Ugliest Game !

[magic]

Is this the type of rugby match , uh, basketball game that wcbb wants to promote ?

 

[j66kicker]

Is this the type of rugby match , uh, basketball game that wcbb wants to promote ?

UCONN 63 - ND 50. YESS!!!

 

[jcoton56]

You have to gut some ofthem out.

 

[JSB60]

No such thing as an ugly NC.

 

[2Husky]

Ugly game, beautiful result

 

[Dove]

In 3 days no one will remember the slog this was.

Scoreboard!

 

[Henry]

Most beautiful thing I ever saw!

 

[vtcwbuff]

How can #10 be ugly? They won the friggen' game. Nothing else matters.

 

[huskeynut]

Not as ugly as the win against Stanford.

Besides, who cares? WE WON!!!!!!!!!

 

[Lynx23]

Ugly? Maybe, but still prettier than anything the men throw out there.

 

[katiecrum1992]

I don't think it was ugly. It definitely took time for us to get going, though.
But we won so that overrides it!

 

[Sonny44]

You think defensive struggles are ugly?

 

[katiecrum1992]

I meant offense. I don't think we played badly, just at a slower pace.

 

[ThisJustIn]

I don't think it was ugly at all... it was sloooooooowed down deliberately - Muffet and Co. did had a create game plan: for UConn into half court offense.

UConn played fierce defense in response... and if Morgan hadn't missed most every layup the team would have shot 50%

 

[winlots]

Is this the type of rugby match , uh, basketball game that wcbb wants to promote ?

Y'ALL and especially MAGIC who initiated this thread: my sense is that MAGIC was not knocking our play in any way shape or form, but that he/she was simply drawing a parallel between tonight's game and the ugly scrums of men's "basketball." Though I agree with his lament as far as the big picture of the women's game goes, I did NOT feel that ND was particularly dirty tonight. I thought that, for the most part, they played hard nosed defense that was well coached/designed.

Not saying it was a garden party. Basketball is a really rough sport, with pads on only the knees as best. But compared to tonight, the Rutgers and Maryland players, and therefore their coaches, are the ones who should be called out by those concerned about the future of this very precious American game.

 

[ABachelor6CR]

This game had more ugly than Rolling Stones group photo...............................BUT I will take it. It was a Great WIN!!

 

[VAUConnFan]

Y'ALL and especially MAGIC who initiated this thread: my sense is that MAGIC was not knocking our play in any way shape or form, but that he/she was simply drawing a parallel between tonight's game and the ugly scrums of men's "basketball." Though I agree with his lament as far as the big picture of the women's game goes, I did NOT feel that ND was particularly dirty tonight. I thought that, for the most part, they played hard nosed defense that was well coached/designed.

Not saying it was a garden party. Basketball is a really rough sport, with pads on only the knees as best. But compared to tonight, the Rutgers and Maryland players, and therefore their coaches, are the ones who should be called out by those concerned about the future of this very precious American game.

Sometimes an appropriate response is not immediately forthcoming. The choice of words and the context should be disturbing to most of us here.

Duly noted ~ HuskyNan

 

[alexrgct]

I'd argue it one if the 10 best national championship games in WCBB history...

 

[magic]

Y'ALL and especially MAGIC who initiated this thread: my sense is that MAGIC was not knocking our play in any way shape or form, but that he/she was simply drawing a parallel between tonight's game and the ugly scrums of men's "basketball." Though I agree with his lament as far as the big picture of the women's game goes, I did NOT feel that ND was particularly dirty tonight. I thought that, for the most part, they played hard nosed defense that was well coached/designed.

Not saying it was a garden party. Basketball is a really rough sport, with pads on only the knees as best. But compared to tonight, the Rutgers and Maryland players, and therefore their coaches, are the ones who should be called out by those concerned about the future of this very precious American game.

Thank you winlot. That's exactly what I was referring to. Especially after all the talk of " how to improve " the game all week! KML is a strong physical player, so when you see her being moved out of the block, you know their is some physical play.

 

[Mattyshangs]

Is this the type of rugby match , uh, basketball game that wcbb wants to promote ?

It's not about style points.

 

[DobbsRover2]

How can two great teams playing tough basketball at the highest level of defense in the close game som many people wanted ever get ugly? What is ugly is the situation that UConn is in that if they win an NC game by 90-60 there are a lot of fans who will post that the game was boring, and if they scrap to a 63-53 win the same fans will say it was ugly. There may be somewhere in between that would satisfy these fans, but probably not.

 

[cohenzone]

This game was UConn showing it could win a "tough it out " game against a quality. well prepared opponent. No it wasn't pretty, but for a change a team defended us almost as well as we defended them. As usual, our D won the game, and our O determined by how much. A 10-13 point lead with under 3 to go is not really a nail biter. Great win, another great season.