UCONN - UNC Post game thread

[Blond D.]

Joe, I agree completely. The 2 Nika to Shade passes were turnovers attributed to Nika, and rightly so. But to be on offense and not know where the ball is and where it's going is inexcusable, especially on a fast break. I think Shade will take a lot of heat for that in the film session. Nika not so much. Going forward I bet Shade will always know what the ball is doing. She's too good to not to know.

Those passes were actually Shades fault. Do you think Aubrey, Aaliyah or Paige would have not been looking if they were down court and open. Its a freshman mistake and I'm sure Geno will be pointing that out.

 

[Blond D.]

Another example of UNC's physicality was the elbow by Ultbsy (spelling? Jersey #1) giving Aaliyah an aggressive
elbow to the ribs in the second half sending Aalilyah to the floor. I looked for it on my second viewing of the game
tape. When I saw / heard the comment from Rebecca I rewound the tape and followed Aaliyah, the uncalled "foul"
was " away from the ball " so, unless you LOOKED for it, it was another example of the hidden BATTLE IN THE PAINT!!
Then again, remember that bloody nose that Aaliyah got in the first half. Aaliyah is one tough Canadian Husky!

Yeah, I checked that out myself and couldn't believe no ref saw it. That was a blatant foul.
Nika got a couple of those herself (one resulted in a scratch on her face) Nika was battling the bigs as was Paige and both were getting beat up pretty bad but also gave as good as they got.

 

[Centerstream]

Hey man, why the long face?

Because it looks like my previous avatar is OOC for a while.
Thanks for asking.

 

[Urshurak]

Check the facts (box score) before you make statements like that. UNC won the battle of second-chance points by just 16-11.

It's easy to react emotionally to one or two possessions (and I confess that I thought the same thing as I watched the game live), but for the game as a whole, second-chance points were not a major factor -- especially not as compared to UConn's 21-13 advantage in points off turnovers.

My point is it will be a factor later on, like against SC. And they DID lose the battle. My statement fits in with the facts just fine.