UConn - Butler post game

[my2cents]

At this point Big East games really are not worth paying a lot of money to see. What would be worth a lot , would be to see an intra-squad game.

 

[and one]

Trey shooting streaks: Remember Maria Conlon? Starting point guard on 2 national
championship teams. I am not positive about this but I believe that Maria...a good outside
shooter...missed 25 treys in row at one point while at UConn.

Word to Kelis: Make one next game...I don't want to fret about it any longer.
Go Kelis!

Let's not forget Anna Makurat's 0 for America start.

 

[PJCLaw]

I lost interest in this game quite early. Maybe it was the weather, absence of Storm, or just me.
I hope games like this will not hurt the team in March.

It didn't hurt them last season or seasons before that when they went to the FF almost every year for over a decade.

 

[Woof]

Well, in case anyone wondered what this team would look like if we lost Sarah, here you go. We won, at Butler, by 47. At home, you are talking 50 points. A 32 point win means the loss of Blanca and Sarah is 18 points. And the games without Blanca showed that she is about 2-3 points above those who replaced her. So, Sarah alone, accounts for 15 points on our MOV. That is HUGE!!! The end of our bench, in particular, was pretty mediocre in Q4. They lost to a bad Butler team. Against a good team, we are only 8 deep. Maybe we can go 9 if we get desperate where Serah and Sarah both get into foul trouble.

 

[ERWUC65]

Having watched Jana in FIIBA I know she can hit from 12 ft in. Very frustrating to see her not farther wide open shots

That was difficult to watch. She had many opportunities to shoot the ball from the top of the key, but held it looking to pass which really slowed the offense. Not sure if this was by design, but it let Butler play 5 on 4.

 

[hoophuskee]

Love Kellis. It's apparent so far she can't hit from the outside and you can see the defense left her wide open. Big deal though. A player can turn on. I'd lean toward it's not going to happen this year but next year or the the next or the next anything can happen. Last year neither KK nor K9 shot well. Now this year I expect their shots to go in a lot from the outside. Heck Kelli Faris couldn't shoot at all then her sr year she was over 40%.

The explosivenes Kellis has is electric. That one play she went coast to coast was awesome. To think she knocked out Sarah iin her last h/s game, and she also beat Soniyah Hall's team. She's a talent. As a fan of small ball I'm pretty excited about her possibilites. Her athleticism just has you say "wow."

 

[hoophuskee]

It didn't hurt them last season or seasons before that when they went to the FF almost every year for over a decade.

I'm with you. I thought the game was fun. They have so many players. I'm not a bench guy but this year this team - it's amazing to see K9 and Allie look so good. And in regard to Jana she is so much tougher than last year imo. And Kellis potential looks amazing.

And I don't understand how this one game is going to hurt them.

 

[ThisJustIn]

FYI. re Sarah sitting. In the radio pre-game show Geno said that in the past 2 years, Sarah gets a tightness in her leg. So, take a seat, youngster.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Love Kellis. It's apparent so far she can't hit from the outside and you can see the defense left her wide open. Big deal though. A player can turn on. I'd lean toward it's not going to happen this year but next year or the the next or the next anything can happen. Last year neither KK nor K9 shot well. Now this year I expect their shots to go in a lot from the outside. Heck Kelli Faris couldn't shoot at all then her sr year she was over 40%.

The explosivenes Kellis has is electric. That one play she went coast to coast was awesome. To think she knocked out Sarah iin her last h/s game, and she also beat Soniyah Hall's team. She's a talent. As a fan of small ball I'm pretty excited about her possibilites. Her athleticism just has you say "wow."

Actually Kelly Faris was a fine shot who would not shoot. Actually too I think her father and coach, and a stand in for The American Gothic, messed with her head. Her senior year was 2/3rds gone before she let it fly. Later Kelly said she regretted her failure to utilize her complete game.

 

[Monte]

It didn't hurt them last season or seasons before that when they went to the FF almost every year for over a decade.

MOST UCONN fans and players are not satisfied "getting to the Final Four," The goal is to WIN THE FINAL GAME.

 

[Bone Dog]

One last observation: KK hit two pull-up jumpers. This is a huge development. She's been trying them over the last couple games, and now they're falling. Nika never managed to develop this shot and it was a significant gap in her offensive skills. I have a feeling she's taking her cue from Azzi Ash and Kayleigh, all of whom can use it to deadly effect.

 

[ucmiami2]

Well, in case anyone wondered what this team would look like if we lost Sarah, here you go. We won, at Butler, by 47. At home, you are talking 50 points. A 32 point win means the loss of Blanca and Sarah is 18 points. And the games without Blanca showed that she is about 2-3 points above those who replaced her. So, Sarah alone, accounts for 15 points on our MOV. That is HUGE!!! The end of our bench, in particular, was pretty mediocre in Q4. They lost to a bad Butler team. Against a good team, we are only 8 deep. Maybe we can go 9 if we get desperate where Serah and Sarah both get into foul trouble.

Uconn led by 25 at half 44-19, and came out in Q3 with an 8-0 run that morphed into 13-2 run in the first 4:09 for a 36 point lead - then Geno called of the dogs, sat Azzi, and played around with line-ups and lost the final 15+ minutes 23-27.

In game 1 at Butler Uconn led by 32 at the half 54-22 and came out in the 3rd Q with a 13-1 run in the first 5:24 for a 44 point lead - the dogs were already reeled in by then and they cruised from their winning th3 last 14+ minutes 27-24.

So the real difference was that 36 to 44 point lead in the middle of Q3 - 8 points. And when Geno called off the dogs, he didn't have Blanca as part of the mix and match - so there was an additional 7 point swing. And let's not forget that Butler had already been exposed to Uconn so at least was better prepared for the defensive intensity and what Uconn ran on offense.

Uconn was trying to replace 41 minute and 27 points of 12-20 60% shooting, 9 rebounds, 8 assists, and 6 steals from game 1. When the game was being decided, they came up 8 points short - I am not bothered about it.