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UTSA Postgame Thread

Dispute starting out with cold shooting, the first half pressure defense overwhelmed UTSA and even before shots started to fall the game was over. UTSA was nowhere near being a team that could compete with a good team no less an elite team.

There were things in the game that can be improved on. Shots not going down for stretches happens to all teams. As long as the shots aren't forced and are within the offensive flow you just keep playing your game and trust shots will start to drop. Missing free throws is less forgivable and can be the difference between a loss or win. Unfortunately not all players make 80 %+ and that seems to be the way of the world. Offensive rebounding has been suspect this year; at this stage of the game it is what it is. I'm not at all worried about how the bench beyond the first nine play. We won't be seeing any of them in a close game.

All in all I'm not a bit more concerned about our NC chances based on this game.
 
EricSD said:
Underwhelming performance. Expected much better with the time off, and preparation for the tournament. Foul problems for Fudd and KK in the first half, 3 point shooting, and not much more than 20 minutes of really high quality basketball by the team. And you can't blame the performance on the "layoff". Gave up 38 points in the 2nd half. Other 1 and even 2 and some 3 seeds absolutely blew out other teams.

The 2nd quarter was great tho, and on the good side, Blanca seems to be back. Nice stat filling game by Sarah too. Great game by Ash. Solid game by Kayleigh. And for some good stretches, the defense was REALLY elite. But this team needs to be able to put together close to 35 minutes of great basketball to win the NC.

Survive and advance, but boy was it ugly for a lot of the game.
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So I would take the position that the layoff did have a negative effect on the team's performance and that is not a surprising development. If they play the same way Monday, I will agree with you but I do not think that will happen. There were a lot of bright spots today and Kayleigh and Blanca had great games off the bench.
 
Stagnant said:
I prefer that. I don’t like the idea of us doing something radically different because we are concerned about how to stop Audi.

That would be bad news for Jana though.
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UCONN would probably employ the same strategy. Let Crooks score 20+ points while stifling the rest of her team. And the Huskies would score at will against a slower Iowa State team.
 
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when you play zone you are basically daring the other team to hit their 3's which UTSA did in the 2nd half. If we had played our usual defense we would have scored over 100 and UTSA would have been left twisting in the wind.

Its good to try different things when you have a comfortable lead.
 
Few Thoughts:
*While clearly all you need to do is win and advance and the game was won by 39 points, is was not a good game for our Huskies...
*First half it seemed like they were shooting too many 3's at a low percentage instead of trying to get in the paint.
*What's up with all the missed layups and poor free throws percentage (in addition to the low 3-point shooting percentage) ...it looked at times as if they never played in this arena before or the height of the baskets was adjusted...
*K9, Blanca and Ash were great.
On to the next game against Syracuse or Iowa St. (which at this point seem to be Syracuse) ...hopefully UConn will play more like the number 1 team in the country.
 
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UTSA had a decent plan concocted by Aston which
encouraged UConn to shoot from distance which was unsuccessful in the first half. They were a spirited team; which could not handle UConn’s press but was fine against conventional defense.

A few posters above paid tribute to our “2nd team” guards and forwards without mentioning Kayleigh who relatively quietly, was one of the stars of the game…When she and Bianca entered, the game became comfortable;

Aside from the outstanding, relentless D, the depth of UConn is one of our great strengths…so much talent.
 
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So the reason why i feel this game was quite good is that it showed we have many scorers, who, when given the chance, succeed. Foul trouble will happen, and scorers will go cold. We have the players who can fill the gaps. I'm totally fine with this game. In a tight game, let's be real.. we're not playing zone, it's going to be full on in-you-face. Ash, K9 and Blanca showed we have few soft spots to try to exploit.
 
I expected some rust but that 3 point shooting was abysmal at 7-33. Were they infected by the men’s team? Did they practice on 9’9” hoops over the last 12 days? I’ll give them a pass for now and hope it’s better on Monday.
 
Stagnant said:
That’s too many points. But I think UConn matches up well with them.
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L’Ville handily beat Syracuse by 20+ points twice this season. Considering our game against L’Ville, the spread isn’t that unreasonable.
 
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Blanca missed two free throws, but then promptly stole the ball at mid court and drove it all the way in for a layup. It was that kind of game.

I wish that Geno's version of "calling the dogs off" did not involve playing a zone defense.

I don't think Azzi will have two games in a row like that.

From the backhanded compliment department, UConn did well to score 90 while shutting things down early and shooting like they did from three.

I stayed for the first half of the second game and UConn should not have a problem with Syracuse, who is without their point guard Dominique Darius at the worst possible time. However, the defense will need to come out and defend Izoje from just beyond the foul line, she has a nice jumper with a high release - and UConn can't allow Schmitt to get open threes.

She had ten all season and then hit five in the second quarter - sending Iowa State up "Schmitt's Creek".
 
victor64 said:
Pretty harsh but I do agree, watching Serah is difficult at times. She just makes things so
Much more complicated than they need to be.
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I think she has never settled in at UConn, which translates to a lack of self confidence. I know it is hard to figure, but just look at her various interviews and she's the definition of uncomfortable.
 
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