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Hard to say a lot of analysis on tonights game whe you can only play 6.

2 questions, 1)if Ono wasnt feeling well, why is she sitting on the bench next to other players. Of course it could be something else.
2) Was tonights 21 rebounds a record low? If not what is the record?
 
Deja vu all over again.

Short handed yes, but...

Still LONG stretches where not everyone plays with intensity.

No bench? Play only 6, get in serious foul trouble against a height challenged team and no bench?

This team continues to offer as many questions as answers.
 
Huskie02 said:
Lousy game! We are a Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hyde team. How can we look so good against Tenn and so lousy against Villanova. Outside of Azzi and CW,the rest of the team was horrible. villanova guards killed us with their 3 point shooting. Poor defensive effort on our part. We came out flat and the play in the first period was terrible. we only had 7 points until a last minute spurt gave us 15. Final score was deceiving given we were down in the high double digits for a significant part of the game.
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Amen.
 
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We shot the ball well. 45% from the floor and 50% from 3. Until we healthy I dont know what to expect. Watch the games and hope we get healthy We missed Ono and Caroline and we will continue to miss them if they dont play on Friday.
 
Credit to Nova: they didn’t win just because UConn lost. They won because they played hard and shot well. That being said, UConn was still severely under-manned, and while it isn’t the whole story, it’s a part of it.

Excuses aside, UConn can’t just have two players stepping it up and doing all the scoring. They just can’t.

But I did like how the team dug down deep and fought until the end. It would have been easy to just give up — and lesser teams have. It came too late but at least it happened at all. No moral victories here, just showing the ladies have heart.

On to the next one. The season’s far from over. Win out the rest of the conference games, then win out the tourney, and let the chips fall where they may.
 
oldude said:
I was thinking about that earlier today. The Big East is a strong "coaches conference," with enough talent that you can't take teams for granted.
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Frankly, tonight's version of UConn could have lost to a lot of teams, including a team or two in the AAC.
 
I have to be honest; we left our seats right after Dorka missed that all alone lay-up with about 6 minutes left. Just couldn't take watching it anymore. First time in 25 years we didn't stay until the final buzzer! Refused to listen to the game on the radio on the ride home. Flipped on post-game show and see Huskies lost by 3. Wow, watched the highlights and was amazed at the finish. Why did it take so long for the passion? I thought they were flat, defense stunk, rebounding was non-existent, with hands of stone. Villanova was outstanding, great sets, very hard cuts, boxing out, and terrific shooting. We were sitting on floor, and Olivia did not look well. Best part of the night, $75 in $5 Dunkin Donut Gift Cards which they were passing out as you entered arena. They were giving out handfuls of them. Not a complete loss of a night!
 
Bizarre, just freaking bizarre. This whole season has been bizarre. I've never seen anything like it. I made a "joke" (a very poor one as it turns out) that CFD would be ok to play, but ha-ha, someone unexpected would be out. Just shoot me now.

We shoot 50% from 3 (on 20 shots) only have 10 turnovers.....and lose. We go mano a mano with the best rebounding team in the nation and then get out rebounded 37-21 by a team with no one over 6-1 playing. Our 6-5 and 6-3 players play 50 minutes and combine, combine for 2 rebounds. 2. You can't even make stuff like this up.

Just freaking bizarre. I'm not even mad....just too bizarre to be upset.
 
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Vowelguy said:
First conference loss in how many games? 160+ I'm guessing.
That's a pretty significant milestone.
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Games have a winner and a loser. Someone had to break the 160 record, they haven't it is just the beginning of another trek to another record. I don't know of a single fan in the last 5 or 30 years that has bragged about that record. Everyone rants on the FF's and NC's. I'll hold back my tears until then (I'll never see that day).
 
LwrcasefaN said:
Not a bad loss with 3/5ths of your starters missing and Villanova shooting lights out. I didn't think UCONN was ready this year. I changed my mind. Add Paige, Ducharme and ONO and I don't see anyone volunteering to invite UCONN to play in their bracket. I just saw fatigue from the tip. You just can't play the defense you want with 6 players...no matter what your heart wants.
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Your comment about defense short handed is spot on, besides the energy factor, staying out of foul trouble is a very real concern.
Uconn played a good portion of the game with 4 guards and Edwards in foul trouble; Dorka was obviously hobbled but game. The criticism of her in the chat room was second only to Ono in classlessness.
Uconn showed no quit and stretching the game and fighting like crazy in the 4th will serve them well later on IMO. They showed great character and Auriemma coached a great 4th quarter, which has been a knock on him in close games in the past. As the saying goes, they didn’t lose, they just ran out of time.
 
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Is it possible the big east could sneak Uconn, Depaul, Marquette, Villanova, and Creighton into the tournament? I doubt all 5 but that would be a major feat for the Big East.
 
Azzi has the lowest turnover rate per minute of anyone on the team. Put the ball in Azzi's hands. It's really a no brainer. She will get more shots and turn it over less and feed Paige, Liv, Christyn and Caroline well. Mistake free basketball is like mistake free football. It's huge. When Paige gets back they can swap off. Paige has a low turnover rate plus high assist rate. Both can score. This should be one of the best offensive teams in the country when healthy and if they also defend well and don't turn it over we can overcome a lot. We normally are at least in the ballpark rebounding.
 
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Not sure what to make of this.

 
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HuskieDawg said:
If Geno had worn a dress shirt and sport jacket that would have been worth 4 points in our favor. Just sayin’.
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And 2 assistants looking like just rolled out of bed. Nope that wasn't it.
 
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