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It is interesting that Azzi got the most minutes. Yet again. Can't say I disagree with that. She's playing great D and frankly, we probably need her to be our mega studlet in the NCC championships. Geno's giving her more confidence and look at the efficiency overall, except for last game. Overall, she has been one of our top 2-3 players over the last 8-9 games. At least rivaling CW. There is no indication Paige is healthy enough to carry this team right now. Fortunately we may have enough without her. Anything we get from Paige is gravy.

Very happy for the girls and especially the seniors and Dorka. Dorka has never been to the NCAA championships yet? She deserves a winner for that patience!
 
I might earn some dislikes with this post, but I want to give a big shout out to the referees. No controversial calls and for the most part they were seen but not heard. I don’t know if this applies to the entire ref team, but Maj Forsberg refereed at least four games in four days including two different conference championships and earned boku frequent flier miles doing it.
 
LoboDays said:
Resume means Body of Work Tony. Not what they did in their last games against the Big East. They lost a #1 seed quite a while ago.

I look at it this way. They beat a #1 seed in the Elite Eight and go into the FF confident and on a roll.
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Also, this year there are other teams worthy of a #1 seed. SC, Stanford, & NC State are solid #1's. Louisville beat UCONN & Baylor is also playing like a top seed. UCONN will not be ashamed to be a #2 seed after a challenging season.
 
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Edwards is now 2nd on the team in free throw percentage. Could it be that she actually is a good outside shot? On another team she would be putting up 20 plus shots a game and scoring over 20 points on average. She certainly capable of it.
 
ProSkeptic said:
Oh, how I wish Alan Bestwick and Megan Culmo were covering these games. (For those of you I the rest of the country, they call the games for SNY.). They actually talk about what’s happening on the court—imagine that! I particularly hate it when the other networks cut to one of the losing players on the bench and keep the camera pointed there for an eternity while the announcers matter on. Tonight’s victim was Breanna Herlihy. A couple of years ago—famously—it was A’ja Wilson of SC. JUST STOP!
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The FoxSports announcers are knowledgeable & well spoken. But they insist on telling boring stories throughout the game. There wasn't a minute of quiet time as the game became a backdrop to their endless drivel.
 
GoUconn7961 said:
I don’t know why, but it bugs me so much that the AD has yet to congratulate the team. If it was the men’s team he’d be all over it. It really annoys me.
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Lol, what are you talking about? Stop looking for things to complain about, especially after a great win.
 
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LOL....do you get the feeling that Jamelle Elliot adopted Alliyah Edwards? Alliyah stood next to Jamelle throughout the postgame & sought her after coming out during the game. If AE has become Jamelle's personal project, it has paid great dividends.
 
Talk about Dorka and how she was lost in the beginning of the year. Wow she is throwing one handed bounce passes on the back door cuts. She does the screen and slip to the side for open jumpers. She works the high low from both sides. She jumps out on the switches and recovers for the switchback. What a difference and I hope she comes back next year. Azzi is great on defense and rebounding and the mid range game. We need for her to be a dominant player to make it all the way. Geno knows that and is preparing her for that role.
 
I don't think the story of this game or the last one was Aaliyah at all. She had 5 turnovers this game, didn't know what to do with the ball under the basket half of the time, and just isn't a complete basketball player. She is extremely athletic and if that can be turned into a complete basketball player in the next two years that would be great but right now I worry about her in the Elite 8 and FF games. Just too many mistakes.

I thought a big story these last two games was Evina. It's like she got a new jet pack. Her speed seems to have increased, her confidence is sky high, and she should have had even more assists. Her going coast to coast was great and showed a lot of people just what kind of a player she really is. She was leading scorer the last two games, tied for combined most assists in those games, and was a great floor general. It was heartwarming to see. She has had a lot on her shoulders this year and she will make some WNBA team very happy.

It was all about the defense again. With this many bodies, and with the caliber of players we have, the press and then tight man to man defense in the half court just wears you down. I thought the 2-3 zone was run really well also. On offense, just too many weapons and I was very glad Caroline got the ball tonight. She became a real offensive threat when she started during the season and has a tremendous future ahead of her. She can score in bunches underneath and can also sink the 3 as was shown tonight.

What can you say? We have been waiting all season and the way this team is forming now (still present tense) is both thrilling and interesting at the same time. During the dark days of the regular season I thought Geno's job was an awful one to have. Now I am completely jealous. So many combinations, so many fun ways to play, so many delightful players, all of which is making for one very unselfish team.
 
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JordyG said:
With all that's been said in the joy of this win, to me one of the most telling was that Azzi played 36 mins, AE played 31 minutes, and CW played 29. Geno still believes, in crunch time, in giving the most minutes to the players he trusts the most.
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Let's just say that Coach was saving Paige on her 3rd game in 3 days and gave the 9 minutes saved (from 18 the previous game) to Azzi, so she would have gotten somewhere in the mid-20s. CW had been playing the most minutes throughout these late season games for a while now.

But I really think giving it to Azzi was by design: he wanted her to get more acclimated to tournament play, especially since she shot almost an egg the previous game. To her credit, she recovered.....but Geno gave her the time to get her rhythm. Good coach, don't you think? He knows he wants her fully confident for the Big Dance.....this was a recovery game for her.

You can wonder which came first. Doesn't matter - he got what he wanted in both.
 
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BlueSkyGLW said:
Let's just say that Coach was saving Paige on her 3rd game in 3 days and gave the 9 minutes saved (from 18 the previous game) to Azzi, so she would have gotten somewhere in the mid-20s. CW had been playing the most minutes throughout these late season games for a while now.

But I really think giving it to Azzi was by design: he wanted her to get more acclimated to tournament play, especially since she shot almost an egg the previous game. To her credit, she recovered.....but Geno gave her the time to get her rhythm. Good coach, don't you think? He knows he wants her fully confident for the Big Dance.....this was a recovery game for her.

You can wonder which came first. Doesn't matter - he got what he wanted in both.
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I did also try to warn people that Paige seemed to be struggling against Marquette, on her close outs, and her cuts on defense. I said her off ball pace in transition was not good as well, and that I didn't expect her to get as many minutes as she did against Villanova as she did against Marquette. 3 weeks off will do her wonders, because she needs it.
 
eebmg said:
I think Paige is not really used to all the movement from her teammates. Before her injury, there was so much standing around during offensive sets. Over the last 10 games or so, we are really moving so well without the ball. Especially Azzi and Caroline.
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I rather have the team playing well moving w/o the ball than having Paige plays light out and the rest of the team standing around and watch.
 
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