#5 Indiana just goes down badly

[PAHuskeyFan]

Your watching a lot of Big 10 teams without their top players right now

Hmmmmm... this sounds familiar.

 

[Inthepaint]

Wait, are you saying it’s tough for a top team to be successful without their top player? Wow, who knew…

Don't like to obsess about UCONN's injuries, but at the risk of whining, it seems like everybody has forgotten about the loss of Aubrey for at least this season.
The folks on FOX seem to have forgotten she exists.
Maybe cause she's not a starter, maybe cause she's not traveling with the team or sitting on the bench with the other wounded warriors.
Certainly not faulting her for that since her back injury might make it uncomfortable or actually painful to do so.
Hope she can make it to Senior Night, so she can get an idea of how much her play and spirit are appreciated. Even though she's a Junior.
Her aggressiveness, athleticism and speed are sorely missed this season, especially in the wake of the other injuries to the roster.

 

[Bigboote]

If they get Holmes back, I wouldn’t want to be in the same bracket come March.

 

[TCC Kid]

IN is just not the same team without Holmes in the lineup.

This seems to say: Uconn, with Fudd, CD, Dorka, ONO, Nika, Edwards have a more than fair shot at FF and maybe a bit further. It Seems that every top team is one player away from slipping below 10.

 

[TCC Kid]

If they get Holmes back, I wouldn’t want to be in the same bracket come March.

With Paige, CD, Fudd in their bracket, would you want to be them?? Add Dorka, ONO, Nika, Edwards on any given day that team spells DISASTER for many top teams.

 

[npignatjr]

Your watching a lot of Big 10 teams without their top players right now

Even before.

 

[npignatjr]

Don't like to obsess about UCONN's injuries, but at the risk of whining, it seems like everybody has forgotten about the loss of Aubrey for at least this season.
The folks on FOX seem to have forgotten she exists.
Maybe cause she's not a starter, maybe cause she's not traveling with the team or sitting on the bench with the other wounded warriors.
Certainly not faulting her for that since her back injury might make it uncomfortable or actually painful to do so.
Hope she can make it to Senior Night, so she can get an idea of how much her play and spirit are appreciated. Even though she's a Junior.
Her aggressiveness, athleticism and speed are sorely missed this season, especially in the wake of the other injuries to the roster.

They were hurt by with ball handling and shooters/scorers. Things she never provided. Hopefully she has taken the year to work on those.

 

[jchusky]

Don't like to obsess about UCONN's injuries, but at the risk of whining, it seems like everybody has forgotten about the loss of Aubrey for at least this season.
The folks on FOX seem to have forgotten she exists.
Maybe cause she's not a starter, maybe cause she's not traveling with the team or sitting on the bench with the other wounded warriors.
Certainly not faulting her for that since her back injury might make it uncomfortable or actually painful to do so.
Hope she can make it to Senior Night, so she can get an idea of how much her play and spirit are appreciated. Even though she's a Junior.
Her aggressiveness, athleticism and speed are sorely missed this season, especially in the wake of the other injuries to the roster.

or maybe cause she was averaging 10 minutes

 

[PAHuskeyFan]

This seems to say: Uconn, with Fudd, CD, Dorka, ONO, Nika, Edwards have a more than fair shot at FF and maybe a bit further. It Seems that every top team is one player away from slipping below 10.

AND. EW

 

[TCC Kid]

AND. EW

Thanks for my oversight correction. You just put the ribbon on my assumption/hope/desire that a Uconn team of 8 with Paige, CD, ONO, Fudd in the lead could have a good chance of getting Geno into the championship game. This isn't the December Uconn team any longer!! Thanks.

 

[TCC Kid]

I think we all saw POTENTIAL not necessarily operating functions/skills/abilities (pick one).

 

[tower1]

Don't like to obsess about UCONN's injuries, but at the risk of whining, it seems like everybody has forgotten about the loss of Aubrey for at least this season.
The folks on FOX seem to have forgotten she exists.
Maybe cause she's not a starter, maybe cause she's not traveling with the team or sitting on the bench with the other wounded warriors.
Certainly not faulting her for that since her back injury might make it uncomfortable or actually painful to do so.
Hope she can make it to Senior Night, so she can get an idea of how much her play and spirit are appreciated. Even though she's a Junior.
Her aggressiveness, athleticism and speed are sorely missed this season, especially in the wake of the other injuries to the roster.

I miss Aubrey she makes this team better and they miss her toughness out there. I wish her a quick and full recovery .

