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 Posted: 02/05/21 7:15 am ::: Re: #3 Connecticut @ Marquette - 2/05/21 |
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Does Marquette allow fans?
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| Posted: 02/05/21 12:09 pm ::: |
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UConn's freshmen (minus mid-season high school graduate Saylor Poffenbarger), L to R: Piath Gabriel, Nika Mühl, Mir McLean, Autumn Chassion, Paige Bueckers, Aaliyah Edwards. Three of them started the previous game. Please note the correct spelling of their first and last names, which are so often misspelled on the internet.
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| Posted: 02/05/21 2:44 pm ::: |
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| I enjoy watching the most when Evina, Paige, and Nika are on the floor together with whomever.
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| Posted: 02/05/21 7:26 pm ::: |
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| I'm starting to get used o the freshmen making mistakes because they make plays too.
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| Posted: 02/05/21 7:35 pm ::: |
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| UConn just doing a layup drill. Marquette needs to clog up the middle and make them shoot from further out than 2'.
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| Posted: 02/05/21 7:55 pm ::: |
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| WHAT a layup by Pistol Paige -- switches hands while in midair under the basket and puts up an overhead reverse layup with reverse English off the backboard. It was Dr. J-ish. |
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| Posted: 02/05/21 8:15 pm ::: |
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| Bueckers sometimes takes two baby steps on her 3pt shot, which is a walk to me. |
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| Posted: 02/05/21 8:21 pm ::: |
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| Marq offense good, UConn defense not so good, in the 3Q. |
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| Posted: 02/05/21 8:27 pm ::: |
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| Edwards was in a fog in the first half but is very active and very productive in the 3rd.
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| Posted: 02/05/21 8:27 pm ::: |
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| Aali with a Maya Moore athletic play -- flying in from distance to block a jump shot, catching her own block, and sprinting full court to make a body-banging layup. |
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| Posted: 02/05/21 8:30 pm ::: |
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| linkster wrote: |
| Edwards was in a fog in the first half but is very active and very productive in the 3rd. |
UConn is better with her on the floor - even in a fog. 😂And outside of Paige, I don’t really care which player sits so Edwards can be on the floor. She needs to be our main post player by the tournament.
Paige Bueckers isn’t normal. Like..a player can’t really sustain that shooting percentage...right??
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| Posted: 02/05/21 8:38 pm ::: |
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Paige Bueckers isn’t normal. Like..a player can’t really sustain that shooting percentage...right?? |
I keep thinking the same thing: she's got to start missing, go into a slump, brick shots. But it doesn't happen. |
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| Posted: 02/05/21 8:39 pm ::: |
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| mercfan3 wrote: |
| linkster wrote: |
| Edwards was in a fog in the first half but is very active and very productive in the 3rd. |
UConn is better with her on the floor - even in a fog. 😂And outside of Paige, I don’t really care which player sits so Edwards can be on the floor. She needs to be our main post player by the tournament.
Paige Bueckers isn’t normal. Like..a player can’t really sustain that shooting percentage...right?? |
Right? They just look so smooth and effortless though. She is just a very special player. Paige and Alliyah are very good, but I love Muhl.
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| Posted: 02/05/21 8:43 pm ::: |
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| Marquette is very, very well coached and a good team. They are tough as nails, feisty, and smart. If she could get some top 15-30 kids, they'd be very, very dangerous.
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| Posted: 02/05/21 8:48 pm ::: |
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| GlennMacGrady wrote: |
| Bueckers sometimes takes two baby steps on her 3pt shot, which is a walk to me. |
After thinking this kid was a crazy Bird/Taurasi hybrid, given the stylish/circus layups I was seeing a bit of Hammon too.
I believe the basketball move you are referring to is Becky’s baby steps.
Btw..I love Nika too (also really like Mir, she reminds me of Barbara Turner). I’m almost tempted to put Nika in the “must be on the floor” group for the tournament, but I do think there will be times when the other players on the floor should be ONO, CW, and Evina.
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| Posted: 02/05/21 8:55 pm ::: |
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| ucbart wrote: |
| Marquette is very, very well coached and a good team. They are tough as nails, feisty, and smart. If she could get some top 15-30 kids, they'd be very, very dangerous. |
I was very happy with the Duffy hire but don't expect MU to be able to hang onto her for very long. So I've taken the philosophy of enjoying it while she's here. Onto Sunday and DePaul - a big game for Marquette...
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| Posted: 02/05/21 9:00 pm ::: |
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| GlennMacGrady wrote: |
| WHAT a layup by Paige -- switches hands while in midair under the basket and puts up an overhead reverse layup with reverse English off the backboard. It was Maya-ish. |
You mean this play?
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| Posted: 02/05/21 9:00 pm ::: |
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Re Nika, I initially got the feeling he was giving her forced and undeserved minutes at PG simply because he wanted to free up Paige to be the primary outside shooter and Evina to be the secondary outside shooter. But Nika has kept producing better and better, especially with confidence and judgment, and now is fully earning her minutes.
I got the impression today that Geno only wanted to play 6.2 players in prep for SCar. No explanation why Griffin didn't play, who would have made it 7.2 players. |
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. It got pretty cold here today...