Sunday, March 19, 2023

Doggy's Doghouse 3/19/2023

 







 




GO UCONN!!!!!

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Feeling a little better today. But still just laying around watching basketball!!  Not so bad. Some great games to talk about.  

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 Here is my Pregame Report.

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Geno talks about hanging on to leads

Caroline Ducharme on Baylor

Pregame Press Conference 
UConn starts at 59 minute mark


Baylor women on matchup with UConn

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Laying in bed today, I got to watch some fun games. The SEC fans were so happy on Friday night winning all their games. They came back to earth today.

The best game was the 2 Seed Iowa vs 10 Seed Georgia game. It was close throughout. Lots of clutch shots and plenty of bad turnovers. Georgia was down 2 late in the game and turned the ball over 3 straight times down the court. Iowa hit the shots they needed at the end. Caitlin Clark was her usual amazing self,  although I though she missed a few opportunities to score on her own and instead passed the ball off where her teammates missed their shots. But she his a clutch bank shot ion the lane to expand the lead to 4 points. And what Georgia game happens without one of Coach Abe's players hitting someone in the face. That intentional foul sealed the deal. Iow won 74-66. Good. Clark had 22 points and 12 assists. The announcer said Clark is the only player to make those kinds of plays. True. The only healthy player that does that. Paige is even better. 

3 Seed Notre Dame took on 11 Seed Mississippi State and in a really ugly game, the Irish beat the Bulldogs 53-48. Mississippi State played a typical rough and tumble SEC game but the refs would have none of it. They were called for 22 personal fouls sending Notre Dame to the free throw line 31 times. Yes, 31. Fortunately for MSU, Notre Dame only hit 19 of them. The Bulldogs came back from a ten point deficit in the fourth quarter to tie the game 41-41 but they never could get over the hump. The stats were just terrible for both teams. Mississippi State shot 29.5% from the field, 3-20 on threes and 9-16 from the FT line. UGGY worthy. Notre Dame shot 34.7% from the field, 0-7 on threes and 19-31 from the FT line. They also had 19 turnovers. When the Irish play against a good team, they will be out of the tournament.  After watching Maryland and Arizona play, I'm not sure either one of them is that team. 

1 Seed South Carolina was in a close game for the first half against 8 Seed South Florida, but we all knew that the Gamecocks would squeeze the Bulls in the second half and that is exactly what happened. All you have to do is look at the offensive rebounds for South Carolina. They had 24 of them. Crazy. It's so difficult to keep them off the boards. USF had 28 total. The Gamecocks still only shot 43% from the field and 33% on threes, but it doesn't matter when you get so many second chance points. It will take a team taking and making a ton of three point shots and doing a reasonable job on the defensive boards. I can think of one team capable of doing that!

2 Seed LSU took a big lead over 6 Seed Michigan leading at the half leading 30-15. Yes, 15 points at the half for Michigan. UGGY!  Angel Reese had 10 rebounds in the first quarter and 12 points and 14 rebounds at the half.  Clearly Michigan had no answer for the LSU superstar. the Wolverines played them tough in the second half but couldn't gain any ground. LSU pulled away in the fourh quarter beating Michigan 66-42. Reese ended up with 25 points and 24 rebounds. Amazingly she had 14 offensvie rebounds.  

So who will Notre Dame play? None other than 2 Seed Maryland, who used a strong second half to put away 7 Seed Arizona 77-64. I'm really not a fan of either team, but I just wanted the team that will beat Notre Dame to win. I had to scratch my head wondering how UConn lost to this Maryland team. Then I looked at that box score. No Fudd. No Juhasz, No Muhl. It's amazing UConn kept it that close.     

The 1 Seed in UConn's region, Virginia Tech, used a big  first half to beat 9 Seed South Dakota State 72-60. They jumped out to a 12 point first quarter lead and then the teams played evenly after that. 6'6" Elizabeth Kitley dominated the paint with 14 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks. Georgia Amoore took 19 three point shots in this game, hitting 7 of them. Crazy. I'm still not that impressed with Virginia Tech. I just hope they are good enough to beat Tennessee if they meet in the Sweet Sixteen. 

I couldn't believe how physical Utah plays and the refs left them get away with everything. Just awful. Poor Princeton didn't stand a chance. The Tigers made several runs after Utah had a 14 point lead at one point, closing to 46-42 after three quarters. They closed to 2 points with 6 minutes left but just couldn't get over the hump and Utah pulled away late winning 63-56. Great job by Carla Berube!! Can you imagine her with better players. Future coach of UConn.   

1 Seed Stanford is taking on 8 Seed Ole Miss in a late game. I did watch the game and Ole Miss took down the 1 Seed. Amazing. I'm not shocked. I have posted in my Blog several times that Stanford had some real issues this year. For them to be a No. 1 Seed over UConnwas just stupid. And now we have proof. 
 
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No surprise here. UConn is by far the most active team in social media.  Here is one reason  why!


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UConn Territory - The best UConn women's message board ever!!! 
Vol Nation - Tennessee women's basketball board
ND Nation - Notre Dame women's basketball board
Rebkell - WCBB for everyone that thinks they are smarter than everyone else

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