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uconnfan68 said:
If you saw the lousy calls you’d understand why the lead was cut.
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Have to say they were their own enemies in the comeback, multiple bad passes from Dangerfield and Walker but they do get screwed basically every game that means anything. They were getting beat up as per usual and nothing called. Katie Lou was tough in this game both on offense but as a physical player too because they did everything they could to take her out of rhythm. I mean when she cut someone held or walked in front of her multiple times but she found enough space to make them pay. I was really happy for her!
 
intlzncster said:
You're not wrong, but there's def no DT walking through that door next year. One in a million player.
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She was not one in a million as a Sophmore. She made a lot of mistakes as a freshman, I remember Geno benching her against Notre Dame with her in tears. When she came back as a Sophmore with a bunch of incoming freshman, she had learned a lot but still was not the DT I remember in her last two years.
 
superjohn said:
I saw one, Collier didn't step out of bounds. Thought they looked way too tight at the end, it's something I've seen over the years when the games get close.
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Held ball after they threw Dangerfield to the floor? Touch fouls on Durr.
 
mauconnfan said:
Have to say they were their own enemies in the comeback, multiple bad passes from Dangerfield and Walker but they do get screwed basically every game that means anything. They were getting beat up as per usual and nothing called. Katie Lou was tough in this game both on offense but as a physical player too because they did everything they could to take her out of rhythm. I mean when she cut someone held or walked in front of her multiple times but she found enough space to make them pay. I was really happy for her!
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Should have seen UCLA beat them up. Really physical, hacks, slaps, pushing and bumping every play... knew all of it wouldn’t be called, and still had fewer fouls called against them than UConn did.
 
Just saw some clips of her..

We’re starting to see the Taurasi impact. I think DT was one of the first women’s players that had large scale idolization, where we’ll see players modeling their game after hers.

Clear as day that Paige modeled her game off of Taurasi.
 
huskyrob1 said:
She was not one in a million as a Sophmore. She made a lot of mistakes as a freshman, I remember Geno benching her against Notre Dame with her in tears. When she came back as a Sophmore with a bunch of incoming freshman, she had learned a lot but still was not the DT I remember in her last two years.
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Yes, and even she needed time to truly blossom (I remember her hitting some big nuts shots as a sophomore though). Christyn will too, probably more. Hence, there's no Taurasi walking through that door.

And Geno didn't bench her against ND. He subbed her out late (with a minute left) because she couldn't hit a brick wall. Probably one of the best things that could have happened to her in retrospect.
 
superjohn said:
Taurasi is the best women's basketball player ever.
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You'll get no argument from me. That's why I said there's no DT walking through that door next year.

On the women's side, she's the biggest killer I've ever seen. I've compared her to MJ on the men's side (relatively speaking) in that category.

People think UCONN's getting beat up now (they are), but you should have seen D in 03 and 04. She got absolutely clobbered every game, and the refs didn't know how to handle it.
 
The refs also didn’t (and still don’t) know how to ref what she does on the court.

I doubt there will ever be a player, man or woman, that I’ve enjoyed watching as much as her.
 
intlzncster said:
Yes, and even she needed time to truly blossom (I remember her hitting some big nuts shots as a sophomore though). Christyn will too, probably more. Hence, there's no Taurasi walking through that door.

And Geno didn't bench her against ND. He subbed her out late (with a minute left) because she couldn't hit a brick wall. Probably one of the best things that could have happened to her in retrospect.
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He did bench her. I remember her sitting on the bench in tears. Maybe he did put her back in though before the buzzer. She definitely made some great plays as a sophmore. Against a heavily favored Texas team I will never forget her one armed bullet pass the full length of the court for an easy bucket.
 
huskyrob1 said:
He did bench her. I remember her sitting on the bench in tears. Maybe he did put her back in though before the buzzer. She definitely made some great plays as a sophmore. Against a heavily favored Texas team I will never forget her one armed bullet pass the full length of the court for an easy bucket.
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She was crying because she went something like 1-15 on threes and thought she lost the game for the team. Geno knelt down and consoled her



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HuskyNan said:
She was crying because she went something like 1-15 on threes and thought she lost the game for the team. Geno knelt down and consoled her



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I specifically remember when she first sat down, he said something to her that was not very complimentary, and she looked at him incredulous and you could see her say "what", and that's when the tears started. Now maybe he came back to her later and consoled her.
 

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