she was missing a lot of easy layups that kept uconn in a scoring drought and was turning the ball over

Azzi fudd is nice

@@caleb6590 she sure is!! And over the past 5 games she's been playing great D as well.

@@edlearned460 she reminds me of klay thompson

4 for 13 reminds you of Klay Thompson!

I understand what you’re saying but to be fair it was a pretty close game and since Ducharme and Nika weren’t being consistent Geno made the decision to sub in players who were. In any other non conference game he would let them play, but this is the NCAA tournament, it’s a one and done😳 anyways no hate I’m just passionate about the game lol

Agreed. Geno got that decision wrong.

@@TheDisruptiveOne Geno said in the post game presser that Nika sat because be needed dependable offense MORE than he needed a defensive stopper. Any decision can be second guessed for sure. But Geno's resulted in a W. I'm ALWAYS gonna give the guy w 28 straight Sweet 16s, 13 straight Final Fours and 11 championships the benefit of the doubt. He's proven his feel for what's needed when is pretty good.

i agree. i mean i understand nika on the bench defense wasn’t the problem and they need offense out there and that’s just not her but caroline made NO sense. she’s great scorer and her defensive rebounding could have been really used not sure what geno’s thought process was on that

@@reesespieces5560 You got that right. Second guessing the winningest coach in NCAAW is the work of trolls.

Those refs were atrocious. It was like they were officiating a flopping contest by UCF but I'm not sure if Amari could have given them anything solid. She's not playing with any "I deserve to be here" swagger. She and Gabriel seems scared and confused when they get in the game, it's cringy when they get on the court and against a scrappy team 🤔 probably would have been more giveaways than anything. Physicality has been this team's Achilles heel but by the same token you can't say you don't like your team without Paige and expect them to really produce anything remotely close to confidence in her absence and when she returns expect to be instantly healed. Nika should have gotten the start and more playing time and continue to work Paige in. Now that she's back they seem to not know who the offense should flow through. Add that to the lack of Physicality and we got a mess. Aliyah had numerous post ups where they didn't even look at her because they were trying to find Paige or Azzi. The way my anxiety setup 😫 I don't know if I can take it 🙏🏼

Caroline missed 2 uncontested layups, she also seemed lost, moment too big. She hasn't been the same in general since the head injury.

Paige is definitely not as hot as she was last year because of obvious reasons, but she really did give us some buckets most times when our offense has either become stagnat or lost which reminds us that we are still playing basketball. I understand that nika should have started or infact play more minutes but I don't think the decision geno made is totally unreasonable. Nika is known for her defensive prowess she isn't an offensive player and our defense was working well without her . We just couldn't do anything on offense . So playing paige more and evina who can make plays and also get buckets. Its very reasonable to play less nika. Our higs were awful on offense but they play good defense. For AZZI , 🙂 GOD BLESS HER !!

Perspective is in the eye of the beholder. Cheap foul calls against UCF. Every suspect call was called in Uconns favour. Why did Uconn have home game advantage. They were not a one seed. Hmmm.

@@Dingle051554 huh?

THAT’S dedication!

Same here was panicking in the last 4 minutes of the last quarter wondering what was happening

😂😂 yeah that was me too😄. I was like I can't not watch it but 😬😬😬😬, so I did it, whew. It was teeth grinding

@@emmra2218 I worked my way through it. I think the worst part was watching Ono and Edwards fouling out. The officiating was unreal.

yeah :( I wanted to see how caroline would play under this type of pressure, I think she could really be a great scoring addition if she got more playing time

Because he started Paige…mistake!

True, defense, rebounds, and scoring Caroline is reliable.

Geno coached afraid! Caroline and Dorka missed a coupla gimme layups and he sat their ass down Caroline didnt even get in 2nd half. Bit I woulda played Caroline, Dorka, and Mika some more. Especially Mika cus she would give that crap right back to them hood girls

She missed a couple of chippies in the beginning (who DIDN’T!). Geno probably pulled her for that, maybe wanting to only have one freshman on the court at a time(🤣). I agree, Caroline has a solid overall game, I would have loved to see her with more minutes…but who are you gonna take out?😳. Hope the team can learn from this…

If you not seeing the missed layups m, the bad pass, and passing up open shots! True it was a scrappy game and I loved it, but UConn played horrible!

Gotta be the shoes!

It was definitely scrappy but they made bad decisions. The reinsertion of Paige over Nika has the girls at an empasse. Who gets more touches? Nika is a distributor and so is Evina. Paige is a shot taker and they were passing up open looks trying to force it to Paige. Aliyah was posted and had the seal on several occasions but she didn't get any touches inside. There was no inside outside action. UCF's defense was really good but UCONN's ball movement was bad. So now they seem to be forcing perimeter shots when Caroline has been big for them inside and outside and Dorka 😳, ...not one layup. That was not good but they just have to fix it in the mix. Let's go UCONN!!!

They did play bad, past UConn teams blew UCF out. They did it by making shots, especially layups. UCF is offensively challenged if UConn makes their shots early, the UCF style of taking the air out of the ball puts their offense under even more pressure. Also, part of the issue is Paige is about 60-70% IMO, Normal Uconn would push on every miss by UCF to speed things up & not let their defense get set, another way they used to blow out UCF, make them defend in transition & not half court

@@emmra2218 Spot on!

Facts!

