Aaliyah and Paige

[Geew1992]

Named to the 10 women all-team



Now she makes the wall??

 

[Topdawg]

She deserves to be on the Wall !

 

[hoopsdiva]

Yes, this puts Aaliyah on the wall:
The ten-player team, alphabetically, consists of: Georgia Amoore (Virginia Tech), Cameron Brink (Stanford), Paige Bueckers (Connecticut), Kamilla Cardoso (South Carolina), Caitlin Clark (Iowa), Aaliyah Edwards (Connecticut), Hannah Hidalgo (Notre Dame), Elizabeth Kitley (Virginia Tech), Angel Reese (LSU), and JuJu Watkins (USC).

John R. Wooden Award Presented By Principal Announces 2023-24 Women's All American Team

 

[From France]

NO

 

[RoadMaster]

 

[oldude]

It’s great to see Aaliyah named as a 1st team AA. But unless I’m mistaken, the criteria to make the HOH wall is to be named 1st team AA on the 10 member WBCA AA team which is released later this week.

 

[TN-Gamecock]

Raegan Beers from Oregon State has impressed me the most in the last couple of weeks since the tournament started. I would have her over Kitley if I'm starting a team.

 

[Gus Mahler]

It’s great to see Aaliyah named as a 1st team AA. But unless I’m mistaken, the criteria to make the HOH wall is to be named 1st team AA on the 10 member WBCA AA team which is released later this week.

Yup

 

[From France]

Not being a finalist represents being a 2nd team

 

[From France]

A lot of valuable Huskies are not on the wall: Peggy Walsh, Laura Lishness, Asjha Jones, Tamika Williams, Kia Nurse (just to name a few)

 

[From France]

Tiffany Hayes, Kalana Greene

 

[Henry]

Congrats to Paige and Aaliyah! I hope AE gets the recognition to make it on the wall.

 

[hoopsdiva]

It’s great to see Aaliyah named as a 1st team AA. But unless I’m mistaken, the criteria to make the HOH wall is to be named 1st team AA on the 10 member WBCA AA team which is released later this week.

I stand corrected (and disappointed.)

 

[oldude]

I stand corrected (and disappointed.)

Patience. In a couple days the WBCA team will be announced.

 

[From France]

'til last year, top 10 were named semi-finalist, this year seems the same with much recognition to the other 5, so perhaps (I doubt)

 

[MilfordHusky]

I’m not sure. There used to be 3 major All-American teams: AP (5 players), Women’s Basketball Writers (formerly 10 players, recently only 5), and Women’s Basketball Coaches (10 players). The WBCA list was/is the most inclusive/easiest to make, based on numbers.

The Wooden Award is one of the major POY awards, along with the AP award and Wade Trophy. Is the Wooden All-American List something new?

My understanding is that making the Huskies Wall of Honor requires being 1st Team All-American on a MAJOR All-American list. To me, the Wooden List qualifies. Whether Liya makes 1st Team on the WBCA list, I think she has already met the criterion for the Wall of Honor.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Further research shows that a Wooden AA list has been around for over a decade. It was a 5-player list, but is now a 10-player list.

 

[From France]

10 with 5 finalists for the award means 2nd teamto me for the "other 5"

 

[Next 12]

For all the hard work and dedication Aaliyah brought to Uconn;s games, she definitely deserves the award. IN FACT the whole starting five deserves the award, especially Paige. GO HUSKIES!!!!!

 

[MilfordHusky]

10 with 5 finalists for the award means 2nd teamto me for the "other 5"

I haven’t seen that explicitly from the Wooden organization. The announcement calls them All-Americans. It does not, however, say 1st Team, though that seems to be implied.