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    Kaleena back at Mater Dei

    She had a post on Instagram that was captioned as physical therapy so she likely is rehabbing from the injury this summer. Good opportunity for her as she has spent so many years now away from home and her little brother is growing up fast.
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    10 Years ago today, the current Era began . . . .

    Close games are basically a coin flip the statisticians say. Teams that have a good record in close games is more a result of good luck than any superior coaching or clutch players. In UConn case you have to consider for the game to be close odds are UConn has been playing poorly over the...
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    10 Years ago today, the current Era began . . . .

    I agree with this being the start of the current. In my opinion the UConn program as it exists today and as it existed for most of the last decade has been in the image of Maya more than anyone else and the standard of play and behavior that she set. She took the program and it's pursuit of...
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    "The best thing that ever happened"

    My comments about the impact of Karlie has almost nothing to do with distractions, or heart, or anything concious. My comments were about involuntary body chemistry. Watching a competitive sporting event where you have an emotional investment is going to cause chemical reactions. You're...
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    "The best thing that ever happened"

    I agree that playing the second game hurt UConn. I had a bad feeling in the days leading up to the game because of the additional factor of Karlie playing in the 1st game. It was clear, especially from the HBO doc that the core players and even the UConn coaches had an emotional investment in...
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    New job for Kara Lawson?

    Great news for Kara on the heels of Sarah Kustok being announced as taking over the analyst position for the Nets. Sarah played for Doug Bruno at DePaul and I really liked her work in Chicago as a sideline reporter for the pro teams. I was excited to see Sarah getting to do some WCBB studio...
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    C. Collier De-commitment

    UConn isn't the place to be unless you are completely committed. It takes that to push through the physical and mental trials and expectations. Good for her making this decision now.
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    West Coast road trip

    I took the Amtrak Coast Star Light from San Francisco to Seattle about ten years ago within a stop in Portland for a day. I ended up never even sitting in my seat because I grabbed a seat in the observation car where seats face directly out the window and stayed put. I had power for my computer...
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    So what does Plum to San Antonio mean to Moriah?

    I don't think it means much of anything for Moriah in the sense that Moriah is obviously still the team's point guard and star player. There's going to be an adjustment period for Kelsey for bring her off the bench to start and let her backup both Moriah at PG and McBride at SG to form a solid...
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    Chantel Osahor sent to Lynx for Keisha Hampton

    I thought Minnesota was the only team where Osahor would have a chance to be succesful so I'm glad she ended up there. She kind of fits into McCarville's role there. I actually have less questions about Osahor defensively than I do Brionna Jones for example. Osahor actually has some...
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    State College product Kyla Irwin thought she was a hard worker. Then she went to UConn.

    You never know what will happen over the course of a four year career. I'm sure there weren't many people who ever thought Meghan Gardler would play much, and yet she played the 7th most minutes on the team as a senior. I've been thinking about Meghan's senior season with respect to Kyla...
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    Who are our starting five next year?

    Kia Nurse starting at point guard is no different than Caroline Doty starting at point guard for the 2009-10 team. I don't see how the four returning starters plus Stevens have any less ball-handling ability than that team's starting lineup. UConn has never required a pure point guard. It's...
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    KLS, Pheesa and Gabby's name on Werth Wall already

    My understanding is they are up on the practice center wall because that wall is recognizing All-Americans and National Players of the Year. The wall in the practice facility is not the Huskies of Honor. Huskies of Honor applies only to the wall in Gampel. They still go into the Huskies of...
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    Azura Stevens: Getting to know her and about her

    It will be interesting to see her in an UConn uniform. She really needed to get stronger so we will see how much progress was made with the magic of Amanda Kimball. It was also clear as much she filled up the stat sheet that she floated around a little bit. It will be interesting to see how...
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    2017 WNBA Mock Draft, 4/03/2017

    The only team I would want to see take Osahor is Minnesota because they run so much offense through their posts passing. I don't think defense is going to be the issue for Osahor as for someone like Brionna Jones. Osahor is actually pretty light on her feet and can actually jump so I worry...
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    Gabby Makes All Tournament Team

    Her freshman season was wonderful in part because of her ability to make shots at all kinds of crazy angles off the backboard that I have only seen from her. I remember marveling at it. She doesn't attempt those shots really anymore now that she is doing more than getting the ball, jumping...
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    Doris Burke bids farewell to WCBB

    Familiarity often breeds contempt and that seems to have happened in some corners for Doris. I'm not as fond of Doris's WCBB work as I once was although I'm not a hater, but today I'll remember my admiration for her for most of her career. Her sideline reporting was very solid at the beginning...
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    None of the Post Mortems Mention The Short Layoff -- Why?

