UConn -14 over Louie ****
Louie has knocked off 3 teams {Baylor,Tenn,Cal} in the tourney that most thought would lose...Baylor of course was the biggest upset..some say in the history of the NCAA's...probably was in womans....but they won those games by 1,8 and 7 pt...and they won those games by hitting an amazing 46% from the 3...Shoni and Slaughter have hit 31 from beyond...in the tourney...team shot 32% from the 3 all year...up 14% in the tourney and vs better teams...they have been on a run by their outside shooting and some great steals in transition... other then the gimmick D on Griner they are an avg defensive team...and they are not a good rebounding team...but they are playing on all cylinders with that underdog label. Walz has been here before and has done an outstanding coaching job...The Schimmel sisters,Smith,Thomas,etc..they played Cal a physical team inside and beat them..tripled team Greiner...and with Pitino showing up tonite you know he has to go in there locker room before the game...BUT...
Their is Geno and co...if you watched the ND game..Brianna Stewart was unreal...29 pts,a wing span of a 7'0 person...Dolson inside...Mosqua-Lewis the best player on the floor tonite..Hartly,Ferris,etc...UConn has the best defense in the country..second to none...what they did to Diggins and McBride in the ND game was "clinic defense"...I'm not sure of the numbers but Diggins was 2-14 and McBride almost the same...their pressure defense,contesting shots helping out,rebounding and transition was again ..like watching a " clinic tape"...Stewart who was one of the most recruited freshman in the country has matured so much she is an impact player...scoring 82 pts in the tourney..but Mosqueda-Lewis is the best scorer...she doesn't look like a hoops player but she can shoot...and hits the mid-range jumper something that is lost in today's game...
Both teams played each other way back with the Huskies winning 72-58...Huskies were up by 23 with only a few minutes left and the Cards made a 9-0 mop up run... Stewart didn't play in that game and Conn held Louie too 4-19 from the 3..but with the Cards shooting lites out now that game was an ice age away....
Think UConn does what it did to Notre Dame,Kentucky,Maryland,Vandy and Idaho..winning by 18,30,16,33,and 60.. total domination.... Geno is 7-0 in this game...he shuts down other teams offenses...Cards have been on a storybook run and getting beat tonite by 20 still spells for a great,great season...Geno wants No 8...if both teams bring their A game UConn wins this by 20...Louie doesn't have the defense to stop -Lewis,Stewart,Dolson and co....they do have the offense to stay with them but not with the Huskies defense....
At the press conf the other day Geno made a joke remark about Walz's red checkered shirt he wore..Geno said something about, that Walz looked like an Italian waiter....Walz responded with " I want to be the Head Waiter Tues nite......think tonite Walz will be just a bus boy ....Walz is a little cocky....Geno doesn't like cocky..Conn wins by 20..
Louie has knocked off 3 teams {Baylor,Tenn,Cal} in the tourney that most thought would lose...Baylor of course was the biggest upset..some say in the history of the NCAA's...probably was in womans....but they won those games by 1,8 and 7 pt...and they won those games by hitting an amazing 46% from the 3...Shoni and Slaughter have hit 31 from beyond...in the tourney...team shot 32% from the 3 all year...up 14% in the tourney and vs better teams...they have been on a run by their outside shooting and some great steals in transition... other then the gimmick D on Griner they are an avg defensive team...and they are not a good rebounding team...but they are playing on all cylinders with that underdog label. Walz has been here before and has done an outstanding coaching job...The Schimmel sisters,Smith,Thomas,etc..they played Cal a physical team inside and beat them..tripled team Greiner...and with Pitino showing up tonite you know he has to go in there locker room before the game...BUT...
Their is Geno and co...if you watched the ND game..Brianna Stewart was unreal...29 pts,a wing span of a 7'0 person...Dolson inside...Mosqua-Lewis the best player on the floor tonite..Hartly,Ferris,etc...UConn has the best defense in the country..second to none...what they did to Diggins and McBride in the ND game was "clinic defense"...I'm not sure of the numbers but Diggins was 2-14 and McBride almost the same...their pressure defense,contesting shots helping out,rebounding and transition was again ..like watching a " clinic tape"...Stewart who was one of the most recruited freshman in the country has matured so much she is an impact player...scoring 82 pts in the tourney..but Mosqueda-Lewis is the best scorer...she doesn't look like a hoops player but she can shoot...and hits the mid-range jumper something that is lost in today's game...
Both teams played each other way back with the Huskies winning 72-58...Huskies were up by 23 with only a few minutes left and the Cards made a 9-0 mop up run... Stewart didn't play in that game and Conn held Louie too 4-19 from the 3..but with the Cards shooting lites out now that game was an ice age away....
Think UConn does what it did to Notre Dame,Kentucky,Maryland,Vandy and Idaho..winning by 18,30,16,33,and 60.. total domination.... Geno is 7-0 in this game...he shuts down other teams offenses...Cards have been on a storybook run and getting beat tonite by 20 still spells for a great,great season...Geno wants No 8...if both teams bring their A game UConn wins this by 20...Louie doesn't have the defense to stop -Lewis,Stewart,Dolson and co....they do have the offense to stay with them but not with the Huskies defense....
At the press conf the other day Geno made a joke remark about Walz's red checkered shirt he wore..Geno said something about, that Walz looked like an Italian waiter....Walz responded with " I want to be the Head Waiter Tues nite......think tonite Walz will be just a bus boy ....Walz is a little cocky....Geno doesn't like cocky..Conn wins by 20..
