UConn at Notre Dame - 12/4/2022

[@joyjachelle7721]

It’s times like this I miss Paige more than usual

[@retiredguy7273]

MJL 243 you continue to provide the most valuable service. I very much appreciate your work your time and your effort thank you.

[@silketapken3827]

+1!!! 🥰

[@soraite9775]

Wow, amazing game by ND especially on the defensive end - sometimes it felt a little dirty, but games tend to get tough in such a rivalry. The perfect team to point out the big problem UCONN has, quite literally. ND being so much bigger in size exposing the weakness of only having Aaliyah as a strong big in the paint where she had to work with little help against 2-3 bigs from ND. Also this revealed that Caroline and Aubrey can help out as bigs vs. teams that isnt as strong as ND on the 4 and 5 but not versus a team that is competent in the paint which you can definitely say for teams like SC and Stanford. Great test for the team to see where they stand, although they can hardly work on except for hoping for players to recover. Ayanna did improve in this game a lot, again, and showed what of an important role she could play in the future of the team. Although ND made the game very difficult for UCONN defensively, also the huskies had a lot of bad luck missing even open shots most of the time which i think is due to the amazing crowed ND hosted - kind of shows what big advantage the home spot is for UCONN usually. And if Nika is your best scorer in the first half on this huskies team you kind of know there is a problem. UCONN imho still a top 4 team but this game shows again how prone to injuries the huskies is. It feels just not fair how many injuries this team has to take again and again but hey thats sports you got to deal with it. On a sidenote, i think Nika again did an tremendous job and was by far the best player on the huskies. True leader but there is only so much you can do.

[@Dingle051554]

Refs made it close in the 3rd quarter. Ebo’s offensive foul with Edwards arms wrapped around her a prime example of subjective reffing. I am a fan of the game not the $$$.

[@TheStranger513]

Damn. Notre Dame really called my girl Aubrey Griffin's bluff on her jumpshot today lol. And then she didn't get any of those fast break opportunities that she's known for making her a non factor today. But she'll bounce back.

[@linecom1]

the strategy to let aubrey and edwards shoot wide open deep 2-pointers was brilliant. force uconn's worse distance shooters to shoot low value shots over and over again. how uconn did nothing to adjust for that is confusing. azzi getting injured didnt help but even before that ND did a great job bottling her up. this was the perfect type of game for caroline to step up ir aaliyah to dominate the post, or nika to penetrate and kick, but unfortunately they did/could not. brutal loss. just brutal.

[@foxdogsourdough]

Thanks MJL. Totally not sure I am going to be able to watch it. But thank you for your awesome service.

[@northerniggy8261]

Most missed UCONN Q1 shots where short... their legs were not there for them this game... and it got worse as they played on. When Edwards was pushed in Q1 into Azzi's knee, removing the biggest UCONN scoring threat in the game for Notre Dame... it changed the game. Shots were off today... speed was missing... rough game for UCONN. I hope Azzi recovers quickly... UCONN has had more than it's fair share of player injuries in the past two years.

[@duffy202]

Problem is.. they've never played against rough house players like ND showed them. caught em totally off guard....

[@geronimocruz9123]

@@duffy202 Agreed

[@geronimocruz9123]

Chit happens

[@WALKERCOR204]

thank you - was just looking for this

[@edison505]

Thank you for this🙏🙏

[@TheStranger513]

This was an ass whooping. But the Azzi injury provides some excuse. Olivia Miles took it to Nika Muhl. With Azzi out they knew all they had to do was keep Senechal in check and that exposed some people. Mainly Aubrey.

[@naruto-sensei2426]

they were bullied in the paint they need size in the paint a 6'5 or something and also hopefully fudd is fine or can recover soon

[@lexsea]

dorka will be back in a game or two and should help on that front. definitely would have been a different game had she been able to play or had geno given Amari any meaningful minutes

[@naruto-sensei2426]

@@lexsea thats great news we gotta hope she doesn't get injured again

[@AlizeeDefan]

Doe anyone know how to STREAM SNY tv? I live in Rhode Island. Last year you were able to see SNY tv or the Uconn sports network through the UCONN App or the FOX Sports app, snagging FOX-61 out of New York No so this year or perhaps I am not doing something correctly. Need help. Thanks!

[@carlfredb]

Thanks so much!

[@tehvcruz1933]

thanks MJL♥️🇵🇭

[@edlearned460]

ND lost the last game and Miles played poorly. She was SUPER MOTIVATED to make amends and she certainly DID. The Irish had this game circled on the calendar. Kudos to them. But Geno already warned us - this team was NOT going to go undefeated thru this murderous opening schedule. All good - better to lose to ND NOW than in March. Dealing with adversity in an extremely hostile environment was new for this group and they didn't handle it well. NOW they know. Valuable lesson for the NEXT time this happens

[@kiddoo9708]

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[@labrd41]

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[@nikeserv4088]

Thank you MJL243 for this Norte Dame.

[@michellehall8645]

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[@ulrikesauer4681]

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[@TheDisruptiveOne]

Not good. Geno needs to use this chance to implement Amari though. It is obvious she can help this team.

