UConn vs UCF post game thread

[HuskyNan]

Post game threads are fine, encouraged in fact.

I was at the game. UCF does a lot of holding , slapping, and grabbing. Geno once said teams that do that assume that the refs won’t call all of the fouls and that’s certainly the case with UCF. The crowd was pretty unhappy with the overly physical play.

The next time UCF gets called for one of its moving screens will be the first time that I’ve seen

 

[Topsail]

Geno s eyes were shooting daggers towards UCF bench with the mugging out there. I thought he was going to get a T at one point.

 

[tomcat]

Yep. I was there as well and was not surprised to see the UCF style. It also should be noted there was one ref's TV review to see if a foul should be ruled deliberate (it was not) and a UCF player picked up a T for mouthing off.
I did not recall that the UCF coach substitutes as often as she does. I thought Charli Turner Thorne at ASU subbed a lot, but she has nothing on UCF. I have no idea how any group of five young women can develop any continuity of play when 20% of them are changed every 90 seconds or so.

 

[tomcat]

All that said, it was a good win for UConn. Positives? Napheesa continues to be wonderful. Olivia is developing, a little at a time.. Megan and Christyn are both coming back with at-times deadly 3s. Crystal is, well, Crystal.

Negatives? Katie Lou still is having shooting troubles. She makes some and misses some she used to make. No one makes all of 'em, but her shooting really has dropped off noticeably. Coombs does some very nice things on defense and does not look completely lost in the offense but OMG, her shooting. No one else got serious minutes, and I had hoped that in a UCF game, at least one or two others would.

 

[ghost]

All that said, it was a good win for UConn. Positives? Napheesa continues to be wonderful. Olivia is developing, a little at a time.. Megan and Christyn are both coming back with at-times deadly 3s. Crystal is, well, Crystal.

Negatives? Katie Lou still is having shooting troubles. She makes some and misses some she used to make. No one makes all of 'em, but her shooting really has dropped off noticeably. Coombs does some very nice things on defense and does not look completely lost in the offense but OMG, her shooting. No one else got serious minutes, and I had hoped that in a UCF game, at least one or two others would.

she has got to be playing through an injury

 

[Centerstream]

All that said, it was a good win for UConn. Positives? Napheesa continues to be wonderful. Olivia is developing, a little at a time.. Megan and Christyn are both coming back with at-times deadly 3s. Crystal is, well, Crystal.

Negatives? Katie Lou still is having shooting troubles. She makes some and misses some she used to make. No one makes all of 'em, but her shooting really has dropped off noticeably. Coombs does some very nice things on defense and does not look completely lost in the offense but OMG, her shooting. No one else got serious minutes, and I had hoped that in a UCF game, at least one or two others would.

I think it's kinda hard to make shots (I think at one point she was 0 for 5, all 3s and on at least 3 of them she was hit in the face with no assault charges being filed ) when she was getting slapped around.
And I agree about Mikayla's shooting - she seems intent on attempting only highlight reel material but not making any of them.

 

[eebmg]

All that said, it was a good win for UConn. Positives? Napheesa continues to be wonderful. Olivia is developing, a little at a time.. Megan and Christyn are both coming back with at-times deadly 3s. Crystal is, well, Crystal.

Negatives? Katie Lou still is having shooting troubles. She makes some and misses some she used to make. No one makes all of 'em, but her shooting really has dropped off noticeably. Coombs does some very nice things on defense and does not look completely lost in the offense but OMG, her shooting. No one else got serious minutes, and I had hoped that in a UCF game, at least one or two others would.

I think there should be a more concerted effort to call some postups / mid range hooks for Lou. Perhaps UCF covers those options well but I can't believe we can't find it a few times to get Lou going.

 

[Centerstream]

How does one go about finding Coach Abe's post game presser?
I am wondering if she was asked about her team's "aggressiveness"...even if it may have been by design.
I got the impression that both coaches were not happy with the opposing team's play.

 

[eebmg]

How does one go about finding Coach Abe's post game presser?
I am wondering if she was asked about her team's "aggressiveness"...even if it may have been by design.
I got the impression that both coaches were not happy with the opposing team's play.

Yeah, Lou's nose was hurting their players hands.

 

[Centerstream]

she has got to be playing through an injury

Who? Is this conjecture???

 

[HuskyNan]

I noticed that the team looked a lot better when Meg was on the court. Geno sat her so ONO could play in the second quarter but the team was out of sync when she was out. A big part of that is that Meg allows Napheesa to float around more because Meg is big and strong enough to play in the paint. Also, Meg is hitting jumpers with regularity so she must be guarded.

