Doggydaddy's Den: DoggyDaddy's Dailies 11/29/16

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Lucky me!!! Going to the game Tuesday night to see UConn take on Chattanooga. Love watching in person. It's hard to blog while I'm at the game, but I get a totally different perspective. Then I get to go home and watch the game again while putting together my post game report.

Looks like Dangerfield might miss this one due to Concussion Protocol. They don't mess around with these things. I have links in the UConn section.

In case you missed it here is my UConn/Chattanooga Pre Game Report.

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It's going to be tough to get all the blogging done this week. I'm working hard in my part time catering job, which is turning into full time for this week. Today I made 12 full pans of Noodle Kugels. 144 eggs, 20 lbs of egg noodles. Lots of mixing and some heavy lifting for this old man to handle.

Yes, I took a nap this afternoon. Naps are great!!

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It keeps getting more and more bizarre in Knoxville. Just watch the two postgame interview videos of Coach Warlick and Diamond Deshields.

Some really telling quotes in these videos.

Holly to reporter Dan Flesser - "I don't know Dan. I don't know Dan. I don't know Dan....."

That is clearly the case.

Holly - "I have no idea what to say or what to do. I tell them what to do and am ignored."

Wow. So, why are you a head coach? There must be 5 players that listen to you. Play them.

Holly - "the majority of our practices are on defense"

So, does that explain how poorly they are on offense?

Holly - "If you watched that game you would have thought we lined up and didn't know what we were doing"

Yes, that was obvious.

When asked if defense is the main concern Holly said - "yep, that and making layups and turning the ball over".

What is left? Oh yeah, the players actually listening to you. That would help!

Holly - "Our schedule is unbelievably hard. Nobody plays the schedule we play "

UConn's is tougher.

The Deshields interview is a real insight to the mindset of this young lady.

On her turnovers - "I didn't feel too much pressure, honestly. When I'm playing against smaller guards they don't really affect me."

Well, ten turnovers say something different. It was clear the smaller guards were bothering you.

On why so many turnovers - "That's where the overthinking comes in. I'm out there just.....overthinking. (heavy sigh) Just gotta get better and get ready for the next one"

Wow...what a sad interview. The sigh was telling. And the lack of determination in her voice was obvious.

On how to stop the turnovers - "I'm not looking for my shot, not looking to attack.....if I'm looking to attack I don't make those passes to get the ball up. My job is to score. I've been passive lately and that's going to stop real soon.

So, back to the old Diamond? This year she is the leading shot taker, but not by much. Last year she took a ton more shots than anyone else. And we saw how effective that was (14 losses). This poor young lady needs some serious coaching and she is not getting it from Clueless Holly.

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By David in Naples!!!!!

So far this season, only two Huskies have recorded a double-double with double digit points and rebounds. Gabby Williams scored 19 points and had 11 rebounds versus Dayton. The only other double double was Napheesa Collier's 10 points and 11 rebounds against Baylor. Katie Lou came close with 28 points and 8 rebounds in 35 minutes in the LSU game. Crystal also came close with 19 points and 5 assists versus Baylor.

Overall, Gabby now has 10 double-doubles for her career. Napheesa has now reached two double-doubles, both in points and rebounds. The only other player with a UConn double-double is Saniya Chong with one. Kia Nurse and Katie Lou Samuelson have never reached double figures in two statistical categories in a single game. Natalie Butler has 25 career double-doubles, but all came at Georgetown as a freshman.

For those who want to know, Stewie finished with 42 double-doubles, including one in the National Championship game against Syracuse. How fitting... 8-)