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DALTX said:
Some differences that either put more pressure on or negatively affected the Huskies:

1. Final Four
2. It was played in Dallas vs. Connecticut, in a court they've never played on
3. The crowd seemed tilted toward Miss St/underdogs/SEC fans
4. A loss against SC would not have ended the season
5. That Hoe-down in Dallas and whatever unusual Texas foods they might have eaten
6. The HBO series
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Not to disagree with anything you said but to say the crowd "seemed" tilted toward MSU is like suggesting that World War II was just a bit of a dust-up. From the first tip, all SC fans were solidly in MSU's corner. And why not? Who would you want to play in the final, MSU or UConn?

Stanford fans seemed slightly in favor of MSU initially, and more so as MSU proved themselves as the game went on. If there were any Dallas neutrals, they seemed on board with their Cowboys quarterback, Zak or Dak or whatever, who was from MSU. By the end of the game I would estimate the volume for MSU at maybe 3 or 4 times the volume for UConn, if not more.
 
Tenspro2002 said:
Honestly, you could tell things were not going to go well right from the first possession where we ran one of our usual sets and they easily intercepted the pass, as if they knew what was coming.
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This is a really good observation. We noticed that early interception, too. It seemed obvious numerous times that their coaches knew UConn's passing tendencies and created a strategy to disrupt them.

We all know that UConn lives by the pass. We've just never seen them die by the pass until Friday.

This is not meant as a knock on UConn coaching, but I kept waiting for them to adjust to the way MSU had taken away their passes, and they never did. I know this is not likely the case, but it almost seemed like UConn couldn't believe anyone could do that to them and, as a result, could not come up with an effective counter-strategy.
 
BroadwayVa said:
More facts--better in game like 3rd quarter--I said Offensive Rb's were terrible

Uconn 43.5 FG Miss 37.2
Uconn 46.7 3 pt Miss 27.3
Uconn 68 ft Miss 76.9
Uconn 11 A Miss 11
UConn 14 To Miss 17
Rebounds
Uconn off 6 def 25 tot 31
Miss off 14 def 24 tot 37

The above hardly shows great Miss prowess in stats---Uconn was beaten in 3 stats FT-s and Rebound and final score.

Uconn fouled less had fewer player and had to allow Miss to go by often without defending
Rebounds ---smaller players in the post vs 6 ft 5 post players for miss Uconn's only 6 ft 5 proved too less mobile

These stats are end of game stats---in the third quarter the shooting (except FT's ) were better stats.
Didn't track the To' or assists---
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The one category not on this list that was the key to winning or losing this game is layups. By my count, which could even be conservative, we missed at least 8 and maybe as many as 10 layups. Most of those were uncontested. We make half our missed layups and we win by double digits. The rest of the negative stats wouldn't have mattered.

Why did we miss so many layups? Playing too fast, loss of concentration, defensive pressure, late game fatigue, any number of reasons may have contributed.
 
Kudos to Mississippi State...a 66 point turnaround. Lost by 64 last year won by two this year. Amazing...really.
 
Replicant said:
This TEAM had been playing with 'house money' all season long, beginning with the squeaker with FSU. Every game from then forward was a net-win and a joy to watch!

To your point - MSU won as a team! They had a great game plan and they executed it to near perfection. Part of UConn's legendary dominance has always been that 99.99% of teams can't/won't/don't give 100% effort for the full 40 mins against us. Well MSU did just that for the full 45 mins on Friday night.

And on the losing side, the TEAM shot 10% below our season average (68% vs. 78%) on FT's. That's an add'l 3 points on the 25 FT attempts we had Friday and would have been the difference in regulation time. 3 of our 5 starters scored below their season averages. The TEAM also had only 11 assists for the night, compared to our season average of 23.

All credit to MSU. We got beat.
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What he said. I was going to point to the Box Score thread. We got outhustled for the first time in a very long time. They beat us on rebounds and steals, got 20 more shots.

UConn doesn't lose because a player has the "worst game," they win as a team and lose as a team. Together.

One of my favorite quotes is from Henry Ford: Don't find fault, find a solution.
 
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tomcat said:
This is a really good observation. We noticed that early interception, too. It seemed obvious numerous times that their coaches knew UConn's passing tendencies and created a strategy to disrupt them.

We all know that UConn lives by the pass. We've just never seen them die by the pass until Friday.

This is not meant as a knock on UConn coaching, but I kept waiting for them to adjust to the way MSU had taken away their passes, and they never did. I know this is not likely the case, but it almost seemed like UConn couldn't believe anyone could do that to them and, as a result, could not come up with an effective counter-strategy.
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I kept waiting for them adjust to the MSU defense that took away our perimeter passing too, and I do mean that as a knock on UConn coaching. Also, we played the entire game at their tempo. Even on our own possessions, we consistently slow-walked the ball up the floor, burning precious time off the clock effectively minimizing our number of possessions. Why would you keep doing that in the forth quarter when our offence had bogged down again and the score so close? And don't get me started again on the obvious failure in the final huddle to ensure proper clock management on our final possession. This was an in-game coaching dumpster fire from start to finish.
 
