Saturday, March 21, 2015

DoggyDaddy's Dailies 3/22/15





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Here is my UConn/St. Francis post game report.
 
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Great shots from when KLS was given the Gatorade POY by Elena Delle Donne


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 Here are a few observations from games I was able to watch.

The Princeton / Green Bay game was fun to watch. Two really well coached teams and they both execute on offense so well. I've seen a couple of Princeton games this season and Green Bay really took them out of their offense in the first half. While Princeton shot well from the perimeter, they couldn't get their inside game going until the second half. This game will just give them more confidence going into the game against Maryland. The Terps played well today against 16 seed New Mexico State, winning by 18 points, 75-57.

Watched the Tennessee / Boise State game and it was way closer than it should have been. Boise closed to five points 63-58 with three minutes left, but a big three pointer from Massengale stretched the lead back to eight and it was never closer. Tennessee will have to play better to get past a defensive minded Pitt team. Tennessee missed so many easy shots, you just don't see that from elite teams. A very unimpressive 1st round game by a 2 seed.

I watched the first half of the Oklahoma / Quinnipiac game before heading out to dinner. Yes, it's true. I don't sit at the computer all day, although my wife would argue with that. I love the freshman Gabbi Ortiz. She is a terrific point guard that was on fire in the first half. 13 points on 3-5 three point shooting and three assists and no turnovers. She is a very emotional player and fits in really well with what Coach Coales is looking for. Oklahoma could be a tough out in this tournament.

Rutgers held off a big rally by Seton Hall to set up a game against a former Big East rival, UConn. Kahleah Copper and Tyler Scaife each scored 21 points and Betnijah Laney added 17 points and 12 rebounds. The Scarlet Knights improved to 23-9 in the NCAA Tournament. Scaife became the third Rutgers player this season to reach 1,000 points for her career. Rutgers makes only 2 three points shots per game and they made seven in this game. They will need to do more of that against UConn if they want to stay competitive.
     
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Here is the region by region results with news links about the games from Friday. Upset in red.



Storrs, Ct

 Saturday 6:30 ESPN2


 
Chapel Hill, NC
 
4 North Carolina 71
5 Ohio State            90
Tempe AZ
 
6 Texas A&M       60
  11 Arkansas LR 69 
3 Arizona State 73
  14 Ohio            58

Tallahassee, FL
 
 7 Florida Gulf Coast 75
 
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NEWS LINKS 

No. 1 UConn opens with 89-33 rout of St. Francis, Brooklyn USA Today

UConn Routs St. Francis Brooklyn, 89-33 Hartford Courant

 Top-seed UConn blasts St. Francis-NY in first round Foxnews

Brian Koonz: 5 things we learned in UConn's rout of St. Francis Brooklyn CT Post

Saturday’s women’s roundup: Top-seeded UConn blows out St. Francis (N.Y.) Boston Globe

Tuck scores 26 as No. 1 UConn cruises The Telegram

Former Big East rivals to meet again in Connecticut WTOP

Tuck guides UConn to NCAA first-round win Carl Adamac

Kaleena Admits She Wants The NCAA Record John Adamac

Not just another night at the office for UConn's Tuck Jim Fuller

Special day for UConn incoming freshmen Jim Fuller

More links to come as they are posted on the web

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Sunday's Round Two Games



 Lexington KY
 
  Berkeley, CA
 
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Columbia, SC 
 
7:00 ESPN 
1 South Carolina 81
 8 Syracuse 72
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Durham, NC 
 
12:00 ESPN3
4 Duke
5 Mississippi State
 
Corvallis, OR

7:00 ESPN2 
3 Oregon State  

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