Who will guard Siegrist

[Carnac]

A more interesting question is WHO WILL GUARD ONO? Villanova's tallest player is 6'4" Kylie Swider, a freshman. Siegrist and Sarah Mortenson at 6'1" are their tallest starters. I don't make many guarantees, but I'll make one today.

I "guarantee" you that Villanova is more concerned about UConn than UConn is about them.
Massey sez UConn wins this one 74-59. Drexel held Siegrist to 11 points, and the team to 48 points on Dec 13.
I think UConn is at least as good as Drexel. I'm NOT saying UConn will hold them below 50, just that they will hand the Wildcats their first loss of the season.

Unless Swider is guarding her, I don't want to see ONO shooting any fade away jumpers in the paint. Go straight up!!! Nobody (on this team) 4" shorter than you is going to block your shot! ONO should have a field day tonight!!!

 

[Carnac]

Geno, who we all know is sly like a fox, has been complaining that his team, currently 4th in the nation in ppg allowed as well as opponents shooting percentage, is not a good defensive team.

It’s his way of challenging them to up their defensive effort even more against the leading scorer in the BE. I could be wrong, but I really anticipate that Maddy Siegrist is going to have a tough game vs the Huskies defense, which will be all over her tonight.

.....Like "stink" on a dead man.

 

[oldude]

A more interesting question is WHO WILL GUARD ONO? Villanova's tallest player is 6'4" Kylie Swider, a freshman. Siegrist and Sarah Mortenson at 6'1" are their tallest starters.

Unless Swider is guarding her, I don't want to see ONO shooting any fade away jumpers in the paint. Go straight up!!! Nobody (on this team) 4" shorter than you is going to block your shot!

So far Swider is only playing mop up minutes for Nova. So Liv will be guarded by someone 4” shorter.

 

[Carnac]

Well judging from the competition and it appears nobody else on Nova is steppin up all we have to do is put somebody on Maddy and box her out and thats it. Classic one player does all the scoring and in college you cant beat good teams with one scorer. UConn will by by 30+

My point exactly!!! They have one player that can score, we have 7. I see Geno going with a short rotation this game until it's in the refrigerator (an old chick Hearn euphemism. Chick, after the Lakers had put away another game during the show time era: "The game is in the refrigerator folks. The eggs are cooling, and the butter is getting hard".

 

[DefenseBB]

... like the past few years there hasn't been the lockdown defenders? Players like Evans from Louisville, the player from Seton Hall, etc. can get buckets nowadays..just hope that can be fixed by tourney time.

Hold on, let's present some facts before spewing out hypothesizes that are fundamentally incorrect.
1. Evans played us twice as a sophomore, Asia Durr was the star of that team, the UConn focus was on her. In the 1st game 2 years ago that Louisville won at home, Evans had 4 assists and 20 points. In game 2 in the regional final (elite 8), UConn won and Evans had 0 assists, 2 turnovers and 7 measly points.
2. Park-Lane was an unheard of sophomore before the UConn game. In SH 3 prior games she had not even been the top scorer-Jackson and Elmore were. Yes she scorched UConn individually but let's not lose sight we won 92-65.
UConn as almost always been able to mitigate the other teams scorers, we have lacked clutch shooting in timely spots of games to win a title since 2016. Chong missed a shot in 2017, Kia miss shots (4 of 13) against ND in 2018 and Arike hit a big shot. In 2019, KLS struggled from 3 pt land going 3-10.
Not sure the data supports your premise.

 

[DefenseBB]

Now regarding Siegrist, she's been a wonderful player for 'Nova but all of her 2 years of stats have not been against ANY P5 or UConn quality opponents. The best team Villanova played of their 7 games is Creighton, which they won 73-68. We just beat Creighton 80-47.

I am not overly worried about Maddy Siegrist and the way some of you are posting, she's a combo of Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi. She's not, she's 6'1" and if Geno deems that Liv can guard her, I trust him, if he deems Evina can guard, I trust him or if Geno deems Aubrey needs to figure out what flavor gum she chews, I trust him.

