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    Alexa comes back from the Dark Side

    The truth of UConn’s run to the final of this year’s NCAA WBB Tournament is that, while UConn did overcome tremendous “adversity” in the form of serious injuries to key players to reach this game, this achievement by UConn is not “miraculous” in the way the USA’s 1980 Miracle on Ice was...
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    OT: The Limits of a rivalry...Tennessee Player Needs Help

    According to WVLT in Knoxville: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Lady Vol legend and current Lady Mavericks coach at Anderson County High School in Clinton Nicky Anosike-Chima gave birth to her two twin babies early Sunday [June 6th] morning. The twins came via cesarean section and the new mother is...
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    SC Postgame Thread

    Crystal and Olivia showed up, Megan and CW did not.
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    This is not good.

    Rick Pitino coached the Celtics a total of 248 games during three and a half seasons. The Celtics record was 102 and 146 during his tenure and, in no season under him, did the Celtics win more games than they lost.
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    UCF's uniform adjustments

    Equally not intended to cause offense to you but I know I would find it equally jarring if I saw the UCF men wearing their shorts the same way some of the UCF women wore their shorts yesterday. If the UCF men did so and I then commented on the Boneyard that I found this stylistic choice jarring...
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    OT: Recommendations on Johnny Cash biography

    I share both your passion for Johnny Cash’s music and your curiosity about Johnny Cash, the man. Several years ago, I read a biography about Johnny Cash I believe will not be equaled any time soon, if ever. The book is titled Johnny Cash: The Life and is by Robert Hilburn. Originally published...
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    Post your pet picture

    He is a Maine Coon. My wife and I have had 5 Maine Coons in the 29 years we have been together. Before Seamus and Colonel Bates (who are our first red cats), we had Annie and Pushkin. They were a brother and sister because they had the same mother and father but they were born a year apart. Our...
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    Post your pet picture

    This is Colonel Bates, he not only lives with Seamus, he is his grandfather.
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    Post your pet picture

    He rejected the name Sergeant Pepper and is now known as Seamus.
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    How Great Was That?

    Before Lauren Cox went down with what was clearly a game-ending injury with 1 minute and 32 seconds left in the 3rd quarter, the game felt like it was well within Baylor’s control; after Cox was forced out, the game felt like it was Notre Dame’s to grab and win. Then, when Notre Dame took the...
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    UConn vs UCLA post game thread

    The game was horrible only for those who fail to recognize that the UConn women’s run of 11 straight final four appearances is singular, unprecedented, and mind-blowing. I thought it telling that Geno made the point in last night’s post-game conference that this feat simply should never have...
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    Reality Check

    Bagger: Lou Gehrig is my favorite baseball player of all time but the truth of the matter is that Lou Gehrig was a member of six World Series champion Yankee teams, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936-1938. Ruth was on the first three of those teams and DiMaggio was on the last three of those teams. Gehrig...
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    Reality Check

    How many world series have the Yankees won without Ruth, DiMaggio, Mantle, Jackson & Jeter on the team? How many NBA titles have the Celtics won without Russell, Bird and Pierce on the team? How many NBA titles have the Lakers won without Mikan, West, Johnson, and Bryant on the team? Now...
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    OT: A real class act.....

    I have witnessed (once in person) several prior Serena outbursts where I would have agreed with the negative views of her being expressed here but not this time. First, I think chair umpire showed extremely bad judgment to give official warning to Serena on the coaching violation regardless of...
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    When did the Boneyard become VolNation?

    As someone who reads the UConn Women's Basketball forum on the Boneyard frequently and posts much less frequently, I agree "most Boneyarders" neither shout down others or possess an overweening arrogance and sense of entitlement. But the posts of the few that manifest these qualities certainly...
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    Napheesa Collier STAYING!

    This is wonderful news. Napheesa is an excellent player and carries herself with grace and character. I am really looking forward to next year. It should be very exciting and challenging.
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    Azura Stevens Leaving

    No, UConn Women’s Basketball will be fine period because the UConn Women’s Basketball team will continue to be coached by Geno Auriemma and therefore will continue to play basketball in a sound, unselfish, and unrelenting fashion at both ends of the court, continue to feature players we can all...
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    Azura Stevens Leaving

    And you know what, if Geno Auriemma believes that Megan and Mikayla do not deserve to play, then they will not. We all understand you firmly believe Geno made a fatal mistake in not playing Megan Walker a minimum of 20 to 25 minutes a game throughout the season. We also know you have been...
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    Geno Auriemma......................pretending to be OK.

