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Fighting Artichoke
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Posted: 04/05/19 10:29 pm ::: |
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GlennMacGrady wrote: |
Signature UConn close game choke job. Well, they did better this season than I expected. |
Signature loss in the national semifinal, three years in a row. |
So many head coaches would gladly step right over their own dying mothers in order to have half that level of success. Whether or not UConn has hung a banner the last couple/few seasons, what Geno is continuing to accomplish is so beyond-amazing to me. |
Very true. Geno is obviously a phenomenal coach. So happy the Irish were able to win tonight. Now to figure out Baylor...
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cthskzfn
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Posted: 04/05/19 10:31 pm ::: |
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Would be interesting to know how much the rest that Muffet gave her players in the first half helped down the stretch.
I know that Arike and Marina sat for a while. Bri sat with the fouls.
Did Jess and Jackie play the whole game? I can't even remember.
_________________ "Women are judged on their success, men on their potential. It’s time we started believing in the potential of women." —Muffet McGraw
“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.
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Ex-Ref
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Posted: 04/05/19 10:35 pm ::: |
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ArtBest23 wrote: |
Sorry Katy Lou, they didn't give you the flop that time. |
I was too busy to even make a comment!
And UConn fans complain about ND. I don't want to hear it!!!!!!!!!! EVER. AGAIN.
If she had just taken a regular shot instead of all of the contortions, she probably would have made it the way she had been shooting! |
Bullshit. Since I've called out KLS on her flopping bs, i'll continue to call out ND, and anybody else, for theirs.
The difference is, of course, no ND fan here has ever acknowledged a ND flop. Hell, you even insist that Collier stepped on the baseline in Albany vs Louisville when there is photo/video proof to the contrary. Typical. |
I told you the play that I was referencing. I was very specific on the play on the baseline I was talking about. I can't help it that you were vague. And I don't have to acknowledge that she wasn't out. It isn't going to change anything. It isn't going to make you happy. You won that game anyway. Water under the bridge now.
_________________ "Women are judged on their success, men on their potential. It’s time we started believing in the potential of women." —Muffet McGraw
“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.
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patsweetpat
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Posted: 04/05/19 10:43 pm ::: |
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cthskzfn wrote: |
patsweetpat wrote: |
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Bummer.
Congrats ND.
More congrats to UConn. I'm surprised they went this far. |
Why? Who has UConn played before tonight that has more top-line talent than them? |
Notre Dame and Baylor, to name 2. Louisville beat them. They didn't play MS ST or Oregon, Have you noticed their rebounding deficiency?
How many UConn games have you watched this year? |
I've only watched a couple of UConn games this season. But my question was who it is that UConn's played thus far who's more talented than them. I note that, per Hoopgurlz, the lowest-ranked UConn player who saw the court today was 6th (overall) in her recruiting class, and three of the players UConn put on the court tonight (or, put another way, 50% of the players actually logging minutes for UConn) happened to be ranked #1 (overall) in their respective recruiting classes. Louisville certainly can't boast anything close to that. No one else whom UConn has faced in the tournament before tonight can boast anything close to that either. And truthfully, not even tonight's opponent can boast anything particularly close to that.
With talent this superlative and with a coach this superlative, honestly, how far should a reasonable observer have expected UConn to get? Given the above, a UConn Final Four appearance certainly doesn't happen to shock *my* socks off.
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NoDakSt
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Posted: 04/05/19 10:46 pm ::: |
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Bri Turner breaks 2000 PT threshold and the career blocks record at South Bend.
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cthskzfn
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Posted: 04/05/19 10:47 pm ::: |
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cthskzfn wrote: |
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ArtBest23 wrote: |
Sorry Katy Lou, they didn't give you the flop that time. |
I was too busy to even make a comment!
And UConn fans complain about ND. I don't want to hear it!!!!!!!!!! EVER. AGAIN.
If she had just taken a regular shot instead of all of the contortions, she probably would have made it the way she had been shooting! |
Bullshit. Since I've called out KLS on her flopping bs, i'll continue to call out ND, and anybody else, for theirs.
