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Does UConn play the Princeton offense?

Also, regarding Russell, I think she is very good but I think Kaela Davis is the best freshman in the country. What do you guys think?
 
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Sandvol said:
Does UConn play the Princeton offense?

Have you ever watched them play? Ask the dookies? The hallmark of the Princeton offense is slow deliberate passing - trying to shorten the game by using the clock. I don't think anyone ever accused Ucon of slowing the game down :)

Also, regarding Russell, I think she is very good but I think Kaela Davis is the best freshman in the country. What do you guys think?
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She may be very good but the 'season' has only just started - I'm sure she will make her share of freshman mistakes but she sure is a scoring machine.
 
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Uconn's talent is just far superior to any other team. The Lady Vols would have no chance against them. Uconn has scored more points in the first half of their games than their opposition has scored in the entire game, and their real strength is not offense. They make great players look like freshman walk ons so don't think Duke is not a very good team just because they looked bad against the Huskies.

I agree with just about everything armchair said in his post, except the LVs are not even close to uconn in talent. That's why I'm sorry the final 4 will be held in Tennessee. It's not the year for a UT uconn match up, no matter what the Lady Vols believe about themselves.

Now if UT beats Stanford and Notre Dame by 30 points and decimates everyone in the SEC, I'll change my opinion come NCAA tourney time.
 
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meekfan said:
She may be very good but the 'season' has only just started - I'm sure she will make her share of freshman mistakes but she sure is a scoring machine.
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I know Notre Dame supposedly runs a version of the Princeton and was just wondering if UConn was the same. They sure use a lot of screens and backdoor cuts.
 
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clkou said:
We're 10-0 and have won every game by double digits except one game we won by 9. I'm not sure how that translates to Stanford destroying us.
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Then you obviously haven't followed this game the last couple of seasons.....
 
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Sandvol said:
Does UConn play the Princeton offense?

Also, regarding Russell, I think she is very good but I think Kaela Davis is the best freshman in the country. What do you guys think?
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From WIKI - The Princeton offense is an offensive basketball strategy which emphasizes constant motion, passing, back-door cuts, picks on and off the ball, and disciplined teamwork.

There are several key "Princeton Offense" factors that are hallmarks of the UConn offense but I would not say that the team plays a Princeton Offense. Auriemma has always emphasized teamwork and ball movement. They do pass a lot, hence the high assist/basket numbers. However UConn also relies on a fast break offense. I have never seen them play a deliberately slow offense a'la Villanova.
 
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I think Duke was thrown off their game by the "refs" swallowing their whistles and letting UConn bang & foul without being called for it. They were prepared for one type game & got another....

UConn would have still won though. :(
 
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gule said:
I think Duke was thrown off their game by the "refs" swallowing their whistles and letting UConn bang & foul without being called for it. They were prepared for one type game & got another....

UConn would have still won though. :(
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There were 27 fouls called in the game. 13 against UConn and 14 against Duke. UConn is ranked #1 in fouls per game at 11.5. Duke is ranked 138th averaging 18.9 fouls per game. So if the refs swallowed their whistles (they didn't) it seems that it would have worked out in Duke's favor.
 
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Analyze stats all you want. When they throw the ball up, the better/luckier team THAT day is going to win regardless. Maybe UCONN is better. Maybe we are. Who knows? Who cares? UCONN is NOT so far ahead that it's out of the question we couldn't get a win on any given night. If you think otherwise, I'd assume you didn't play sports and haven't watched much either. Just look to last year when Louisville beat Baylor. I'd wager Baylor was a favorite in EVERY stat category and was unequivocally the "better" team. Louisville won because they got REALLY hot and didn't miss. Baylor didn't even play that bad. Louisville just played out of their mind.

If and when we face UCONN, we could play well enough to win. We could also play other teams not as good as us and not play well and lose. That's sports. It's not a mathematical formula that gives you the same result every time.
 
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The difference between UConn and the other top teams is three point shooting. I think they outscore every opponent from the three point line by 20 or more a game. In order to beat them you have to have a couple of lockdown defenders to take their three point ability away. You must make someone else shoot most of the shots other than Lewis and
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clkou said:
We're 10-0 and have won every game by double digits except one game we won by 9. I'm not sure how that translates to Stanford destroying us.
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And who have they beaten? One team in the top 25. And North Carolina is probably the only top 25 team that is more undisciplined than Tennessee. You are about to see the Lady Vols exposed by Stanford. Big time.
 
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gule said:
I think Duke was thrown off their game by the "refs" swallowing their whistles and letting UConn bang & foul without being called for it. They were prepared for one type game & got another....

UConn would have still won though. :(
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So many here think the refs are biased, but I don't agree. In the case of uconn, they just don't foul much. When the rules changed, they spent a lot of time working on the new requirements, and it paid off. Lots of other teams didn't adjust and learned the hard way. The officials may make lots of mistakes, but they make them equally between both teams. Yes, there is a statistical home court advantage, but it's not intentional on the refs part. Call it human nature. It is also human nature to think the refs are biased against your team. The fouls for the uconn Duke game were 12 to 13.
 
