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Huskie837 said:
Tough game for BQ but she will be better for it....
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seems like about this time of year Geno benched Stewie, called in the Freshman slump or something like that. BQ was shooting over 50% from 3, lately she has cooled off. Just so she is back on track in March and April.
 
AzzisBraids said:
Everybody eats. The passing was top tier. Sarah continues her NPOY play. Azzi though off from 3, impacts the game in so many ways. She showed leadership today. KK was headstrong defensively and looked to score plenty today.

Shade is returning to form and looks like the Shade we all know. Blanca had a great game, Heckel had a coming out party. Serah Williams was great too and she’s coming along.

All in all - this UConn team showed in the second half, when they want to go on a run, they can. And when they need to shut down a dynamic guard, they have a strategy.

They’re the favorites, best team, with the best two players and best coach. I don’t know how this team is better than last years but they are.
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I question Blanca's "great game" with 4-11 shooting and her 5 TOs!
 
I was a little nervous at halftime and assumed Geno might peel the paint off the walls of the locker room, but it sounds like he was pretty controlled. The second half was outstanding.

Hidalgo got called for one foul when he jumped for a rebound and landed sprawled on someone's back. She had a blatant push off early in the first quarter and tripped Quinonez in the second half, and there were several others the ordinary player might get called for.

This game gives me more confidence for the upcoming Tennessee game, another opponent that always makes me uneasy no matter what.
 
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UConn is tough enough to play anytime. But when Geno and his staff have extra time to really prepare for an opponent, they are damned near unbeatable.

The Huskies last played Thursday at Gampel. They had almost 4 full days to prepare for the Irish. No travel. No classes. Few if any distractions. I’d say that UConn was absolutely prepared to dismantle ND tonight.
 
2nd quarter went as I feared, but glad they tore it up the second half! Good win!
 
oldude said:
Some thoughts on the Notre Dame game:
  • I’m guessing that KK was the toughest defender Hidalgo has faced all season…and Kayleigh & Azzi were pretty damned good too.
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I don't know if it was a defender or multiple defenders but Michigan held HH to 12 points on 4 of 21. However, it was early in the season, 4th game or so.
 
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victor64 said:
It wasn’t all that pretty in the first half but UConn’s pressure and ND’s lack of depth made the second half bust out predictable.

Putting 50 plus up in the second half made up for indifferent offensive showing in the first half.

Hidalgo got 16 but none of them came easy . A great plan to make her struggle.

It is not nearly as good an idea to zone UConn now as it was in the beginning of the year.

UConn normally backs the pressure off in the fourth quarter with a big lead. Not tonight. Geno might have been sending a message.

Blanca is so talented but man she can frustrating at times. I can imagine how the staff feels.

The announcers are making a big deal about how well KK is playing with the mask. I bet the mask will appear in Hidalgo’s nightmares. KK was relentless guarding her.

Feel bad for Jana and Carol. Hope both are good to go next time.
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I hope that KK wears the mask for the rest of the season. Ever since she went to the black mask she's been on a tear, both in the defense and the offense.
 
Yesterday I was watching the Louisville at NC State game and asked (facetiously) on the BY if my favorite ref, Joe Vaszily, was going to catch a flight from Raleigh to Bradley after that game. He didn't. But his two "partners in crime" did, Maj Forsberg and Karen Preato. 😲
 
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LuvBball said:
KK Arnold!
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Entering this game, KK had moved into 8th place nationally (out of 5,000+ DI players) in the all-around performance stat called Box Plus/Minus, and she may have improved that position with today's performance.

UConn demonstrated two important things, especially for a tournament, in this game. Against a tough defense, they can win dominantly even with mediocre first half play and poor three point shooting all game.
 
If I remember correctly, before the game they posted a graphic saying Hannah needed 24 points to reach 2000 career points. I said to myself, "I don't want her getting that on our home floor!" Glad to see she was completely smothered!
 
Timshel said:
There’s no rivalry or animosity with Tennessee anymore. South Carolina and LSU are what they are. The teams in the Big East 🤷‍♂️.

But Notre Dame....ahhh…Notre Dame is still that team that as the cliché goes…”if you’re only gonna win one game all year that’s the game you wanna win.” So it is really nice to beat them as thoroughly and by as large a margin as they did.
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No, I still want to crush Tenn and ND no matter what the calendar says...
 
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Another season where transfers to UCONN are having the time of their lives while contributing to the team's success.
Serah has fit in & is improving every game. She is becoming a rebounding force.
Kayleigh enjoys her role as KK's backup & she gives 110% when she is on the floor. Did you see the smile on her face after she scored on a breakaway & was knocked to the floor?
 
Just got home (had to listen to the game on the radio) and wow. I thought after the 1st half that perhaps Notre Dame was going to try and stick around all game, but then UConn came out in the second half and blew them out of the water.

Belt Bta GIF
 
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