UCONN should be concerned...

[HuskyNan]

Honestly, wasnt looking to troll. I watch their games and have a problem watching KLS stand around and they just dump it into Z and Pheesa....They obviously should take advantage of the mismatches but KLS needs to be more involved against the better teams...Z getting too comfortable just shooting.

If the Huskies' first, second, and third best scorers are so terrible, is there anyone who might pass your eye test?

Sometimes it amazes me that UConn has managed to struggle to a measly 34-0 record with all these sub-par players.

 

[mbr33ct]

I disagree. You will see how this shakes out. Pheesa and Z will play like they are playing against Q again....will keep shooting, especially Z...she cant help herself.
And it will cost them. I hope i am wrong. But i doubt it.

Was it Z that was tripled teamed and passed to Kia for a 3?

 

[trisailin]

there are lies damn lies and statistics... Please be more creative.
Stats mean nothing to people with understandings of the games.

And this is precisely why Geno knows exactly how many shots Lou took, where she took them from, how many went in, how many bounced out long, how many resulted in fast break points for the other team. All because STATS mean nothing.
It's very encouraging to know your eye test is so refined that you don't need stats but the coach widely acknowledged to be the best in the game still needs them.

 

[oldschool]

And this is precisely why Geno knows exactly how many shots Lou took, where she took them from, how many went in, how many bounced out long, how many resulted in fast break points for the other team. All because STATS mean nothing.
It's very encouraging to know your eye test is so refined that you don't need stats but the coach widely acknowledged to be the best in the game still needs them.

Stats have there place...for the uninformed. All I am saying is I watch Z shoot ALMOST everytime she gets it. Collier is in a feeding frenzy against these second class teams...lets see what happens when they play they play the iron. Again, I fully want and expect them to win the title.

 

[oldude]

Was it Z that was tripled teamed and passed to Kia for a 3?

Actually that was Pheesa, but your point is appropriate.

 

[mbr33ct]

I'm always amazed when these topics come up. It seems UConn is "always" the team that has to worry about playing this team and/or that team. For the most part UConn has played most of these teams early in OOC play and I think they came out ok from them. Some will say, yeah but those teams are not the same now...and UConn stayed the same? I'm pretty sure the team(s) that will play UConn will also have to put a game plan together. Let's take this one game at a time and not get ahead of ourselves.

 

[HoopsFan21]

It's like people really believe UConn has won over 98% of their games the last half decade by simply dodging teams with a pulse.

 

[meyers7]

there are lies damn lies and statistics... Please be more creative.
Stats mean nothing to people with understandings of the games.
I will take the eye test any day of the week.
Let me stress that i am a huge Huskies fan, My friends constantly knock me for watching wcbb. I just appreciate the way they play(most of the time)

 

[JoePgh]

Honestly, wasnt looking to troll. I watch their games and have a problem watching KLS stand around and they just dump it into Z and Pheesa....They obviously should take advantage of the mismatches but KLS needs to be more involved against the better teams...Z getting too comfortable just shooting.

Did you watch the South Carolina and Louisville games? Was KLS sufficiently involved in the offense in those games to satisfy your exacting criteria?

Quinnipiac / Tricia Fabbri apparently assessed the UConn offense in exactly the same way you did, and concluded that the best way to slow down UConn's scoring (other than holding the ball for 20 seconds on every one of their own possessions) was to focus their defensive attention on KLS. That meant that Pheesa and Azura (and even Kia Nurse) were largely left to roam free. Against that kind of defense, it makes sense for UConn to take what the defense is (more or less) giving them.

Better teams will certainly game plan for KLS, but they won't ignore the inside threat. That will lead to a more balanced defensive strategy, which will lead to a more balanced offensive strategy by UConn, as illustrated against the Gamecocks and Cardinals (among many other teams).

 

[MainefanSC]

Stats have there place...for the uninformed. All I am saying is I watch Z shoot ALMOST everytime she gets it. Collier is in a feeding frenzy against these second class teams...lets see what happens when they play they play the iron. Again, I fully want and expect them to win the title.

I'm beginning to think that you must have begun the "rumor" that LV got their tails kicked, by us, but they still won 3 of the 4 quarters. Stats say different but oh yeah, you don't look at stats.

 

[Yorkeez4]

My observation is that both Pheesa and Z takes those shots because the ball has been delivered to them in pretty much optimal positions. Sure on occasion I think Z should pass the ball out once she attemps a move and does not get to her spot but overall I think both are reacting appropriately based on where the ball was delivered. I have rarely seen a play where I thought Pheesa should have passed the ball out. Pheesa is generally moving to the basket when the ball is delivered.

A side note: how many more assists would Gabby have if Z stopped passing to herself off the backboard?

 

[rugbymate]

Stats have there place...for the uninformed. All I am saying is I watch Z shoot ALMOST everytime she gets it. Collier is in a feeding frenzy against these second class teams...lets see what happens when they play they play the iron. Again, I fully want and expect them to win the title.

Totally disagree on your stats position...they are incredibly important for successful coaches to understand.....while the eye test can be telling, facts provide the coaches information they need to develop strategy.
As to Z...when you say she can't help herself which to me implies selfishness....the facts say that when Z takes a two point shot it produces 1.38 pouts. The only other type shot from a UCONN player that beats that is from one of the best three point shooters on the planet ,KLS,who averages 1.4 points per three point attempt.
You may have 20 years experience watching web, so I can't understand why you wouldn't want Z getting as many shots as possible. I suspect Geno and Z's teammates want her to feed her the ball when the match up dictates.

 

[Zorro]

For the record, I am not concerned.

 

[HuskyBandDad]

Ahh the boneyard. Trying to find a problem that does not exist.

 

[wallman]

The problem is not passing but who and when and where. Apart from KLS and Williams who have the ability to seemingly make passes from full court to seeing openings before the rest of us, certain players have certain types of passes they can and cannot make. All passes are not made equal.

 

[bags27]

Ahh the boneyard. Trying to find a problem that does not exist.

UConn is the best passing team in all of basketball. Not women's basketball. Not college basketball. Basketball.

 

[UConnCat]

UConn once again will end the season with 5 players with at least 100 assists, provided Kia Nurse dishes out another 5 before the season concludes.

Current Assists (turnovers)

Gabby 173 (80)
Danger 129 (45)
Pheesa 115 (52)
Lou 110 (38)
Kia 95 (42)

Special shout-out to Napheesa who has been criticized by some for her unwillingness to pass the ball. Geno himself has chided Napheesa on that part of her game. Last year she had 83 assists in 37 games which is not exactly terrible for a post player.

Current team totals: 780 assists and 419 turnovers.