BostonCanuck said:
I kept waiting for them adjust to the MSU defense that took away our perimeter passing too, and I do mean that as a knock on UConn coaching. Also, we played the entire game at their tempo. Even on our own possessions, we consistently slow-walked the ball up the floor, burning precious time off the clock effectively minimizing our number of possessions. Why would you keep doing that in the forth quarter when our offence had bogged down again and the score so close? And don't get me started again on the obvious failure in the final huddle to ensure proper clock management on our final possession. This was an in-game coaching dumpster fire from start to finish.
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I agree.Every time they got the ball in the 4th quarter I kept saying,"come on come on
 
Felt just like Tulane. They played a similar defense.

Add in poor FT shooting and a poor NC performance and the rest was history.
 
JustinesGuy said:
Felt just like Tulane. They played a similar defense.

Add in poor FT shooting and a poor NC performance and the rest was history.
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Was her performance really poor, or just not up to her standards. Usually, when one player did not play a good game, her teammates picked up the slack. They could have used more from the rest of the team, except Gabby, of course.
 
donalddoowop said:
Was her performance really poor, or just not up to her standards. Usually, when one player did not play a good game, her teammates picked up the slack. They could have used more from the rest of the team, except Gabby, of course.
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No I agree, Kia barely showed up too.

I think if u compare her game to every and I mean every game, yes it was poor. I say that not as a personal attack. I think the world of NC and she's better than I'll ever be. In the meantime everything was off for her. She just didn't even look confident, sharp. It's not like her shots just didn't drop. She could not establish position nor could her teammates get her the back where she wanted it.

I'm still concerned with next year. I think we are front court heavy. I think we may be guard deficient. What happens if danger doesn't progress? Walker will not be ready day one. Can gabby play two and bring the ball up? I was hoping for more growth from danger.
 
browns said:
One of the few "superstars" to retire when they were still the best ie: Barry Sanders,Sandy Koufax
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Man, did I love to see Barry Sanders play and I loved the class he had when he scored. No showtime crap, just hand the ball to the referee, end of story. He averaged more yards per carry than anyone in NFL history who was over 10,000 yards though Jim Brown is close. For a guy who played for a team that NEVER had a quarterback or any other offensive threat and was undersized, that is truly amazing. Look at the support that Jim Brown had offensively on his team, besides himself. Barry was THE MAN!
 
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donalddoowop said:
Was her performance really poor, or just not up to her standards. Usually, when one player did not play a good game, her teammates picked up the slack. They could have used more from the rest of the team, except Gabby, of course.
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Gabby played with indomitable energy and played her heart out but as has been mentioned, she had a number of turnovers, some key missed foul shots. No one played a "perfect" game but her performance was a big plus to creating an opportunity for us to win this game. I feel the same could be said for KLS, because though she had turnovers during that big run that Mississippi State had to open a big lead, the whole team was really sloppy and out of kilter during that stretch. Other than that, KLS played well, with some nice rebounding and hit some key shots down the stretch and foul shots that tied the game in the waning seconds that should at least have sent the game into another overtime, if not give us the chance to win in that first overtime.
 
donalddoowop said:
Was her performance really poor, or just not up to her standards. Usually, when one player did not play a good game, her teammates picked up the slack. They could have used more from the rest of the team, except Gabby, of course.
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Who are we talking about here? I'm not sure if it's Pheesa or KLS or Kia or ???????
 
browns said:
One of the few "superstars" to retire when they were still the best ie: Barry Sanders,Sandy Koufax[/QUOT If Sandy Koufax could have had Tommy John surgery back in the 60's and he could have won 100 more games.
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Buzzyboy said:
Man, did I love to see Barry Sanders play and I loved the class he had when he scored. No showtime crap, just hand the ball to the referee, end of story. He averaged more yards per carry than anyone in NFL history who was over 10,000 yards though Jim Brown is close. For a guy who played for a team that NEVER had a quarterback or any other offensive threat and was undersized, that is truly amazing. Look at the support that Jim Brown had offensively on his team, besides himself. Barry was THE MAN!
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Jim Brown averaged 5.22 yards per carry, Barry Sanders, 4.98.
 
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Buzzyboy said:
Man, did I love to see Barry Sanders play and I loved the class he had when he scored. No showtime crap, just hand the ball to the referee, end of story. He averaged more yards per carry than anyone in NFL history who was over 10,000 yards though Jim Brown is close. For a guy who played for a team that NEVER had a quarterback or any other offensive threat and was undersized, that is truly amazing. Look at the support that Jim Brown had offensively on his team, besides himself. Barry was THE MAN!
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Barry was great but as his own father told him" Your good but your no Jim Brown"
 
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