Team USA Czech-mates EuroLeague Champs, box score, quotes...

[Huskies Rule]

Team USA Czech-mates EuroLeague Champs 85-53. Without DT, Maya, Nneka and Tamika. And so little practice time. Yikes!! Good quotes, box score, photos. Parker double-double; she and Delle Donne have been pretty unstoppable. Stewie 10 pts,6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block in just 14 minutes. Good job, Stewie.

http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/10/quotes-usa-wnt-vs-usk-prague.aspx

 

[jsloanjr]

Great team effort.....GO USA!!!

 

[Huskies Rule]

How fantastic (and a bit ironic) to hear EDD offer her highest praise of Geno yesterday:

“There are so many great coaches out there but there aren’t always great teachers,” she said, “and that’s something that’s always struck me about him -- how great he is at getting his point across, and just continuing to teach. We’re all pros and we’ve heard so many different things. But he kind of explains things in a different way. And it’s been great. I feel like he’s the sun and I’m just trying to soak in all that knowledge. It’s been fun.
I’m thrilled that I’m able to have him as my coach right now.”

Love it. I doubt anybody ever called Coach "the sun" before.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I feel like he’s the sun and I’m just trying to soak in all that knowledge. It’s been fun."

Tenn fans everywhere choking on their barbeque! All kidding aside, powerful endorsement there.

The EDD quote ends with: " I’m thrilled that I’m able to have him as my coach right now.”

The article containing same:

http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2015/10/delle-donne-fits-in-with-the-best.aspx

 

[stwainfan]

 

[Wbbfan1]

Will definitely be interesting to see the makeup of the Rio Team.

Thinking there will be four UConn Alumni on the team. DT, Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Tina Charles. Don't see Stewie making the team. That leaves Eight Roster spots to fill

I'm thinking Griner, Parker, & EDD are automatic selections if not injured. Angel played well in the exhibition games, so she may be a lock as well.

If I'm team USA, I'm looking for a player that has a dominant inside game and can score garbage points on missed shots and play a physical game.

Who knows who the other guards are going to be. Have to think Diggins or Sims will make the roster if not both of them.

The only reason I don't have Stewie making the team is if I'm going to take a development player for future Olympics, its going to be a guard. If the Olympics were held in the November/December time period and Stewie had a monster WNBA season then I might have a different thought process. I think the 12 players that make up the USA Sr team will be players that were on a WNBA Roster this year.

 

[Alydar]

Will definitely be interesting to see the makeup of the Rio Team.

Thinking there will be four UConn Alumni on the team. DT, Sue Bird, Maya Moore and Tina Charles. Don't see Stewie making the team. That leaves Eight Roster spots to fill

I'm thinking Griner, Parker, & EDD are automatic selections if not injured. Angel played well in the exhibition games, so she may be a lock as well.

If I'm team USA, I'm looking for a player that has a dominant inside game and can score garbage points on missed shots and play a physical game.

Who knows who the other guards are going to be. Have to think Diggins or Sims will make the roster if not both of them.

The only reason I don't have Stewie making the team is if I'm going to take a development player for future Olympics, its going to be a guard. If the Olympics were held in the November/December time period and Stewie had a monster WNBA season then I might have a different thought process. I think the 12 players that make up the USA Sr team will be players that were on a WNBA Roster this year.

While I don't disagree with your rationale for Stewart not being on the team, if you look at the names running USA basketball, it's dominated by WNBA officials. The Olympics are a showcase to them and they will want to promote Stewart as much as possible so she may end up on the team due to a business decision.

 

[sarals24]

Stewart will be on the team. She's the future star for the league, especially if she wins a fourth NC. She'll be a household name. The US will have the deepest team and could fill the 8th-12th spots with pretty much anyone and still win, so they'll definitely bring someone like Stewie who brings name recognition from the NCAA tournament, which will have just ended, and being the #1 WNBA draft pick. Mark my words!

 

[trb123]

During this game, the Prague center Kia Vaughan must have reflected on what might have happened had she chosen UCONN.

 

[Kaizen]

During this game, the Prague center Kia Vaughan must have reflected on what might have happened had she chosen UCONN.

You mean Kia Vaughn ?

 

[RockyMTblue2]

You mean Kia Vaughn ?

I believe it was Kia who in her senior year of high school modestly declared she would be the Shaq of the women's game.

 

[Kaizen]

I believe it was Kia who in her senior year of high school modestly declared she would be the Shaq of the women's game.

Kia Vaughn (born January 24, 1987) is a professional women's basketball player for the WNBA's Washington Mystics.[1] She attended high school at St. Michael's All Girls High School in New York, and later went on to star at Rutgers University
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Vaughn

 

[easttexastrash]

You mean Kia Vaughn ?

I don't understand this need to correct spelling errors. The spelling of the name is completely irrelevant in this post.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Kia Vaughn (born January 24, 1987) is a professional women's basketball player for the WNBA's Washington Mystics.[1] She attended high school at St. Michael's All Girls High School in New York, and later went on to star at Rutgers University
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Vaughn

I still believe it, but thanks for the trip down memory lane.

 

[easttexastrash]

I didn't get to see the game Saturday but based on the box score Parker had a tremendous game with 10 points and 11 rebounds. She had 7 TOs, which was probably her only downside for the day.

Angel also played some quality ball in this game, it appears, as well as for the overall tour.

Odd to see Griner as the leader in assists, and more assists than blocks. The three PGs had 4 assists combined. I am not sure how they could have so few assists with this much talent surrounding them.

 

[meyers7]

I don't understand this need to correct spelling errors. The spelling of the name is completely irrelevant in this post.

I don't particularly like the grammar Nazi's, BUT..... when it comes to people's names, well that's always one of the most important things to them. So corrections there, I can understand.

 

[Kaizen]

I don't particularly like the grammar Nazi's, BUT..... when it comes to people's names, well that's always one of the most important things to them. So corrections there, I can understand.

The post is about a person Kia Vaughan. I don't know her, hence I googled and could not find her. I raised the question because Google suggested it should be "Kia Vaughn",
No offense, just curious who is the girl, peace~~~~

 

[easttexastrash]

I don't particularly like the grammar Nazi's, BUT..... when it comes to people's names, well that's always one of the most important things to them. So corrections there, I can understand.

I feel pretty certain that Kia Vaughn is not reading this thread. Now, if this were a New York Times article I could see the importance of getting the name correct. If someone misspells a UCONN player's name on the BY I could understand the correction, but not this one. It is nothing other than nit picking with no value.

 

[UcMiami]

I didn't get to see the game Saturday but based on the box score Parker had a tremendous game with 10 points and 11 rebounds. She had 7 TOs, which was probably her only downside for the day.

Angel also played some quality ball in this game, it appears, as well as for the overall tour.

Odd to see Griner as the leader in assists, and more assists than blocks. The three PGs had 4 assists combined. I am not sure how they could have so few assists with this much talent surrounding them.

There has been a lot of high low passing on this tour so many of the sequences have gone guard, forward/center, forward/center so the forwards and centers have been getting the majority of assists through all the games. With less than stellar outside shooting, and the focus on getting the ball inside, the guards didn't get many assists.