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clkou said:
Analyze stats all you want. When they throw the ball up, the better/luckier team THAT day is going to win regardless. Maybe UCONN is better. Maybe we are. Who knows? Who cares? UCONN is NOT so far ahead that it's out of the question we couldn't get a win on any given night. If you think otherwise, I'd assume you didn't play sports and haven't watched much either. Just look to last year when Louisville beat Baylor. I'd wager Baylor was a favorite in EVERY stat category and was unequivocally the "better" team. Louisville won because they got REALLY hot and didn't miss. Baylor didn't even play that bad. Louisville just played out of their mind.

If and when we face UCONN, we could play well enough to win. We could also play other teams not as good as us and not play well and lose. That's sports. It's not a mathematical formula that gives you the same result every time.
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The stats I provided have nothing to do with who would win a UT/UConn matchup. They were in response to your comment about the refs "swallowing" their whistles.

BTW - I played organized team sports until I retired from the military. That's probably more than 35 years.
 
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Volfan2012 said:
The difference between UConn and the other top teams is three point shooting. I think they outscore every opponent from the three point line by 20 or more a game. In order to beat them you have to have a couple of lockdown defenders to take their three point ability away. You must make someone else shoot most of the shots other than Lewis and
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If I did the math right, UConn outscores it's opponents from the 3 pt line by an average of just under 9 points per game. That will probably change with Lewis back.
 
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armchair said:
The other difference between the programs is confidence. We've lost some as a program--and the Louisville game showed that with sad clarity last year. We have a chance to go to the Final Four for the first time in 5 years, playing a team that's never won anything, and the Vols came out and played like a nervous high-school team. As a longtime follower of the program, it was shocking to see. Whereas past UT teams would have completely intimidated Louisville, our girls seemed to be intimidated by either Louisville or the moment. Couldn't handled it: UT was in a panic mode before the game was 5 minutes old. Spani and Simmons, two veteran players, were jittery and bad.
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lots of good points in your post armchair, I do think a lot of the Louisville performance was due to injuries and not much depth on the bench,didn't they play a game before that ? like 2 days before and they had been looking gassed since the SEC tourney,if I remember rightly and a couple that had just got back to playing from being injured?I know i was pissed about that performance

I'm with you on the Lady Vols needing to get that UT swagger back,this team can do it,now we will have to see if they will or they won't
 
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Darth_Vol said:
And who have they beaten? One team in the top 25. And North Carolina is probably the only top 25 team that is more undisciplined than Tennessee. You are about to see the Lady Vols exposed by Stanford. Big time.
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They may but it won't have anything to do with their play this season going 10-0 so far. If you want to hammer the vols for their bad "play" actually wait until they play bad and lose.

And who might I ask has Stanford beat? We beat Texas by 15 so if Stanford is so awesome, I would have expected them to beat Texas by 30 and not by only 9.

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The stats I provided have nothing to do with who would win a UT/UConn matchup. They were in response to your comment about the refs "swallowing" their whistles.

BTW - I played organized team sports until I retired from the military. That's probably more than 35 years.
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I don't recall making a comment about refs or whistles. And if you've played sports as much as you claim, it shouldn't surprise you much if UT beat UCONN.
 
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clkou said:
They may but it won't have anything to do with their play this season going 10-0 so far. If you want to hammer the vols for their bad "play" actually wait until they play bad and lose.
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False. If and when they get pounded by Stanford it will most likely be due to the uneven play and sloppy turnovers we've seen through much of the 10-0 start. But I'm glad with all your vast basketball knowledge you think they are playing great basketball right now. They really beat down TSU and Troy, I guess in your mind that means they're ready for Stanford and UConn. :loco:
 
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Some of you talk about the Lady Vols like other teams are always playing perfect basketball and we just suck or something. Just tell me what's so damn special about Stanford? Does their poo not stink? They never turn the ball over? They never have bad shooting nights? How many games have you watched them play? Why didn't they beat Texas by more than 15? Why aren't they ranked higher than 6? Why did they lose to Georgia in the sweet 16 last year in the NCAA?

The only thing Stanford has over us is the fact that it's in Palo Alto and even Candace Parker lost her last game there. Two years ago the officiating was more one sided than I've ever seen.

But, when it comes to the X's and O's Stanford has one really good player IMO and after that, I think we are player per player down to the last bench player better. If we play well and the officiating is fair, we should win.
 
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Darth_Vol said:
False. If and when they get pounded by Stanford it will most likely be due to the uneven play and sloppy turnovers we've seen through much of the 10-0 start. But I'm glad with all your vast basketball knowledge you think they are playing great basketball right now. They really beat down TSU and Troy, I guess in your mind that means they're ready for Stanford and UConn. :loco:
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if and when ? nobody said they were playing great basketball right now,if they can rein in the turn overs,I think they have one hell of a chance to win,which if they win this game and carry forward a winning attitude and no serious injuries,I think they will be able to play with anybody,a lot of ifs,but it can happen
 
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I love the honesty in this thread... good luck to all, wish all the players a healthy injury-free season
 
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Here is how I see the teams right now:
1-UConn
2-Notre Dame
3-Tennessee
4-Kentucky and I believe they will beat Duke
5-Stanford
6-Duke
7-Louisville
8-Maryland
9-Baylor
10-South Carolina

If we win today were in great shape for the rest of the season having most of our big games at home.
 
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