The difference is, of course, no ND fan here has ever acknowledged a ND flop. Hell, you even insist that Collier stepped on the baseline in Albany vs Louisville when there is photo/video proof to the contrary. Typical. |
I told you the play that I was referencing. I was very specific on the play on the baseline I was talking about. I can't help it that you were vague. And I don't have to acknowledge that she wasn't out. It isn't going to change anything. It isn't going to make you happy. You won that game anyway. Water under the bridge now. |
I wasn't vague at all. You're a person here, another ND fan, that can't acknowledge when they're wrong. No big deal.
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cthskzfn
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Posted: 04/05/19 10:52 pm ::: |
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cthskzfn wrote: |
patsweetpat wrote: |
cthskzfn wrote: |
Bummer.
Congrats ND.
More congrats to UConn. I'm surprised they went this far. |
Why? Who has UConn played before tonight that has more top-line talent than them? |
Notre Dame and Baylor, to name 2. Louisville beat them. They didn't play MS ST or Oregon, Have you noticed their rebounding deficiency?
How many UConn games have you watched this year? |
I've only watched a couple of UConn games this season. But my question was who it is that UConn's played thus far who's more talented than them. I note that, per Hoopgurlz, the lowest-ranked UConn player who saw the court today was 6th (overall) in her recruiting class, and three of the players UConn put on the court tonight (or, put another way, 50% of the players actually logging minutes for UConn) happened to be ranked #1 (overall) in their respective recruiting classes. Louisville certainly can't boast anything close to that. No one else whom UConn has faced in the tournament before tonight can boast anything close to that either. And truthfully, not even tonight's opponent can boast anything particularly close to that.
With talent this superlative and with a coach this superlative, honestly, how far should a reasonable observer have expected UConn to get? Given the above, a UConn Final Four appearance certainly doesn't happen to shock *my* socks off. |
My socks haven't left my feet either.
So Baylor beat them with less talent, according to you? As did Lousiville. Did ND too? Games are played on the court and aren't decided by a formula using the ESPN ranking system. UConn is a shit rebounding team.
Seriously, if you think UConn was easily a FF team this year, maybe you need to watch more WCB.
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Posted: 04/05/19 10:55 pm ::: |
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cthskzfn wrote: |
Ex-Ref wrote: |
cthskzfn wrote: |
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ArtBest23 wrote: |
Sorry Katy Lou, they didn't give you the flop that time. |
I was too busy to even make a comment!
And UConn fans complain about ND. I don't want to hear it!!!!!!!!!! EVER. AGAIN.
If she had just taken a regular shot instead of all of the contortions, she probably would have made it the way she had been shooting! |
Bullshit. Since I've called out KLS on her flopping bs, i'll continue to call out ND, and anybody else, for theirs.
The difference is, of course, no ND fan here has ever acknowledged a ND flop. Hell, you even insist that Collier stepped on the baseline in Albany vs Louisville when there is photo/video proof to the contrary. Typical. |
I told you the play that I was referencing. I was very specific on the play on the baseline I was talking about. I can't help it that you were vague. And I don't have to acknowledge that she wasn't out. It isn't going to change anything. It isn't going to make you happy. You won that game anyway. Water under the bridge now. |
I wasn't vague at all. You're a person here, another ND fan, that can't acknowledge when they're wrong. No big deal. |
Well, if I was ever wrong....
Seriously, I I thought that you were talking about a different play that was correctly called out. Which is why I said that you needed to watch a little longer and you would see the foot on the baseline. That's why I said that you were vague.
_________________ "Women are judged on their success, men on their potential. It’s time we started believing in the potential of women." —Muffet McGraw
“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.
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Posted: 04/05/19 11:08 pm ::: |
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Would be interesting to know how much the rest that Muffet gave her players in the first half helped down the stretch.
I know that Arike and Marina sat for a while. Bri sat with the fouls.
Did Jess and Jackie play the whole game? I can't even remember. |
ND total sub time is 14 minutes, spread among 4 players.
Shepherd - 40
Turner - 34
Young - 38
Ogunbowale - 37
Mabry - 37
UConn total sub time is 15 minutes, spread among 3 players (one player getting 12 minutes).
