Women's Hoops Blog

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Wednesday, March 26, 2003

In case you missed it -- the Times' coverage of the UConn game and Taurasi.

Was interesting last night how they ran an isolation play for Taurasi several times -- including at least two in a row -- when they really needed points. Coaches will have to figure out something to do about that. Sara and I were both noting again last night the problem with UConn's other guards. Conlon had an ok game. As usual, she hit a couple nice spot-up threes at key times. But her ball handling, her defense, her passing were all weak. Battle had a very good game -- she crashed the boards, she's a great defender, she's the toughest player on the team... but her shooting, at times, is a huge liability. When she's outside, her defenders don't even need to bother guarding her.