The real question is, how does Villanova stop Paige, CW, ONO, Anna, Aaliyah and Evina on offense???

My goodness brethren, this is little ole Villanova, not the twin towers of Cox and Brown....jeesh...

 

[Ozimoto]

The answer to the above question as to how Villanova stops the Huskies? They won't.

 

[oldude]

Now regarding Siegrist, she's been a wonderful player for 'Nova but all of her 2 years of stats have not been against ANY P5 or UConn quality opponents. The best team Villanova played of their 7 games is Creighton, which they won 73-68. We just beat Creighton 80-47.

I am not overly worried about Maddy Siegrist and the way some of you are posting, she's a combo of Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi. She's not, she's 6'1" and if Geno deems that Liv can guard her, I trust him, if he deems Evina can guard, I trust him or if Geno deems Aubrey needs to figure out what flavor gum she chews, I trust him.

The real question is, how does Villanova stop Paige, CW, ONO, Anna, Aaliyah and Evina on offense???

My goodness brethren, this little ole Villanova, not the twin towers of Cox and Brown....jeesh...

Yes, but the BY has to talk about something between games. I personally blame this all on Geno, who went out of his way to sing Siegrist’s praises during his Xavier postgame comments, all while forcing himself not to wink or nod......

 

[DEpup]

Whether Villanova can handle us isn't the preparation question for UConn. I agree with Geno that this situation with Villanova and Seigrist is a really good opportunity for the team to execute a lockdown strategy for an opposing star player. This opportunity gives them a ptactice situation that can help them be prepared for a similar situation down the line. It's all about getting better. It isn't about Villanova per see.

 

[Blueconn]

Why double her? One player isn't going to out score the entire UConn team. Besides, if Uconn can't guard her man-to-man without doubling her, what are they going to do when they play top level competition?

We have a rich history of not needing dounless or any special D to stop high scorers/key stars. Predicting she gets shellacked by everyone...man-to-man.

 

[MD#12Fan]

Hold on, let's present some facts before spewing out hypothesizes that are fundamentally incorrect.
1. Evans played us twice as a sophomore, Asia Durr was the star of that team, the UConn focus was on her. In the 1st game 2 years ago that Louisville won at home, Evans had 4 assists and 20 points. In game 2 in the regional final (elite 8), UConn won and Evans had 0 assists, 2 turnovers and 7 measly points.
2. Park-Lane was an unheard of sophomore before the UConn game. In SH 3 prior games she had not even been the top scorer-Jackson and Elmore were. Yes she scorched UConn individually but let's not lose sight we won 92-65.
UConn as almost always been able to mitigate the other teams scorers, we have lacked clutch shooting in timely spots of games to win a title since 2016. Chong missed a shot in 2017, Kia miss shots (4 of 13) against ND in 2018 and Arike hit a big shot. In 2019, KLS struggled from 3 pt land going 3-10.
Not sure the data supports your premise.

To me it’s more of a team thing rather than not having individual lockdown defenders.
The philosophy that I came up with, D3 nice program, was pressure on the ball, hands in the passing lanes, front the posts, no switching on screens, do not allow players to cross the lane, and help. UConn does not front post, minimal pressure on ball, not in passing lanes, and we switch all screens. Oh and our help side has been abysmal this year, hence we give up open layups.

 

[Skeets]

Now regarding Siegrist, she's been a wonderful player for 'Nova but all of her 2 years of stats have not been against ANY P5 or UConn quality opponents. The best team Villanova played of their 7 games is Creighton, which they won 73-68. We just beat Creighton 80-47.

I am not overly worried about Maddy Siegrist and the way some of you are posting, she's a combo of Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi. She's not, she's 6'1" and if Geno deems that Liv can guard her, I trust him, if he deems Evina can guard, I trust him or if Geno deems Aubrey needs to figure out what flavor gum she chews, I trust him.