[@chrisd1924]

Because she scored some baskets in garbage time? I'm not against playing her but anyone thinking she's the answer is fooling themselves.

[@TheStranger513]

I can't say I've seen much from her in garbage time that suggests she'll be a difference maker.

[@naruto-sensei2426]

They could use some size 100%

[@lastonestanding3417]

CONN 13 11 22 14 60 ND 18 23 17 16 74 Notre Dame won the first half 41 - 24. Interesting how UConn won the second half 36 - 33. Strange how games go.

[@Dingle051554]

8 fouls to 1 in the first four minutes of the 3rd quarter for Uconn. Strange equals NCAA money makers.

[@JH-eg7mq]

Thanks MJL! I won’t spoil the outcome! Hahaha

[@PukaHeadMan]

I can’t watch this. It saddens me too much. Uconn sure needed Paige and Dorka in this one.

[@lastonestanding3417]

The news: Azzi Fudd out 3 - 6 wks. Man oh man, UConn must feel plain out of good luck. Good quote from Coach A though, "You don't win or lose national championships Dec 4"

[@BAKERY_CLOSED]

I do think UConn as a whole needs to improve their overall strengthening because whatever they're doing isn't working. You can't blame other teams for being physical. Basketball is a physical sport and teams know that's a way to rattle UConn. Paige has been injured in every season that's she's played. She's to frail. So has Azzi. This is Nika's first year being healthy. And the team, as a whole, just can't take physicality. That's not Notre Dame's fault. UConn gets rattled too easily when things aren't going their way and lack the ability to bounce back and recover. The reality is Notre Dame did their job. They watched film. They scouted. They came out with a game plan and they stuck to it. They were the better team (I think they're the better team in general and picked them to win from the jump). Stop using Azzi's injury as an excuse. She wasn't affecting the game when she was playing so that's a moot point. She too one dimensional and she needs to be more than a scorer because the great teams will find a way to ice her. Exhibit A.

[@geronimocruz9123]

Agreed

[@jeffk4710]

Damn the team crumbled, and why did griffin shoot 1-12 😮

[@TheStranger513]

Ugly day for her.

[@naruto-sensei2426]

She got exposed on her jumpshot today😭

[@lexsea]

I think the worse thing was is she started hesitating before even shooting them which basically guarantees they're not gonna go in

[@northerniggy8261]

She got stuffed a few times on drives... kinda lost her aggression.. second guessed her shots. Confidence is a a package deal with players... and hers wasn't there today.

[@carol68490]

@@naruto-sensei2426 she didn’t get “exposed” she’s been making those shots all season. This was her first off-shooting night

[@markhathaway9456]

I'm confused. I thought they didn't play until Thursday.

[@waldolydecker8118]

They don't....this was an unofficial trial game. The real game is Thursday. Contact me if you need tickets - cash only, no crypto.

[@remulss]

There’s a huge difference between aggressive play and dirty play. Notre Dame is just dirty. I’m sorry but I’d like to see them actually play clean and show out their talent because all I see is lack of skill and more so courtyard basketball. For Niele Ivey to allow her players to play like that is going to really degrade her program. UCONN didn’t play great but they did play clean, it was just finishing at the rim that they couldn’t do. It’s also early in the season so it was a good loss to have and learn from.

[@chestermicek]

First of all, Notre Dame shot the lights out in the first half. 75% isn't going to happen very often. Next, Azzi suffered a hyperextended knee when Fats Ecbo shoved Edwards into Azzi just as she was flexing her knees for a jump shot. That's not going to happen very often. Worse, the refs ignored the many fouls ND was committing and even let Mabry rough up Caroline so much that she pushed Mabry, and then, Mabry acted like she'd been shoved by a forklift truck. Finally, nobody but LouLou could make a shot in the first half. Oh, sure Nika made a couple of threes, but she lost her nerve & shot a shortie & then a curve ball off the side of her hand. Meanwhile, Caroline is so out of shape that she actually missed the rim on a shot & she keeps hitting the back of the iron. She never does that. That concussion from last year & the shoulder injury from this year have hurt her. That's a perfect storm and UConn was the sword fish boat that sailed into it. We watched a duck fly backwards while eating a catfish.

[@waldolydecker8118]

First of all, it wasn't "Fats Ecbo" who shoved Edwards into Azzi. If you watched the game, they showed you at 13:25 and told you who committed the foul. If you're going to toss name insults and talk a whole bunch of other gibberish shit, at least have sense enough to get your facts straight - otherwise you blow the only cover you might have to being a total moron.

[@frankiek2269]

Yeah. The whole game I kept thinking the refs are in the pocket.

[@flyforeverproductions3194]

Who is Fats Ecbo?

[@erics9213]

Yeah, I noticed that Caroline's shot is very flat and she's not in game shape. She seems sluggish.

