Doggydaddy's Den: DoggyDaddy's Dailies 12/30/15

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In case you haven't seen it here is my UConn/Cincinnati Pregame Report

Looks like Butler will make her long awaited debut Wednesday night.

The Huskies could have used Butler's 6-foot-5 frame against Maryland post player Brionna Jones, who had 24 points on 12-for-14 shooting Monday night. But Auriemma decided to wait.

"It's getting better every single day," Auriemma said. "There was a point in time where we talked about that and (Monday) could have been it. But not having played, I didn't want the first day to be in this environment against a really good team. I don't think it would have been fair to Natalie. But all things staying the same, I think Wednesday will probably be her first real opportunity to get some playing time."
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Well, another year has passed and I get to celebrate another year on this planet.

I'm so fortunate to have a wonderful wife of 40 years.

My son, who has blessed me with two beautiful granddaughters.

And my daughter, who has given me my new grandson.

Yes, that's my son-in-law photo bombing the picture.

I'm thankful I'm here to write this crazy blog about UConn women's basketball and WCBB in general. I love putting this together every day. Sometimes I wish UConn would never have games every two days. It kills me. I'm still working on my Maryland post game report! At least I get a break after the Cincinnati game with a week off again.

I'll be at the Cape the next few days for New Years so I'll do my best to get out my Dailies.

Thanks for reading!!!!

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In a fun Big East matchup, No. 25 DePaul outscored Marquette 91-86.

Marquette was trailing by 10 79-69 before going on a 12-3 run to come within 82-81. Erika Davenport's layup gave the Golden Eagles a one-point lead with 1 minute, 41 seconds to go. Ashton Millender came down and buried a clutch three-pointer to put DePaul back on top 85-83.

McKayla Yentz hit one of three free throws with 20.5 seconds left in the game to make it 85-84. Jenkins converted a pair of foul shots at the other end for an 87-84 Blue Demon lead with 16.3 seconds left.

After an Amani Wilborn basket, Chanise Jenkins hit two more free throws with 6.5 seconds to go. January's foul shots with two seconds on the clock finished it up.

Jenkins led DePaul with 25 points and 8 assists. Jessica January added 21 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds and Megan Podkowa had a double-double with 11 points, 11 rebounds and also 4 blocks.

I'm sure this was a great game to watch.

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From David in Naples

In the preseason AP basketball poll, UConn was clearly #1. Right behind the Huskies were Notre Dame at #3, Ohio State at #6, Florida State at #7 and Maryland at #9.
UConn has now played and beat all four of those teams, as well as a DePaul team ranked #18 at the time of their game. Consider the following:

1. Total margin of victory was 104 points for an average of 20.8 per game.
2. The smallest margin of victory was 10, the largest was 44.
3. Notre Dame was undefeated entering the game, as was Maryland.
4. DePaul had one loss prior to the UConn game, as did FSU and Ohio State.
5. In those five games against ranked teams, UConn averaged 86.6 points per game.

Geno believes to be the best, you have to play and beat the other good teams..!!

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My "What the ????" goes out to all those UConn fans that just can't seem to enjoy themselves when it comes to UConn women's basketball. If you ever visit the crazy message boards, there is usually a "game thread" for each game where fans get to post their game thoughts on the fly. It's amazing how bad UConn is according to these fans. Every bad play can bring a slew of responses telling Geno how to coach, demeaning a player or how UConn is doomed in the future.

Here are a few beauties -

"Freshman are going to be the death of me."
"UConn playing terribly. Pretty simple at this point."
"getting beat back down.. unheard of"
"Getting out-hustled all over the court!"
"Poor transition defense, poor perimeter defense, sloppy execution on offense along with tentative play...WAKE UP! "
"Saniya is coming in - oh no!"
"I think they need to play smart, team basketball. If they did they'd probably win by 20+. Not sure what they played the first half. "
"Not seeing any improvements anywhere. They're significantly better than Maryland but you'd never know it tonight."
"No ball or player movement, poor decision-making, missed uncontested layups."
"very little player or ball movement against the zone. Just standing around"
"Outside shooting, outside shooting. Please recruit more outside shooters."
"It's to the point where I feel like every KLS shot is going to miss."
"I feel Geno's staying with her, waiting for her HS confidence to return. But I'm seeing a Nicole Wolff type of career with Lou. Hope I'm wrong. "
"They don't have a lot, really. There's a reason most of these teams are playing constant zone. "
"Honestly the only two persons on this team I trust to shoot the three are Mojeff and Stewy. The rest I would not hold my breath. "

Wow...after reading these, did you think UConn won?? I get really annoyed with the constant Katie Lou critic. The comparison to Nicole Wolff, who sadly was injured for much of her UConn career, is totally unfair.

What is sad is that you will find these kinds of comments in the game threads of 50 point UConn victories. I guess some folks can't just enjoy the team. Too bad for them.

Here is the post game interview with Geno. I don't think he would agree with any of these "assessments".

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So, without further ado!!!

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