    The Friday game wasn't to UConn advantage, but the thing that bothered me all friday afternoon and gave me an uneasy feeling about the game was that UConn was playing in the second game. That's a lot of waiting around, but it was compounded by Karlie playing in the first game. So there was an...
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    Rx for next season

    They lost by a last second basket in overtime. The team will certainly benefit from the additions to the roster. I'm excited about the added size, athleticism, and competition to address some of the limitations of this year's roster, but Geno didn't talk about that after the game. The thing...
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    Would you trade the streak for the ntl title?

    That's a solid argument. I'm not sure which side of the fence I come down on, but this isn't just a hypothetical scenario. Kia, Gabby, Lou, Pheesa, Nat, and T have already experienced wining at least one National Championship, and five of those players will have another chance to win a...
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    Three first-teamers!

    It's pretty crazy that Morgan was the only one that wasn't an All-American at least twice in that span through 2016, and all three players this year still have a chance to at least be two-time All Americans.
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    Gabby is WBCA Defensive player of the year

    Gabby this season had over 200 defensive rebounds, 50 blocks, and 100 steals. She's the only UConn player ever to do that. She quarterbacked the defense directing all the switches and at times shoving her teammates into the right spot. She battled bigger players all season including a handful...
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    Three first-teamers!

    I believe only three players from each team could be on the WBCA regional All-American list that the 1st team as well as the honorable mentions come from.
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    ummmm... Badass Award?

    If you're going to celebrate what people do in 40 point where the they could have never played and the team still would have won then you certainly should celebrate when people rise to the occasion in adverse situations even if the final result is a loss. Geno teaches his players not to judge...
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    ummmm... Badass Award?

    A badass played her heart out for 44 minutes tonight battling against players who had at least 6 inches on her. Badass kept UConn in the game when it really could have gotten in hand. A badass came up with an incredible block to even send the game to overtime. What Gabby did tonight was...
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    Next year's starting lineup

    Crystal had the chance to seize the starting point guard position this season and it didn't happen. That's not surprising considering UConn is a difficult environment for small guards that are used to playing with the ball in their hands. The best situation for her is to be the backup point...
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    Baylor post game presser

    Transcripts of every NCAA press conferences from this year as well as all previous years can be found at ASAPSports.com. Sometimes I go back and read the old ones.
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    Little Help? List of Longest Consecutive FF Appearances

    ND and Stanford's streaks both happened entirely during UConn's current run. In 2011 and 2012 3 out of the 4 teams were in the process of Final Four streaks of at least five seasons, and yet in both of those seasons the national championship was won by the fourth team.
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    Little Help? List of Longest Consecutive FF Appearances

    ND and Stanford's streaks both happened entirely during UConn's current run. In 2011 and 2012 3 out of the 4 teams were in the process of Final Four streaks of at least five seasons, and yet in both of those seasons the national championship was won by the fourth team.
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    Kiah Stokes alert

    I don't remember a lot of people believing that her scoring was going to explode. I believe the argument was more whether a player that didn't even start for her college team could be an effective WNBA player. I believed she would have a long and successful career in the WNBA, and that's...
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    FiveThirtyEight Blog- So now.....

    All 538 does is calculate probabilities based on scores of games. They're not making predictions. Baylor was putting up scores that rivaled UConn all season. It's not designed to pick upsets unless the selection team screwed up the seedings in the first place, which happens more on the men's...
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    Info on Tamika Williams

    For a long time Tamika was the career FG% leader for both the NCAA and WNBA, but she's been passed in the WNBA by a few players in the last few seasons.
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    A bit of video from Oregon's post game locker room

    I loved his Gonzaga teams. They were my favorite program to watch outside of UConn because of the way they played.
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    Where is D?

    Taurasi is playing in Russia, which has a longer and more involved season with playing in both the domestic Russian league and the European Champions league than China where Maya and Stewie are playing. Most of the other players that have been around are not playing overseas including Sue...
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    Dan Hughes Really, Really Likes Moriah

    I always found it curious that Dan Hughes never had more UConn players since his teams played a very compatible offensive style with UConn. I always enjoyed watching his WNBA teams play for that reason.
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