Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Doggy's Doghouse 3/9/2022

 








 



                                                                                                                          
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GO UCONN!!!!!

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2022 NCAA women's basketball tournament dates, schedule

WOMEN'S 2022 MARCH MADNESS SCHEDULE
RoundCityVenueDatesHost
SelectionsN/AESPN broadcastSunday March 13N/A
First FourTBDTBDMarch 16-17N/A
FirstTBDTBDMarch 18-19TBD
SecondTBDTBDMarch 20-21TBD
RegionalBridgeport, Conn.Webster Bank ArenaMarch 25 - 28UConn / Fairfield
RegionalGreensboro, N.C.Greensboro ColiseumMarch 25 - 28ACC
RegionalSpokane, Wash.Spokane Veterans Memorial ArenaMarch 25 - 28Idaho
RegionalWichita, Kan.Intrust Bank ArenaMarch 25 - 28Wichita State
National SemifinalsMinneapolis, Minn.Target CenterApril 1University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Sports Minneapolis
Championship gameMinneapolis, Minn.Target CenterApril 3

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GAMES

No. 23 Florida Gulf Coast 82 Stetson 67
No. 25 UCF 61 SMU 28

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Straight from the Dog

I hope you checked out the Tweets about the UConn recruits, Ayanna Patterson, KK Arnold and Ashlynn Shade.

Juniors Arnold and Patterson won Gatorade Player of the Year for there respective states Indiana and Wisconsin. Wow!!!

And Senior Patterson was presented her McDonalds AA jersey. 

Just a wealth of talent coming to Storrs.   
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No inside info, but she would be a nice addition to the UConn roster next year. I'm sure Coach Ralph could talk to Geno. 

5'10" Guard, leading scorer at Vanderbilt, a 37% three point shooter. Not a good assist/turnover ratio, but a big 2 guard to back up Fudd would be great.
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Tennessee Freshman cited for underage drinking, driving while impaired 

Wow, I just saw this on Volnation. Here is the article.

This happened after the loss to South Carolina. She was held out of the next game against Mississippi State. 

Ok, I get bring held out for breaking a team rule. You know, like missing a class, or other team rules. But getting cited and arrested for undersage drinking, driving while intoxicated, crashing into a wall, passing out where the police had to break a rear window to turn off the car gets a player only a one game suspension? 

One game? She could have killed someone or even herself. 

What do you think Geno would do? 
I hope this young lady can straighten out her life. 

But it won't be because of the enabling Orange Idiots.

"Certainly not condoning what BK did…but let’s not act like we haven’t all made stupid choices at 18. Thank God she didn’t hurt herself or anyone else, but let’s not act holier than thou in this situation. He who is without sin, cast the first stone."

So, no one can critcize her? Because we all have gottem pass out drunk and drove a car into a wall? What a jerk. 
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Wow, what a year end performance by SMU. They ran into a defensive buzzsaw in Central Florida. On most night, the Knights can make any offense look off. But in this game? The Mustangs maybe put in the UGGY game of the YEAR performance.

First of all, SMU only scored 28 points. Seriously. That might be a lowpoint for any team this season. 

They were 24.5% from the field, 1-11 on threes and had 22 turnovers. 

It was just friggin' ugly!

So congrats to the Mustangs. They were more like a broken down mule.  

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By PHIL

Favoritism

Selection Sunday is still a few days away, but we are already starting to hear complaints about favoritism.

First, a semantical comment about the word, and apologies to those who are rolling their eyes, but words matter. “Favoritism” is often used in two ways that overlap but are not the same. Simply favoring one thing over the other can be favoritism, but it’s only a problem when, to quote the dictionary, the favor “neglects others having equal claims”. South Carolina’s going to Greensboro, a nearby city. But there going there because they’ve earned it and it’s good for the game. Is that favoritism? Maybe, but not in the negative sense of the word.

