UCONN vs. SC post game thread (merged)

[Husky fanatic]

In the first half I was yelling to get Azzi out of the game. Then WOW. Ash and Jana showed up in the first half offensively and continued to play well in the second half without scoring. Sarah was a steady Eddy. All the guards were aggressive rebounders. They finally looked like we expected them to all season.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Nice win for UConn against a top team away. Great win and totally unexpected. . Pulled me out of my doldrums after disappointing loss by Men's team yesterday. Shade, Strong, Paige and especially Azzi looked great. I will miss Azzi's smile and selfless attitude once she departs UConn.

Me too. Just what I needed.
But I wasn't surprised. You cant beat this team if they play like this.

 

[RoadMaster]

Swipe..

 

[DEFCONN1]

46% from three point land. Not too shabby !

 

[Jumpy Radar]

Azzi Fudd! Great team win. Azzi was an assassin in the second half though. I'm going to sit back and really enjoy this one.

 

[Puppy Love]

Just coming off the flu…trying to make sure that this isn’t a fever induced delusion.

 

[mauconnfan]

Congrats great win. Geno drew up a great game plan they executed perfectly fun to watch. Azzi looks so good im so happy for her, keep it going!

 

[Bigpetunia]

Anyone who's played much competitive basketball knows how huge a role confidence plays in performance. This team had four "big-stage" games on their regular season schedule, and they were 0-for-3 coming into this one. In each of those three losses, the intimidation factor under the bright lights hurt the team dramatically.Shots they routinely make, especially that Azzi routinely makes, would not fall. From the opening tip today, this team looked different, unfazed by the glare of the big lights. The results are obvious. Let's hope this carries over to the big dance!

 

[DeepThreat]

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Great pic!

 

[Vowelguy]

As good a performance I can remember on the road. Wow. That was a clinic put on by those ladies. A statement and huge confidence boost for all of them.

As I said I chat — reminded me of ND game in CWs Frosh year when uconn was an underdog and pulled out a surprising win.,

 

[packwrap]

Yay!!! Except for the Duke game in the tourney last year, and maybe Iowa St earlier this year, we haven't seen a game like this against a good team in years.

We got off to a good start, shooting and playing well. The opponent actually struggled! Good defense, poor play from SC, who knows?, but it let us open a gap and we never took our foot off the gas.

A shout out to Jana, Ash and KK early!
At one point while Azzi&Paige were still cold, that trio was 7 for 7 for 17 points! SC surely did not game plan for that.

Great job ladies and coaches! This will do wonders for confidence moving forward.

 

[slepers]

Jana looked like she belonged

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

So in the "Just Thinking" thread earlier in the week I got some "wow" emojis replies... Well. As I predicted...SC Coach and Team came out over confident with their "swagger" and bravado... UConn punched them in the mouth right away...and they never recovered.

 

[yhun89]

Ashlynn Shade was a singular force and magical today. KK's defense was on another level. El Alfy saved her best play for today. I've never seen this version of her, but if this is any indication of what's to come, keep it up baby girl..

Jana reminding me of Ice, when the pressure is on, she’s locked in. But when it comes to normal BE play, not so much. Ice in the BE tourney and the MM tourney was unlike anything we’d seen up until then.

Not an insult towards any of them either. It’s just odd to me that they perform better under scrutiny, as freshman/sophmores as well.

 

[HuskyNan]

@MSGRET is going to have to do a lot of work to find someone remotely close to the final score in his predictions thread

 

[RoadMaster]

Swipe..

 

[Bigboote]

Sometimes a shooter is having a bad game and you’ll think, she just needs to see the ball go through the hoop, even just a foul shot.

We’ve known UConn is really good this year. They’ve had some issues against the better teams, though.

Uconn is the shooter who’s just seen the ball go through the hoop.

 

[Rdkid]

Maybe Paige doesn’t need to be more “selfish” and chuck it up 20 times a game. Always needed Azzi to find her game. Happy for that kid. The years of dominance for any one team are over - the Huskies are in the hunt with the rest of the best.

 

[Plebe]

HELL YES. It's about m@$^@$%@#%$#@ing time! More of that please!

 

[UConnCat]

A game reminiscent of the good ol' days when UConn would go on the road and put the hammer down against ranked opponents.

Azzi spoke as if the Tennessee loss was a turning point. Seems that way. Everyone played well. Jana gave solid minutes. This team played like a championship contender today. Let's get Ice and Morgan back.

 

[bantamlaker]

Who said we need a big? KK had 6 rebounds today!

 

[meyers7]

Well, again we still haven't won a close game.
And you know, we used to win these high profile games by 30+. Not 29, 30+
But you know, a wins a win. I guess I'll take it.

 

[jdote33]

Really fun watch. What a performance by Azzi. Really reminded me of her game her sophomore year vs Iowa.

As others have said rumors of the teams demise have been a bit exaggerated. Honestly there haven't been that many games where the team has been healthy and they looked awful. I'm not saying there gonna look as good as they did today but no doubt in my mind they are legit contenders. And this may be a bit of revisionist history but I kinda feel the Azzi doesn't play well in big games narrative has been a bit overblown as well, in the sense a lot of them she hasn't been all that healthy. Once again she may not have 28 every time in the future, but I just wanna see her healthy and not in foul trouble to give a fair assessment.

One more thing. This was an everybody eats game. I've said it before, it's not all on Paige. I feel like Paige is playing more point which actually allows Kaitlyn to be more of a scorer which she's always been. And I like that Jana got opportunities as well. Jana is a scorer

I do think South Carolina is not the same team we've seen the past 3 years. Definitely are contenders but just not quite as good.

 

[housekeys]

UConn was in the final 4 last year. We never left the "big girls club". Today's game makes that obvious.

 

[PJCLaw]

Well, again we still haven't won a close game.
And you know, we used to win these high profile games by 30+. Not 29, 30+
But you know, a wins a win. I guess I'll take it.

I think you have a fever!