[JohnR34231]

yes, the uconn offense was fun to watch, especially on fast breaks. bueckers and fudd graduate, but sarah strong is already excellent and will be only a rising sophomore.

but it's the uconn defense that was dominant. rapid, unpredictable switching from player-to-player to zone. doubling betts down low, then anticipating her pass to the wing and racing out before ucla could get off a 3.  ucla had almost no open shots, and they couldn't hit the few they had. neither jones nor rice could get free. jones in particular looked useless on offense. gardiner and dugalic threw up wild shots before getting set. so many air balls! frankly, ucla looked like us this year against good teams.

Fudd has stated that she's returning to Yukon next year.

Which probably means Yukon will be excellent next year, like they always are. They showed against UCLA that they can be outstanding even when Bueckers has a so-so game. Geno says he has such a great bunch of ladies, and they are so much fun to coach that he doesn't want to retire, so he will still be around. Look for them to be in the final four again next year. Look for UCLA to be there too, and it wouldn't surprise me if South Carolina is also.

[JohnR34231]

yes, the uconn offense was fun to watch, especially on fast breaks. bueckers and fudd graduate, but sarah strong is already excellent and will be only a rising sophomore.

but it's the uconn defense that was dominant. rapid, unpredictable switching from player-to-player to zone. doubling betts down low, then anticipating her pass to the wing and racing out before ucla could get off a 3.  ucla had almost no open shots, and they couldn't hit the few they had. neither jones nor rice could get free. jones in particular looked useless on offense. gardiner and dugalic threw up wild shots before getting set. so many air balls! frankly, ucla looked like us this year against good teams.

Fudd has stated that she's returning to Yukon next year.

Which probably means Yukon will be excellent next year, like they always are. They showed against UCLA that they can be outstanding even when Bueckers has a so-so game. Geno says he has such a great bunch of ladies, and they are so much fun to coach that he doesn't want to retire, so he will still be around. Look for them to be in the final four again next year. Look for UCLA to be there too, and it wouldn't surprise me if South Carolina is also.