Top 3 Things You Want To See Saturday Against Indiana

[BBallF]

After the game against UCF, these are my new top 3 things:

1) Ball movement, ball movement, ball movement on offense with Paige and Azzi getting more open looks:

2) More of Nika and Caroline;

3) Same defensive intensity with steals, deflections, boxing out and transition.

 

[cwaduke]

1. Make layups!!!
2. More of Nika and Caroline
3. More cuts through the lane

 

[MilfordHusky]

1. Use our height and dominate inside. I want 30+ points in the paint.

2. Continue our stifling defense and hold Indiana to below 35% shooting.

3. Limit turnovers to fewer than 10.

 

[tchalla1]

1. Maintain your composure--don't get too high, don't get too low
2. Breathe, relax, you got this, you've done this before
3. Know your role, play your role and have resiliency to know you're going to recover whenever you make a mistake

As you can see, most all of the things I'd like to see are mental aspects and not basketball-related such as defense and rebounding. That's because whether or not UConn wins against Indiana is entirely up to UConn, IU is entirely in UConn's wheelhouse, it's a strategic, well-mechanized team like UConn, only UConn does this better.

As I've said before, it's style that makes for match ups and IU's style makes for a good matchup for UConn. To use a boxing analogy, no one ever out-boxed Ali, you might outslug him as Frazier did, but you were not ever going to outbox Ali. Similarly, rarely if ever, does a team ever out-mechanize Geno and beat him at his own game...

 

[Kat]

I want to see a player get hot, drop a few 3s, teammates feeding her the ball for a few in a row, then do it with a different player, spread the defense far apart, then take it to the hole for some easy buckets. Repeat.

 

[dtbtbtb]

1, Win'
2. Make lay ups
3. Out rebound IU

 

[UConnCat]

1. Use our height and dominate inside. I want 30+ points in the paint.

2. Continue our stifling defense and hold Indiana to below 35% shooting.

3. Limit turnovers to fewer than 10.

Interesting that Indiana shot 51% last night and Princeton shot 34%. How did Indiana only win by 1 point?

Indiana turned the ball over 17 times to Princeton's 8, and Princeton grabbed 10 offensive boards to Indiana's 1. One offensive rebound for the entire game. The result was 19 more FGA for Princeton which allowed them to stay close despite the FG% difference.

 

[BlueSkyGLW]

• Breathe well....
• Believe in your teammates' ability to execute
• No hesitation to improvise in your read-and-react system both offense and defense

 

[JellyBean]

1). Attacking mindset on both ends of the floor. Be like sharks that smell blood in the water on the defensive end & attack the basket to put pressure on Indiana. Get them into foul trouble.

2). Poise on both ends of the floor.

3). Have fun out there.

 

[HuskyinWRNY]

Strong, suffocating defense
Better inside shooting
Everyone plays

 

[Happydad745]

An offense that won't make me yell at the TV
Paige playing with more confidence
Nika(the sneaka) doing her thing on defense

 

[Woof 101]

Same for me as last game...
1) Paige another step closer to being her former self.
2) Good consistent officiating.
3) A moment of silence by the announcers ....... Every other minute would be nice.

 

[MSGRET]

I don't think that is going to happen, unless there is a rule where 8 players are allowed to play at the same time.

1. Win
2. Limit T/O's and fouls
3. No one gets hurt

 

[HGN]

1) Win
2) Win
3) Win

 

[Zinethar]

1. Everyone starts, plays, and finishes healthy.
2. Great defense leading to easy MADE layups.
3. A win that does not require me to again bring out my old military vocabulary.

 

[Redux]

I don't think that [I want to see Nika, Caroline, Dorka, ONO, AE, Paige, Azzi and Evina start] is going to happen.

But I'd really like our chances.

CW apparently coming off the bench for some added punch.

 

[Husky fanatic]

1. Watch them make layups
2. Aggressive defense
3. Hold Berger under 12

 

[meyers7]

I'm all in on your three.

 

[GoUconn7961]

1. No injuries
2. More aggressive going to the rim - make those layups!
3. A win - whether it's by 1 point or 20. Doesn't matter

 

[meyers7]

1. UCONN Win
2. TN lose
3. That's probably good enough. However it would be nice to see a 50%/40%/75% game by UCONN. A 20/10 A/TO. +10 rebounding margin.

 

[Ralph]

you left CW out of the starting line up. I would like that, 9 versus 5 with a trapping defense. And on offense at least 4 players would always be open.

 

[DEpup]

I'd like to see a little more fearless going to the basket. It's been a gripe by Geno for years that his players are often unwilling to take contact and get fouled.

The one thing I was impressed with UCF at the end of that game is their guards just drove to the basket without fear and then UConn would go down the other end and get nothing but a shot clock violation or tie ball.... This is where I saw the most about Paige not fully back yet because she didn't want to take it to the rack like she would before her injury. She'll get there I'm sure.

 

[Zarathustra]

1. "everybody eats"
2. "unfinished business"
3. containing Grace Berger... it should seal a " W".
Go Huskies...

 

[GoUconn7961]

This is OT - but:

I rescued a sick stray cat today, and I found my diamond earring I thought was gone forever.
I feel that this bodes well for a good outcome on Saturday.