Doggydaddy's Den: DoggyDaddy's Dailies

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Here is my UConn/Texas Pregame Report

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I'm making the trip to Albany and I'm going to try something new. I'll be posting during the day, live. I little about the trip, pictures from outside the arena, pictures with fellow UConn fans, Game shots, observations and a few thoughts after the game.

Once I get home, I'll put together a full Post Game report on the game. I hope I don't bore you too much!!! The blog entry is basically empty until the trip starts but I wanted to get something out there so I could create the link. DoggyDaddy's Excellent Adventure

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It's not like UConn hasn't faced any height.

Texas goes 6'7", 6'5", 5'11"

Duke goes 6'5", 6'4", 6'4", 6'4, 6'3"

South Carolina goes 6'5", 6'4", 6'4", 6'4"

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Great games and performances tonight.

Baylor was able to handled Iowa State, 81-66, behind a career high 23 points from their center Sune Agbuke. Nina Davis added 20 points and Nya Johnson had a Double-Double with 10 points and 16 rebounds. For Iowa, Samantha Logic was amazing with 13 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assist for a rare NCAA tourney Triple-Double. Baylor looks like a team on a mission and will be a tough out for Notre Dame in the Elite Eight rematch from last season.

The South Carolina / North Carolina rematch from last year was a great game. North Carolina had a late 3 point lead but for some strange reason took a few jumpers without running down the clock. South Carolina hit some clutch threes late to tie the score and Mitchell did was All-Americans are supposed to do, hit a layup with 5 seconds left for the winning margin. Neither team was very impressive. Interesting that two starters, PG Sessions and C Ibiam only player 11 minutes each and their star freshman only played 10 minutes. None of the three were effective and South Carolina was fortunate that Coates and Roy came off the bench for 30 points between them.

Stanford was game but Notre Dame is just too good. The Irish beat Stanford 81-60. Lindsay Allen had a career first half with 24 points and Jewel Loyd did her thing in the second half. Once Thompson tweaked her knee for Stanford, it was all downhill for the Cardinal. Loyd finished with 21 points. Hannah Huffman shocked everyone with a few really productive minutes, scoring 4 points grabbing 5 rebound and handing out 3 assists. Notre Dame moves on to meet Baylor in what will be a really great game.

Florida State held on to beat Arizona State 66-65 in a game that looked like at time neither team wanted to win. There was one sequence where Florida State miss 4-5 consecutive putbacks after rebounding the miss and Arizona State, after securing the rebound, miss a bunny on the other end. A lot of ugly ball. FSU miss a 1-1 with 6 seconds left but ASU couldn't get a shot off. The matchup with South Carolina is going to be really ugly. Both teams defense well and both teams have offenses that go for long bad stretches of play.

I'll post the links to the two later games as they come out. Time for some sleep before heading up to Albany Saturday morning.

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