    Although the story was fairly long by the standard of a sports piece, I found it fascinating and insightful on multiple levels, not least of which is how ridiculous and exacting are the expectations that the UConn Women’s basketball program has created as its norm. The fact those expectations...
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    KiKi? Really? Kia Homecoming Vid New 2 Me

    The whole video was great; what struck me most forcefully, however, was Kia's statement at 5:54 of the video that what has made UConn so successful is Geno and CD holding every single player during the last 33 years to the same standard, whether that player is the top player on the team or a...
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    Louisville Post-Game Thread

    Every time UConn has been challenged this year, UConn has met the challenge. Because it is UConn, however, an 11 point win is not enough. Rather, UConn really demonstrated its multiple areas of vulnerability this evening because it lost the game if the score was tabulated quarter by quarter...
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    A heads up: UCONN's BEST OF BEST coming on TV pronto

    My recollection is that order was as follows: 10. Moriah Jefferson 9. Kerry Bascom 8. Nykesha Sales 7. Jen Rizzotti 6. Tina Charles 5. Rebecca Lobo 4. Sue Bird 3. Maya Moore 2. Breanna Stewart 1. Diana Taurasi I believe others have written in different threads their objections to the numbering...
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    Geno %$#@!&%

    I certainly did not mean to be snarky in my response. I watched the game and, like you, reacted to the sight of Gabby Williams' discomfort by wishing Geno would call a timeout and pull her from the game. That was only my first reaction, however, because I concluded that no one with the...
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    Development of incoming freshman

    In my opinion, Geno does not play certain freshmen because he wants to win games by 30+ ppg but rather precisely because he wishes to further the development of those freshmen so that they will continue to carry and uphold the program he and others have so painstakingly built over 30+ years. My...
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    Geno %$#@!&%

    Geno could sit Gabby Williams for the rest of the regular season and the AAC Tournament along with Crystal Dangerfield and yet both could get hurt during the first round of the NCAA tournament. At that point, many on this board would criticize him because he did not hold both back until the...
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    Is it time to shut down Lou?

    I wholeheartedly agree with StamfordHusky; let the professionals decide when it is proper for Katie Lou (and Gabby and Crystal and anyone else on the team who is suffering from injuries) to return to the court. The implication and undertone of many of the comments in this thread is that, left to...
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    The Starters Chime In

    At this point, it seems to me there has been extensive discussion on the Boneyard of the issue of Geno's reluctance/refusal to play MW/KI/MC/AEH (not to mention BC's physical capability to play) during the meaningful minutes of games, i.e., when the margin of the score is less than 20 points...
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    Too Many Minutes

    We’re on the same page. Likewise, I think Geno’s public comments make clear he too views this as a choice. I think his comments after the Texas game do not mean he will “slide back,” rather that he will be open to seeing renewed efforts and attitudes from those he chose not to play against...
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    Too Many Minutes

    I agree with you that the standards of the ability of players that Geno finds acceptable have changed over the time he has been at UConn. I believe he has indicated as much if not said so directly more than once. I should have been clearer. What I was trying to say is that Geno is unwilling to...
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    Too Many Minutes

    It seems to me Geno is saying it is up to him when he says I’ve got to figure out a way to rectify this. It also seems to me however Geno is simultaneously saying to those not getting playing time that the opportunities for playing time remain open to them and in fact will be forthcoming but...
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    So far...this Looks a lot like last year! (Trouble)

    I think many recognized the vulnerabilities and areas to exploit in last year’s team prior to the semi-final game. Likewise, I believe many can point to 2 or 3 areas of vulnerability where this year’s team might be susceptible to exploitation. That said, I think there is a difference between...
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    I'm tired

    The UConn Women’s Basketball program is a remarkable success by any standard of measure. It has defined excellence in sports, not just women’s college athletics, to a degree seen rarely if ever. The women (and man) who have made this program what it has been over the past 33 years are compelling...
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    Anyone know how to get Israeli scores?

    It seems one Tiffany Hayes is also playing in Israel. She plays for Maccabi Ashdod and had 27 points and 10 boards in her team's first game which was a win against Bnei Herziliya. On the Morgan Tuck front, I don't see her name listed on the Elitzur Holon team roster; is it possible she is...
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    It was a great season...

    While criticism of Geno may be "fair game," I would respectfully submit that it verges on the absurd to whine about a couple of questionable game management desicisions or suggest Geno has a perceived inability to win close games when viewing his unprecedented, unequaled, and almost certainly...
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    UConn vs. MSU Game Thread

    Clearly you should be coaching UConn because your knowledge and acumen far exceed that of the current coach.
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