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Sluconn Husky said:
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Paige Bueckers had a career game in helping Hopkins overcome a 12-pt deficit and defeat unbeaten Wayzata 69-66.

Bueckers scored 43 points and added 4 assists. She was 16-29 from the floor, 4-6 from three, and 7-8 from the foul line.
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I watched the game. Wayzata was the better team, simply based on their work in the paint. They must have scored easy points 8 or 10 times by beating Hopkins down court after what seemed like most every Hopkins basket. Bueckers was great, although even she started out missing a layup or two and missed several open drives. But she had 3 ally-oop baskets and a few 3's from NBA range along with her Sam Jones special from the elbow. She might have had 10 more assists if her team mates could have caught her passes. Without Bueckers' Hopkins would have lost by 25 because her team mates looked like a bunch of scared rabbits. 9th grader Nnazi must have missed a half dozen bunnies and looked like she wanted to be anywhere else.
 
Alydar said:
I watched the game. Wayzata was the better team, simply based on their work in the paint. They must have scored easy points 8 or 10 times by beating Hopkins down court after what seemed like most every Hopkins basket. Bueckers was great, although even she started out missing a layup or two and missed several open drives. But she had 3 ally-oop baskets and a few 3's from NBA range along with her Sam Jones special from the elbow. She might have had 10 more assists if her team mates could have caught her passes. Without Bueckers' Hopkins would have lost by 25 because her team mates looked like a bunch of scared rabbits. 9th grader Nnazi must have missed a half dozen bunnies and looked like she wanted to be anywhere else.
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It was an unusual game, played at Wayzata's pace. Bueckers was much more aggressive taking shots and had to be; played every minute too. She was also extremely demonstrative all night; lots of reactions and displays, flexing, three-point hand gestures, etc. She has, shall we say, a lot of street attitude in her game. Course, Taurasi did as well.
 
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Nika Muhl: 17 points, 11 assists, 6 steals


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Nika Muhl: 21 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals
 
Charliebball said:
is UConn watching 2020 guardGenesis Bryant? She has just a bit of MoJeff in her:

krossover
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Jasmine Lister watched Bryant and Anaya Boyd, her highly-ranked teammate, play last year. Don't know what if any interest level there is.
 
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hoopsfan22 said:
Yes. What about Muffet? Or Tara? Or Dawn? Or Jeff? Or Vic? Or Mulkey? There are more great coaches than just Geno. She can go to ND, get a better education, have just as good a chance at a national championship, get coached by one of the best coaches in the game, and be closer to home. UConn and Geno are not the only game in town anymore. That's our recruiting problem.
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Get a better education? That presupposes a number of things. Notre Dame is universally better than UConn, every major, every professor? Every Notre Dame grad has been more successful than every UConn grad? Once and for all, can those who post on this board stop degrading UConn's academics. It's tiresome and untrue.

As for your statement about going to ND and having "just as good a chance at a national championship," let me just respond by noting UConn 11; Notre Dame 2.
 
Don't tell the domers' but ND is no Stanford. It's not even Duke or Northwestern. It has a few specific programs that are objectively better than UConn's, most are about the same, and UConn - being much the larger school - has a lot of programs that ND doesn't even have or barely supports. For *most* students, UConn will be as good or better than ND. For *some*, ND will be better - sometimes, much better.

But the follow-up question is, how does the school support their athletes' academic ambitions? UNC supports it by having tutors write papers for them. Michigan did it by inventing worthless majors for them to graduate in. Arizona State is not a particularly prestigious school, but I believe that it has graduated every WBB player since Charli Thorne arrived. At Oregon State, the athletic academic support center is literally across the street from Reser Stadium and Gill Coliseum (and every eligible WBB player has maintained at least a 3-point for several years running now). I am under the impression that UConn provides similar levels of *real* academic support for their WBB players, and that matters so much more than the academic reputation of the school.
 
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bennyskid said:
Don't tell the domers' but ND is no Stanford. It's not even Duke or Northwestern. It has a few specific programs that are objectively better than UConn's, most are about the same, and UConn - being much the larger school - has a lot of programs that ND doesn't even have or barely supports. For *most* students, UConn will be as good or better than ND. For *some*, ND will be better - sometimes, much better.

