It was Azzi Fudd 3's that won this game, and she played all throughout the game. I wonder how come Caroline was just on the bench most of the time. She got good games and skills, height, defense, and offense.
I just KNEW it would be uploaded by the time I got up today....thank you, MJL, for being so dependable. I haven't read the comments yet, nor have I listen to any news, so that I wouldn't know the results before actually watching the game. My faith is still up there that they will once again remind us all that THEY'RE BAAACK!! Gonna go watch them win this second-round game right now.
Hell yeah. Missed the first 7 minutes because of the OT game. And DVR’d it so I could start the game 35 minutes late to ff through all the commercials. Usually end up catching up to live play right at the end of the game that way. But, I couldn’t switch to ESPNU to catch the start by doing that.
Thanks for posting! Don’t know how you do it, but I sure don’t miss the commercials! Love the community comments. The only thing better would be to have Megan behind the mic!
Yes, Nika committed a couple of bad fouls just as time was expiring on UCF, and Caroline missed a couple of point blank layups. I am sure no one felt worse than they did. But sitting them for the rest of the game is not the way to nuture elite players. They would have killed themselves to restore their teams faith. Without these two players work during the regular season UConn might be playing in the NIT right now. They deserved better treatment.
I understand what you’re saying but to be fair it was a pretty close game and since Ducharme and Nika weren’t being consistent Geno made the decision to sub in players who were. In any other non conference game he would let them play, but this is the NCAA tournament, it’s a one and done😳 anyways no hate I’m just passionate about the game lol
@@TheDisruptiveOne Geno said in the post game presser that Nika sat because be needed dependable offense MORE than he needed a defensive stopper. Any decision can be second guessed for sure. But Geno's resulted in a W. I'm ALWAYS gonna give the guy w 28 straight Sweet 16s, 13 straight Final Fours and 11 championships the benefit of the doubt. He's proven his feel for what's needed when is pretty good.
i agree. i mean i understand nika on the bench defense wasn’t the problem and they need offense out there and that’s just not her but caroline made NO sense. she’s great scorer and her defensive rebounding could have been really used not sure what geno’s thought process was on that
Been a UConn fan for 30+ yrs..that was one of the toughest ones for me to watch. I see what Geno has been saying all season...this is a different crew to coach. Yes, they played a tough, physical, chippy team...but there's no excuse for being so disoriented/at times looking lost...and missing easy layups. Also 29% shooting isn't a good look. Caroline should have played. I love Dorka, but she was absent last night. Amari should have been subbed. (when Liv and Aaliyah were in foul trouble) Evina was invisible for the most part. It was ugly. And I agree with the shitty refs...awful. Can only hope they get it together for the Indiana game or it's over.
Those refs were atrocious. It was like they were officiating a flopping contest by UCF but I'm not sure if Amari could have given them anything solid. She's not playing with any "I deserve to be here" swagger. She and Gabriel seems scared and confused when they get in the game, it's cringy when they get on the court and against a scrappy team 🤔 probably would have been more giveaways than anything. Physicality has been this team's Achilles heel but by the same token you can't say you don't like your team without Paige and expect them to really produce anything remotely close to confidence in her absence and when she returns expect to be instantly healed. Nika should have gotten the start and more playing time and continue to work Paige in. Now that she's back they seem to not know who the offense should flow through. Add that to the lack of Physicality and we got a mess. Aliyah had numerous post ups where they didn't even look at her because they were trying to find Paige or Azzi. The way my anxiety setup 😫 I don't know if I can take it 🙏🏼
Paige is definitely not as hot as she was last year because of obvious reasons, but she really did give us some buckets most times when our offense has either become stagnat or lost which reminds us that we are still playing basketball. I understand that nika should have started or infact play more minutes but I don't think the decision geno made is totally unreasonable. Nika is known for her defensive prowess she isn't an offensive player and our defense was working well without her . We just couldn't do anything on offense . So playing paige more and evina who can make plays and also get buckets. Its very reasonable to play less nika. Our higs were awful on offense but they play good defense. For AZZI , 🙂 GOD BLESS HER !!
Perspective is in the eye of the beholder. Cheap foul calls against UCF. Every suspect call was called in Uconns favour. Why did Uconn have home game advantage. They were not a one seed. Hmmm.
