UConn - Villanova Post Game

[hoopsnloops32]

Yes, well, that basket where KK shoved Lucy out of her way wasn’t called. It was clearly an offensive foul. The reffing was spotty but didn’t favor either team

That’s wasn’t an offensive foul at all imo

 

[marcfj]

So ... Nika has 9 remaining reg season games, and likely 3 BE tourney games, and we can count on at least 2 NCAA tourney games I think = 14 total. She averages 6.2 assists per game which would be 87 more assists which would be just short of Moriah. If Uconn advances to the E8 or she improves her average just a smidge she would break the record. It will be close one way or the other.

Equally impressive would be getting 96 more assists, getting to 232 for the season and thereby passing Sue Bird. Nika would then have the top two assist seasons in UConn history.

 

[JoePgh]

Yes, well, that basket where KK shoved Lucy out of her way wasn’t called. It was clearly an offensive foul. The reffing was spotty but didn’t favor either team

A thought:

What happens when Lucy makes it to the WNBA and goes up to block a shot by Diamond DeShields or Diamond Miller? Will the announcer call it as "Lucy in the sky with Diamond!"?

 

[WiseWillie]

On vacation in FL watched the game (Thank you, FoxSports app).

While the senior players - all three - showed their maturity especially in the second half, a shout out has to go to the freshmen. They were all over the floor. KK and Ashlyn put it all out. O and Ice held their own. At one point Ash came running from her position on the wing to grab a rebound and without stopping turned sideways and sank a 15' with a swish. That was something special for a kid who works her butt off every game. KK was driving to the basket and making the shot and/or taking FT's. Beautiful to watch.
They may have lost last week but as Coach said they are better for it. Gotta believe in these freshmen and cheer these Huskies on win or lose.

 

[Bigboote]

I thought Nika was at 569, which would be 7th. If I'm wrong, please feel free to correct my numbers.

Mo's record is 659. How far away is Nika?

DOH! You're absolutely right, I was looking at the Basketball Reference list, which doesn't have data from something like 2000 earlier. (Need to get the assists number somewhere other than the UConn website, which doesn't have Nika's first two years.)

Nika is averaging around 6.1 asists/game. 90 away at her current rate would be around 15 games.

 

[Nolefan]

Everyone is gripping about the players on defense maybe it’s the coach and the way he teaches them and if they don’t get it you play to their strengths right ? I just don’t think Geno has evolved to the modern game and still wants to play a finesse type game .. almost every game I you see and read how physical teams play us maybe their coaches realize that’s how you beat a Geno coached UConn team ?

 

[#12in21]

Equally impressive would be getting 96 more assists, getting to 232 for the season and thereby passing Sue Bird. Nika would then have the top two assist seasons in UConn history.

Also, as I posted earlier if she gets 200 or more assists this season (64 more to hit 200) she will be the only Huskie to have ever had 200 or more assists in two seasons.

 

[Longtime fan]

Q and Ice are performing just fine. They just need to keep it going. Nothing I’ve seen from Ines make me thinks she’d do any better, in fact I think she might do significantly worse.

Ice and Q are developing as forecast. Unfortunately, the storm worsened, and we need them to be better faster. But that cannot be forced. UCONN is already doing that with KK and ASH.

 

[ctkaiser]

Some talked about the freshmen hitting a wall. Looks like for a while, the whole team hit a wall. What do you call that, a sophomore, junior, and senior wall.

I call it a too many minutes fatigue wall.

 

[MilfordHusky]

So ... Nika has 9 remaining reg season games, and likely 3 BE tourney games, and we can count on at least 2 NCAA tourney games I think = 14 total. She averages 6.2 assists per game which would be 87 more assists which would be just short of Moriah. If Uconn advances to the E8 or she improves her average just a smidge she would break the record. It will be close one way or the other.

Yes, Nika should be close to the record. I hope we get 3 games in the Big East Tourney and 6 in the NCAAs. In addition, she needs to stay healthy. Considering our injuries the last 3 years, Nika has been remarkably durable. (Knock on wood!)

Crystal was on pace to break the career record, but her assist total dropped substantially between her junior and senior years, from 225 to 118, as the UConn offense went through some major changes without Phee and Lou.

 

[JoePgh]

Crystal was on pace to break the career record, but her assist total dropped substantially between her junior and senior years, from 225 to 118, as the UConn offense went through some major changes without Phee and Lou.

Wasn't that the COVID year when the whole NCAA tournament was canceled (and other games may have been missed as well)? So Crystal's assist total may reflect significantly fewer games than the previous year.

 

[HuskyNan]

I see we’re done discussing the game