WOW! WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!WOW!

[Gus Mahler]

Hi Huskynut!
Your points are well taken. I'm kind of a worry wart with regard to Team Awesome; I should consider changing my handle to WorryWart with a warthog for an avatar! I root for UConn but I tend to be anxious the entire game -- no matter what the score. My concern with regard to Z is that she has a tendency to miss bunnies & she was doing so against a very weak opponent. Height isn't everything -- we have Gabby as an example -- I was worried that a strong defender, even if shorter, would not be as forgiving as the little flowers of St Francis. An example of a strong defender is A'ja Wilson. It was my impression that Batouly missed a couple of bunnies as well. Because of the score, I was surprised Gabby didn't use the opportunity to hone her midrange shot; she seems to have been discouraged after missing the first one. In fact, after the first quarter, this might have been an opportunity for Z to go wild and get 3 point shooting out of her system -- or finally lock in and make Team Awesome awesomer. Free throws -- I always worry about free throws. When Z misses a couple (she's crazy good as you know) I see clouds gathering and bad omens are on my mind; it's always a tie score in overtime in my head. As to the 52 points -- I was teasing. Some of us expect perfection, you know!

Shoot, I thought your whole post was tongue-in-cheek.

 

[Gus Mahler]

When watching the replay, I noticed Z has a tendency to get a little too close to the rim/ backboard for bunnies. This doesn't allow her a decent angle to shot at. Whne she is a step or two away from the bucket, her accuracy increases. This also allows her to go up with two hands and not just one. Also on the replay, it looked like Z was hit (fouled) on a couple of close ones and it wasn't called but knocked her off just enough to miss. Z has played against Wilson - 4 fouls in 17 minutes. Wilson had 3 fouls in the game. That was 6 weeks ago. Its a different Z on the floor. I'm not worried at all about a UConn/ South Carolina rematch.

Gabby makes decisions based on the flow of the game. The foul line jumper was her only miss. No big deal as I see it.

Its all good if you're a UConn fan. This team is well coached and has improved from Day 1. As Geno says, its the Elite 8 game that's the toughest.

I thought the same thing. She's really good at bouncing right back up with a follow. I noticed she used her left hand on one bunny yesterday. I sure would have expected that a lot more all season. In fairness, Stewie didn't always use her left hand when she might have.

 

[cbraarj]

We lost to UCF this year? I missed that one, I guess, cause we are 33-0, aren't we?

If you dont know what I meant by naming UCF! I never said anything about wins or losses did I! It was about tempo!

 

[Centerstream]

If you dont know what I meant by naming UCF! I never said anything about wins or losses did I! It was about tempo!

Thus my point, how did the tempo work out for UCF? I believe that they lost.
"A team only needs to win by 1 point." per Captain Obvious.