Saturday, January 6, 2024

Doggy's Doghouse 1/7/2024

 






 



                                                                                                                       
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Even my daughter (mother to Logan and Barrett) 
is looking for my Blog!!!

GO UCONN!!!!!



I really can't believe I went from warm and sunny Florida to this!!! While the sleepover for the boys was just awesome I guess I'll hunker down with the UConn women tomorrow and watch them defrost the Hoyas!! 

What a great time having dinner with my friend Bruce and his wife. He pointed out I  wrote that I would be seeing "friends" so this time I am specifically mentioning him. Right Bruce? Love ya guy!!! 

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My UConn/Georgetown Pregame Report

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** Designates Upset

Friday January 5th, 2024

No. 6 Baylor 87 Houston 58
No. 10 Texas 70 No. 24 West Virginia 49
No. 11 Kansas State 72 UCF 56
No. 19 Marquette 81 Xavier 52
No. 21 Creighton 75 Depaul 68
No. 23 TCU 59 Oklahoma State 67 **

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Gandy Malou Mamei Stats

UConn signee class of 2025 6'5" Gandy Malou Mamei is having a good year in her junior season. 15 PPG, 10 RPG and 3 BPG.  Most of her game is offensive rebounding and put backs and close in shots, but she is improving all the time and another 2/3 season left for this year and all of next year before coming to UConn.  



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Macy came to the UConn/Marquette game and sat behind the bench. She is class of 2025 and would be a great addition to the team. Here is how she compares to the first team members where she was MVP.

#1 Macy, 2025 (undeclared)
#5 Korval, 2024 (ND)
#9 Fournier, 2024 (Duke)
#36 Houston, 2025 (Iowa)
#7 Carlton, 2024 (Texas)
#18 Knox, 2025 (undeclared)

Not too shabby!!!

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Straight from the Dog



I attributed this to my buddy LInkster in my previous blog. 

Tennessee losing - awesome
Tennessee losing to Vandy - awesomer
Tennessee losing to Vandy with Shea as coach - priceless

I was mistaken. My other buddy JD or Meyers as he is know to some wrote this. Sorry JD!

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The bottom of the Top 25 has been so fluid this year. Constant movement.

Saturday, No. 24 West Virginia lost and No. 23 TCU also lost. I expect both of them to drop from the poll. 

Week 9 No. 24 North Carolina dropped out. 
Week 8 No. 23 Washington dropped out.
Week 7 No. 23 UNLV and No. 24 Miami dropped out.
Week 6 No. 21 Washington State and No. 25 Penn State

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By PHIL

Milestone watch

• Aaliyah Edwards had 1419 career points after the Marquette game. She scored 16 in the Creighton game to reach 1435. She now needs 9 points to tie Kalana Greene.
• Nika Mühl had 499 assists after the Marquette game. Her first assist of the game gave her 500 career assists. She ended up recording seven assists in the great game for a career total of 506 so far. She needs 25 more to tie Laura Lishness in 13th place
• Geno Auriemma now has 1191 wins and needs nine more to reach the 1200 plateau.
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By David in Naples

Aaliyah Edwards is now #31 on UConn's all-time scoring list with 1,430 points. Another 300 or so points (18 games x 17 ppg) would put her in #18 place just ahead of Kia Nurse (1,674), Shea Ralph (1,678) and Ann Strother (1,699). The #17 spot is Stef Dolson with 1,797 points.

Aaliyah's rebound total is now exactly 800 boards. Another 140 rebounds or so (18 x 8) would put her in #9 spot just ahead of Peggy Walsh (937) and behind Gabby Williams at 1,007. Both totals are quite an accomplishment for Aaliyah in her 4 years..!!

Speaking of moving up. Nika is now #13 in career assists with 506. Another 90 (5 x 18) or so assists would put her just below #5 Crystal Dangerfield (599). Very reachable. The #4 spot is Renee Montgomery with 632. Nika's point total so far in her career is 581.

Congrats to both players..!!

Go Huskies..!!
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SPIDER STATS
 
Plus one for every assist block point rebound and steal. I don’t add extra for offensive rebounds as it already seems to favor the bigs. Minus one for every missed shot (2, 3 or foul), turnover or foul committed.

UConn 107, Creighton 13

Net positives: Paige 34, Aaliyah 24, Ashlynn 17, KK 12, Qadence 8, Aubrey 6, Ice 5, Nika 3, Amari 1, Ines -2.

Net positives per minute: Aaliyah 1.14, Paige 1.13, Qadence .53, Aubrey .50, Ashlynn .49, KK .39, Ice .36, Amari .25, Nika .10, Ines -.25.

Year net positives: Paige 295, Aaliyah 262, Aubrey 195, KK 120, Nika 119, Ashlynn 109, Qadence 67, Ice 11, Amari 9, Ines 5.

Year net positives per minute played: Paige .73, Aaliyah .64, Aubrey .63, Qadence .40, Ashlynn .35, KK .32, Nika .28, Amari .18, Ines .11, Ice .06.

In the Marquette game, down 10-0, it was the two freshmen starters who made the first two buckets, fearlessly, to break the drought. Impressive!!

How do we continue to play hard and fast with pressure defense without wearing out the Ninja Nine? How about 30 minutes per starter, and 25 or 30 for Q with 25 or 20 for Ice? Or even 1 minute a quarter for Ines and Amari with a little less for the others? Might that increase Ines’s confidence and Amari’s energy?

Hoping Aubrey is ok; certainly she feels supported by this team.

Compare our remaining magnificent seven to the following group that won a title with 3 freshmen and no seniors: Taurasi Conlon Battle J Moore Strother Turner Crockett. Less height more speed same numbers one “we have DT/PB and they don’t “.

What other team ever looked this good missing 5 players as good as Azzi Aubrey Caroline Jana Ayanna?

Go huskies!!

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