Doggydaddy's Den: Doggy's Doghouse 12/2/17

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What would a Friday night be without a little Logan??!!!!

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Friday Nights are always quiet when it comes to WCBB. Only one top 25 game, but the two teams do have a UConn connection.

No. 18 Oregon State is playing Nevada in the Maui Classic.

Nevada is an easy one to figure out the connection. UConn just played them to end their west coast trip and the Wolf Pack put up a great second half effort much to the chagrin of many UConn fans. How will they do in this game? Does that second half propel Nevada to a great game against the Beavers? Or will they have used all their energy against UConn and have that post-Huskie hangover?

The Oregon State connection is more subtle. The Beavers have lost two games this season. One against No. 16 Duke. The other was against Notre Dame, UConn's next opponent. The Irish was down 34-29 at the half before coming back to win 72-67 behind a great effort by Jackie Young. Some takeaways from that game that helped me create my Pre Game Report for the ND game.

1. This is an unusual team for ND and this game showed it with them having only 8 assists on their 30 baskets. Lots of 1-1 play in this game.

2. This was a good game for Mikayla Vaughn (out for the year with an ACL tear) with 8 points and 7 rebounds in 16 minutes. They will miss her size and production against UConn.

3. They only took 4 three point shots. Long range shooting has always been a big part of this team's history.

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Here is my UConn/Notre Dame Pre Game Report.

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I'm glad I have Katie Lou playing on Sunday in my Pre Game Report. I took a chance and now it is paying off.

Here is a broadcast on the UConn Women's facebook page - Some great stuff.

www.facebook.com/UConnWBB/videos/1115623611873795/

Right around 28:30.

Katie Lou: "Janelle just told me I'm going to have to limit my minutes on Sunday . I'm going to be on a minute count and I don't want to do that. So I figured I'd come right to you and tell you that I don't want to do that."

Geno: "You're saying you don't want to play at all?"

Lou "No. I wanna play the whole game or I don't want to have to come out."

Geno: "Well we'll make that decision when I watch you play. If I think you look good then you'll play a lot. If I don't think you look good, you're not..."

Lou: "Okay, fair enough." ... a little chat ... "But, we are not the same team without her. You can talk all you want about this kid is good, that kid is good ...but, you know...Lou is the only kid we have that bridges that gap between guard and forward....Lou floats between the two and stretches the defense...."

Thanks to Rocky for transposing this for us!

And it looks like Camara is not quite ready yet. I think she needs another couple of weeks.

Here is an interview with Kia Nurse and Katie Lou. You can see the much maligned Lexi Gordon (yes, she is getting crap from UConn fans) hitting three after three and Camara hitting a few medium range jumpers.

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By David in Naples!!!!!

As part of our continuing effort to help depressed UConn fans who can't deal with how poorly the Huskies have played in the 2nd half of several games,

, here is some good news. While these stats will not talk die-hard pessimists of the ledge, it may help some who feel the Notre Dame game will be a 20+ point loss. It will, just not for the Huskies.

1. Six UConn players are averaging in double figures in scoring. Katie Lou is at 16.5 pts per game (two games). Kia is right behind at 16.2 and Azura is at 14.2. Tied for 4th are Pheesa and Crystal at 14.0 pt per game. Then, 6th and rising is Gabby at 12.2 points per game.
2. Starters are 40-96 from three-point range or 42%. Notre Dame makes 31% of threes.
3. UConn has outscored opponents 159-64 in the 1st period of their first six games. Opponents average less than 11 points scored in the 1st period.
4. In the first half of all six games, UConn has outscored opponents by 144 points or 24 pts per game.

5. According to DoggyDaddy, UConn averages 21.3 assists and 12.2 steals per game. ND averages only 16.7 and 6.6 per game in those categories.
6. Katie Lou will play..!!

7. UConn is averaging 86.5 pts per game, against some good opponents. Last season, they averaged 87.1 over the whole season. Darn close..!
8. The last time Notre Dame beat the Huskies, Stewie was a freshman.
9. This is a UConn home game and the Huskies have had 4 days since their last game. Plenty of time to rest and gameplan.

Watch for Gabby and Pheesa to have monster games this Sunday..!

Go Huskies..!!

Part 2 - Congrats to Duke for beating a real basketball team, Ohio State 69-60. Well, almost a real team...