Top 3 Things You Want To See Sunday Against NC State

[veryolddog]

1. Shoot the lights out hitting every shot
2. play with lots of confidence
3. no injuries for both UConn and NC State

 

[Viet Vet]

For the TV production staff:

1. No crowd shots during play.
2. No bench shots during play.
3. No interviews during play.

 

[cgshuskie]

3 things
1. Better Rebounding. Dorka and Aaliyah need to get tough from the beginning.
2. Better Free Throw shooting. This is a practice issue. Work, Work Work..
3. Reintegrate CD. Someone NC State will have a hard time defending

 

[darkstar1]

3 things
1. Better Rebounding. Dorka and Aaliyah need to get tough from the beginning.
2. Better Free Throw shooting. This is a practice issue. Work, Work Work..
3. Reintegrate CD. Someone NC State will have a hard time defending

After the great victory against Texas, here are my top 3 things:

1) Another win;

2) Caroline to play at least 15 minutes and continue getting her wind and timing back:

3) Cut down on the turnovers and touch fouls.

Play hard and with confidence.

1. Make free throws
2. Secure and hold onto rebounds
3. Keep up intensity and pressure.

 

[dtbtbtb]

1. Azzi to continue her POY path with another impressive performance on national TV
2. Control the boards
3. Hit the free throws 75% and up

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Dorka drop 15 and 9.

Azzi's midrange be hot.

Nika stay out of foul trouble and drop a few 3s.

Aubrey stun us all.

Yeah, that's four.

 

[bballer]

Hey, is the game on FS1? If so, I can watch

Yes

 

[npignatjr]

A game against a top team has so many empty seats? Have the ticket prices gone a lot higher than past years?

I paid $23.

 

[ShmiCO]

1. Sunday stops poking around and gets here fast. I want a second helping of what they were dishing out on Monday night.

 

[GoUconn7961]

Triple OT (just kidding)

 

[CONNCAN]

1. More Minutes (off the bench) for Caroline Ducharme
2. A Double/Double for Aubrey Griffin
3. Significant Contributions from Amari DeBerry in the 2nd Half

 

[Topdawg]

1. Strong team defense
2. Balanced scoring
3. Positive contributions from ALL players!

 

[Scud49]

Because we are going to need it down the road: I'd love to see Ayanna begin developing and refining her rebounding even more. In high school she wasn't always going up against the "bigs" that are pretty common now on UCONN's schedule. One key component of that on the offensive side of rebounding - learn to develop those pump fakes once you have secured the ball. A good pump fake or two ( or in the case of Larry Bird - 3 or 4 good ones! ) can really clear out the traffic above you and make for those sweet "put backs" that mean so much - and we all love to see.

 

[MilfordHusky]

1. Make layups and FTs.

2. Double-double for Aubrey.

3. Thé Azzi Fudd for NPOY Bandwagon continues. My local girl!

 

[ccwarrior]

Fewer missed bunnies and free throws.

 

[Zarathustra]

1. Better front court defense - The bigs (forwards) of Texas were 12-19 from the field. Though I don’t think NC State has the same kind of front court depth/skill that Texas has, every game is a chance to improve! (Side note: Texas scored 34 points in the paint. Better front court defense could cut down on that.)

2. Less turnovers and fouls - Kind of a two-in-one, but Texas scored 25 points off of UConn turnovers (16 turnovers). 16 turnovers isn’t terrible, but 25 points is a lot to allow off of those turnovers. Texas also shot 20 free throws, though only made 10. Still, giving a team a chance at free points while putting yourself/team in foul trouble can hurt in the long run.

3. As always, I want everyone to come out healthy! Let’s avoid any more injuries! These players put so much time and work into this and the last thing I want for anybody is injury.

Beyond that, let’s get a win and continue improving for March!

North Carolina State's frontcourt: Camille Hobby Center 6'3" starter # 5
Sophie Hart 6'5" #32, River Baldwin 6'5" Graduate Student #1, with forwards: Mimi Collins,
6'3" Graduate student, and, of course, Jada Boyd 6' 2" forward, senior , a starter.
The Wolfpack's transfer guard, Saniya Rivers, is a 6' 1" sophomore ( South Carolina ).
The other starter is Madison Hayes, 6'0" #41 a guard. We'll have to see how NCS
forcourt matches up with UCONN and how they compare to Texas!!

 

[Zarathustra]

Triple OT (just kidding)

Ok, as long as it is a Huskie "W"!!!

 

[Cuango]

Yanna shows big improvement on foul avoidance and has a double double!
Nika scores at least 10.
Caroline plays effectively and gets her groove back.
*No injuries!

 

[Bills Fan]

1. Make free throws
2. Secure and hold onto rebounds
3. Keep up intensity and pressure.

# 2 was a definite problem for both DJ and AE. Both exhibited poor hands catching passes or holding on to rebounds. It was particularly surprising for AE. I thought with her strength that her hands would be stronger. Our 3 'C' and 'PF' players need to be far stronger, at least when we play teams like SC or Stanford

 

[Monte]

1. Better Defensive and Offensive efforts by the BIGS from START TO FINISH.
2. Nika and Azzi SHARING the point guard position as conditions call for it.
3. No injuries

 

[Zinethar]

Unlike some others I'm not going to try to tell Geno who to play so my desires are easy:
1 No injuries on either side
2. UConn plays UConn ball and makes free throws and bunnies.
e. UConn wins

Also unlike some I happen to be a NFL fan so Sunday games are not a friend in the afternoon. I will be watching my other team (the Bills) play first then will catch the replay of the UConn game. The NFL is not likely to show me the UConn score but the UConn game will probably show the NFL scores which dictates the order for viewing.

 

[EasyEd]

1. When I was watching the first half of the Texas game I was afraid Edwards was going to repeat last year's slow start. She looked great the second half, though. Would like to see her put two great halves together.
2. Dorka needs to be able to score through contact. If both Dorka and Edwards can present a potent inside attack, I think it will only help our guards have more open opportunities.
3. Don't lose intensity when up big. Our past great teams never did. Even though it enabled me to win the prediction thread, I would have preferred to see them stay focused at the end.

 

[cgshuskie]

Scud49 is right on the money. Need continued development of Ayanna, i.e., learn and use the pump fake. Ayanna is a long time star developing for the Huskies......

 

[David54]

Does anyone know if Geno (or anyone else at UConn ) has ever explained why they schedule so many games on Sunday afternoons during football season.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Does anyone know if Geno (or anyone else at UConn ) has ever explained why they schedule so many games on Sunday afternoons during football season.

Don't think it's up to him. If it were they wouldn't have played Monday night.

 

[David54]

Don't think it's up to him. If it were they wouldn't have played Monday night.

Ya, he was anxious to get out of the press conference to watch the eagles.

 

[#12in21]

1) continuing progress towards becoming a defensive juggernaut
2) great ball movement and offensive efficiency
3) limit our fouls and hit our free throws

Translate: another step towards the greatness of Uconn wcbb (i.e., beautiful basketball) - our true opponent is perfection, the guys on the other side of the court are 'practice players' helping us in the battle.

 

[Tonyc]

1. poise
2. confidence
3. execution

 

[Bigboote]

1) No injuries
2) Caroline looking healthy
3) NCState is no pushover. A win of any sort is good by me.

 

[LuvBball]

...still waiting on some alley oops