many BY posters would disagree.

I think it best to allow our HOF HC to decide who and when certain players need to be in the game.

Why can't we just accept that we are very lucky to have this group of 9 very talented young women with a wide variety of complementary skills? They all seem to have one priority-WINNING, no matter how many minutes they play in any particular game. They might just be good enough to win NC # 12 !

I said Paige, Azzi, and Caroline should play a “minimum” of 30 minutes each per game. Those minutes could be increased if warranted by the situation.

 

[BBallF]

1. A decisive win to show that the earlier loss to Villanova was an anomaly.

2. Force Nova to play more uptempo than they want by trapping them and turning them over.

3. Solid shooting inside the arc, outside the arc, on layups, and on free throws. It's time to play crisply and as error free as possible.

Even if I disagreed with anything you said, which I don't, I would still give you a "like" for "anomaly".