Just my two cents:
I don't know who could check this, but I'll bet UConn has never missed seven foul shots in a row!
Yes, Ice Brady hasn’t played to her potential most of the season, but this statement is a little harsh. Remember, she sat out all of last year due to a severe knee injury. Anyway, she did played in the BE tournament, and did very, very well. Her coaches, as well as her teammates, know her contribution to the team’s success is vital, and she knows that also. She just needs to be a little bit more confident in herself. And she proved that last night.
It’s one of those Debbie Antonelli‘s finest moments!!
And some of the Nika hate when she first got here was ridiculous also
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Not only that, as the replay was shown, while Edwards was being thrown to the floor, Antonelli was still bellyaching about a perceived missed call from the previous play!
I was not referring to USC's JuJu, but my West African magical powers which came through last night. But yes @hoopsfan22 USC is not going away.
I won’t allow her decision to impact my joy with respect this season’s improbable run to the FF
You obviously didn't watch the first gameThese things I know after the last 48 hours:
- Never try to play tennis at 9 am the day after a 9:30 pm E8 game and then coach a 9 y/o soccer team at dinner time (I’ll let you know tomorrow how the latter went
- I’m not washing my Everybody Eats shirt and red shorts until after next weekend.
- I’m staying out of the BY chat because it’s working
- The team beat both the mental hangover sweet 16 hump AND the elite 8 hump, so now they’re playing with house money.
- Nika is the bubble gum-duct tape-glue-heart leader of this team
- Seeing CD give Q a huge hug made me cry all over again this morning
- We’ve got Paige and they don’t.
- Paige is the POY. Period.
- Geno is COY. Double squared to infinity and beyond. Period.
They’re both on the list. NCAA website.
Little more than a lean-in. The player jumped left into her. Gotta say the one Ash foul, Ash was grabbing the players arm with both hands.
With Paige - especially now that she is reasonably close to 100% physically? Not unexpected in the least to me.
There were many no-calls and God-awful calls (especially most of the ones on Nika) but one play I replayed several times I think sums it up pretty well was when in the fourth Q JuJu from the wing position did a back cut to the basket that was wide open. Two points. But the reason it was so open was because Aaliyah wasn't able to make the switch to stop her because she was being held (literally right in front of the ref who was twiddling his thumbs or something). On replay you can see it clearly. Terrible.
Yep. Last night.
I don't know about UConn with seven misses in a row, but I can hear Shaquille O'Neal saying; "Seven in a row? Hold my beer!"
In his postgame presser, Geno was asked what he said to Ju Ju in the handshake line. Geno quipped, “I told her to turn pro.”
Very happy for UCONN and Paige.A couple thoughts on tonight’s game:
- YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
- When you come to UConn and play for Geno, these are the games you dream about…..the Big Dance in March & April…..with everything on the line. After all that UConn has been through this season; the injuries, the lack of size, experience and depth, somehow this Husky team found a way to take down the #1 seed in their bracket on their way to the program’s 23rd Final Four!!!
- Once again UConn was led by their incomparable superstar. Paige continues to play a brilliant, complete brand of basketball the likes of which I have never seen before. Paige’s stat line tonight: 28 pts, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.
- Ju Ju Watkins is the most talented freshman scorer in WBB since Caitlin Clark. Tonight, she was dogged by Nika, KK and Paige. Despite all the attention, Watkins still managed to put up 29 points. She is the future of WBB. But tonight belonged to UConn!!!
- I also want to recognize the extraordinary efforts of Aaliyah over the past four games. She’s been playing out of position at center all season. Coming back after a broken nose, Aaliyah has been matched up against a string of players who go 6’3”, 6’6”, 6’5”, 6’6”, 6’5”, 6’4” & 6’6” in games vs Jackson St, Syracuse, Duke & USC. In those games Aaliyah has been nothing short of spectacular, battling heroically in the paint against a wave of opposing Bigs.
- UConn got some solid and much needed PT from Ice & Q tonight, particularly with KK & Nika in foul trouble.
- The Huskies were fighting fatigue at the end of the game. It certainly showed at the foul line. Somehow they hung in there and pulled it out. YOU GOT TO LOVE THIS TEAM!
- Against all odds, UConn has made it back to another FF. Iowa and CC will be waiting for the Huskies in Cleveland. On paper, Iowa has more experience, more depth and should be the favorite to end UConn’s championship run this year. Yessiree, UConn has them right where we want them…..
In Geno's post game press conference, he mentions how he wasn't going to put Ice in the game unless he had to because of the way she acted during practices in the lead up to the weekend games. He said she was acting as if she lost all confidence, but something clicked once she got into the game and she got her confidence back. Q on the other hand showed much more confidence. Before the USC game she told the assistant coaches "Hey, I think I got my shot back." So she was the first off the bench in the USC game when fouls became an issue.
Dee is a contrarian ref. She will ignore obvious violations, even shaking her to indicate that everyone is wrong & she is smarter than everybody. Then, she calls fouls nobody else sees that impact the game. You will always know when she refs because she makes the game about her.
