Men- playing St. John's at Madison Square Garden brings back memories of going to the Garden every year during the 1990s to see UConn play. We would make a day trip out of it to the City and go on a pub crawl after the game. Those were great times in UConn basketball.
UConn this year has a good team, but maybe not quite as good as all of us thought or hoped. You would like to think UConn should win this game, but their recent play suggests it will be a competitive game that could go either way. UConn needs Sanogo to behave like a monster this game as he did in the first game against the Johnnies. Point spread is UConn -4
Women- the statuses of Ducharme and Ododa is and will be unknown until game time, but UConn has come off 2 very good performances wrapped around a stinker. Against Tennessee and DePaul, UConn looked great and showed legit Final 4 potential. In a home loss to Villanova that was not nearly as close as the final score, UConn was completely outplayed and outhustled and outcoached. Which team will show up today against a rough and physical Marquette team? A player to watch will be Azzi Fudd, who had 25 against Tenn. and 29 against Nova before being shut down with 4 against DePaul, which focused on her. Dorka Juhasz and Aaliyah Edwards are both coming off their best games of the year, and are also players to watch.
UConn this year has a good team, but maybe not quite as good as all of us thought or hoped. You would like to think UConn should win this game, but their recent play suggests it will be a competitive game that could go either way. UConn needs Sanogo to behave like a monster this game as he did in the first game against the Johnnies. Point spread is UConn -4
Women- the statuses of Ducharme and Ododa is and will be unknown until game time, but UConn has come off 2 very good performances wrapped around a stinker. Against Tennessee and DePaul, UConn looked great and showed legit Final 4 potential. In a home loss to Villanova that was not nearly as close as the final score, UConn was completely outplayed and outhustled and outcoached. Which team will show up today against a rough and physical Marquette team? A player to watch will be Azzi Fudd, who had 25 against Tenn. and 29 against Nova before being shut down with 4 against DePaul, which focused on her. Dorka Juhasz and Aaliyah Edwards are both coming off their best games of the year, and are also players to watch.