Doggydaddy's Den: Doggy's Doghouse 2/20/2024

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GO UCONN!!!!!

The Boys and their Dogs -

Under the UConn blanket!!

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This busy retirement life is putting a crimp in my blogging life. I was golfing during the UConn game today and I have only had a chance to watch the first half and a little bit of the third quarter before going out to dinner and then a show. It was awesome. If you ever have a chance to see Israelie singer and dancer Omer Shairsh do it. It was a great show at Spanish River Church Theater. But it was a late night so once again this will be mostly videos and links.

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UConn continued their dominance of the Big East with a sweep of the series with the Creighton Bluejays winning 73-53. After being tied at the half, the Huskies used a big third quarter to pull away and win by the 20 point margin. Another good call by yours truely as I predicted a 17+ point victory.

On the the highlights and interviews!!!

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Paige things

- 24 points
- 6 rebounds
- 3 blocks
- 2 steals pic.twitter.com/l1ypcjb063
— UConn Women’s Basketball (@UConnWBB) February 20, 2024

Eleventh 20-point game of the season for Aaliyah Edwards vs. Creighton!

She’s averaging 17.5 PPG and 8.7 RPG vs. ranked opponents this year 👏 pic.twitter.com/wnssLaTfa5
— UConn Women’s Basketball (@UConnWBB) February 20, 2024

Geno Postgame Interview

Geno Postgame Sideline Interview

Edwards, Bueckers and Muhl Postgame Intervew

Jim Flanery Postgame Interview

Full Game Replay

Paige Game Highlights

Game Highlights

Geno's Technical Foul

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** Designates Upset

Games Monday February 19th, 2024

No. 13 LSU 81 Texas A&M 58

No. 14 Indiana 66 Illinois 86 **

No. 19 Notre Dame 70 Duke 62

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Straight from the Dog

"I'm very happy where I'm at," Berube said. "I'm happy coaching at Princeton. It's a great job and you can be really successful here. This is where I want to be.

"If you're alma mater calls you, you take the call. I will say that. That's all I'll say." https://t.co/EARmaGITIt
— Sidelines - UConn (@SSN_UConn) February 19, 2024

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By PHIL

Milestone watch

• Aaliyah Edwards reached 1684 career points with her 26 points in the Georgetown game. She passed countrymate Kia Nurse and Shea Ralph to move into sole possession of 19th place. She needs 15 points to tie Ann Strother.

• Aaliyah Edwards now has 930 rebounds with 16 against Georgetown. She passed Kerry Bascom and Kara Wolters to move into sole possession of 10th place. She needs seven more to catch Peggy Walsh.

• Nika Mühl had 604 assists after her 7 assists in the Georgetown game. She passed Crystal Dangerfield, is in 5th place and needs 28 more to tie Renee Montgomery.

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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 80, Creighton 34.

Net positives/minutes played: Paige 27/39, Ashlynn 21/40, Aaliyah 13/27, Nika 12/39, KK 1/37, Qadence 0/4, Ice -1/13, Ines -1/1.

Paige stepped up, Ashlynn 3 solid games in a row, KK struggled past two, Ice a step backwards.

Great crowd! Beat DePaul!

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UCONN LINKS

Several links are pay sites. Sorry!

Geno passes Coach K for second most wins

Aaliyah Edwards locked in and raising her game

UConn earns Big East win over No. 20 Creighton

Time for Bueckers, Edwards to dial it up

UConn beats Creighton to clinch top seed in BE Tournament