Why do cities host regionals? It’s not out of the goodness of their heart. They make an assessment whether the traffic to the arenas and more importantly, the hotels and restaurants will make it a viable financial decision. On the men’s side, this is easy with many cities vying for the opportunity to attract the tens of thousands of fans and millions of dollars of revenue. While it’s getting better on the women’s side, it’s still not in the same league, and especially in years past, it was often a case of trying to persuade a city to host, rather than selecting from the long list of proposals.

Our fan bases grown which is a great thing, we have some new younger fans which is also great, but some of them are unfamiliar with the history of the sport. I’m not going to throw stones, my interest in history in general and in the history of the sport came later in life, so I get that 20 and 30-year-olds sometimes don’t show interest in what happened before they were teenagers, much less before they were born.

Some Tennessee fans may point out how many times Connecticut’s path has been relatively local. For example, in 1995, Storrs hosted the East regional. If they do mention that fact, make sure to politely point out another one of the 1995 regionals – Knoxville. They may have heard of it.

UConn has received favorable locations over the years, but that’s mostly because they’ve been a number one seed and often the overall number one seed in the tournament. It’s not “favoritism” in the negative sense if they are the top seed and get the best location. Admittedly, UConn is looking like a two seed this year, even though good case can be made for a one seed but going to Bridgeport is not remotely a continuation of long-term favoritism in the negative sense.

I’ll just cite two facts from the NCAA record books:

fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_final_four_records_book/2022/Attend.pdf

Tournament Games By City

86—Knoxville, TN, 1982-2018
73—Stanford, CA 1982-2019
70—Storrs, CT, 1989-2019

The tournament game has been held in Knoxville 16 times more than in Storrs. While admittedly some of that is because Tennessee was a national power earlier than Connecticut, there remains a fact that Knoxville is by far the leader in hosting games.

Turning to regionals:

Regional Games By State

57—California, 1982-2017
55—Texas, 1986-2021
30—Tennessee, 1982-2010
30—Virginia, 1984-2013
30—North Carolina, 1982-2019
24—Washington, 1992-2018
21—Louisiana, 1985-2008
21—Connecticut, 1995-2017

California and Texas are in the lead because they have multiple locations that have held regional games, but you can see that Tennessee has a significant lead over Connecticut when it comes to hosting regionals.

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By David in Naples


Quick quiz.... who leads the Huskies in scoring, assists, rebounds and made field goals? The answers may surprise you.

1. Scoring - Christyn is the leader with 395 points and it isn't even close. 2nd place is Evina with 285 and 3rd is a surprise with Caroline coming in at 280. Liv is 4th at 264.

2. Assists - The leader is not Nika, but rather Evina with 105. She had 10 of those in the St. Johns game. But, 2nd place is Olivia with 103..! Very unusual to see the post leading in assists.

3. Rebounds - Not much of a surprise here. Liv is #1 with 200 boards. 2nd place is Dorka with 165 total rebounds. Both Liv and Dorka have 55 offensive boards. Aaliyah is 3rd with 147 rebounds, but leads in offensive ones with 59.

4. Made field goals - Obviously, Christyn is #1 with 156 baskets. A bit surprising is 2nd place with Caroline at 111. 3rd, 4th and 5th place are very tightly grouped with Liv and Evina tied at 104 made shots and Aaliyah right behind at 103 hoops. Azzi is now up to 6th with 87 baskets.

On the negative stats, Aaliyah leads with 61 turnovers. Olivia and Evina have 57. UConn has 407 personal fouls and Liv is first with 73 & Aaliyah is 2nd with 64. No surprise, Nika is 3rd at 53 fouls. Of interest, Azzi has only 17 fouls in 513 minutes. 

Christyn and Evina have stepped up in the scoring area while Liv and Evina are dealing out the assists. All three "Bigs" are doing their job is the rebounding stats. In the Big East tourny, UCOnn out-rebounded the opposition 124-77.

Lots of talent on this team and everyone is doing their part..!!

Go Huskies..!!

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