Baylor Postgame Thread

[pvdoggy]

Baylor contributed to their loss. They forgot they have a Player of the Year candidate they ignored for most of the 4th quarter. I’m just glad this game is over

Carrington tried to do too much by herself.

 

[Vowelguy]

No, we responded when I went into my "lucky" Grandson's room to put him to bed. You're welcome.

We will need to coordinate on Friday.

 

[schmendrick]

How was Baylor a #2 seed again?

 

[hoopsfan22]

Paige was already scoring before Didi went out.

Agree, BBallF. The refs were horrible. The charge on Aubrey, should have been a block on Didi, who was in the circle. Queen Egbo didn't have a foul until halfway though the 3rd quarter, the 3rd quarter. With all the physical play, how did that happen. There should have been more fouls on Baylor. Rebecca said the refs let the players know that it was going to be a physical game. What happened to what Debbie Antonelli talked about? having more flow, greater freedom for the offensive players to move. Certainly not in this game. Congrats, Aubrey for taking the charges against Carrington. Congrats, UConn. It wasn't easy, but you won the game.

I don't understand how this is missed so often. There is literally a line drawn on the floor to make the call easier.

 

[Centerstream]

Is player of the year voted on b4 the tourney?

Allegedly

 

[warbler1055]

Baylor lost by the barest of margin. They never should be in the same bracket as UConn. Baylor is a FF team. The seeding sucks. The officials are atrocious. I feel bad that one team has to lose due to bad calls.

 

[BBallF]

Carrington seemed to think she was the only option out there, that cost them big time

That's absolutely right. They transformed into a guard oriented team the last 5 minutes.

 

[msf22b]

Lets give a shoutout to Aubry, some great Defensive stops

I thought for long stretches Carrington was the hungriest player on the court
who wanted the game more than anyone else...but Aubrey neutralized some of her aggressiveness, just enough

And Aaliya when she was back in...important plays and boards on both sides of the court.

And yes, Christyn missed foul shots at he end...but throughout, she was fearless
scoring amongst the threes. A quiet 21 points...all needed.

 

[SVCBeercats]

JMJ! I need more nitro!
As I posted on another thread ...

Some thoughts on the Baylor game:

 

[UConnCat]

 

[hoopsfan22]

 

[JJTB]

Great win. Concerned only 7 points from the bigs and no assists from PB and CW. Did I say great win?

 

[victor64]

If UConn lost, we spend the next six months lamenting missed layups and foul shots. Now we get to celebrate a great comeback against an unbelievably physical team.

 

[Orangutan]

Unfortunately, the referees are afraid to make calls at end of game. The shooter got hit in the head/face with an arm as she was shooting. That was a foul.

Driving into a double team didn't help her cause.

In real time, it looked like a good no call because I thought she was trying to buy a call after hitting a dead end. In slo mo you can see it's a foul.

I am fine with Baylor not getting the call from a karmic perspective because that was a terrible offensive possession. Good D by UConn but Baylor has to come up with a better play there.

 

[baylorprof]

Congrats to your guys. Best wishes in the Final Four.

 

[HopJim]

Please apologize to my neighbors for all my screaming!

 

[Kaizen]

 

[hoopsfan22]

Let's hope next game the team can get into a good frame of mind and get their mojo ready for the final. A game against an easier opponent is perfect for that while South Carolina and Stanford slug it out just to make the final.

 

[SLY63]

I gotta admit. I'm proud of Olivia. She literally held her own. We all know Edwards was gonna hold hers.

As much as we can blame the refs. The game was pretty much no calls on both sides. I've seen Baylor get away with some. UConn got away with some.

The game changed when Didi got injured

Thought ONO played well with the exception of the unnecessary fouls. It could have really cost us

 

[oldude]

Baylor had a +19 rebounding advantage this season. Today, Baylor was +2 (41-39). Great job by the Huskies battling the Lady Bears on the boards all game long.

 

[jaydee602]

I have no sympathy for Baylor on that last no foul call. I mean come on. I realize the timing sucks, but Baylor put themselves in that position, and there were plenty of fouls that could have been called on Baylor. How many times did we hear "they're letting them play?"

No doubt! Geno admitted that UCONN was getting "manhandled" witout calls. If the refs put the whistlle away, then they couldn't call the foul at the end.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Congrats to your guys. Best wishes in the Final Four.

Hell of a game. Knew this one could go either way. You can get your revenge in Hartford next season.

 

[LarryLegend]

They were physically manhandling Paige at times throwing her around .. she’s gonna feel this tomorrow

shes a tough cookie.

 

[rollskies]

Congratulations to UConn.
They won the game Fair and Square.

Man y’all are tough!! By far our hardest team we’ve played all year. I still can’t fathom how Baylor got a 2 seed. Didi is tough as hell.

 

[Littlemin]

I must admit, in the chatroom, I said "game, set, match"...right before the 19 point run. Glad I didn't turn off the tv!!!!!!
If there was a UConn foul on that last possession, oh well, bout time we got the non call because Paige was getting beat up pretty badly.
Great game.
GENO CAN COACH IN CLOSE GAMES!!!!!

I felt the same way during the game and posted as such in the chat room