Doggydaddy's Den: Doggy's Doghouse 3/25/2024

GO UCONN!!!!!

The Boys and their Dogs -

Under the UConn blanket!!

GO UCONN!!!!!

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Only a few days left!!

Naismith fan voting has started. You can vote once a day. Paige and Aaliyah are on the ballot.

VOTE HERE

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UConn vs Syracuse Pregame Report

Updated info on Syracuse -

Grad Student Alaina Rice, a starting guard for the Orange who averages 9.8 PPG hit her head on the floor against Arizona and didn't return to the game. She is questionable for the game against UConn. She did not practice on Sunday. This is a big loss to the rotation and it will be interesting to see who they use to replace her. Probably Kennedi Perkins, a 5'6" sophomore guard.

And Nika on guarding Fair - She thought St. Johns point guard Unique Drake had some similarities to Fair.

“I feel like she’s kind of similar to her in terms of being an aggressive, smart guard. Just very shifty, aggressive in the lane, can shoot from, you know, behind the arc.”

“(Fair is) not the same player. Every player is different. Every player is unique. But I would say that’s a very similar matchup that we’ve had this year”.

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We gave KK Arnold a mic to interview her teammates

...this might be the most chaotic video we've ever posted pic.twitter.com/UyZdnUH9WE
— UConn Women’s Basketball (@UConnWBB) March 24, 2024

Ya think this team is loose??

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Syracuse players talk about playing UConn

Syracuse prepares for UConn

UConn faces a test in Fair and Syracuse

UConn second round pregame interviews

Geno - Paige has been the best post season

player in the country

Paige and KK talk NCAA tournament

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This is from Nate Silvers 538 site. It's just shows the lack of respect UConn has been getting all season.

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Angel Reese waved goodbye after fouling out MTSU player 👀

Tigers advance to Sweet 16 pic.twitter.com/s2gOwWMCo1
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 24, 2024

What an incredibly classless young woman

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By PHIL

Milestone Watch

• Aaliyah Edwards had 20 points in the Jackson State game, which brings her to a career total of 1786 points. She remains in sole possession of 18th place. She now needs 11 points to catch Stefanie Dolson.

• Nika Mühl has 658 assists after her 7 assists in the Jackson State game. She is in second place all-time! She needs ONE more to tie Moriah Jefferson!

• Paige Bueckers now has 753 points this season. That moves her past Maya Moore(2010) and Katie Lou Samuelson(2017) and moves her into 6th for points in a single season by a UConn player. She needs ONE more to tie Maya Moore’s 754 in the 2008-09 season and Napheesa Collier in the 2016-17 season.

• Geno now has 1210 wins.

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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 102 Jackson State 36

Net positives/minutes played: Paige 41/35, Ashlynn 24/39, Aaliyah 22/26, Nika 11/34, Ice 2/22, KK 0/34, Qadence -1/7, Ines -1/3.

Other ap and usbwa first team all-Americans and one other sensational freshman performance: Crooks 43/33, Brink 29/24, Clark 28/31, Watkins 23/32, Reese 14/37, Hidalgo 14/39, Cardoso 0/0.

First round results. Who was the best all American?? Paige Rushmore! Who outshone the two freshmen all Americans? Ashlynn!

If all favored seeds win in first round, seeds left = 144. If every lower seed won, seeds left =400. Women this year 149, men 199. We will see after second round.

Go UConn, beat Syracuse and then beat Duke!

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Tournament Section

Date, Time and TV

Albany 1 Region

Round of 32

Columbia, SC

1 South Carolina 86 - 8 North Carolina 41

Bloomington, Indiana

4 Indiana vs 5 Oklahoma Monday, March 25, 6:30 ESPN2

Notre Dame, Indiana

2 Notre Dame vs 7 Ole Miss Monday, March 25, 2:00 ESPN

Corvallis

3 Oregon State 61 - 6 Nebraska 51

Sweet Sixteen

1 South Carolina vs 4 Indiana/5 Oklahoma

2 Notre Dame/7 Ole Miss vs 3 Oregon State

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Albany 2 Region

Round of 32

Iowa City, Iowa

1 Iowa vs 8 West Virginia Monday, March 25, 8:00 ESPN

Manhattan, Kansas

4 Kansas State 50 - 5 Colorado 63 **

Los Angeles, California

2 UCLA vs 7 Creighton Monday, March 25, 8:30 ESPN2

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

3 LSU 83 - 11 Middle Tennessee 56

Sweet Sixteen

1 Iowa/8 West Virginia vs 5 Colorado

2 UCLA/7 Creighton vs 3 LSU

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Portland 3 Region

Round of 32

Los Angeles, California

1 USC vs 8 Kansas Monday, March 25, 10:00 ESPN

Blackburg, VA

4 Virginia Tech vs 5 Baylor Sunday March 24, 8:00 ESPN

Columbus, Ohio

2 Ohio State 75 - 7 Duke 63 **

Storrs, Connecticut

3 UConn vs 6 Syracuse Monday, March 25, 6:00 ESPN

Sweet Sixteen

3 UConn/6 Syracuse vs 7 Duke

1 USC/8 Kansas vs 4 Virginia Tech/5 Baylor

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Portland 4 Region

Round of 32

Austin, Texas

1 Texas 65 - 8 Alabama 54

Spokane, Washington

4 Gonazaga vs 5 Utah Monday March 25, 10:30 ESPN2

Stanford, California

2 Stanford 87 - 7 Iowa State 81 OT