Hurley lifted it from CalhounSo you think Geno lifted his game plan from Coach Hurley?
Just to clarify. When MJ first came into the NBA, KC Jones was the HC of the Celtics, and smoking cigars was no longer permitted in the Boston Garden.
Betts got away at least 3 if not 4 elbow fouls and she didn't get called on it once.
In 1997, we were living in Belgium. My father sent a video cassette of the NCAA Tournament. I watched it over and over... which is why I remember Arizona (Miles Simon) beat 3 #1s on their way to winning it all.Some thoughts on the UCLA game:
- UConn has now conquered the City of Los Angeles with back-to-back victories over USC & UCLA. Just one more mountain to climb on Sunday for the Huskies to earn an unprecedented 12th national championship.
- OK, who in hell had UConn with a 34-point MOV in Sarge's pool????
- The game within the game was the war in the low blocks defending Betts. With her parents in attendance, Jana’s defensive effort against Betts was downright heroic. Maybe Geno should make sure that Jana’s parents come to every UConn game.
- Azzi didn’t wait around tonight for the 4th qtr to find her shot. She came out on fire, exploding for 19 pts in the 1st half.
- In the 2nd half, Sarah assumed the scoring load and essentially put the game out of reach.
- Paige had an uncharacteristically average shooting night, but she was flying around the court on defense like Rodan
- Some of the dimes UConn dropped tonight were unconscious. Kaitlyn had a couple of beauties and Paige’s incredible “slap pass” to Kaitlyn on the fast break was something I had only seen done before by Larry Bird.
- Once again UConn’s defense was suffocating, holding UCLA to only 51 points while forcing 19 turnovers.
- Against the much bigger Bruins, the Huskies more than held their own on the boards outrebounding Betts and her teammates 34 to 29.
- UConn now faces SC on Sunday for the national championship. Should UConn win, they would become the first team in history to beat 3 x #1 seeds in route to a championship. I guess there’s a 1st time for everything,
GO HUSKIES!!!
Looking for your post Next 12, wanted some of your luck to rub off on our Huskies. Wow never expected a blowout, but it was so fun to watch our team live up to all you have written this year. Here's to our fav team, may they get this one and after that the next 12.
Why text her when she can tell her in person, she's in Tampa watching the team.
Hurley lifted it from Calhoun
on Edit - found this in Instagram just now. This was the game that Calhoun used the “one big to one big” defense and shut down everyone else
Maybe, or maybe they were prepared for what they thought it would be, and not the reality. Close may have been picked as COA as a result of the team's success up to the tournament. There is a different level of coaching that goes on in the tourney as the team progresses. It's one thing to win the Elite 8 game, however now that you are at the final four, there is another layer of expectations. For coaches and teams that have never been there, there's so much that they don't know. UConn, on the other hand, knows what this weekend is like, the potential pitfalls, the media demands, and at this point, they are probably managing more of the non-basketball stuff. The scouting reports are what they are, and the players know what they need to do to execute them.
You do realize Creme didn’t set up the seedings ,just offered his opinion for chat room fodder
Or the other way around... it's not like Geno has been coaching in a vacuum for 40 years. Letting one person score is an old strategySo you think Geno lifted his game plan from Coach Hurley?
Good point. Now you've got me wondering what Dawn is thinking about tomorrow's game. She knows as much as Geno does about this game. What did she see in yesterday's game?
She might have seen that UConn actually played defense better than they did against SC in Feb.
She definitely will have noticed that. I have a feeling she's also marveling at the intensity Geno has gotten his kids to play with at this time of year. She knows how hard it is to build that sort of team culture and commitment. Is she confident her kids are just as ready put out that much intensity?
You are forgetting a big part of that defense and rebounding (and tying up for jump balls)----------Ashlynn. As I focus on her defense this year it is tremendous, including the switches she makes
There seems to be a general consensus that tomorrow’s game will be much closer than the 29 point blowout in Columbia. But no one in their wildest imagination believed that UConn would beat the #1 overall seed by 34 pts last night.
And revenge games are a crapshoot. It's like in soccer when a player gets a red card. Does the team with 11 play better than the 10? Not necessarily.
i mostly enjoyed geno losing it with every sarah strong curt non-answer
if Staley has faults, "lack of confidence" isn't one of them.