The real question is, how does Villanova stop Paige, CW, ONO, Anna, Aaliyah and Evina on offense???

My goodness brethren, this is little ole Villanova, not the twin towers of Cox and Brown....jeesh...

I understand from reading the BY, that this Geno guy is a pretty good coach.

 

[psconn]

Now regarding Siegrist, she's been a wonderful player for 'Nova but all of her 2 years of stats have not been against ANY P5 or UConn quality opponents. The best team Villanova played of their 7 games is Creighton, which they won 73-68. We just beat Creighton 80-47.

I am not overly worried about Maddy Siegrist and the way some of you are posting, she's a combo of Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi. She's not, she's 6'1" and if Geno deems that Liv can guard her, I trust him, if he deems Evina can guard, I trust him or if Geno deems Aubrey needs to figure out what flavor gum she chews, I trust him.

The real question is, how does Villanova stop Paige, CW, ONO, Anna, Aaliyah and Evina on offense???

My goodness brethren, this is little ole Villanova, not the twin towers of Cox and Brown....jeesh...

Classic use of a "Strawman" logical fallacy. Literally NO ONE has suggested that Villanova is capable of shutting down our team, or has any players even close to those greats you mentioned (heck, at this point we don't either). The score prediction thread confirms that folks think we're going to win going away.

Soxfan23 thinks Siegrist is as good a scorer as we'll face this season, but I didn't see a lot of folks jumping onto that bandwagon.

What Villanova has is a pretty decent D1 scorer in Siegrist and (especially after we made Park-Lane look like an AA) people are interested in seeing who can step up and try to fill the lockdown role once occupied by Kia and Gabby. Geno is looking for this player also with an eye down the road toward tougher competition. Siegrist may not be DT but she's all we have for now.

Always good to take every opponent seriously... that's how you go 118-0 in AAC play.

 

[MSGRET]

Classic use of a "Strawman" logical fallacy. Literally NO ONE has suggested that Villanova is capable of shutting down our team, or has any players even close to those greats you mentioned (heck, at this point we don't either). The score prediction thread confirms that folks think we're going to win going away.

Soxfan23 thinks Siegrist is as good a scorer as we'll face this season, but I didn't see a lot of folks jumping onto that bandwagon.

What Villanova has is a pretty decent D1 scorer in Siegrist and (especially after we made Park-Lane look like an AA) people are interested in seeing who can step up and try to fill the lockdown role once occupied by Kia and Gabby. Geno is looking for this player also with an eye down the road toward tougher competition. Siegrist may not be DT but she's all we have for now.

Always good to take every opponent seriously... that's how you go 118-0 in AAC play.

Actually I believe it was 139-0 in AAC play, counting the AAC tournament, and with a win tonight they will tie the record of consecutive Conference wins of 143 by the Texas Longhorns if my math is correct.

 

[psconn]

Actually I believe it was 139-0 in AAC play, counting the AAC tournament, and with a win tonight they will tie the record of consecutive Conference wins of 143 by the Texas Longhorns if my math is correct.

OK, but before you get to 139-0 you have to be 118-0, right?

 

[The CDR-Ret]

Now regarding Siegrist, she's been a wonderful player for 'Nova but all of her 2 years of stats have not been against ANY P5 or UConn quality opponents. The best team Villanova played of their 7 games is Creighton, which they won 73-68. We just beat Creighton 80-47.

I am not overly worried about Maddy Siegrist and the way some of you are posting, she's a combo of Candace Parker and Diana Taurasi. She's not, she's 6'1" and if Geno deems that Liv can guard her, I trust him, if he deems Evina can guard, I trust him or if Geno deems Aubrey needs to figure out what flavor gum she chews, I trust him.

The real question is, how does Villanova stop Paige, CW, ONO, Anna, Aaliyah and Evina on offense???