That was final-4 stuff the ncaa gave UConn early. The refs hurt us down low. It could be said that Dorka's decision to transfer won the game. Their star from the Miami game was stopped in this game. Husky 3pt shooting was stifled by their defense at the 3pt line and UConn had difficulty making paint shots. So, scoring was at the free-throw line. That was a very tough game. AZ was amazing as a freshman! I think that constantly ramping up pressure on the kids is too much. Each game is usually tougher, but the obviously strange seeding of UCF as a 7 was wrong. Let the next game define itself. Don't decide beforehand how it MUST be won. More opportunism please. Great coaching for this game. I was pacing the floor and very worried. I can't imagine how Geno felt. Experience helps and the players have to keep learning.
Thanks for your efforts MJL243. Much appreciated. I thought I had a nightmare last night about watching the UCF\UConn and then I woke up to your replay. 😳
I watched highlights of Indiana's win and I don't have a good feeling about Ucon's chances unless they start hitting the open shots. They had plenty of open shots but just missed them. Then again their defense was awesome..... so we will see
That game was.. so intense.. the crowd was so electrifying. Ooh I would have liked to be in that crowd cheering on the young lady HUSKIES. It was sort of a nail biter. Thanks be too Geno’s coaching, training, and running of the girls, 🧢 off. Keep it up Lady HUSKIES. 🤣🤣🤣 LETS GO UCONN 🏀🏀🏀
I have a thought about missed lay-ups, and there were a lot of them in this game. Here's my thought: when a player goes up toward the basket with the ball, and anticipates contact (because the game is pretty physical) most often they will instinctively give more energy to the shot thinking they have to get through the contact. That thought in the mind can lead to a missed shot. UCF missed lay-ups as well as UConn. This was a tough, physical game. Were all the missed lay-ups contested, no, not all. But enough lay-ups had one, sometimes two defenders, putting pressure on the shot. I don't know how many of us would be able to keep our composure when one or more defenders are coming at us.
What an absolute dog fight! Despite the staggering stat sheet, the Huskies' mental composure came through. This was exactly the type of matchup they needed to better prep for the rest of the tournie. Next up, Indiana.
I claim this basket was cursed, so many in-and-outs. They didnt take bad shots but somehow those basket just didnt fall. This game was way closer than it should have been. Also this one official was clearly kind of biased.
I don’t get ppl saying UConn played bad. It was a scrappy game but we had so many open looks they just weren’t falling. If any part of the game was bad it’s probably the 4th quarter when they lost the 12pt lead but if they make all those layups it wouldn’t be a problem. They just can’t miss layups like that in the future. I don’t think they will….I hope
It was definitely scrappy but they made bad decisions. The reinsertion of Paige over Nika has the girls at an empasse. Who gets more touches? Nika is a distributor and so is Evina. Paige is a shot taker and they were passing up open looks trying to force it to Paige. Aliyah was posted and had the seal on several occasions but she didn't get any touches inside. There was no inside outside action. UCF's defense was really good but UCONN's ball movement was bad. So now they seem to be forcing perimeter shots when Caroline has been big for them inside and outside and Dorka 😳, ...not one layup. That was not good but they just have to fix it in the mix. Let's go UCONN!!!
They did play bad, past UConn teams blew UCF out. They did it by making shots, especially layups. UCF is offensively challenged if UConn makes their shots early, the UCF style of taking the air out of the ball puts their offense under even more pressure. Also, part of the issue is Paige is about 60-70% IMO, Normal Uconn would push on every miss by UCF to speed things up & not let their defense get set, another way they used to blow out UCF, make them defend in transition & not half court
I kept up with the box score off of espn last night, pulling my hair out as it went along. As much as I am thankful for you posting the video, I am not sure I can watch it.
I wonder why they didn’t sub Caroline in when both edwards and ono fouled out. She has the height and we’ve seen her work on the paint before and she drives to the basket all the time. I think nika would’ve contributed a lot too if she had more minutes
yeah :( I wanted to see how caroline would play under this type of pressure, I think she could really be a great scoring addition if she got more playing time
Geno coached afraid! Caroline and Dorka missed a coupla gimme layups and he sat their ass down Caroline didnt even get in 2nd half. Bit I woulda played Caroline, Dorka, and Mika some more. Especially Mika cus she would give that crap right back to them hood girls
She missed a couple of chippies in the beginning (who DIDN’T!). Geno probably pulled her for that, maybe wanting to only have one freshman on the court at a time(🤣). I agree, Caroline has a solid overall game, I would have loved to see her with more minutes…but who are you gonna take out?😳. Hope the team can learn from this…
hoping for paige to shoot more not to pass more, since she have limited time on the floor, I always notice that they are afraid to shoot they always over pass the ball and do not rebound well
This was an ugly game and UFC played a solid defensive game and played UConn well. The one thing they didn’t do was front Azzi! Azzi was the x-factor in this win!
