UConn - SJU post game

[Pharos]

Nan, have been watching Ashlynn the past few games and I have the same question. Often open, she is regularly ignored. She often is guarded by the worst defender on the other team, making this more frustrating. Her shots typically come as the 4th or 5th option. Difficult to argue that she deserves the ball more than Edwards or Paige, but hoping that Geno has some plays for her when teams double up on our Big Two. Kudos to Ashlynn for always giving 125% effort all around the court whether she gets ball or not.

And this... idea and question and opinion...
Ashlynn isn't the only one who seems hesitant. KK and Nika, too. Is it a question of a "Offensive rebounding likelihood calculation". Some teams just hoist 'em up and crash. UConn may not think of itself as a "We can get second shots" group. If so, then there will be a hesitancy to shoot the 3 too soon or too "not Paige." Opinion: this is too bad. When 2 or 3 are shooting 3s at a reasonable percentage, that opens up the middle some. And that would give AE more space to work. Shoot a few more 3s and "believe" enough OBs will come.

 

[good2go]

I agree with

Nan, have been watching Ashlynn the past few games and I have the same question. Often open, she is regularly ignored. She often is guarded by the worst defender on the other team, making this more frustrating. Her shots typically come as the 4th or 5th option. Difficult to argue that she deserves the ball more than Edwards or Paige, but hoping that Geno has some plays for her when teams double up on our Big Two. Kudos to Ashlynn for always giving 125% effort all around the court whether she gets ball or not.

I agree that Ashlynn is calling for the ball but is being ignored. That happens every game.

 

[cabbie191]

If I were Geno, I’d make Nika and KK watch hours of tapes of how Kelly Faris played defense - hard and smart defense.

It was frustrating that they were saddled with fouls early. But I agree with Maples observation in post #5 as regards the officiating. I thought too many of the fouls were ticky tacky and that this was one of the more poorly called games.

And overall, I thought St Johns got the worst of it.

 

[maple]

It was frustrating that they were saddled with fouls early. But I agree with Maples observation in post #5 as regards the officiating. I thought too many of the fouls were ticky tacky and that this was one of the more poorly called games.

And overall, I thought St Johns got the worst of it.

Thank you. I thought the last second fouls on Nika (especially the first one) were just phantom calls. It's annoying how refs have honestly just zero consistency between games/halves/quarters. And that goes for all teams/games across the board, not just us.

 

[maple]

This is a team with 5 potential real contributors gone and is divided between a lot of experience and newcomers who have all contributed to some of the wins. You think they are going to steamroll every team every game? There is still quite incredibly no league team that comes close to beating them. Real world.

Especially when you think about last year and all the injuries that happened then. BE teams did beat us during the regular season and yet we still came away as champions of the regular season and tournament. I'm the first one to lose perspective but I try to ground myself. No moral victories, just being realistic. I'll take the win any day.

 

[Centerstream]

Thank you. I thought the last second fouls on Nika (especially the first one) were just phantom calls. It's annoying how refs have honestly just zero consistency between games/halves/quarters. And that goes for all teams/games across the board, not just us.

I am a firm believer that refs review the stats at halftime and adjust accordingly.

 

[HuskyNan]

The #1 UConn men beat an unranked St John’s on Saturday by 17 points and everyone is ecstatic. The #11 UConn women beat an unranked St John’s on Sunday by 15 and the sky is falling.

Jeepers.

 

[CL82]

I agree with

I agree that Ashlynn is calling for the ball but is being ignored. That happens every game.

That's up to Geno to change, if he wants to.

 

[Longtime fan]

Your post included numerous really good points, but I'm stumped by your reference to 'a team of three great players."

Stumped how? We have Paige, Edwards and Muhl. Each is a great player in their own way. No one else is great at the moment. ICE is slowly getting back into her game and Q is a project. KK and ASH are doing really well, but they are basically told to " hold the fort" and feed Edwards and Paige. Yesterday, that strategy yielded 59 of our points. You think we have a great player I overlooked?

 

[JonathanXIV]

The #1 UConn men beat an unranked St John’s on Saturday by 17 points and everyone is ecstatic. The #11 UConn women beat an unranked St John’s on Sunday by 15 and the sky is falling.

Jeepers.

I’m fairness, the men’s program only has 5 National Championships.

 

[RoadMaster]

 

[darrell]

 

[Zarathustra]

Check the summary at the end of this Aaliyah Edwards' highlight clip!

 

[MilfordHusky]

Geno Auriemma's "Mona Nika"!

 

[Bills Fan]

Nan, have been watching Ashlynn the past few games and I have the same question. Often open, she is regularly ignored. She often is guarded by the worst defender on the other team, making this more frustrating. Her shots typically come as the 4th or 5th option. Difficult to argue that she deserves the ball more than Edwards or Paige, but hoping that Geno has some plays for her when teams double up on our Big Two. Kudos to Ashlynn for always giving 125% effort all around the court whether she gets ball or not.

HopJim and the Nan post you replied to. It seems worse the last 5-6 games as far as Ash not getting the ball when she is wide open. As I pointed out in my post in the 3 things I want to see in the SH game, it has stood out to me that only as a last, last, last resort does KK pass the ball to Ash when AS is open. Surely if it stands out to me, the coaching staff must see it also . Maybe KK is following instructions to focus on getting her passes to PB and AE, but I'm more concerned that rather than make the pass to her sister-frosh, she throws up a bad shot in the paint or turns the ball over.

 

[Pharos]

HopJim and the Nan post you replied to. It seems worse the last 5-6 games as far as Ash not getting the ball when she is wide open. As I pointed out in my post in the 3 things I want to see in the SH game, it has stood out to me that only as a last, last, last resort does KK pass the ball to Ash when AS is open. Surely if it stands out to me, the coaching staff must see it also . Maybe KK is following instructions to focus on getting her passes to PB and AE, but I'm more concerned that rather than make the pass to her sister-frosh, she throws up a bad shot in the paint or turns the ball over.

Geno (and CD) is a master ego educator... in time "I want to shine" grows into "How can I help them to shine."