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[styxfan22]

Mark Jones must go!

[gpark33]

[styxfan22]

[bballfan2005]

[CamrnCrz1974]

[sambista]

[IndyPurduefan]

[gpark33]

nasty game but exciting finish. congrats to uconn!

[mikey87]

I am so happy for UCONN, I never thought they could shut down FOWLES but they did , and AUGUSTUS could never get going tonight but she's still awesome

[O.G.]

Big win for UConn. Looks like they've grown a lot from their losses. They were definitely the aggressor in the first half as they built the big lead. They stopped Augustus and Fowles, and LSU lacks other weapons. Even without Strother scoring, LSU could not stop Charde Houston in the first half. Bottom line: UConn played harder from jump, especially on defense. LSU has to find an answer when tough defensive teams try to shut down their 2 stars.

[icey23]

LSU looked so lazy. We will learn from this game.

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[mikey87]

I think they will bounce back, but they can not afford to play like thatagainst BAYLOR, My DAWGS, VOLS and the other great competiton they will face, they need someone else to step up when FOWLES and AUGUSTUS are not having good games

[Slovydal]

I'm not surprised.

From what I saw in Knoxville, UConn looked like they could be back in the Final Four this year.

Congratulations to the Huskies fans!

(especially you)

; )

[O.G.]

[icey23]

[threefrom60]

It concerns me that Uconn STILL has such problems breaking a press though. Dating back to the North Carolina game they lost last year, they haven't been able to consistantly and successfully handle it when other teams go full-court on them. That will definitely be their undoing come tournament time.

[mercfan3]

[styxfan22]

Strother shot 1-10 from the field tonight, 4 rebs., 5 asst. and 3 TOs.

[bballfan2005]

[Str8_Butta]

A very ugly game, but Congratulations to UCONN. I was really looking forward to seeing the stars of both teams shine, at least Charde didn't disappoint me.

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[ILuvCatch]

You all forgot to thank the officials for not calling the big shove under the basket that sent Fowles flying out of bounds.

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[bballjunkee212]

Interesting game. LSU actually outshot UConn from the field and the line and still lost. Rebounds were about even, as were TOs- and there weren't that many of them. Fouls were also even, and not that many. Overall, fairly even stats, as one might expect from a three point game.

But two stats stand out: First, Houston's 22/14 double-double outdid Fowles's 12/15 double-double. Second, UConn really limited LSU's offensive rebounds- LSU not only missed shots, but they had more one-'n-dones than UConn (Fowles had just 2 ORs). I think this exposed an LSU weakness: Fowles is a great player, but after her, LSU's talent in the low post drops sharply.

As a rule of thumb, I like to think of home court advantage as being worth 8 points. By that reckoning, LSU outdid UConn by 5. But this time, I'm not so sure. I think the reason for the bad shooting was the defense from both teams. Both sets of guards faced pressure; a lot of shots were altered, or taken with hands in the face; or jacked up to beat the shot clock.

So I'm not sure that the game would have been much different on a neutral court. We could speculate about a game where Augustus and Fowles were "on," but in that speculation, we should also factor in Strother when she's "on." But I think with the defense both these teams play, the shooters would struggle anywhere.

I think LSU will struggle against UT because UT has more weight in the paint- hey, I think I just coined a phrase to indicate a team that has greater depth in the front line/low post: "Weight in the paint." Think I should e-mail it to Dickie V? Anyway, I think UT may be able to do the same kind of things against LSU- affect the shooters and win the rebounding battle.

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[womens_hoops]