Doggydaddy's Den: DoggyDaddy's Dailies 1/10/17

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Spent some time at the Festival Flea Market.

My favorite purchase was a pickle on a stick. Garlic Dill!!!

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On the main UConn message board, they were talking about who will be covering the USF players during the game Tuesday night. I guess they didn't read my Pre Game Blog. Well, how could they. The moderators won't let them link to my blog because I am not a "credentialed" reporter. Crazy, huh. There are hundreds of UConn fans there that would benefit from reading my pre game reports. They might even like my dailies. Oh well....their loss.

So, in this discussion, it's clear they don't know much about any of the players other than Laksa. It makes sense they wouldn't. The other four starters are pretty unknown to much of the world of WCBB.

The most interesting comment was where one fan said that because Pujol is the tallest player at 6'1" that Collier will guard her and in the same post said that Nurse and Chong will cover the two guards, whoever they are. Well, the problem with that is that while she is 6'1" tall, Pujol IS one of the two guards. And if you watched a few minutes of USF game videos you would see that her ball handling skills don't match up well with Collier. It's not even close to the matchup that Geno want.

The dumbest comment was when one poster had KLS covering Ferreira. Nice idea if Ferreira wasn't wearing a boot and not playing. Word out of South Florida is that she might be done for the season. Henshaw, the freshman starts.

While playing their man-to-man, my guess is that Chong will cover their PG, 5'7" Flores, Nurse will cover the 6'1" guard Pujol, Collier will guard the bulky 6'1" freshman forward Henshaw, Samuelson will cover the 6'1" Jesperson and finally, Gabby Williams will cover the 6' wing Laksa.

The matchups are really good for UConn. USF will only bring a forward off the bench. And UConn will play Dangerfield plenty of minutes against Flores, who will be playing 40 minutes.

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In no surprise, Kentucky has fallen out of the top 25. It's hard to imagine them winning enough to get back in. They were in the top 25 poll an amazing 132 consecutive week. Well behind UConn's current streak of 441 and the all time streak by Tennessee of 565. I believe it will take 6 more seasons after this one for UConn to catch and pass Tennessee. It will happen.

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By David in Naples!!!!!

UConn scoring this season is coming from a variety of players and from all over the court. For the year, the Huskies have scored 1,141 points or 81.5 per game. From outside the 3 point arc, UConn has made 105 threes worth 315 points. That is 27.6% of the total. Free throws have contributed another 184 points or 16.1%. The remaining 642 points or 56.3% have been regular baskets inside the 3 pt arc.

Katie Lou leads the team with 282 points or 24.7%of the 1,141 total. Napheesa is right behind with 271 points. Kia and Gabby follow with 191 and 161 points respectively. Crystal is 5th with 81 points and Saniya is 6th at 65 points. Natalie has 60 points in 7th place.

Taken together, KLS and Pheesa have contributed 48.5% of UConn's total points. Kia and Gabby total 30.8% & Crystal and Saniya bring in 12.7%. For the season, UConn has made 426 total baskets, of which 105 were from beyond the 3 pt arc. That is 24.6% of the total baskets. The Huskies shoot 50.7% overall, 42% from three range and 76.7% from the free throw line.

Go Huskies..!!

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