Walker - 28
Samuelson - 40
Dangerfield - 39
Collier - 40
Williams - 38
_________________ "Women are judged on their success, men on their potential. It’s time we started believing in the potential of women." —Muffet McGraw
“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.
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patsweetpat
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Posted: 04/05/19 11:08 pm ::: |
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cthskzfn wrote: |
patsweetpat wrote: |
cthskzfn wrote: |
patsweetpat wrote: |
cthskzfn wrote: |
Bummer.
Congrats ND.
More congrats to UConn. I'm surprised they went this far. |
Why? Who has UConn played before tonight that has more top-line talent than them? |
Notre Dame and Baylor, to name 2. Louisville beat them. They didn't play MS ST or Oregon, Have you noticed their rebounding deficiency?
How many UConn games have you watched this year? |
I've only watched a couple of UConn games this season. But my question was who it is that UConn's played thus far who's more talented than them. I note that, per Hoopgurlz, the lowest-ranked UConn player who saw the court today was 6th (overall) in her recruiting class, and three of the players UConn put on the court tonight (or, put another way, 50% of the players actually logging minutes for UConn) happened to be ranked #1 (overall) in their respective recruiting classes. Louisville certainly can't boast anything close to that. No one else whom UConn has faced in the tournament before tonight can boast anything close to that either. And truthfully, not even tonight's opponent can boast anything particularly close to that.
With talent this superlative and with a coach this superlative, honestly, how far should a reasonable observer have expected UConn to get? Given the above, a UConn Final Four appearance certainly doesn't happen to shock *my* socks off. |
My socks haven't left my feet either.
So Baylor beat them with less talent, according to you? As did Lousiville. Did ND too? Games are played on the court and aren't decided by a formula using the ESPN ranking system. UConn is a shit rebounding team.
Seriously, if you think UConn was easily a FF team this year, maybe you need to watch more WCB. |
Sometimes less-talented teams happen to beat more-talented teams. You know this. That's not a novel observation.
And yes, the talent-level of the team that Geno deployed this season is indeed mind-boggling to this particular WCB watcher. I guess, though, if I happened to be a UConn fan, maybe I'd eventually get accustomed to seeing multiple #1-recruits wearing my team's jersey at the same time, and perhaps even assume that the Louisvilles of the world must surely be living similarly. That lack of perspective must be an awesome problem to have.
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Posted: 04/05/19 11:11 pm ::: |
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Just saw that UConn was out-rebounded by 17! When was the last time that happened?
22-11 o-boards in ND's favor.
32-26 d-boards in ND's favor.
_________________ "Women are judged on their success, men on their potential. It’s time we started believing in the potential of women." —Muffet McGraw
“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.
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Posted: 04/05/19 11:13 pm ::: |
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Any word on the ref, Nicole Murray?
_________________ "Women are judged on their success, men on their potential. It’s time we started believing in the potential of women." —Muffet McGraw
“Thank you for showing the fellas that you've got more balls than them,” Haley said, to cheers from the crowd.
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Posted: 04/05/19 11:16 pm ::: |
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If you have six #1's and #2's who all play the same position, you still have a problem with balance. Not saying it's exactly that, but you could say 4 of their starters are close to that. Dangerfield is a PG. Ododa is a post. The rest are pretty much wings. They simply don't have enough size against teams with good bigs.
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patsweetpat
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Posted: 04/05/19 11:32 pm ::: |
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If you have six #1's and #2's who all play the same position, you still have a problem with balance. Not saying it's exactly that, but you could say 4 of their starters are close to that. Dangerfield is a PG. Ododa is a post. The rest are pretty much wings. |
Collier averages 11 boards and 2 blocks per game! She averages more blocks than she does trey attempts. Collier's not a wing, man.
ETA: Collier led the AAC in rebounding this season, and was 2nd in the conference in blocks. If she's a wing, then I guess I just don't know what a wing is anymore.
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Posted: 04/05/19 11:53 pm ::: |
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UConn has the chance Shut the door but missed layups. If anything, Walker, Williams and Nelson-Ododa gave more offensive promise for the future than Dangerfield.
