Doggydaddy's Den: DoggyDaddy's Dailies 2/29/16 Happy Leap Year Day!!!!

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Here is my senior day report, if you haven't seen it yet. I've added the video from today's Senior Day ceremony. It's better seeing it the second time!!!

And I've completed my UConn/South Florida Pregame Report.

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Another day and another winning competition for my Granddaughter Noa at her cheer competition. They were third overall but first for the small gym level. Congrats Sweetie!!!!!

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These are photos of wonderful drawings by UConn women's basketball Alumni Cassie Kerns. She sent them to each player before sharing on Facebook.

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Say goodbye to Missouri from the top 25. The No. 24 Tigers lost Sunday to Vanderbilt 56-52 after losing to Kentucky the previous game.

No. 9 Arizona State lost to No 14 UCLA 74-61 and in the third upset of the day, No. 15 Kentucky upset No. 11 Texas A&M 71-58.

There really is a lot more parity in WCBB. Upsets almost every day. UConn will be joining the pack next year. I hope Husky fans are ready!!!

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From David in Naples

UConn overcame Senior Day jitters to beat Tulane 80-40 yesterday. But, their 1st quarter total of 8 points was their lowest of the season. Here are the Huskies worst six quarters, followed by the points they scored in the very next quarter.

1. Tulane, 8 points, followed by 28 pts.
2. Houston, 14 points, followed by 17 pts.
3. Memphis 15 points, followed by 22 pts.
4. Maryland, 15 points, followed by 20 pts.
5. Florida State, 15 points, followed by 18 pts.
6. USF, 16 points, followed by 20 pts.

Opponents worst six quarters are:
1. Tulsa 3 points.
2. Chattanooga 3 points.
3. Tulane 4 points.
4. Cincinnati 4 points.
5. SMU 5 points.
6. Houston 5 points.

The Huskies defense has held opponents to single digit scoring 36 times in 28 games.

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Well, finally, an upturn for the Lady Vols. They beat an unranked but up and coming Georgia team 80-60. It was a solid offensive performance for the Lady Vols. They had 4 good scoring quarters and shot a respectable 46% from the field. They had 21 assists and only had 12 turnovers, a nice improvement over their season average. The only negative stat was that they shot only 27% on threes.

Deshields started and played 30 minutes, shooting 9-18 from the field, 3-6 on threes and scored 22 points and added 7 rebounds. Only two turnovers made it one of Diamonds best performances at Tennessee. T'ea Cooper had a terrific game as well going 10-14 from the field for 21 points.

They won this game on their defensive performance and Georgia's offensive ineptitude in the first quarter. Tennessee outscored the Bulldogs 22-4 in the first quarter and the lead was never smaller than 13 points.

Congrats to the Lady Vols. On a one game winning streak!

On edit, my friend Linkster had this great viewpoint to add -

"Georgia was up and coming. Just a week ago they lost Barbee, probably their best player, who was their second best scorer and more importantly their leading rebounder, (from the guard position) to a broken leg. Tenn won the game because they had 20 offensive rebounds, just 4 fewer than the defensive rebounds of the Bulldogs.

The one thing that this game showed me was that when motivated by senior day, the team came together and won with Holly's game plan. They also were only whistled for 8 fouls and had but 12 turnovers. On the other hand they shot 6-22 (27%) from 3 and a miserable 4-13 from the freethrow line.

The pollyanna's over on VN are already talking about winning the SECT. Myself, I think they can beat Arkansas but I seriously doubt they can get much further. They are playing in Jacksonville and they are 4-8 away from TBA."

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So, without further ado!!!

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