POSTGAME: Dawn Staley on UConn: It was the ball's fault! [merged]

[01Neaggrad02]

Did she really just blame the ball? And they have her the Olympic coach? Come on man....

 

[Plebe]

If schools are able to pick which ball they use,

AFAIK this has always been the case. Different schools can use different balls. I think there was some article about this (in the men's game) a couple years ago.

 

[WBB_FAN_WA]

Total bull Dawn. You have been coaching college and international matches and this is something you didn't anticipate? Also, last year UConn played in SC and they lost so was it because of the Wilson ball? SMH Just lost my respect.

 

[shiverz45]

UConn why do you have us dribbling with a flat ball? Did you'll learn that from New England. Well it work. We had zero fast break points. This is not the first time Dawn mentioned something about the ball. I don't remember who it was but I knew Cooke was having issues with it. Had to be a road team so we won that game regardless.

 

[Wbbfan1]

Maybe the Nike ball was the reason UConn shot the ball so poorly.

 

[huskeynut]

Unbelievable!!! You blame the ball for a loss.

Sorry Dawn. That just doesn't cut it. You are the coach and you should know what ball is being used. And you said you need less dribbling and get the ball into the post more. That's on you Dawn. You are the coach. Take care of business.

I was never impressed that Dawn was a great coach. A good coach - yes. Not great, not even close. That was a pitiful interview. Can't even give the opposition any credit. Sour grapes for sure.

BTW - there was an article posted on the board that quoted Dawn as saying we don't need to bring our A game to beat UConn. Was someone a little overconfident?

 

[Bajan Best]

LOL Nothing new here, move along

for some It's the ball,
for some it's the Banners
for some it's just the air of greatness that once graced the courts of Gampel Pavillion..

They can all find an excuse if they look hard enough..

 

[Urshurak]

WILLLLLLSSSSSOOOOOn!

 

[MilfordHusky]

South Carolina can hang a banner saying they were #1 on February 8, before 9:15 PM.

 

[shiverz45]

I cringed when she said that. Because there is no excuse for all those turnovers. They should have been practicing with a NIKE ball leading up to the game. I will say I was yelling at the TV because Henderson was moving and leaving the ball behind on occasions. Hopefully she made the statement to protect her backcourt from the media. I am curious how many SEC schools use a NIKE ball.

 

[DefenseBB]

This just in-NEW BANNER AT SC

 

[JonathanXIV]

The next banner they raise will say: "We would've won if the ball had been different."

Hopefully our resident meme-makers can get on that.

 

[shiverz45]

Great strategy Geno. Now you can put those Nike balls away until next time SC comes to Storrs.

Geno Belichick

 

[shiverz45]

If schools are able to pick which ball they use, you can bet every road game SC has the rest of the year they'll be using Wilson balls.

You must mean NIKE. SC plays with a Wilson ball.

 

[Kaizen]

South Carolina can hang a banner saying they were #1 on February 8, before 9:15 PM.

Or South Carolina is the forever #1 with Wilson basketball on the court.

 

[tower1]

Now I don't feel sorry for their loss.

She is a sore loser and hates losing to Uconn ! She is replacing McGraw !!

 

[my2cents]

Was the ball square? otherwise keep quiet about it.

 

[UConnCat]

This is quite a take . . .

 

[Plebe]

This is quite a take . . .

Whoa. WTH
Was this written by ESPN or by one of the Gamecock Nation social media flunkies?

 

[hoopsfan22]

ESPN's just pissed that a game like that wasn't on their air.

 

[UConnCat]

Whoa. WTH
Was this written by ESPN or by one of the Gamecock Nation social media flunkies?

By Mechelle Voepel. This is her take.

 

[Plebe]

By Mechelle Voepel. This is her take.

I don't think much of her, but I still would've expected better.

She's always missing the boat while counting ladybugs. As if UConn didn't miss shots or miss free throws or make other mistakes that might've been avoided in a perfect game. SMH

 

[UConnCat]

Voepel:

Yet if the Gamecocks had hit one of the four shots they had at the basket at the end of regulation--- Destanni Henderson's jumper was short, then Victaria Saxton missed a putback, followed by Aliyah Boston's two missed putback attempts -- Bueckers wouldn't have been the story of the night.

The Gamecocks will rue their missed layups, which ruined their normally lethal transition game, missed free throws (8 of 15) and turnovers (21). They kept the Huskies 24.1 points below their season average of 87.1 coming into the game, held them to just 2 of 15 from behind the arc and outrebounded them 52-39.

I wonder if UConn is allowed to change anything in the game. Missed FTs? Turnovers?

 

[MooseJaw]

It was the ball's fault!

Da ball boss da ball

 

[ABCDFE]

I don't think much of her, but I still would've expected better.

She's always missing the boat while counting ladybugs. As if UConn didn't miss shots or miss free throws or make other mistakes that might've been avoided in a perfect game. SMH

Or a half court heave? Or the officiating. I think SC looked like the better team good portion of the game but Paige is the difference in tight games, because she can find her shot. If we meet SC again we will need more contributions from others to beat them.