Game ended here in AK at about 10:15 am. It's around 2:00 pm now. I can't help it, I feel low, let down. I can't get out of this funk.
I feel great about the team. I've said this before, every player on that team is playing the best basketball of their lives. I remember Roy Hobbs in The Natural, "What else is there?
I feel like when you watch a prize fight and both fighters are basically toe to toe in the center of the ring and you know that your fighter cannot win without a knockout and they do not do anything to reverse the momentum. I do not think UConn can beat SC by packing it in. I know with a couple of breaks, like that handoff call, UConn may have at least had a last second chance.
I do not think UConn takes proper advantage of ITS strengths playing that style. Nika has an advantage 25-30 feet from the basket against any of their guards. Wouldn't you have loved seeing Nika hawk Fletcher or Johnson. Same with AG. She's long. She can get in passing lanes. We could have turned them over. AE has great instincts and anticipation denying the wings.
Come on, it's hard to shoot in a slugfest. People are on you. You gotta establish separation. You do that by making the game more wide open. At least beyond the 3-point line. Then, Geno, maybe you get 10 3's.
I guess it's fatigue, fatigue, fatigue. Anyone worried about Nika's energy? How about AG's? Do you think Dorka would like not having 3 6'5 players pressing against her every possession?
Pick'em up when they cross half court, dig in, hawk the ball, make them pick up their dribble, deny the next pass, get in passing lanes, lay for steals, bigs get in front of their bigs, if it goes over your head, helpside slides over. Their posts have to come out higher to get the ball against such a D. It's simple geometry.
Geno, you don't have those people anymore. Asia Jones, Tina Charles. Take advantage of the strengths you do have. Nika, AG, AE beyond the 3-point line. World class. Second to none! Don't care how athletic SC is, fast, strong, tall, etc. UConn is better in those spots. You're gunna give up some layups. Better than watching 25 second chance shots inside by their bigs.
Congrats Huskies. Stanford lost. You should MOVE UP. out
I feel great about the team. I've said this before, every player on that team is playing the best basketball of their lives. I remember Roy Hobbs in The Natural, "What else is there?
I feel like when you watch a prize fight and both fighters are basically toe to toe in the center of the ring and you know that your fighter cannot win without a knockout and they do not do anything to reverse the momentum. I do not think UConn can beat SC by packing it in. I know with a couple of breaks, like that handoff call, UConn may have at least had a last second chance.
I do not think UConn takes proper advantage of ITS strengths playing that style. Nika has an advantage 25-30 feet from the basket against any of their guards. Wouldn't you have loved seeing Nika hawk Fletcher or Johnson. Same with AG. She's long. She can get in passing lanes. We could have turned them over. AE has great instincts and anticipation denying the wings.
Come on, it's hard to shoot in a slugfest. People are on you. You gotta establish separation. You do that by making the game more wide open. At least beyond the 3-point line. Then, Geno, maybe you get 10 3's.
I guess it's fatigue, fatigue, fatigue. Anyone worried about Nika's energy? How about AG's? Do you think Dorka would like not having 3 6'5 players pressing against her every possession?
Pick'em up when they cross half court, dig in, hawk the ball, make them pick up their dribble, deny the next pass, get in passing lanes, lay for steals, bigs get in front of their bigs, if it goes over your head, helpside slides over. Their posts have to come out higher to get the ball against such a D. It's simple geometry.
Geno, you don't have those people anymore. Asia Jones, Tina Charles. Take advantage of the strengths you do have. Nika, AG, AE beyond the 3-point line. World class. Second to none! Don't care how athletic SC is, fast, strong, tall, etc. UConn is better in those spots. You're gunna give up some layups. Better than watching 25 second chance shots inside by their bigs.
Congrats Huskies. Stanford lost. You should MOVE UP. out
