Doggydaddy's Den: Doggy's Doghouse 4/3/2022

GO UCONN!!!!!

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1 Seed South Carolina 64 2 Seed UConn 49

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Straight from the Dog

This is always the toughest blog for nme to write. It's was a long season for everyone and it was a brutal game to watch. Yeah, UConn made a couple of mini-runs, getting to within 6 points and 7 points at different times, but that 14 point first quarter lead for South Carolina was just too much to overcome against a team with as good a defense as South Carolina.

Congrats to South Carolina for a well deserved championship. From day one, it was pretty clear they were the best team in the country. No. 1 in the polls, No. 1 No. 1 seed (no I didn't stutter) and the clear No. 1 defense in the country. And when you talk about defense, you have to include rebounding and that was the clear difference in this game. The Gamecocks had 49 rebounds to 24 for UConn and more importantly had 21 offensive rebounds allowing them to have an edge in shots taken. It wasn't a huge margin, but a lot of possessions turned into foul shots. UConn committed 21 fouls in the game allowing South Carolina to have a 26-4 edge at the line.

No comments on the refs. It is what it is.

Credit to Destanni Henderson, who in her last game as a Gamecock scored 26 points to lead them to their victory.

On the other side of that senior coin, UConn game up tails All three seniors had tough outings and I'm sure that will stay with them for a long time. I'm feeling their pain.

Not much more to say on this game. After a full season of blogging, the adrenaline leaves and my motivation takes a hike. I'll eventually put together a year end blog and a look at next season. That may take a little while to get myself to do it. In the mean time, I hope you all enjoyed this season as much as I did and I hope I brought some UConn info, links, videos and of course some Doggydaddy humor into your lives.

Take care and have a great off season!!!