Vermont Postgame Thread

[RedStickHusky]

I'm not arguing with anything anybody said. I'm just sayin', we've been grinding 16 seeds to dust for 30 years. We don't usually deign to talk about how bad they were afterwards. We knew they were bad before we played them, they were supposed to be bad. As 15 seeds go, they were markedly unremarkable.

 

[RedStickHusky]

To tell you the truth, I thought Vermont looked a lot better than that 17-17, 13 seed St Louis that Tennessee played.

 

[The deacon]

The best shooter in the world, Steph Curry, said that Fudd is the third best (behind him and Klay).

This post is absolutely false. This is not what Steph said about Azzi--this is entirely a misquote: This is what Steph said" "She [Azzi] has more of a textbook jumper than anyone I've seen. Maybe Klay Thomson and Azzi Fudd. You go Ray Allen, Klay Thompson and Azzi Fudd, textbook. You would teach somebody how to shoot with their form." End of quote. Steph humbly does not even mention himself... So your attempt at Steph's humility totally misses the mark...

I guess then I'm not in the conversation for best shooter?

 

[The deacon]

Aaliyah played like the All-American she is. She looks like the best player on the floor everytime she is on the floor.
Dorka looked confident and I loved that
Nika causes havoc and created alot of offense
Not worried about Lopez-Senechal or Aubrey, we're very early on
Azzi shot the ball alot and that's all I care about. Let her miss because she can make 10 in a row. Defensively even with the brace she is the perimeter disruption that is needed.
Ines and the bench look like she hit a March switch as well

Baylor will be a tough test but UConn scored 95 without their generational shooter getting going. Yikes for everyone

Not mentioned, but Caroline also played a really good game...

As for Azzi being the Huskies' generational shooter, whether it's injuries or whatever else, so far in her UConn career I'd think of her as a potential generational shooter. Yes, she has wonderful shooting form, but until the shots go in consistently over a period of time, we should hold off on the accolades.

I love Azzi - she might well be the nicest player around - but her 7 of 28 from the floor so far since her return merits a bit of concern, at least in my book. I wouldn't expect an AzziBraids to agree with me. I'm just as anxious as others here on the BY to see her develop into a consistent shooter, rather than a streak shooter, which is what we've seen so far over two, injury-plagued seasons.

I'll also take issue with your statement that Aaliyah has been the best player on the floor every game. Look no further than Dorka, who has played better than Aaliyah in multiple games but just doesn't seem to get the love from Huskies fans. Aaliyah is the best player on the team, just not in every game.

 

[azfan]

Vermont scoring: 33 points from the arc, 18 inside the arc, 1 free throw.

Always something to work on. From the sweet 16 on the Huskies will face teams that will require stronger perimeter defense.

 

[The CDR-Ret]

The Vermont players knew they weren’t in the same league but, to their credit, they competed to the best of their ability. That’s all you can ask for. Now the players know what they need to do to get to the next level and so does the coach.

"Yeah, I would say playing against UConn where all the players are super talented and they're very athletic and they're big and strong," [player Catherine] Gilwee said. "Obviously we don't have that athleticism to our advantage, so we got to be super locked in on all of our rules, all of our fundamentals on defense."

UConn overwhelms Vermont women's basketball in NCAA Tournament

The No. 2 UConn Huskies led from start to finish in cruising past No. 15 Vermont 95-52 in Saturday's opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

www.burlingtonfreepress.com

There might be something about UCONN being tied with UTENN for most #1 seeds in the NCAA tournament with 22.

Could be why UCONN was a #2 seed this year (as well as last year) while being the #2 overall (to South Carolina) in the NET with the best SOS this year.

In the next five games, the Huskies can show why they should have been a #1 seed, and I like their energy, skill, defense, endurance and chemistry. I pray that all those who are injured return to full strength quickly, and ALL plus the new comers for next year are able to play together all season.

Go Huskies!!!

 

[Longtime fan]

We have incredible talent coming in next year and it may be a challenge for Ines.
I know she will have a great experience being on a NC team

It will be a huge challenge for Ines next year to earn playing time. But she has had an unexpectedly productive season of growth, development, and contribution. I don't imagine there are many guards who have better foot speed. And she can score. She may have a higher ceiling than we think. Hope so, anyway. Teammates seem to love her. But it will be difficult to get ahead of Paige, Azzi and Nikka , not to mention KK and Shade.

 

[LarryLegend]

It will be a huge challenge for Ines next year to earn playing time. But she has had an unexpectedly productive season of growth, development, and contribution. I don't imagine there are many guards who have better foot speed. And she can score. She may have a higher ceiling than we think. Hope so, anyway. Teammates seem to love her. But it will be difficult to get ahead of Paige, Azzi and Nikka , not to mention KK and Shade.

as has been learned the hard way this season, you cant have too many players. Especially one like Ines who will have some experience, as compared to heralded but untested recruits who lets face it may not pan out.

 

[Bone Dog]

Reading the tea leaves about Inês: Geno made a joke in one of the postgame interviews about not watching her block. He wouldn’t have done that if her position were genuinely precarious. I suspect she’s doing well in practice and will compete just fine for minutes next season. She’s fierce.

 

[Carnac]

I'm not arguing with anything anybody said. I'm just sayin', we've been grinding 16 seeds to dust for 30 years. We don't usually deign to talk about how bad they were afterwards. We knew they were bad before we played them, they were supposed to be bad. As 15 seeds go, they were markedly unremarkable.

Agreed. However, you must realize that we get new posters here every day. Some of them may not have been here back in the days you're referring to. If posters have a thought, no matter how redundant it may be, they're going to post it. Just roll with it. We can't control what's posted here. The mods do that.

 

[Beemer]

Baylor game Monday night is at 9 p.m., on ESPN.

Not wild about that start time, to be honest.

I hate it, to be honest.

 

[Carnac]

I hate it, to be honest.

It starts at 6:00 pm here which is not bad for us on the west coast, but I’d prefer it to start about 1 or 2 pm ET. You folks on the east coast have to litteraly wait all day for the game to start.

Like Monday night football. For the first 35 or so years, kick-off was at 6:00 pm pacific time which to me was perfect.

I’ll bet the players on both teams aren’t too happy with a start time that late either.

 

[MSGRET]

It starts at 6:00 pm here which is not bad for us on the west coast, but I’d prefer it to start about 1 or 2 pm ET. You folks on the east coast have to litteraly wait all day for the game to start.

Like Monday night football. For the first 35 or so years, kick-off was at 6:00 pm pacific time which to me was perfect.

I’ll bet the players on both teams aren’t too happy with a start time that late either.

Any disadvantage the higher ups can give UConn to work thru they will. The Stanford debacle yesterday showed that they weren't a #1 seed, but they gave it to them anyway.