The UConn women’s basketball team has shown renewed energy in recent conference games and is ready for the NCAA tournament – a positive sign for Geno Auriemma with March just around the corner

It helped that UConn took a break after a brutal stretch of six games in 13 days and was able to fit into the work on the practice field, Auriemma said his team had grown up a bit too and accepted that practice time

But the # 1 Huskies playing at Creighton next Thursday have also made it clear what kind of team they want to be, and a big part of that identity is their ability to play fast

At the start of the season, UConn pushed the pace pretty well and made the transition with so many good passers-by – Paige Bueckers, Evina Westbrook, Anna Makurat, Nika Muhl when she’s healthy – and great rim runners in Olivia Nelson-Ododa and Aaliyah Edwards, the team seemed to be really successful at this stage of the game

It helps when you have a player in Bückers who can throw touchdown passes three quarters of the length on the court

Plus, a fairly young team learning the pros and cons of the UConn playbook could still get simple baskets

Over the past few weeks, Auriemma has said his team has deviated from their ideal pace, but he feels better where they are when the regular season comes to an end

“We have made a concerted effort to play faster,” said Auriemma. “We always want to play fast, but for a few years what [the players] think is fast and what I think is fast are two different things. And us begin to agree on what I think it should look like and it really helped ”

UConn doesn’t suddenly look like DePaul or Arkansas who really like turning things into a track meet, and Auriemma has stated that he doesn’t want his team to play so fast that it becomes harmful, according to Her Hoop Stats UConn is on 112 with an average of 72 Ranked the country’s 5 possessions per 40 minutes, while DePaul cracks the 80s (818) and Arkansas sits at 772. UConn’s pace so far this season is the second-highest since the 2015-16 season and the lowest in that period (70th ) 6) comes in 2016-17

“Every time you have to play on half the court you have to let the ball run across the floor and face the team that is waiting for you all the time, man, that’s a slog,” said Auriemma “No problem for a dentist out there, except for a man, it’s like sitting in a dentist’s chair. It’s awful so we’re trying to avoid this as much as possible”

UConn’s past games alone, the reinforcement of that lesson was evident.After a sluggish game in Georgetown, UConn looked great in transition in the last two games, scoring 17 and 28 fast break points against St Johns and Xavier

“I’ll be the first to say it started in practice,” said Junior Guard Christyn Williams. “Coach got us to do all of these transitional exercises. We walked a lot. We sometimes get into trouble because we are way too fast go and flip the ball, but I feel like we’ve gotten into our groove for the last couple of games – not too fast, but not too slow ”

Against a better defense, UConn may not get away with 20 fast break points (for example, they managed six against Tennessee and ten against South Carolina) At the same time, the huskies’ rapidly improving defenses give them a greater opportunity to control the pace

“I think we definitely make a living from it,” said Nelson-Ododa. “We’re getting better at it, but it’s definitely not at the level we want and that [Auriemma] wants I think we’re able to do more and I think our transition game will definitely help us get into the tournament by getting other teams to keep up with us and also get easier buckets ”

UConn’s meeting in Creighton (and his next stop in Indianapolis to take on Butler) marks his final road trips of the season, aside from trips to play the entire NCAA tournament in San Antonio

The daily life of huskies has changed a lot with all of the COVID-19 protocols and restrictions they face, as has the way they have been on road trips

“It’s not like it used to be. You miss a lot,” said Auriemma. “The game in Georgetown was the first time I took the team out to dinner all year round and that would never have happened in the past. We are very careful where we go we are in a private dining room, everyone is taking all precautions, everyone is masked, the social distancing part and all that we can’t do a lot of things that we really enjoy and that make traveling a lot more bearable

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