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They didn’t play well no argument. Defense was completely ineffective no argument. Second game of season and there is a lot of time left. Roles are not cemented, experience for freshman will shake out the players from the kids who aren’t ready. Starters are not set in stone. I say be patient. Let team evolve, let them get some experience playing with one another and then start having thoughts about what they are in Feb. geno gonna have their attention now. They’re no where good enough to win games just walking out on floor….but let’s not bury them or determine ceilings mid November.
 
UCONNRPh said:
Bottomline was that they outplayed us .

Totally outrebounded us.

Had to leave with 2 min left--had a feel they were gonna storm the court.

Bueckers and Samuels came to play.

Taurasi and Griner were there most of game.

Am never going to a NC State game again. Obnoxious fans. Some even cheered when Griffin was on ground. Had to say something to a young couple.
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Wow, that’s too bad. NC State looks like they have a good team. You could be watching so good basketball. Especially in a conference like the ACC with so many really good teams.
 
What an embarrasement ! No defense what so ever.How many uncontested layups did State get. Paige had a good offensive game but terrible on defense which shows with her -19 plus or minus rating which was worse on the team Azzi was 2nd worse with -16.I'm sorry but Azzi may have a gorgeous shot but generational player..not so much
Caroline looked so slow out there..State lost their top 4 scorer's from last year and they looked like the veteran team out there
When last year ended I asked the question who was going to make up for Dorka's 10 boards a game..easy answer..no one
Will they be ranked in the top 10 who knows but they can go and rule the big east but until they want to play defense and have All 5 rebound another missed final four is in the books
One silver lining is won't have to listen to those experts on here talking about an undefeated season
 
The Vegas line for the over/ under total points was 138. They projected a 74-64 UCONN victory.
The total poinst for this game was 173 points, 35 points over projection. Nobody could have predicted that the Huskies would surrender 92 points!
Was UCONN's defense overrated or NC State's offense underrated? Or both??
 
Geno has some serious work to do. He has to rethink his starters and rotation. Maybe Samuels, Aubry and should start next game.

7 - 22 from the three point line is not the mark of a good shooting team. Being out rebounded by 41 - 29 is not good. Defense was porous all game. NC State guards drove right thru us. Poor offense, bad passes.

This was a poor perfomance. Outside of Paige and Samuels, not great.

I'll give NC State credit. They played lights out. Beat us in every phase of the game. Saniya Rivers has a career game. She is the real deal.
 
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No powerful post player. Indeed, no post player at all. We are too small to compete with the teams that are big, and strong. South Carolina is either the top team in the nation (my opinion) or second. We will get clobbered by South Carolina.

Time to take off the rose-colored glasses.
 
huskeynut said:
Geno has some serious work to do. He has to rethink his starters and rotation. Maybe Samuels, Aubry and should start next game.

7 - 22 from the three point line is not the mark of a good shooting team. Being out rebounded by 41 - 29 is not good. Defense was porous all game. NC State guards drove right thru us. Poor offense, bad passes.

This was a poor perfomance. Outside of Paige and Samuels, not great.

I'll give NC State credit. They played lights out. Beat us in every phase of the game. Saniya Rivers has a career game. She is the real deal.
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Edwards was solid.
 
I predict "the UConn Effect" will strike NC State. That's when an underdog beats UConn and they lose their very next game. Has happened time and time again. We'll see if I'm right.
 
Game was a bit reminiscent of the Arkansas game in 2021. UConn couldn't stop Dungee (37 points) and gave up a ton of points. Paige scored 27 in that game too.

The team figured things out and recovered from that loss. Season is very young. No need to panic.
 
jonack said:
DOMINATED!!!!
I just flushed my lofty expectations down the toilet…. Rivers was the best player/guard on the floor. Uconn has no legitimate bigs… won’t be able to compete against the best teams with talented bigs and good guards who are willing to play tough defense. Uconn has to shoot lights out, because they won’t get second chances… This NC was no fluke!
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Now that your expectations are gone, you can just relax, have fun, watch some basketball and enjoy the team/kids. They’re all good kids.
 
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I think they can beat MD, which did not look all that impressive today. However, this appears to be a team with some very obvious weaknesses, and any coach worth his or her salt will figure out ways to exploit them. UConn is surprisingly unquick, which will lead to continual foul problems.
Someone earlier asked whether it is best to have your worst game of the season in November or inn the tournament. The answer to that is obvious, but what makes that person think this will be the worst game this team plays. Based on this performance, they could easily come up with worse, either with a underperforming victory against a weaker team, or by taking a real whupping against a team like SC.
In all, it is just very disappointing.
 