Side note: a UCF kid tried to grab Meg around the arm after Meg snagged a rebound but Meg just shoved the kid away. The UCF fans wanted a foul but the refs probably saw what led up to it. Meg isn’t taking any crap and I love it

 

[Blueballer]

she has got to be playing through an injury

What's your source for this information? KLS was getting pounded all over the court today. You try shooting when people are banging you around like you're a human pinata.

 

[BigBird]

At halftime, Geno called UCF “chippy,” and said that “their coach wants it that way.” That’s pretty sharp criticism when compared to standard coach speak. And it’s an accurate criticism as well.

 

[ghost]

What's your source for this information? KLS was getting pounded all over the court today. You try shooting when people are banging you around like you're a human pinata.

didnt claim one. an observation. she is too good otherwise

 

[FridaFriend]

Lou seems to get more emotional about being pushed around than other UCONN players. I see her complain to the refs a lot more than other players. I wonder whether her reactions are a distraction and are causing her to miss shots. I thought Collier got fouled many times today, but she is more low key about it and she seems to somehow avoid fouls to the face more easily.

 

[Los24]

As I said in the chat, I thought this type of game is good for UConn in terms of preparing for March. What stuck out was that the passing looked good, including out of double teams and across the court passes to swing the ball all around getting everyone to touch the ball.

 

[BroadwayVa]

All that said, it was a good win for UConn. Positives? Napheesa continues to be wonderful. Olivia is developing, a little at a time.. Megan and Christyn are both coming back with at-times deadly 3s. Crystal is, well, Crystal.

Negatives? Katie Lou still is having shooting troubles. She makes some and misses some she used to make. No one makes all of 'em, but her shooting really has dropped off noticeably. Coombs does some very nice things on defense and does not look completely lost in the offense but OMG, her shooting. No one else got serious minutes, and I had hoped that in a UCF game, at least one or two others would.

@tomcat I saw the same things with Coombs. She can't hit the side of a barn with a baseball stick. Yet, her defense was great, quick hands, and to top that no one--is going to trap her UCF tried hard thinking she was the Frosh and weakest link--she wasn't Her ball handing is great her shooting, will come but most likely over the summer. She today looked like the ONLY choice as a back up for Danger.
Terrible game, great game. 5 almost 6 in double figure, and 6 scoring well. This has to be a plus for Geno. The reserves need the addition of Touly to have any semblence of real fire power. If healthy she could be a wonderful addition/sub for one of the posts. I like Irwin too but Touly has an edge even with her limited mobility.

EDIT: I know Coombs is a Soph. Although it isn't always the most important thought as I write of her attributes.

 

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[HuskyNan]

@tomcat I saw the same things with Coombs. She can't hit the side of a barn with a baseball stick. Yet, her defense was great, quick hands, and to top that no one--is going to trap her UCF tried hard thinking she was the Frosh and weakest link--she wasn't Her ball handing is great her shooting, will come but most likely over the summer. She today looked like the ONLY choice as a back up for Danger.
Terrible game, great game. 5 almost 6 in double figure, and 6 scoring well. This has to be a plus for Geno. The reserves need the addition of Touly to have any semblence of real fire power. If healthy she could be a wonderful addition/sub for one of the posts. I like Irwin too but Touly has an edge even with her limited mobility.

Mikayla, like Meg, isn’t going to allow other teams to push her around. She showed a lot of attitude that I thought was fantastic. UCF kids were grabbing at her and she saw the refs allowing it so she grabbed right back with a lot of aggression. Kay Kay Wright was pretty wary of Mikayla. I was cheering for her big time today

 

[Millenial23]

I liked what Meg & Eric said about Lou's stat line -- 12 points, 6 bruises, 4 welts, and an almost cracked rib haha So yeah, that may have something to do with her shooting today. But 12/12 FT, wow!

 

[phil sampieri]

Post game threads are fine, encouraged in fact.
I was at the game. UCF does a lot of holding , slapping, and grabbing. Geno once said teams that do that assume that the refs won’t call all of the fouls and that’s certainly the case with UCF. The crowd was pretty unhappy with the overly physical play.
The next time UCF gets called for one of its moving screens will be the first time that I’ve seen

 

[Bigboote]

didnt claim one. an observation. she is too good otherwise

Lou WAS hurt last year and didn’t go through a shooting slump like this. Things like this just happen. Let’s hope her shot comes back in the NCAA tourney.

 

[SVCBeercats]

I think it's kinda hard to make shots (I think at one point she was 0 for 5, all 3s and on at least 3 of them she was hit in the face with no assault charges being filed) when she was getting slapped around.

If Lou can't handle UCF's defense how is she going to handle the speed and contact in the WNBA? She needs to figure it out now.