Saturday, February 3, 2024

Doggy's Doghouse 2/4/2024

 









 

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GO UCONN!!!!!

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Here is my UConn/St. John's II Pregame Report

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Paige Bueckers Pregame Interview

Aaliyah Edwards Pregame Interview

KK Arnold Pregame interview

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** Designates Upset

Games Saturday February 2nd, 2024

No. 3 Iowa 93 Maryland 85 

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Allie Ziebell - Selected rSchoolToday Athlete of the Week for the week of January 22-28 after a statewide vote on WisSports.net. 

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8th Grader with a UConn Offer
 
 

Straight from the Dog




Some fans just love the flavor of the day. And after her amazing 51 point game, Juju Watkins of USC is the latest. Some call her a generational player. I say that is really premature. Don't get me wrong,  she is a terrific talent. But her season so far is not quite all that. 

Her 36% three point shooting is eleveated by three game where she was 6-8 against Le Moyne, 4-6 against UC Riverside and a great 6-11 against Stanford. That's 16-25. For the other games, she 23-83. That's 27.7%. 

In 6 games she shot 50% or better and in 12 games she was under 50%. In 8 of her last 10 games she was under 40% from the floor. 

She is shooting a ton of shots averaging almost 22 shots a game. That is what in spite of shooting only 43% she is averaging 27 PPG. Her free throw shooting has been great. She does get to the line a ton,  7+ times a game.  

Someone wrote that she is better than Bueckers and Clark. 

I say efficiency matters. Passing matters. 

Watkins - 33 MPG, 43% FG%, 36% 3PT%, 27.2 PPG, 7.1 RPG, 59 assists, 65 turnovers, 48 steals, 29 blocks.

Clark - 33.3 MPG, 48% FG%, 40% 3PT%, 32.1 PPG, 7 RPG, 170 assists, 95 turnovers, 38 steals, 12 blocks.

Bueckers - 29 MPG, 54.8% FG%, 47.4 3PT%, 20.0 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 84 assists, 28 turnovers, 51 steals, 24 blocks.

Iowa has the 4th SOS, UConn has the 1st SOS and USC has the 8th SOS according to Massey.   
I'd take both Clark and Bueckers over Watkins. This year. Watkins might surpass them in her future seasons.     

By PHIL

Milestone watch

• Aaliyah Edwards reached 1571 career points with her 22 points in the Villanova game. She passed Wendy Davis to take sole possession of 24th place, and needs 11 points to tie Gabby Williams.

• Aaliyah Edwards now has 863 rebounds with 7 against Villanova. She is in sole possession of 14th place, and needs 34 more to catch Olivia Nelson-Ododa

• Nika Mühl had 569 assists after her 10 assists in the Villanova game. She passed Bria Hartley to take 7th place and needs 16 more to tie Sue Bird.
• Geno Auriemma now has 1198 wins and needs three more to reach the 1200 plateau.
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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.

Charles Dickens tale of two cities: it was the best of times it was the worst of times.

Spider tale of two halves: it was the worst of halves it was the best of halves. 

Second half defense swarmed and helped like in the streak of blowouts. Nika great, KK played well, Ice looked better. Shouldn’t Q play a bit more?

UConn 98 Villanova 42. Olsen 4.

Nika 23/39, Aaliyah 22/34, Paige 20/39, KK 12/29, Ice 5/14, Ashlynn 5/36, Amari 2/1, Qadence 2/7, Ines 1/1. All positive.

Late had to watch men’s game. UConn: must see tv!

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UCONN LINKS

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UConn vs St. John's - How to watch the game

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