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I am SOOOOO Glad I restocked my Mike's Mango supply a couple days ago!!!
GO HUSKIES
GO HUSKIES
No, it's not you--the mental fatigue of playing, practicing and competition has gotten to our team, especially AE--hopefully they will bounce back with renewed energy and not have the mindset that you can simply be mechanical and go through the motions in a game...I have seen it, not sure I believe it, but it ended well. It is not like our team didn't play their hearts out, but it seems like something is wrong. Maybe it is just me?!
I'm not sure they have much to complain about. They had their chance to win or tie in the final second. The result was entirely in their (or more precisely, Lauren Jensen's) hands.Does anyone care to bet there's not a lot of screaming, cussing, and gnashing of teeth in the Creighton locker room?
Jana makes ten. Not available for games, but she can practice.Nine for a full practice. Azzi is not yet a participant.
I sure hope Jana is playing like a mad thing in practice!!!Jana makes ten. Not available for games, but she can practice.
Yes, there were far too many uncharacteristic and defensive errors, with defenders either guarding the wrong opponent, or not making the right switch, or not seeming to know where the ball was. In many of those cases the Creighton player was wide open for a 3-pointer, or mismatched on the Uconn defender, or . . . Well, you get the picture. As I said not the usual defensive sharpness and efficiency from a Uconn team.We won, in spite of sooo many defensive missed assignments. Creighton played tough, and expected to win. Too bad they drew some late fouls, but they did commit the fouls. Lou drew a great charge, the Creighton free throw queen missed a critical one, and Caroline was just magnificent. Take the win, hope we play better this weekend against a darn good team. Go Huskies!
The big girls had to guard the perimeter and they were not comfortable there. Drawing Dorka and Aaliyah out opened the lane for easy drives to the basketYes, there were far too many uncharacteristic and defensive errors, with defenders either guarding the wrong opponent, or not making the right switch, or not seeming to know where the ball was. In many of those cases the Creighton player was wide open for a 3-pointer, or mismatched on the Uconn defender, or . . . Well, you get the picture. As I said not the usual defensive sharpness and efficiency from a Uconn team.
Fittingly Nika had 4 of the 9 fouls. That gave her a 4:1 Personal Fouls to turnover ratio!!!
Glad the Creighton player missed the first free throw. I did not want them to go overtime. I believe winning this game will give UConn more confidence when they play Villanova. Just think, if Dorka and Edwards had hit their close in shots like they had earlier, the game would not have been close.We won, in spite of sooo many defensive missed assignments. Creighton played tough, and expected to win. Too bad they drew some late fouls, but they did commit the fouls. Lou drew a great charge, the Creighton free throw queen missed a critical one, and Caroline was just magnificent. Take the win, hope we play better this weekend against a darn good team. Go Huskies!
Do you get the feeling that Caroline is taking personal blame for missing all those games? She probably feels that she would have been the difference in the past two losses & she played with a vengeance tonight.
Totally agree, seems like since SC she’s been a bit off. It’s crowded where she likes to operate, but she’s not recognizing the triple teams quick enough. But even her normally good hands have been failing her. Maybe it’s time to remove the mask.Aaliyah seems to be in a funk
I disagree. Creighton’s game plan was to hold push and pull everyone we got the ball below the free throw line. Don’t cry when the backfires on you and the end and refs finally blow the whistle on it.I'm glad for the win, but if the refs were decent, it would not have happened. Either they would still be playing, or Creighton would have won. That last foul call was just bad.