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CBiebel
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Posted: 04/06/19 12:18 am ::: |
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Both teams are set up to bounce in theory. ND's 2nd half vs the trees was a clinic. I have another theory that I picked up from golf, and it's that teams usually start games the way they ended their last. Based on that the Irish should start out hot while UConn should start tentative. That only applies for the 1st period at most.
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Yeah, or ND will fall into their typical pattern and start out slow...
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The only advantage UConn has is that they are more accustomed to all the bright lights and media coverage around them this week. |
Yeah, because ND has not had any bright lights on them lately. It's not like they, say, won the NC last year or anything...
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And I have no idea what's going to happen. If it is 20-15 at the half I won't be shocked. And surprisingly, I am not consumed by the thought of losing. It's been a better year than I thought and there is hope for next year in the upside of the young players.
And I've been admiring Bueckers' game streams for 2 years and the thought of her possibly playing 150+ games for UConn has my cup runnething over. Everything else this weekend is just gravy. |
Actually for UConn, this year's recruiting class is as much about quantity as quality. I figure unless they get some transfers (not just a one year type), they will need to have a class of 5-6 players at least to get a comfortable team size. Next year ND and UConn (not factoring in transfers) will have the same number of scholarship players, but ND will have one senior and one other player with only 1 year of eligibility left. UConn will have 4 players graduating, so besides being 2-3 players down from where the coach likes to be (11-12 players) they will also have to replace those 4.
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CBiebel
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Posted: 04/06/19 12:30 am ::: |
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Hell for a minute I thought they were going to cut down the nets. |
BTW, I saw a video about the history of cutting down the nets and it turned out that the coach who started it ended up at NC State and died of cancer. WTF is it with NC St. coaches and cancer. It's like that school is cursed or something.
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Fighting Artichoke
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Posted: 04/06/19 12:32 am ::: |
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Actually for UConn, this year's recruiting class is as much about quantity as quality. I figure unless they get some transfers (not just a one year type), they will need to have a class of 5-6 players at least to get a comfortable team size. Next year ND and UConn (not factoring in transfers) will have the same number of scholarship players, but ND will have one senior and one other player with only 1 year of eligibility left. UConn will have 4 players graduating, so besides being 2-3 players down from where the coach likes to be (11-12 players) they will also have to replace those 4. |
UConn will be short on bodies next season (without transfers) but they should be fine. They retain 3 starters from this year and get the experience boost from them (primarily Megan and Christyn, as Danger is pretty much a finished product), get a rising ONO (who should really exhibit that freshman bump Huskies are famous for) and thus only have one starter spot up in the air. It could be Griffin or a transfer, or even Camara if she is healthy enough.
As for losing 4 players the next year, only one is likely to be a starter (Dangerfield) or even someone who would play more than spot minutes against a good team (Camara, Irwin and Bent). No offense to those players, but they aren't likely to see competitive minutes during their UConn careers, so their departure should not hurt the Huskies.
And they already have a great PG coming in that year (Bueckers) so they are off to a great start in replacing their losses.
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Fighting Artichoke
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Posted: 04/06/19 12:33 am ::: |
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Hell for a minute I thought they were going to cut down the nets. |
BTW, I saw a video about the history of cutting down the nets and it turned out that the coach who started it ended up at NC State and died of cancer. WTF is it with NC St. coaches and cancer. It's like that school is cursed or something. |
They are on Tobacco Road, right?
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CBiebel
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Posted: 04/06/19 12:41 am ::: |
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BTW, this reminds of the time the Sue Bird agreed to a bet where if she didn't have an A/TO ratio of 2.0 for the season, a radio DJ would be allowed to spank her on air while she said "Harder, daddy, harder!" (I think he had to go to every home game if he lost).
The WNBA made her back off that bet, which was a shame because out of curiosity I checked at the end of the season and she actually had an A/TO ratio of 2.0.
I have to admit that I respect her for making that bet (and winning it if it had gone on). It was just a shame that the WNBA didn't have enough confidence in her game to let her go through with it.
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