UConn vs Jackson State postgame thread

[Centerstream]

First round NCAA games for UConn, Margin of Victory(MOV)
23/24 Jack St MOV 22
22/23 Vermont MOV 43
21/22 Mercer MOV 45
20/21 High Pt MOV 43
19/20-- No games
18/19 Towson MOV 49
17/18 St Francis MOV 88
16/17 Albany MOV 61
The Stewie years had MOV's of 52, 56, 43, 68.

Good Luck on Monday

How many of those teams only had 8 available players? But thanks for dropping by.

 

[Bone Dog]

I was really hoping Inês would hit that 3.

Keep on shooting, Inês!

 

[Centerstream]

Nika had 7 assists.

 

[Big Fan]

ESPN had Nika with 7 assists. If correct where does that put her? Who thought Geno was going to get Td up?

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[Bone Dog]

I didn’t think the officiating was particularly bad. There were a few questionable calls or non-calls. But on the whole they were pretty balanced and the game didn’t get too chippy.

I imagine first round games are especially difficult to work what with all the nervous energy on both sides.

 

[Forego]

I hope that this is the last game that Joe Vaszily calls this season for UConn. He is one of the worst refs I've ever seen. Only one that is worse I think she finally retired.

IMHO, Joe’s officiating talent is surpassed only by the refs officiating the basketball finals at the 1972 Olympics.

 

[huskeynut]

A well played game by our young and talented ladies. Real good dfense and rebounding. Nice offensive flow. 23 assists on 34 made baskets!!!

Nika has 7 assists with Paige. Nika now has 658 assists for her career. Monday night she should set ther new career assist record for UConn. She needs 1 to tie and 2 to pass Moriah's 659.

Jackson State is a decent team. Doesn't have the talent to stay with a UConn. Their height was really not a factor..

Joe Vaszily is terrible. Poorly officiated game at times.Telling UConn players to stop complaining. I thought Geno was going to get t-ed up.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Ash I couldn't ask for more. Maybe I'll find your highlight reel. In the meantime:

 

[RoadMaster]

Swipe

 

[Blueballer]

Joe Vaszily is terrible. Poorly officiated game at times.Telling UConn players to stop complaining. I thought Geno was going to get t-ed up.

I was hoping to see some different refs in the tourney. Joe Vaszily has done a lot of our games the past few years and I have never been happy with his performance. And judging from the way Geno yells at him regularly I don' think he's very happy with him either.

 

[uconnfan68]

I am guessing that you might be referring to is Dee Kantner and she is still working this tournament. She was either in Columbia SC or Baton Rouge yesterday doing the lower seeds matchup.

Sally Bell

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Dopey here was watching the Paige highlights thinking how sad I was going to be next season - yeah, really. Then the light went on.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I was hoping to see some different refs in the tourney. Joe Vaszily has done a lot of our games the past few years and I have never been happy with his performance. And judging from the way Geno yells at him regularly I don' think he's very happy with him either.

Vaszily is one of those refs who thinks the game is his. Too many of them.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Audio Stinks To High Heaven

 

[and one]

One advantage of being a 3 seed is having a first game against a competitive team. JSU wasn't talented enough to push UConn very much but good enough to make us work up a sweat. It makes the team a little sharper going into game 2.

KK really needs to shoot more. I started counting open shots she declined and gave up when I ran out of fingers and toes. Nika can get away with not taking many shots but when a team can lay off two of five on the floor it makes things harder for the other three. Shade made up the slack today. We can't have to count on that.

 

[MSGRET]

I am guessing that you might be referring to is Dee Kantner and she is still working this tournament. She was either in Columbia SC or Baton Rouge yesterday doing the lower seeds matchup.

YES, darn I thought that she retired, I guess I can only hope that the two don't officiate together when UConn is playing. I don't think we have enough players to survive their calls.

 

[BRS24]

One advantage of being a 3 seed is having a first game against a competitive team. JSU wasn't talented enough to push UConn very much but good enough to make us work up a sweat. It makes the team a little sharper going into game 2.

Agree - Whole lotta tape opportunities to use for tune up vs next opponent. 1 v 16 are all fun, but if the team isn't dialed in, the mistakes could be overlooked going forward to the 1 v 8, etc etc.

 

[MilfordHusky]

A well played game by our young and talented ladies. Real good dfense and rebounding. Nice offensive flow. 23 assists on 34 made baskets!!!

Nika has 7 assists with Paige. Nika now has 658 assists for her career. Monday night she should set ther new career assist record for UConn. She needs 1 to tie and 2 to pass Moriah's 659.

Jackson State is a decent team. Doesn't have the talent to stay with a UConn. Their height was really not a factor..

Joe Vaszily is terrible. Poorly officiated game at times.Telling UConn players to stop complaining. I thought Geno was going to get t-ed up.

The players were complaining because some of the calls were atrocious. I thought Dee Kantner was really bad, but Joe V. appears to be worse.

 

[Plebe]

First round NCAA games for UConn, Margin of Victory(MOV)
23/24 Jack St MOV 22
22/23 Vermont MOV 43
21/22 Mercer MOV 45
20/21 High Pt MOV 43
19/20-- No games
18/19 Towson MOV 49
17/18 St Francis MOV 88
16/17 Albany MOV 61
The Stewie years had MOV's of 52, 56, 43, 68.

Good Luck on Monday

Two questions:
1. How many of those previous games were played against #14 seeds?
2. Any purpose to your post here other than general unpleasantness?

 

[topogigio]

Post game presser with Ash and Geno is absolutely hilarious with her discussing the Geno pic on her shirt, and how he says, "I love you"!

 

[MilfordHusky]

Some folks thought this would be a 40-point MOV. I think Vegas predicted a 33-point MOV, but I didn’t see it. I thought maybe 25.

As some folks noted, this was a 3 v. 14 game, not a 1 v. 16 matchup.

Some facts about JSU:

They ran the table in their conference AND won the conference tourney.

Their bad losses were to Texas, Oregon State, and Kansas State, all top-15 teams. The relatively close losses were to UCF, Miami, and Miss. State.

Two years ago, they led Baylor in the tourney by 10 before losing by 6. That’s the Baylor team that we struggled with.

Their big player transferred in from USC.

Geno seemed legitimately concerned about them.

I’m not disappointed in our performance. I would have liked 90-50, but JSU has talent and athleticism and they played hard.

 

[JoePgh]

Four of her rebounds were offensive

Most specifically, they were offensive to Jackson State!

 

[MSGRET]

Some folks thought this would be a 40-point MOV. I think Vegas predicted a 33-point MOV, but I didn’t see it. I thought maybe 25.

As some folks noted, this was a 3 v. 14 game, not a 1 v. 16 matchup.

Some facts about JSU:

They ran the table in their conference AND won the conference tourney.

Their bad losses were to Texas, Oregon State, and Kansas State, all top-15 teams. The relatively close losses were to UCF, Miami, and Miss. State.

Two years ago, they led Baylor in the tourney by 10 before losing by 6. That’s the Baylor team that we struggled with.

Their big player transferred in from USC.

Geno seemed legitimately concerned about them.

I’m not disappointed in our performance. I would have liked 90-50, but JSU has talent and athleticism and they played hard.

I think it would have been over 40 if the officials would have called the fouls on JS and if UConn had hit their usual percentage of their 3pt shoots. UConn was 9-10 vs JS being 16-22 from the free throw line. There is no way that should have happened considering the hacking that JS did.

 

[Sluconn Husky]

Two of those refs need new professions. That was disgraceful.