Doggydaddy's Den: Doggy's Doghouse 11/3/17

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In case you forgot how cute Logan is!!!!!!

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A few thoughts on Ashland University, UConn's opponent for Sunday's second exhibition game.

- Ashland won the Div II national championship.
- Ashland was 37-0 last season,
- Last season they lost to Ohio State in their exhibition matchup 88-79.
- This season they lost to Ohio State in their exhibition matchup 110-80.
- They averaged 93 point per game last year giving up only 63
- They averaged 24.4 assists per game.

They were just a juggernaut last year. Their stats vs their peers were very UConn-esque.

But there is a huge jump from Div II to playing a Div I team. Especially one as talented as UConn.

UConn will look to build on that first exhibition game and prepare for Stanford at the same time. I would expect the rotation to tighten up a little before letting the starters sit for the fourth quarter.

TEAM	1	2	3	4	T
COKE	6	18	16	16	56
SC	42	34	20	18	114

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I just checked in on the South Carolina exhibition game against Coker College. The Cobras were 6-22 last season and 5-17 in the powerful South Atlantic conference. Hey, they lost to Carson-Newman by 24.

You would think that SC would just hammer the Cobras. But the score was only 76-24. AT THE HALF!!!!!

How do you put up 40 shots in a half? That's one every 30 seconds including the time that Coker had the ball. Very Baylor like.

South Carolina slowed things down in the second half. I was happy to see that. I never see the point in running up a score against an overmatched opponent.

Then again, South Carolina played pretty poorly in that second half only outscoring Coker 40-32 the final 20 minutes.

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By David in Naples!!!!!

The season continues Sunday at 1pm vs Ashland. Here are some thoughts on possible things to watch for.

1. Much of the debate this pre-season has been who starts - Crystal or Z. Watch for Geno to give both a ton of time on the court TOGETHER. That pick and roll with those two is deadly. Z can sub for Gabby, Pheesa or Lou so plenty of game time available.
2. UConn had 12 blocked shots vs Ft. Hays, 4 each for Gabby, Napheesa and Z. Who gets the most this game?
3. Lou was stone cold from 3 range last game (1-6). I bet she is mad...

4. Crystal had 7 assists and could have had 10. Watch for double digits this game.
5. Gabby had an "off" game with only 9 points on 4-9 shooting & 0 steals. I bet she is madder than Lou...

6. Plugging Crystal in for Saniya in the starting lineup lets everyone play the same defensive position as last season. The defense is already in mid-season form. Check out how often they switch both on and off the ball. And, especially watch for them to trap just over mid-court...!!
7. Shot distribution last game for the starters was 11, 10, 10, 9 and 5 for Crystal. Talk about balance...