Mulkey was outcoached, just as she predicted. I suggest she look in the mirror when assigning blame for the last play.
17.2 seconds left, Baylor coming out of a timeout with a set play.
Ball comes into Andrews, probably not a great choice by Mulkey, lot of pressure on a 5' 6" Freshman backup. Paige has a height advantage and is not up tight on her, backing off (not afraid of a three) and making an entry pass difficult into Carrington, who started outside but moved down to the low right block. Williams did a great job of moving Carrington off the block and closer to Bueckers. So there wasn`t much room to squeeze a pass in.
Andrews is dribbling away as time moves on, Paige content with the status quo. Smith switches places with with Carrington but our defenders don`t switch. Edwards, like Williams before, moves Smith out. Jamelle Elliott has taught her well. It is VERY physical down there but it has been all game. Mulkey extends her arms upward but I think she is exasperated at this point not at the refs but at Andrews for not getting the ball into the post. She put her season in the hands of a Freshman and only gave her one option which was nullified based on well-coached post defense.
What is left is essentially a broken play that Carrington is asked to try and save. ONO is in the lane providing help to Edwards and as a result Egbo is open at the foul line but she doesn`t present herself at all. That is in part on the coach. The ball goes to Carrington with 8.1 seconds left. The right side is clogged up and she goes left behind a half hearted but fairly effective screen set by Egbo. Egbo is not fully stationary if we are looking for fouls to call, by the way. ONO goes with Carrington and there is some contact around the left elbow with six seconds left, some by Liv but Carrington pushes off with her right arm as well, as she has done before. Edwards moves off of Smith as well. Westbrook remains close to Ursin, who doesn`t seem to want to present herself as a kickout option. It`s all on Carrington and the other four are watching and rooting her on.
4.7 seconds left and Smith is wide open underneath. a high lob pass would have worked but Carrington is thinking shot only and her view may be blocked anyhow. It is a tough shot under any conditions, a right hander dribbling left and having to square up on the move. but this is what Mulkey`s unimaginative play call has left them with.
There is contact on the shot but the whole game has been like that. Can`t expect a bail out (unless your name is LeBron James). The tv camera has a great view, but the baseline ref has mistakenly stayed on the right side of the court so he has a poor view. There is a ref on the left side but behind Carrington so she can`t see much as well. The third ref is out of tv view near the scorer`s table. UConn may have caught a break simply because none of them had a good look. But again, it was a physical game and they let a lot go.
The most underrated, overlooked play of the game was Williams grabbing the rebound with 2.7 left. Smith and Egbo are both free and underneath but Williams is the only one of the three to go after the ball aggressively. Inexplicably, Smith lets almost two seconds run off before fouling her.
So all in all it was a very uncreative play with the ball in the hands of a Freshman reserve that was blown up by good post defense and left Carrington to make a playground play. Egbo was not coached to present herself as an option. Ursin was not working to provide an alternative. Their bigs stood by and watched our guard pull in the rebound and then let precious time run off.
Our coaches and players were better prepared for the moment.
And--- I ammmmmmmmm THRILLED!!!!!! 