But the follow-up question is, how does the school support their athletes' academic ambitions? UNC supports it by having tutors write papers for them. Michigan did it by inventing worthless majors for them to graduate in. Arizona State is not a particularly prestigious school, but I believe that it has graduated every WBB player since Charli Thorne arrived. At Oregon State, the athletic academic support center is literally across the street from Reser Stadium and Gill Coliseum (and every eligible WBB player has maintained at least a 3-point for several years running now). I am under the impression that UConn provides similar levels of *real* academic support for their WBB players, and that matters so much more than the academic reputation of the school.
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UNC and Michigan are prestigious universities no matter what scandal they had. It depends on the kid and their field of study. No offense but having an academic support center does not outweigh the academic reputation of a school. What school does not offer tutoring and other means of assisting student athletes?
 
Sluconn Husky said:
Some Bueckers highlights from her 43-pt game last night:


https://ve.hudl.com/p-highlights/Te...2bcd1ac25/dfc1b3a8_720.mp4?v=0A3426284689D608

https://ve.hudl.com/p-highlights/Us...fa0588cb0/7611d3b9_720.mp4?v=D7FB05864289D608
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Here's a link to the entire game.
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Really a nip and tuck battle. This is the first time I saw Bueckers just take over the offense and she did quite a job. What I found really impressive was her 3's coming out high off a screen. She took the pass. tuned and shot in one motion, reminding me of how Maya used to do it for UConn (and how KLS "used" to do it when she was good. :rolleyes:.
 
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Alydar said:
Here's a link to the entire game.
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Really a nip and tuck battle. This is the first time I saw Bueckers just take over the offense and she did quite a job. What I found really impressive was her 3's coming out high off a screen. She took the pass. tuned and shot in one motion, reminding me of how Maya used to do it for UConn (and how KLS "used" to do it when she was good. :rolleyes:.
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One of the many qualities Bueckers has is her ability to play either guard position, on or off the ball. That's why I think she could mix with Van Lith or another hybrid. Not sure how a combination of Bueckers and Muhl would work.
 
Sluconn Husky said:
It was an unusual game, played at Wayzata's pace. Bueckers was much more aggressive taking shots and had to be; played every minute too. She was also extremely demonstrative all night; lots of reactions and displays, flexing, three-point hand gestures, etc. She has, shall we say, a lot of street attitude in her game. Course, Taurasi did as well.
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Kara Lawson is comparing Paige to Diana. So is Geno.
 
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Sluconn Husky said:
One of the many qualities Bueckers has is her ability to play either guard position, on or off the ball. That's why I think she could mix with Van Lith or another hybrid. Not sure how a combination of Bueckers and Muhl would work.
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I'd guess that by the time she gets to college she will be strong enough to play the 3, along with the 2 & 1. Last night none of her team mates did much. At least a dozen blown bunnies, numerous unforced errors and giving up far too many layups the other way right after made baskets.
 
Paige is not going to UCONN .. Geno once again will lose out on many recruits. As long as UCONN is in the horendus American recruits are going elsewhere. Kids want to be challenged not go into a conference where there going to win everynight buy 40. Sadly UCONN’s dynasty is coming to a end.. everyone is ready to jump over 2 losses , be prepared for next season.,, it’s going to be bad in so many ways.
 

Yep...it is all over, bleedblue...says that players will ignore the opportunity to play for a Hall of Fame coach and Hall of Fame Associate Coach, a cracker-jack staff, a team that has won 11 National Championships, a fan base that supports its players no matter where they play, a top 5 SOS and RPI schedule every year just because they currently play in the AAC. Truth be told...until Geno leaves kids will continue to come to UConn and Geno will continue to make his out of conference schedule one of the most difficult in the country. In the meantime just like the old Big East the AAC will continue to improve its recruiting and level of play...can't forget how with UConn in the conference the old Big East became the most competitive conference in the country as the other teams in the conference stepped up their game. The old Big East even rose to challenge the high vaulted SEC and ACC.
 