Azzi is great but she made some questionable passes and turned the ball over a few times. And there were a few more passes that were almost turned over. She's a freshman though so it happens I guess.
Azzi is a klay Thompson clone. Incredible footwork/balance that allows her to be an incredible shooter, great strong defender, and underrated off the dribble. Only difference is she needs to work on passing because she had some bad turnovers.
- There were 24 fouls called against UCF. 21 fouls against UConn. - UConn shot 18-23 on foul shots; UCF shot 10-20. (UCF could perhaps have tied the game with 5 more made free throws.) - 1 player fouled out of the game for UCF; 2 players fouled out for UConn. - UCF had 20 turnovers; UConn 13. (unfortunately, stats were not shown for how many pts each team scored off TOs) - By quarters, UCF won the 1st and 4th quarters; UConn won the 2nd and 3rd (and ultimately won the game)
omg a win is a win but uconn has to step it up if they even think of beating teams like Indiana, NC State, ND, Stanford or even SC! oof I watched this live and I literally cannot even rewatch it bc its so disorganized and sloppy sloppy work from my fav team
Same here!! I had to sit calmly as every bucket they missed my my heart rate go up. In the end there was a "W", it wasn't pretty, but it was still a win. Let's hope this week they can rest and regroup and get stronger to tough it out for the games ahead of them.
I am concerned because I recorded this game and it is in my library on youtube tv. The reason for my concern is that I don't know how to clear or delete items from my library!
To think that in late game situations the huskies have arguably 2 of the best shooters in the country (Paige and azzi) is pretty nuts if it’s close in the end azzi or p can bring it home
It may not sound like it but I'm a huge UCONN fan but making it to the EE is going to be hard with this roster. They have prized ponies on this squad and not thoroughbreds. This game against UCF showed that. They're not poised under pressure and they lack mental and physical grit against tough teams. Tough teams causes them to foul alot. They're finese players not tough players which is why they missed so many chippies under duress.
@@RaxOldiesoh wow, I didn't see that. The girls are extremely talented but there's no edge to them as a whole. Aliyah and Nika are probably as tough as they come. I'm really hoping for a final four appearance but they have to go through ND who's really feeling themselves right now and they're scrappy as well as NC state
What a scrapy game! The speed and intensity that this game exhibits caused the low shooting percentages. Next year, I expect Yukon to start Bueckers, Fudd, Ducharme, & Edwards. Niki Muehl & Lou, the transfer, will see a lot of action. If a girl can shoot the short & midrange jumper & if she can get free underneath, Geno will give her floor time. Dorka will see time at center & so will Dewberry. I don't expect anyone else to get much floor time, and injuries will be a factor in who gets how much.
Maybe early in the game when the players are really tense, they should aim their shots just past the front of the rim. In this game they're all missing off the back of the rim with too much energy. E seems to be anticipating a rookie pro year and isn't in the offense enough. She needs to go out as a senior in a blaze of glorious scoring. What a game!
What happened off screen at 2:29 between Edwards and Battles? Suddenly the crowd was yelling before either of them returned to play. Is there an angle on this or some other RU-vid source?
Yeah thats interesting. If you look at the crowd during that moment most people are either looking or pointing to that other end of the court. Uconns bench reacted too.
I just watched this game in full again and it just goggles the mind to see the missed lay-ups. Dorka, at 6'5 missed 3 absolute unchallenged right handed bunnies. Even Bueckers missed a wide open layups. Can't understand it.
Everyone on the team is allowed to miss layups and make mistakes.. oh.. except for Nika and Caroline. They are held to a different standard. They get banished when they make mistakes.
What does this game have to do with them being “hood” just because they’re scrappy?????? Most of y’all sound really ignorant. You can commentate on the game but you don’t have to be rude and stereotypical. But it was a good game to watch.