[@mng8959]

34:50 35:17 40:29 1:10:18

[@user-xq7ph7cq5g]

今天再次證明UC的禁區籃下實在不行，只要外線手感不佳就可能輸球

[@RubenDarioCanariofana-du5il]

Tres

[@chestermicek]

Last year, Notre Dame wrecked Paige Buecker's season and this year they just wrecked Azzi's season. I warned that the response to the skills of players like Paige & Azzi would bring out the animal in players like Ecbo. Westbrook pouncing on Citron was payback for damaging Azzi's knee & the elbow Niki took to the jaw. My take is that the regs let the physicality of Notre Dame go way too far. If I were Geno, I'd demand that Notre Dame be removed from UConn's schedule.

[@masonross2616]

Awwww poor lil Huskies…. Can’t handle a physical gameeee. Awwwww🥺🥺🥺🤧🤧🤧😢😢😢😢😢

[@geronimocruz9123]

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[@masonross2616]

@@paulsinger5102 um she’s actually been ejected once this year for getting into it w a player after she fouled her hard. She was trying to create space and hit Muhl in the face while pushing off and they literally called a flagrant. It’s an elbow to the face it happens all the time in basketball. Ur acting like Muhl didn’t Elbow Miles right back literally like 2 plays later and a foul wasn’t even called on that one😭 u UConn fans have it in ur heads that ur not allowed to be touched by another player or team? Teams are allowed to be physical w UConn j like UConn can be physical w other teams they j weren’t. ND dominated the game in the physical aspect and both teams had two hard fouls each. UConn isn’t the royalty of basketball. Ur allowed to be physical w them my guy

[@RubenDarioCanariofana-du5il]

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[@MrNiceGuy80x5]

uconn beat themselves today. perhaps the atmosphere got to them a little or all those missed shots in the first quarter.

[@RubenDarioCanariofana-du5il]

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[@RubenDarioCanariofana-du5il]

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[@RubenDarioCanariofana-du5il]

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[@quantumFilex7572]

This is what we call physical basketball game haha and to the notre dame coach the way she complained to the referee what the .. ahhaha you know well your own player and how they play ...just can't believe nothing change how Olivia miles plays dirty even if your a good player nothing change you play dirty anybody can tell

[@waldolydecker8118]

Quit whining like a temperamental crybaby...asskickings happen....take it like a man and move on. When UCONN rolls to another win, you got no insults for the other players; only when someone kick's UCONN's ass are the coach and the players "dirty." Quit whining, punk. They lost fair and square.

[@RubenDarioCanariofana-du5il]

Icatolse no a

[@chrisd1924]

I'm so over this shit. The usual 14 year old Paige and Azzi stans on twitter will use the injury excuse but call me when we actually decide to recruit brute strength. Every year they look smaller and less physically imposing than the majority of the top teams they play. It clearly doesn't work. Really don't recognize this program these days.

[@abcdefgigklmnop5526]

They need to put ayanna it more so she can more experience cuz she’s got the size and strength they need

[@onestgermain]

The Simps, worship Paige and Fudd...i call them out all the time! And Nika..."most assists" Yes! That's all she does every game!🤣🤣🤣

[@carol68490]

The same program that still has a Final Four streak in tact? How is it other programs can lose & never win championships, but when UConn hasn’t won in a few years, all hell breaks loose after a few losses? They will be FINE! They literally don’t even have their full team right now!

[@lastonestanding3417]

@@carol68490 Well said, Carolyn. There are UConn faithful who fall apart, and there are haters who just can't get enough when UConn takes a loss.

[@markhathaway9456]

Over and over ND was slapping, pushing, shoving and refs called nothing. Why is UConn shooting so terrible? It's partly because they're being rushed and banged up. I don't think I can say much more about this game. When the shooting percentage drops from high to very low it isn't skill, it's other factors.

[@lastonestanding3417]

Thank you, Mark, for bringing some sense into the discussion.

[@bjchit]

"tHe ReFs CaLlEd NoThInG!" Meanwhile in reality the most tickytack BS calls were being made that allowed UConn back into the game.

[@RubenDarioCanariofana-du5il]

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[@iiam._tayla]

olivia miles needs to be humbled..her ego is to big

[@lastonestanding3417]

Let's just take Notre Dame without Miles and two other players? Just saying. Let's just take South Carolina without Boston and two other players? Just saying. I get it, let's everybody throw rotten eggs at UConn, however, put any of the top 5 teams in the country in a similar scenario ......

[@duffy202]

For the most part.. uconn let em run all over them. Missed shots.. I stopped counting. Terrible ball handling. Come on ladies... Show us what you can really do. ND came on tough, and it worked,,,, GO HUSKIES !!!

[@RubenDarioCanariofana-du5il]

Dies

[@rameshsrinivasan3057]

Worst play. Uconn players afraid of physical play.n'dame plan this by executing in 1st Q make the opponent to feel fear and succeed. A team should not depend on only star players. Alya clearly afraid of defending. Griffin is just guard; u should not expect her to score. Better learn from ur mistakes and move on. We miss paige very much.

[@erics9213]

Yes, Griffin is just a guard but she's a big guard with no guard skills and terrible shooting form. She doesn't even have a jump shot like Nika. UCONN needs points from everyone, even Griffin.

[@RubenDarioCanariofana-du5il]

Tres

[@RubenDarioCanariofana-du5il]

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