BleedBlue72 said:
Paige is not going to UCONN .. Geno once again will lose out on many recruits. As long as UCONN is in the horendus American recruits are going elsewhere. Kids want to be challenged not go into a conference where there going to win everynight buy 40. Sadly UCONN’s dynasty is coming to a end.. everyone is ready to jump over 2 losses , be prepared for next season.,, it’s going to be bad in so many ways.
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Maybe you could add some terms like "I THINK," or "I HAVE NO INSIDE INFORMATION, BUT" instead of speaking authoritatively as if you know Paige is not coming. People love to spout opinion as fact and present opinion as fact.
 
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BleedBlue72 said:
Paige is not going to UCONN .. Geno once again will lose out on many recruits. As long as UCONN is in the horendus American recruits are going elsewhere. Kids want to be challenged not go into a conference where there going to win everynight buy 40. Sadly UCONN’s dynasty is coming to a end.. everyone is ready to jump over 2 losses , be prepared for next season.,, it’s going to be bad in so many ways.
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:p Ha ha. Another troller. UConn has played one of the toughest schedules in the country for many years. Biggest nationally televised games each year usually include UConn. When Tom Brady turned 35, you likely said he was done as well.
 
We lost Boston who went to dozens of UCONN games... makes u think!!! Haley jones chose Stanford because she wanted to play in a conference that would challenge her every night and have the opportunity to win a national title. If Geno misses out in 20 then we all know the reasons why. Lastly Geno won’t be coaching forever and the recruiting is slipping big time. Signing 2 top recruits isn’t going to get the job done.. look at our bench the last 3 years .. and next year will be a long and bad year. Fans don’t want to face the reality that’s coming and boy it’s coming. If we don’t sign any grad students off season we will have a roster of 8 people. Who’s starting? Who’s coming off the bench.. u see what happens when we go to our bench.. non existence .. to compete at the highest level u need talent and talent coming of the bench that will make a impact .. UCONN doesn’t have it and will sure won’t have it next year. Williams, ono , Walker and dangerfied won’t get the job done with bent , Irwin and Coombs coming off the bench well one of those players will have to start... boutouy that’s if she comes back next year. The off-season is critical or were looking at multiple walkons. Griffin will add athletisim but she will only be a freshmen and we know how that goes in Genos system. Maybe his system worked all these years but it’s no longer working and in today’s world kids and recruiting are different and Geno needs to adapt or our dynasty of a program will falter and falter mighty quick
 
BleedBlue72 said:
Haley jones chose Stanford because she wanted to play in a conference that would challenge her every night and have the opportunity to win a national title.
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Haley Jones is from Northern California and maybe Stanford academics were a huge draw? National title? Please let me know what conference has had a team win a national championship more recently, American or Pac 12. Thank you, come again.
 
And it’s been over 5 years of the American.. it hadn’t gotten any better since it originally was formed .. is it going to take another 5 years to actually get talented teams. Face it as long as we’re in the American UCONN will suffer!!! All the talent is going to the ACC Big 12 SEC and Pack12 and the big 10. AAC has nothing to offer big time recruit but guarenteed blowouts!!! And I actually see a less turn out of fans only on big games. Back in the day the games were sold out the men seem to get bigger crowds now then the women. I hate to be negitive and I’m no troll just speaking that many feel but are to afraid to agree with what im saying
 
HuskyMJ said:
Haley Jones is from Northern California and maybe Stanford academics were a huge draw? National title? Please let me know what conference has had a team win a national championship more recently, American or Pac 12. Thank you, come again.
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Haley quoted that on ESPN out of her own words why she chose Stanford and that is fact
 
HuskyMJ said:
UNC and Michigan are prestigious universities no matter what scandal they had. It depends on the kid and their field of study. No offense but having an academic support center does not outweigh the academic reputation of a school. What school does not offer tutoring and other means of assisting student athletes?
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And neither an academic support center or university reputation outweighs the effort put in by the student-athlete.
 
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