totally amazing... #incredibleHave you ever seen a player undergo a metamorphosis from a shooting liability to one of the best in all of women's basketball the way Moriah did? What kind of mental toughness produced that result?
And Stewie and Moriah will be mentioned as one of the best tandems in UCONN history.I've been watching UCONN Women since the days of Jennifer R and Rebecca L. Geno always seems to be able to recruit superior point guards. It was always my belief that Sue B. was the best point guard in UCONN history with Jennifer R. a close second. But I now believe that the pecking order is going to change and Moriah will be recognized as the "best" point guard in our amazing history. Although Stewie is the best player in college, this team success depends greatly on Moriah. Her speed, defense, shooting and assist to turnover ratio are out of this world and a major reason for our 3 NC. She is your typical UCONN player who seems to grow both as a basketball player and a person over her four years at UCONN. As one of the main LEADERS on the team she constantly displaying that her main concern is winning and not individual attention. She always seems to be deferring recognition from herself to other players. Even in the NC game, she voiced her belief that Stewie was the MVP of the Final Four, when I believe most of our fans agreed with Stewie assessment that Moriah was indeed the real MVP. At the conclusion of her forthcoming senior season, both Stewie and herself will always be mentioned in the same sentences with Diana T., Maya M., Tina C., Sue B., and Rebecca L. as the "BEST" players ever to wear a UCONN uniform. Let the season begin.
and Moriah and KML was one of the best tandems this past seasonAnd Stewie and Moriah will be mentioned as one of the best tandems in UCONN history.
Moriah Jefferson has been an offensive machine since the age of 12. Let's not be disrespectful to one of my favorite players.Have you ever seen a player undergo a metamorphosis from a shooting liability to one of the best in all of women's basketball the way Moriah did? What kind of mental toughness produced that result?
Glad to hear you're not challenging the woman's point of view. Men have more worrisome hirsuit concerns: Hair today, gone tomorrow!My wife is an ardent UCONN fan and we never miss watching a game unless we absolutely can't get to a tv or a computer, so she knows the sport and knows our girls, but she had a completely different theory on why MoJeff had such a slow start.
It was her hair. She started the season with it down in a ponytail and my wife didn't like it. It wasn't over fashion that she had a complaint, she felt that you don't ever change a good thing once you've got it right. Years of watching our own kids play high school and college sports had taught her that you never change seats or the position where you're standing during a rally or a winning streak.
If you walk to a trash barrel to discard a food wrapper and while you're there your daughter lines a double, you stay there until the rally is over, and then return to that spot every time she again comes to bat.
When our Asian living daughter was home for Thanksgiving and we told her to be prepared to make room on her bedroom wall for a MoJeff jersey to sit alongside D's, my wife was crushed when Mo had a poor game and seemed out of rythym.
"It's her hair" my wife proclaimed, and when after Christmas she returned to being the best guard in the country my wife was sure it was because she went back to piling it all on top of her head.
Harmony at my house is maintained by not challenging such logic. I watched as the mechanics of Mo's game improved and I noted that she was maturing as an offensive force right before our eyes, but I mostly kept it to myself and let my wife explain to her less informed friends how Mo had lost her way briefly, until Mo too realized that it wasn't her approach that had caused her to underperform, it was her hair and the way she had "incorrectly" tied it.
So now as I prepare to savor our AA point guard's senior season, I hold my breath and hope that she remembers what it is that has made her a star. It's not what is inside her head that has propelled her to greatness; it's what's on top of it.