I don't think anyone used "hood" as a put down! By "hood" they meant : in your face, strong, powerful, and, no nonsense! Take a breath, life is too short, to look for "issues" everywhere!
would have blown them out if made layups and 3rd more outside shots,just an off nite but if you can win being that off with great defense I will bet on them
Hey could someone please explain to me what a super freshman is? I heard them mentioning it a couple of times during the game but dont really know what it means. I would really appreciate it. :)
From my understanding it's a freshman that comes into the program and can immediately make an impact. Most time freshmen don't get alot of court time, a few minutes here and there when the game is well in hand but the term ''super freshman' is now just highlighting their ability to transition from HS sports to collegiate sports effortlessly. Imo
A super freshman is someone who, because of COVID, finished their high school credits early and enrolled in the program a year before they were supposed to. So for example if they were supposed to come in Fall 2021, they came in Fall 2020 bc of Covid. Olivia Miles from ND is an example!
Lord that Mexican guy ref was TERRIBLEEEEEE. Gosh. They couldn’t even play basketball cause every single call was a moving screen or a soft ass call. Refs makes the whole game about them like “oh it’s cool that these are D1 women basketball players but let’s not forget I’ll determine if they are gonna have a good game or not” 🙄
So.....ain't no one fina comment there was no handshake line at end of game cus them hood UCF girls stormed off the court like those Detroit thug boys did when the bulls finally got past them? Class, my ladies! You either have it...or ur from Florida
Are you trolling or something 😒? Shake hands with who? UCONN stayed in a huddle at the end of the game and made no effort to Shake hands and I'm a UCONN fan so if anything it was poor sportsmanship on their part. Y are u here?
Do refs make bad calls? Of course. They always have, always will. Their calls are part of the game. The most difficult calls are the "judgment" calls; who initiated the contact, which player did not give the other player their allotted space on the floor, was the action intentional or not, did that player carry the ball or was that the natural motion of dribbling the ball. Very tough to tell in these situations, and more, sometimes. Each side wants the calls to go their way. A referee does a bad or good job depending on which team "got their way." Leave the refs alone? No, not at all. Simply exercise a bit more feeling for how hard the job is.
@@onestgermain I understand your sentiment One. You did hear me though, right? Not asking for sympathy for refs, just a bit more understanding of the dynamics at play during a game, that's all. I understand that fans (fan-atics) do not entertain seeing the forest for the trees. But I've seen some of your other comments, and you appear to be a person who is more than a fanatic. You better believe I know bad calls were made, but refs calls are just 1/3 of the game. The next game will more than likely be completely different as neither team is a "smash-mouth" type of team. Gonna be interesting.
@@lastonestanding3417 Regardless of being a “fan-atic”or not, if we can see a “bad call” and they don’t , there is a problem! No matter how pro one team we are, deep down we know if our player was wrong. Like I said, if you cannot make the right call, at this level, find another job! I am reasonable here, they are not robots, people make mistakes. But when a game is marred by bad mistakes… any game, the proof is in the pudding! No sympathy!
So by UConn standards....no it wasnt that pretty of a game. They literally left around 20 points underneath on bunnys. but every game is not a perfect ballet. Sometimes ya just gotta win ugly. We will see if the offense clicks next game..i mean..it kinda has to.
UCF didn't deserve to win. They disrupted UCONN with fouling and pushing, not discipline. UCONN played better, disciplined defense. UCF shot less than 29%. Bully defense is overrated.
Like I said, the week break, did not help UConn. Poor performance…30% from the field? Lucky, lucky we scraped through! Missing crucial shots, that could put the game to rest…not good enough! Yes, I am talking to you!
Our 3pt% was higher than our layup %. 9 out of 10 games those layups go in. If half of those layups went in we’d be up 20. Some of those were wide open too lol. I hope they learn from this cuz I later rounds they lose
@@onestgermain I agree but I think it’s good that they’re getting used to playing with her starting. In later rounds they’ll need her comfortable because no matter how good the defense is, if we don’t score we lose. Also I don’t know why Geno didn’t play Caroline more. Hopefully we see her vs Indiana
@@bennybenson5 No! I believe, Paige will do more harm and disruption to the team, by getting involved more! They built a good cohesive team without her! She is not ready. She missed some shots that could had put the game to rest! Mark my words, if Geno starts her, we will lose!
@@onestgermain I feel like you’re discrediting her. She’s getting better and better each game which is making us better. Yesterday wasn’t a bad game for her. I agree that Nika should be starting but Paige starting isn’t a death sentence for us. I guess we’ll see what happens. I think we’ll be fine
