Thanks!
Spot on re: the commentators.
The carelessness seems recent. Not at all characteristic of the earlier part of the season.
She played without her mask—maybe that bothered her?
Tough call for Geno. Does Serah have more upside and shot blocking? Jana has been improving but still is not performing up to last year's level.
Let's hope Sarah's bug is not spreading.
KK got smoked several times on the defensive end, very unusual for her
Your has to wonder if she’ll ever come around and be a contributor that the team can relay on, game over game. The trend is telling us to play Jana more or go small for longer stretches of the game.
KK and Heckel could both be liabilities in close games because their free throw averages are not good. The point guard position has to have players who are accurate free throw shooters. As far as the team is concerned, at this time last season the team was on an upward projection. This season it seems, when they should be peaking, they may be on a downward spiral. Fudd, Strong, and Shade are still playing well but the others, who were playing well, need to start playing like they previously did.
I teach at a residential college and for the last month and a half, campus has been awash in various plagues. I always get every possible vaccine in early January to prepare myself for it. At any time, 10-15% of the students are sick. This happens pretty much every year, though since the advent of COVID it seems to last a bit longer.
Agreed, something is, and has been, off with this team for a number of weeks now. It’s one thing to wobble on the tightrope during the regular season, quite another to do so during the NCAA tournament when there is no safety net beneath you to catch your fall.
Why do you rarely complain? Just kidding.
Makes sense. When UConn presses on defense, it is like pure chaos at times. When it results in turnovers and easy baskets, you keep doing it. The problem is you do not want the chaos to spill over to your offense. So if the other teams force UConn into executing its offensive sets, UConn needs to settle down on offense, while maintaining the defensive intensity.
It was an away game. The blogs that post the pressers didn’t travel. Maybe they should start charging for subscriptions so they can afford to go to road games
This is a great point about pg free throw shooting
Eric, you seem to contradict yourself. First you say that UConn is not head and shoulders above everyone else, then you say there are teams they should beat handily. Fact is, the Huskies are much better than everyone else (so far), but they are also human. Key is that whenever they are threatened, they respond mightily. Sarah, for example, typically gets angry with herself and takes over the game. She will assert herself even if she has to physically demolish her opponent. Azzi, too, can ramp up her game as needed. Problems come from others who make bad passes, miss layups and free throws, commit dumb fouls. Blanca and Ash are the other net positives. Even the best of them are subject to lulls.
Re: Serah W, true. She definitely looked better in that time span. Coincidentally, it was with Sarah on the bench with the 4 fouls, unless I am mistake. Likewise, Sarah performed much better in the 4th, with Serah W on the bench, unless I am mistaken. There may be some overlap between the two S'rah's that takes away from seeing Serah's true potential. IDK, just thinking out loud.
And you are echoing exactly what was posted last season.
Jana should be dominating at her position by now. She has size, height, and potential. However, she hasn't done the necessary work to overcome her weakness like fouling, defense, passing, and shooting. No improvement at all since last year; she was really beginning to look good during championship games 2025. My concern is that good teams will figure out how to reduce and SS offensive production. What then?
Exactly this. Every team in every sport has a stretch of games where they don't look as good as before. And UConn WBB is not immune to this and it's something we see with every season. The goal is to play through it and get to good form. I have faith in the players and coaching staff. They know what the problems are, clearly. Just need to clean things up.