AP getting healthy and coming back should help some of the rebounding issues, but you sacrifice offense for that. I’d still Ike to see AE and Ice play together just to see if it works or not. Especially in the games where the rebounding is skewing hard in a negative direction.

If it doesn’t work so be it, and not sure how the offense works maybe you have ICE on the blocks and AE up by the foul line, but to me would be worth trying.
 
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huskeynut said:
7 - 22 from the three point line is not the mark of a good shooting team. Being out rebounded by 41 - 29 is not good.
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It’s the combination of both that has me really annoyed. Miss 3s, fine, but you need to clean up on the rebounds. Get out rebounded, fine, but you need to be making 3s. You cannot be bad at both. UConn is gonna have to find a way to fix at LEAST one of these issues.
 
While I agree that the Huskies were soft under the boards, keep in mind that 22 of NC State's 41 rebounds were from their guards. Their backcourt outrebounded UCONN's guards by 10.
NC State made a concerted effort to control the boards & their execution was successful.
 
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Did anyone want the starting lineup changed after the blowout win over Dayton? Geno sees the chemistry or lack thereof in practice every day. If he changes the starting lineup for next game by inserting Q, where do the points come off the bench?
 
Cuango said:
That was a very good, very well coached team! As for us, once again we are shown to be simply lacking in toughness! I’ve been worrying about this for a few years now. We just don’t seem to be able to punch back when we get punched in the mouth. Our shooters, the strength of our team, (with the exception of Q and Paige) were terrible! Not only did they miss but many of the misses weren't even close! It looked like they were rattled and uncomfortable from the start! Azzi seemed reluctant to shoot for a long stretch, though she did hit a few pull ups. Finally, if we don’t see a complete turnaround in our rebounding and, to a lesser extent, our defense, we’re not gonna sniff the final four! Pretty disappointing!
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Watched the SC Maryland before UConn. SC definitely looked like a number1 team. They completely dominated 15 Maryland in every facet of the game.
 
reelfan said:
A complete and total disaster. Coaches didn't seem upset.
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The coaches knew before the season started what their weaknesses were. A lot fans ignored them. And they got exposed.
 
Everybody has pretty much said it all. Teams with quick guards and bigs that rebound will be this teams Achille's heel. We looked like we had cement in our sneakers, most of NCSTs shots were wide open.
Geno has to go back to the drawing board,, his team is way to predictable on offense.
Worst rebounding game ever.
 
Anyone know what occurred prior to the season that made Geno question his team's ability to overcome adversity? I thought UConn practices were harder (more difficult) than games.
 
boscolino said:
This team is obviously short, with just Edwards. Elalfy Patterson injured. Deberry (where is she?)
Ducharme fragile. Brady still a freshman. If you are small, to have some chances you must shoot very well, and you must defend very aggressively. Otherwise no way. We are going to learn the lesson. Work in progress.
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who is Deberry
 
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UCONNRPh said:
cheered when Griffin was on ground in pain
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Some of that was reaction to it not being called a foul, which it wasn't but if I'm a SCS fan that's my immediate fear and for a moment, yeah, I'm feeling relief and maybe even applauding before the realization of a possible serious injury sets in). I thought it was great home crowd. Not a polite crown, not a respectful crowd by any means. Raccous, I would say. Helped them a lot.
 
jaydee602 said:
While I agree that the Huskies were soft under the boards, keep in mind that 22 of NC State's 41 rebounds were from their guards. Their backcourt outrebounded UCONN's guards by 10.
NC State made a concerted effort to control the boards & their execution was successful.
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Unable to watch the game. Geno have his usual offense: low post, high post, 3 guards outside the arc?
 
I have noticed something in the last few years that I never thought I would see from a Geno-coached team - lack of hustle and toughness.

I guess the time has finally arrived that Geno has to coach effort at UConn.
 
my2cents said:
Everybody has pretty much said it all. Teams with quick guards and bigs that rebound will be this teams Achille's heel. We looked like we had cement in our sneakers, most of NCSTs shots were wide open.
Geno has to go back to the drawing board,, his team is way to predictable on offense.
Worst rebounding game ever.
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This?
Dribble ball up the right side of the court.
Low post.
High post.
3 guards/wings outside the arc.
Picks set by high post.
Backdoor cuts.
 
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