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Message: [QUOTE="#12in21, post: 4378699, member: 10763"] I have followed this program for decades and as with most of us have always felt the level of sisterhood/family of Uconn wcbb is unique and special. I would guess fans of other programs might feel similarly about 'their team' but I really feel our women share an unusual bond not just with their own group of teammates and coaches but with the broader 'Uconn wcbb family'. Some may say that it is simply because of the longevity of greatness of the program that we hear this about Uconn and that it is not unique among other wcbb squads - I'm not really buying that though. Geno and CD (along with the rest of the coaching staff) have always, while pushing their players to realize their highest potential on the court, have as importantly stressed becoming their best versions of themselves as people. Their has always just been a truly caring family sense that goes way beyond what happens on the court and continues well beyond their active playing time at Uconn. This particular group of players to me, perhaps because their time together began during the pandemic when they were cloistered together 24/7, is unique even within this program in the depth of caring for each other. I believe every one of them truly puts the team - their family - in front of themselves. It appears their love and support for each other is as deep it can possibly be. I think Nika is a widow into the intensity and depth of the special bonds this team shares. She is not unique among her teammates in terms of her depth of commitment, caring and passion, but is most definitely an open book emotionally, that is unique in the freedom in which she shows it. Her chest bumps, her crying her eyes out at the news of Paige's ACL injury, her quote last year that 'we are going through hell', her inability to even look at Geno as he let into her on the bench freshman year, and her shear joy for anything positive that her teammates do on the court are all pure Nika but emblematic of the truly caring family she is a part of. What a wonderful group of young women we have the pleasure of supporting. One thing we can be sure of is that each and every one of them will play their hearts out this season with Paige leading the cheering with a bit coaching on the side on their quest for #12. [/QUOTE]

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