My goodness brethren, this is little ole Villanova, not the twin towers of Cox and Brown....jeesh...

Nor is it Hebard, Ionescu, and SATOU Sabally....

 

[The CDR-Ret]

Yes, but the BY has to talk about something between games. I personally blame this all on Geno, who went out of his way to sing Siegrist’s praises during his Xavier postgame comments, all while forcing himself not to wink or nod......

Geno also threw the "steak" out there as well: "Aren't they undeated? I think they are 7-0, right?" The perfect misdirection artist....

 

[MSGRET]

OK, but before you get to 139-0 you have to be 118-0, right?

Yes, but you only counted the regular season games and didn't add the additional 21 tournament games. So if you had stated that they won 118 consecutive regular season games you would be factually correct.

 

[psconn]

Yes, but you only counted the regular season games and didn't add the additional 21 tournament games. So if you had stated that they won 118 consecutive regular season games you would be factually correct.

 

[MD#12Fan]

Classic use of a "Strawman" logical fallacy. Literally NO ONE has suggested that Villanova is capable of shutting down our team, or has any players even close to those greats you mentioned (heck, at this point we don't either). The score prediction thread confirms that folks think we're going to win going away.

Soxfan23 thinks Siegrist is as good a scorer as we'll face this season, but I didn't see a lot of folks jumping onto that bandwagon.

What Villanova has is a pretty decent D1 scorer in Siegrist and (especially after we made Park-Lane look like an AA) people are interested in seeing who can step up and try to fill the lockdown role once occupied by Kia and Gabby. Geno is looking for this player also with an eye down the road toward tougher competition. Siegrist may not be DT but she's all we have for now.

Always good to take every opponent seriously... that's how you go 118-0 in AAC play.

Nice work! Personally I enjoy blogging to banter about hoops. The more X’s and O’s the better. Let’s get in the weeds.
Every critical post or thread does not IMO need some sort of disclaimer. # of wins, # of AAs, # of NC’s, etc. Can’t we just talk hoops. If KLS shoots from her waist with a bunny hop before every shot, can’t we talk about it?
Everybody here wants to see UConn excellence. Or for UConn to play to its potential. So, we win by 30, as predicted by BY and Siegrist goes off on us, will we be at least moving toward excellence? Maybe that’s the argument.

 

[The CDR-Ret]

Actually I believe it was 139-0 in AAC play, counting the AAC tournament, and with a win tonight they will tie the record of consecutive Conference wins of 143 by the Texas Longhorns if my math is correct.

The last two games of the year 2013 were against Notre Dame (National Semi-finals) and Louisville for the National Championship, and both teams were in the BigEast that year. Even though uNd beat us three times that year (1 pt (Gampel), 3 OT (South Bend), and 2pts in the Big East Championship in XL Center), the Huskies came through when it counted the most in New Orleans!!!! That would put them at 144 right now, if all games against conference opponents count.....

 

[MSGRET]

The last two games of the year 2013 were against Notre Dame (National Semi-finals) and Louisville for the National Championship, and both teams were in the BigEast that year. Even though uNd beat us three times that year (1 pt (Gampel), 3 OT (South Bend), and 2pts in the Big East Championship in XL Center), the Huskies came through when it counted the most in New Orleans!!!! That would put them at 144 right now, if all games against conference opponents count.....

I believe that the NCAA Tournament is not included in the conference records, only conference events such as regular season and the conference tournament.

 

[The CDR-Ret]

I believe that the NCAA Tournament is not included in the conference records, only conference events such as regular season and the conference tournament.

It might be that it is so rare that three teams from one conference show up at the Final Four that no one thought to count them....

So, it is just not part of the thinking of the official statistic keepers....

 

[JoePgh]

On the radio pregame show, I just heard Geno tell Bob Joyce that Evina will guard Siegrist at the start of the game, but they will probably mix it up as the game continues.

You heard it here first.