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@apenandanapkin @UConnWBB @GamecockWBB @TexasWBB @UCLAWBB You wrote a dissertation full of bull💩. Gtfoh

I coached women's basketball for 27 out of my 28 years, so this is important to me. Four things, to be clear: 1. I did not watch @UConnWBB vs. @GamecockWBB 2. Whatever happened between Geno and Staley was not good. 3. I did watch @TexasWBB vs. @UCLAWBB 4. I don't have a dog in the fight. I literally could care less who wins the natty. Most are focused on Geno and Staley. To me, the bigger story is the poor offensive basketball, largely spurred on by officiating that has allowed overtly physical defense. 62, 51, 48 and 44 points. By this history teacher's math, that's an average of 51 ppg. That is not good for the game. I get that the players can be tight/nervous, the scout is on point and sometimes teams have bad nights, but I've also seen and coached enough ball to know when the physicality is detrimental to the game and the product. That happened last night, by most unbiased accounts. I'm not saying they're shouldn't be physicality. I also don't want to see a 110-108 layup drill. You can allow for some physicality while also allowing for flow and freedom of movement. Grabbing and hugging off ball cutters, putting two hands on dribble drives or wrapping up a player trying to post up is not entertaining nor good for the game. I also don't believe in the argument of "we want the players to decide who should win". Basketball is and always has been a game of offensive skill, not about who can out-shove the other team. There's other sports for that . . . Just call the game it was intended to be officiated. If it's a foul, call it. Don't allow teams to foul 100 times because they'll only call the most obvious 15-20. If they foul 100 times, call it 100 times. The players and coaches will adjust. These teams are awesome. The players are awesome. The coaching is top notch. But this is the game's biggest stage; let's put players in a position to display what they're capable of and, more importantly, to entertain and grow the game. 62-48 and 51-44 with a 20-17 halftime score won't grow the game. It will only stunt it. There. That thud you heard was me jumping off my soap box.

@Coach_Hickey5 Well those men's final 4 games were nothing short of a snooze fest.

Geno vs Dawn aside. Both of those games were ugly. Way too physical, low FG%, top players on all 4 teams playing poorly. Just not a good product for a final four.

@prmade313raised 🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THAT WEAK ASS APOLOGY! APOLOGIZE TO DAWN FOR ACTING LIKE A BITCH!

@HBCU__ @trendyhoopstars She'll definitely play

@trendyhoopstars This is not good for Kim. She can justify losing current players by saying it was a bad mix, but losing Mickey Ds recruits is costly She better not go to SC either, became the front court is already loaded. She won’t play

BREAKING: OLIVIYAH EDWARDS HAS REQUESTED TO BE RELEASED FROM HER SIGNING WITH TENNESSEE. 😳 Edwards is the No. 2 player in the 2026 class and previously chose the Lady Vols over LSU, South Carolina, Washington, and USC.

@DatNigga_BFllli @McFuckingDaniel @Bakari_Sellers 🤷🏾‍♀️ x.com/i/status/20405…

@alluringAP @McFuckingDaniel @Bakari_Sellers She told you that?

Hear me out. Tennesse should’ve never fired her.

@GeorgiaVol007 @Ro_Co_Vols You might know a little something!!

@alluringAP @Ro_Co_Vols She will not be going to UT. Bookmark it.

Serious question…Kim Caldwell is losing her entire team a year after barely going .500. You usually give a coach 3 years to get their own players and system in order…well she has no players and the system hasn’t worked…why are they keeping her around?

@_jaynoesta I'll allow it😂😂

@alluringAP lemme be delusional a lil bit 😭

If USC win on Sunday, I need them to take that Coach of the Year award away from Shea Ralph. 4 new starters, 2 of whom were new to the program. 2 out for the season either ACL tears. Fewer games with the full roster than without full roster. Dawn Staley, take a bow girl.

@Lib_Chamo @jfeltonnn Exactly!!

@alluringAP @jfeltonnn IMO, he made minimal adjustments and really didn’t coach. Which is surprising considering he’s widely considered one the greats.

Ivey put the blueprint out, Dawn saw it and had the talent to get it done. Unbelievable job to get this SC team back to the natty

@KRWikstrom @DCPandC That's their fault. This game was no more physical than the sweet 16 or elite 8, they just ran into a team that had the pieces to beat them.

@alluringAP @DCPandC They got half of what they normally do. In a much more physical game. Just facts.

Apparently Geno Auriemma had a complaint between quarters (from a kind TV viewer). He did not hold back about USC being physical and the refs not calling it. Which seems the opposite from where I'm sitting.

@cayleycheyenne I'm sure she'd rather have another natty...

Dawn isn’t a a coach of the year candidate btw

@G_N_G1 @TraeK_ The discrepancy means UConn shot too many 3s and didn't get to the paint. Geno was so busy crying, he forgot to tell his team to go to the hole. I thought y'all didn't like FTs anyway😂😂

@TraeK_ Raven Johnson is a bum. Uconn had a couple bad games but Sarah Strong got them going. Sarah had a terrible game and they still barely lost. The FT discrepancy means the refs let SC get away with shit

So UCONN shot 12-37 (32%) and Azzi shot 2/10 (the same 20%) outside of those possessions

@burtondimes Ain't no fun when the rabbit got the gun!!

UConn is the only fanbase in the world that genuinely doesn’t understand free throws lol all season all we heard was “ethical basketball” and “so and so is a fraud cause they get to the line” but now it’s complaining about how they didn’t get any? yall knew it was an issue lol

@nasgioia 😂😂😂😂

raven johnson to sarah strong

@burtondimes Preach!!!

because no uconn player can consistently get to the line apart from kk Arnold who wasn’t shooting the ball at all man, you can’t suddenly expect to get to the line way above the mean during march

@Lib_Chamo @jfeltonnn S Carolina had a good game plan and they were mentally prepared. Although UConn was trending downwards, Geno was so used to things going his way, he couldn't handle it when nothing was working. He lost composure and failed the team.

@alluringAP @jfeltonnn UCONN was exposed in the tourney a few times but like you said, no team executed the game plan the full 40 minutes. I was shocked at how Azzi didn’t go left and how few penetrations there was on UCONN’s end. SC dominated in the paint on both sides.

@KRWikstrom @DCPandC Nope, they haven't gotten to the line much this season.

@alluringAP @DCPandC Or they couldn’t because of fouls not being calls so they had to settle for threes. I was happy USC won. But I have eyes

@willcbarr Generational Delusion

took 15 3s and played the perimeter but wants more fouls #ok

@nosyone4 6-21 from three.

South Carolina scored the same amount of points last year. UConn scored 35 less points off the same amount of shots lmao

@yanab0015 Preach!!

1. UConn shot 21 3s to SC's 6. Do with that information what you will. 2. 22 free throws ain't enough. It should've been more if y'all really want to get into it. 🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️ And we can start with Azzi fouling Raven on the 1v1 fast break and no call.