Now it's the women's turn!

[temery]

Get 'er done!

Beat Duke!

 

[JungleLobo]

Beating Duke and reaching the elite 8 is a success for this squad and another year of injuries.

Their 5 losses are to teams at the elite 8 level so any further wins beyond Duke would be unexpected gravy.

 

[NowInStorrs]

So far so good! 21-8 late in the 2Q.

 

[huskeynut]

35 - 19 3 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

We have Paige and they don't.

 

[Scoe]

Just wrap this up you can’t lose to Duke.

 

[blkknight1]

Doing their best to blow it

 

[HCCForever]

UConn Women win 53-45

 

[temery]

Doing their best to blow it

good call.

 

[Scoe]

Survive and advance, duals is still in play and knocked out Dukes chances of duals. Paige just has to score 50 pts per game the rest of the way.

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Would love a repeat of 2004 and 2014 but South Carolina is a wagon. Already beat us in Connecticut this year

 

[HCCForever]

Would love a repeat of 2004 and 2014 but South Carolina is a wagon. Already beat us in Connecticut this year

South Carolina is beatable lately but tough for UConn’s lack of depth to advance.

 

[HuskyNan]

Would love a repeat of 2004 and 2014 but South Carolina is a wagon. Already beat us in Connecticut this year

Game was in South Carolina

 

[Henry]

The E8 game against USC is going to be tough. It's hard to beat an elite team with a roster of 6. They had no legs and were exhausted during the 4th Q of this game.

 

[BleedHuskyBlu]

Game was in South Carolina

Your right I was thinking about last year when they beat us in Hartford

 

[Samoo]

I was at the game. The women came out playing terrific defense - missed a ton of threes but otherwise getting baskets as needed. Held duke to 13 first half points and led by 10 at the half....but did not sub a single time until Edwards picked up her third foul midway through the second quarter and Ice Brady subbed her out for a couple minutes. Edwards started the second half and the lead stretched to 20 at one point, but she picked up her fourth and Brady played all the minutes Edwards didn't (about 15). Geno didn't use a single sub and it was clear that they were running on fumes in the final 6 or so minutes when Duke came back. Buekers is Buekers.

Can't see them winning with only 6 players; watched the USC- Baylor game as well and they are good - Juju Watkins is the real deal.

Still Final Four and Elite Eight - basketball capitol of the world.

 

[Tenspro2002]

The E8 game against USC is going to be tough. It's hard to beat an elite team with a roster of 6. They had no legs and were exhausted during the 4th Q of this game.

And yet we're favored (1.5:1) in that game!

 

[iri10]

For the women, this is the "house money" part of their tournament. Proud of them for making it to the E8 with all the setbacks and injuries. I do wonder what could have been with a healthy team, but oh well.

 

[aceboon]

Need to see Paige empty the clip vs USC

 

[nutmegger]

Need to see Paige empty the clip vs USC

UConn -3 over USC.

 

[superjohn]

Beating Duke and reaching the elite 8 is a success for this squad and another year of injuries.

Their 5 losses are to teams at the elite 8 level so any further wins beyond Duke would be unexpected gravy.

Not their year or last few years because of injury but Paige is a special player. I want to see her take them as far as they can go. She can't do it by herself.

 

[mauconnfan]

UConn women are favored over USC? You’re kidding right?

 

[formerlurker]

UConn women are favored over USC? You’re kidding right?

You sound upset.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Doing their best to blow it

Defend this comment as anything better than an unforced error.

What conceivable good could issue forth from this self-satisfied sarcasm that runs contrary to what I presume is your rooting interest?

I'm glad it didn't prove out.

If the team plays well on Monday, and makes it to the Final 4, I'll be delighted.

If the team's resources have been so reduced by injury that they cannot compete effectively for the full 40-minute game against USC, I'll be sad for (but fully accepting of) the loss, and still quite grateful for having followed the team's very challenging season.

 

[uconnever]

UConn women are favored over USC? You’re kidding right?

Watched USC a lot this year, if we play our game. We win. But the players looked off tonight and USC rebounds well, and we are limited there but a very evenly matched game.

 

[Tenspro2002]

UConn women are favored over USC? You’re kidding right?

There is an extraordinarily heavy "UConn tax" in betting markets and the advanced metrics love us despite being uncompetitive against virtually any team with a pulse.