 

[and one]

I texted my friends and said that Nebraska kind of b*tch slapped Indiana (not sure if I'm allowed to say that). Regardless, great win by Nebraska! They are a very solid team with some good wins this year (well one anyway - a beatdown of Michigan).

We're are probably all adults in this board and the occasional obscenity isn't going to raise many eyebrows. So if, for instance, you said Nebraska kicked the out of Indiana, it might not be the greatest way to express it in public but not a big deal. Bitch slap is offensive and mysoginist unless you are talking about your dog. And we don't slap our dogs do we?

 

[HuskyNan]

Don't like to obsess about UCONN's injuries, but at the risk of whining, it seems like everybody has forgotten about the loss of Aubrey for at least this season.
The folks on FOX seem to have forgotten she exists.
Maybe cause she's not a starter, maybe cause she's not traveling with the team or sitting on the bench with the other wounded warriors.
Certainly not faulting her for that since her back injury might make it uncomfortable or actually painful to do so.
Hope she can make it to Senior Night, so she can get an idea of how much her play and spirit are appreciated. Even though she's a Junior.
Her aggressiveness, athleticism and speed are sorely missed this season, especially in the wake of the other injuries to the roster.

No offense, but the people that continually bring up Aubrey, as though UConn has cleaned out her locker and taken her off the roster, need to move along. Aubrey hasn’t played a minute this year. While she brings things that could be helpful to UConn this year, especially rebounding, her not playing isn’t in the same universe as the loss of Paige, Caroline, Liv, Nika, and Dorka. The team had a lot of time to adjust to her being out, unlike the others. Can we stop talking about Aubrey as though she were booted off the team by the fans?

 

[jchusky]

No offense, but the people that continually bring up Aubrey, as though UConn has cleaned out her locker and taken her off the roster, need to move along. Aubrey hasn’t played a minute this year. While she brings things that could be helpful to UConn this year, especially rebounding, her not playing isn’t in the same universe as the loss of Paige, Caroline, Liv, Nika, and Dorka. The team had a lot of time to adjust to her being out, unlike the others. Can we stop talking about Aubrey as though she were booted off the team by the fans?

to add to that, when the team wasn't losing they never brought up Aubrey. It was until Paige got hurt, NOW people brought her up. Again she is a dependable player, but she is averaging 10 minutes a game, people are acting like this was the defensive player of the year and playing 30+ min.

 

[RegisteredUconn]

AND. EW

AND ... CW

 

[Vowelguy]

Legitimately confused why Indiana is a main board topic but Marisa Moseley isn’t.

 

[LETTERL]

Last year, #6 seed Michigan dismantled #3 seed Tennessee in the 2nd round and then took #2 Baylor to overtime.

#4 seed Indiana won its first two rounds by 31 and 22 points and then upset #1 seed NC State in the Sweet 16.

So exactly how were these two teams overrated last year?

It's interesting that other teams are allowed to have a key player be injured and that be used to explain a loss. But when that happens to NC State, we just all say "Hey! NC State was upset! Woohoo!". And then everyone do a happy dance.

There was a reason we lost to a full-strength Indiana team last season, and it was the loss of Kayla Jones, who we lost in the opening round game of the NCAAT.

 

[Plebe]

It's interesting that other teams are allowed to have a key player be injured and that be used to explain a loss. But when that happens to NC State, we just all say "Hey! NC State was upset! Woohoo!". And then everyone do a happy dance.

There was a reason we lost to a full-strength Indiana team last season, and it was the loss of Kayla Jones, who we lost in the opening round game of the NCAAT.

How in the world does my post do that?

I'm answering the specious claim that the Big Ten is "overrated ... every year." At no time did I say or imply NC State was overrated or celebrate their loss.

 

[Woof 101]

or maybe cause she was averaging 10 minutes

No attack but have to question anyone who would slander any player that can and is needed to play 25% of the game. This being at the level of UConn / D1. The sixth, seventh and even eighth man is needed to win a NC. That and young people develop at different stages,
We saw that in the loss to Miss St for an NC, lack of depth. A couple of players that could have given the starters a break and allow the team to play at a UConn pace was more than evident.
I hope she returns soon as she is another good piece of the puzzle. JMHO ....

 

[Tonyc]

You give me a Paige Azzi Caroline and Liv heathly and up to speed and I will take all bets. We aint gonna loose. Maybe not even in a fluke. We now have to turn the injuries and Covid into a positive. IF they all come back this season, we are gonna win it all and it may not be close. Guys we have the guards and depth with experience and length. We have 3 scorers who can average over 50% from the floor and from deep. The possibilities of loosing are small. We are Overwhelming