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Thanks Geno...I appreciate the kind words that I put in your mouth!

I started this Blog as an outlet for my passion for UConn Women's basketball in October. I started out slow, but on November 18, I started my own streak and now it's 72 consecutive days that I have blogged. I had no idea I had this in me...but it keeps coming out!

On Monday, February 16 I officially break UConn's 90 game streak with 91 consecutive days of blogging.

The numbers are amazing to me. I average about 300 views a day and breaking the 30,000 mark is a big milestone.

So, thank you, thank you, thank you, for reading me and feel free to comment on the blog or send me an email to the address at the bottom of this Dailies. I'd love to hear from you!!!

DD

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Congrats to Kiah Stokes who had the 4th UConn triple double in their history. Stoke had 10 points 11 rebounds and 10 blocks. I'll look it up when I put together the game report Thursday, but I believe she might be leading the country in blocked shots.

We all know that even when up 50, UConn continues to play hard. Well, even up 50, UConn's #1 fan cheers hard.

If you watch the game again, listen at the 3:20 mark with UConn up 50 for DavidK's usual

"UConn - Huskies, UConn - Huskies, Huskies - UConn Whooo!!!!"

The kid has lungs!!!

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As the big game gets closer, and you have to be living under a rock to not know what game that is, the fans are starting to bluster. UConn fans predicting anywhere from 3-30 point wins and South Carolina fans calling UConn fans arrogant, but few give any analysis on why South Carolina will win.

I found one South Carolina fan that ventured out with his reasons and it's quite the interesting take.

It seems the main two reasons are the overall depth and the advantage in the frontcourt.

Let's look at these one at a time.

Overall depth

So, how do you measure this?

One way is to look at the minutes the players have and see how many have over ten MPG.

South Carolina has ten players with those numbers. Five of them have over twenty MPG. One has missed a lot of games due to injuries and averages the least in Jatari White. Should she be counted in the regular rotation? Hard to say.

UConn has nine players with those numbers. Seven have over twenty MPG. One has missed a lot of games due to injuries and averages the least in Courtney Ekmark. Same question about her. The only difference is Ekmark is healthy while White is recovering from the flu.

Either way, there is only a difference of ONE player when you are comparing depth. I seriously doubt that this will make any difference in the game. Why??

Well, for one, UConn has the reputation of being among the best conditioned teams in the country. So, I fail to see how having one more player available is going to make any difference.

Now, having 10 players is great if you play them all. But as we all know, most coaches shrink their lineups against better competition. Geno always does that. So, what does that do to the numbers?

Against teams that played them tough or had a high ranking, South Carolina mpg look like this:

USC - 8 players with 10+ minutes, 5 with 20+ minutes.
Syracuse - 7 players with 10+ minutes, 5 with 20+ minutes, Mitchell had 40, Welch had 36.
Duke - 7 players with 18+ minutes, 6 with 20+ minutes, 3 with 30+ minutes.
Kentucky - 8 players with 10+ minutes, 6 with 20+ minutes, 2 with 30+ minutes.
Texas A&M - 9 players with 10+ minutes, 5 with 20+ minutes, 1 with 30+ minutes.

It's clear that Staley shrinks her rotation as well.

From 10 players to 7-8 players with 10 minutes plus. And she increases everyone else minutes, including have 2-3 players with over 30 minutes in those games.

UConn also shrinks their rotation against the better teams, even if the games haven't been close except for the Stanford loss.

Stanford - 7 players with 20+ minutes. (this was an OT game so the minutes are wacky)
ND - 6 players with 20+ minutes. Chong with 9, Williams with 5 minutes.
DePaul - 8 players over 17+ minutes. 7 over 20+ minutes. 3 over 30 minutes.
Duke - 7 players over 14+ minutes. 5 over 20+ minutes. 4 over 30 minutes. Williams with 6.
USF - 8 players with 16+ minutes. 6 with 20+ minutes. 1 with over 30 minutes.

UConn looks to be all over the place. Sometimes Chong gets 10+ minutes, sometimes she doesn't. Williams hasn't seen minutes against any good team except for USF. So can we count on her when comparing depth?

I'd say that the true depth for both teams is 8 players for South Carolina and 7 for UConn. I'll ask again, does that one player make a difference? I'd argue no. I'm sure that Cocky fans would disagree.

Tomorrow I'll take on comparison of the two frontcourts.

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Ugly Game Of The Day

I'm going to go out on a limb and without looking at the other games, East Carolina is my winner for Wednesday's UGOFD award.

Although I usually give some of the credit to UConn for any of their opponents ugly play, this game was just too good to pass up.

The Pirates walked the plank with 22.6% from the field, 19% on 3's, 19 Turnovers.

I just looked and I was right. No other team comes close to East Carolina in total ugliness.

Congrats on winning Thursday's Uggy.

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So, without further ado!!!

Ladies and Gents, DD looks at the news........

Catching Up With Kelly Faris, Always A Geno Favorite Hartford Courant

Marquee game in Storrs now a sellout Republican American

Stewart, Tuck lead UConn past East Carolina New Haven Register

Stokes leads UConn women to victory Theday.com

Stokes triple-double leads Huskies over East Carolina 87-32 Stamford Advocate

Stokes Gets Triple-Double, UConn Women Easily Handle East Carolina Hartford Courant

UConn Dominates East Carolina ESPN

East Carolina Drops Conference Bout at No. 2 UConn, 87-32 East Carolina Site

No. 2 UConn Rolls Past East Carolina, 87-32 UConnHuskies.com

Stokes has three times the fun in UConn blowout win Jim Fuller Blog

3 UConn signees to play in McDonald's All-American Game Jim Fuller Blog

Former UConn guard Montgomery headed to Seattle Jim Fuller Blog

UConn commit Dangerfield's next game is being streamed live Jim Fuller Blog

Hello Mo'ne, My Name Is Geno John Altavilla Blog

Roster For 2015 McDonald's All-Star Game John Altavilla Blog

Stokes records triple-double as Huskies roll Carl Adamac Blog

Upsets in Red

NO GAMES OTHER THAN UCONN
SEE LINKS ABOVE

Memphis Cincinnati

SMU Falls At Tulsa, 74-58 SMU Team Site

Thanks to my friend JohnnyC who sends me these numbers when he can.

Andrea Hoover Dayton 20 points 11 rebounds

Aerial Powers Michigan St. 28 points 11 rebounds

Tori Jankoska Michigan St. 28 points 11 rebounds 6 assists

Becca Mills Michigan State 12 points 14 rebounds

Lexi Martins Lehigh 24 points 13 rebounds

Chelsea Gardner Kansas 23 points 11 reboundsNikki Moody Iowa State 13 points 11 assists
Amber Battle Texas Tech 33 points
Aisha Woods Kansas State 18 points 11 rebounds
Amanda Zahui B 16 points 13 rebounds 12 blocks

Isis Thorpe VCU 26 points 10 rebounds

Crystal Bradford C. Michigan 31 points 5 steals

Sina King Akron 27 points

Miracle Woods W. Michigan 23 points 12 rebounds

Amanda Corral N. Illinois 30 points

Alicia Froling SMU 21 points 15 rebounds

Tiasha Gray Austin Peay 13 points 10 assists

Jimi Blagowsky Air Force 29 points

Kaitlyn Mileto Wyoming 26 points

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