Just saw an article where Geno heard somebody from UCF say "You guys are soft"...and Geno said.."You're right ..tell them that again !!!"

@@RaxOldiesoh wow, I didn't see that. The girls are extremely talented but there's no edge to them as a whole. Aliyah and Nika are probably as tough as they come. I'm really hoping for a final four appearance but they have to go through ND who's really feeling themselves right now and they're scrappy as well as NC state

@@RaxOldies Instead of making those stupid tic tok vids they should be hitting the squat rack.

@@pleiku887 I hope Paige reads this! Facts!

UCF*

@@blakeroberson1730 hahaha...but it felt like UFC !!

Azzi is great but she made some questionable passes and turned the ball over a few times. And there were a few more passes that were almost turned over. She's a freshman though so it happens I guess.

yes, she is 😍🔥

Then after 3:43 Kaba fouls Edwards pushing her from behind

Yeah thats interesting. If you look at the crowd during that moment most people are either looking or pointing to that other end of the court. Uconns bench reacted too.

Same here!! I had to sit calmly as every bucket they missed my my heart rate go up. In the end there was a "W", it wasn't pretty, but it was still a win. Let's hope this week they can rest and regroup and get stronger to tough it out for the games ahead of them.

I am concerned because I recorded this game and it is in my library on youtube tv. The reason for my concern is that I don't know how to clear or delete items from my library!

@@TheDisruptiveOne 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Everyone on the team is allowed to miss layups and make mistakes.. oh.. except for Nika and Caroline. They are held to a different standard. They get banished when they make mistakes.

@@TheDisruptiveOne Nika should be starting instead of Paige, at least for the games in sight Caroline Should be first off the bend after Dorka.

From my understanding it's a freshman that comes into the program and can immediately make an impact. Most time freshmen don't get alot of court time, a few minutes here and there when the game is well in hand but the term ''super freshman' is now just highlighting their ability to transition from HS sports to collegiate sports effortlessly. Imo

A super freshman is someone who, because of COVID, finished their high school credits early and enrolled in the program a year before they were supposed to. So for example if they were supposed to come in Fall 2021, they came in Fall 2020 bc of Covid. Olivia Miles from ND is an example!

@@reesespieces5560 I stand corrected. Thank you 😊

@@emmra2218 no honestly it can be confusing since I’ve heard them call Paige that too, even though she didn’t enroll early haha

@@reesespieces5560 thank u very much

would have blown them out if made layups and 3rd more outside shots,just an off nite but if you can win being that off with great defense I will bet on them

I don't think anyone used "hood" as a put down! By "hood" they meant : in your face, strong, powerful, and, no nonsense! Take a breath, life is too short, to look for "issues" everywhere!

You get no sympathy with this one!

@@onestgermain I understand your sentiment One. You did hear me though, right? Not asking for sympathy for refs, just a bit more understanding of the dynamics at play during a game, that's all. I understand that fans (fan-atics) do not entertain seeing the forest for the trees. But I've seen some of your other comments, and you appear to be a person who is more than a fanatic. You better believe I know bad calls were made, but refs calls are just 1/3 of the game. The next game will more than likely be completely different as neither team is a "smash-mouth" type of team. Gonna be interesting.

@@lastonestanding3417 Regardless of being a “fan-atic”or not, if we can see a “bad call” and they don’t , there is a problem! No matter how pro one team we are, deep down we know if our player was wrong. Like I said, if you cannot make the right call, at this level, find another job! I am reasonable here, they are not robots, people make mistakes. But when a game is marred by bad mistakes… any game, the proof is in the pudding! No sympathy!

​@@onestgermain What's with the exclamation points. Relax friend. Enjoy UConn vs Indiana. Should be a good game.

@@lastonestanding3417 The significance of the !!! Should not elude you by now. Look it up! You relax, my man. Enjoy the game!!! A few more for you

Are you trolling or something 😒? Shake hands with who? UCONN stayed in a huddle at the end of the game and made no effort to Shake hands and I'm a UCONN fan so if anything it was poor sportsmanship on their part. Y are u here?

@@emmra2218 Bullshit,lame excuse,geno was there to greet their coach but she was not, he was not in the huddle,your wrong?

Our 3pt% was higher than our layup %. 9 out of 10 games those layups go in. If half of those layups went in we’d be up 20. Some of those were wide open too lol. I hope they learn from this cuz I later rounds they lose

@@bennybenson5 Starting Paige, has broken the chemistry, and the rotation they had…

@@onestgermain I agree but I think it’s good that they’re getting used to playing with her starting. In later rounds they’ll need her comfortable because no matter how good the defense is, if we don’t score we lose. Also I don’t know why Geno didn’t play Caroline more. Hopefully we see her vs Indiana

@@bennybenson5 No! I believe, Paige will do more harm and disruption to the team, by getting involved more! They built a good cohesive team without her! She is not ready. She missed some shots that could had put the game to rest! Mark my words, if Geno starts her, we will lose!

@@onestgermain I feel like you’re discrediting her. She’s getting better and better each game which is making us better. Yesterday wasn’t a bad game for her. I agree that Nika should be starting but Paige starting isn’t a death sentence for us. I guess we’ll see what happens. I think we’ll be fine

@Bits of Blondie I beg to differ! She had no “ great games” at all! She could have put the game away on 2 occasions…she missed! Remember what I said!