UConn-Duke postgame thread

[Cuango]

Win and advance, we got by our not so great game that a lot of team could have taken an L in. I thought coach Lawson seemed a little off in her in game interview am i wrong?

I think she was shocked at how effective our defense was. Generally, when you hold a team to 53 points, you win!

 

[TCC Kid]

I just have 3 words:

DEFENSE!!!
TOUGHNESS!!!
PAIGE BUECKERS!!!!

Make that 4 words….

The first to yes---the third nada. Paige alone will win nothing. Edwards is the key--if she can score--and stay in the game--maybe. If KK and Shades decide to score--they actually could win against the mountain.

 

[Cuango]

There is always a chance things could be worse, but why continue to push your starters past the point of being effective?

It all comes down to whether the “tired starters” are still substantially better than the bench players. Who would best know that?

 

[Valleyfan]

Lots of great takes on this thread. One thing that worries me is about the tired comments, both from Geno at the end of the third vs and on here. Geno could have used timeouts in the third and fourth quarter to give his team a rest when he saw they needed it. For me I was worried when I thought I saw Paige try and take breathers when we were on offense. She was bent over a few times and did not come and get the ball on a few possessions when they needed her to. Geno always talks on how Paige does not want to come out of games, but it looked like she needed a breather or two. Finally, if we were so tired Saturday, it only gets harder with our second game in as many days. But can’t count out our gritty girls. Go Huskies

 

[Brown Eyed]

We have a Lotta negative Nellies that always look for the negative we won we won and we will win tonight