Again I say: I love KML

[Vowelguy]

So good. So smooth.

Only way she doesnt make first team AA is because there are so many good players on the team that she's not the "star".

 

[01Neaggrad02]

KML needs more praise. She is such an amazing player and she has stepped up her game so much this year. She lead all players in scoring today. She deserves to be an AA......

 

[UConn990411]

She's the second-best player in the women's game.

 

[Biff]

 

[Kibitzer]

It takes nothing away from the excellence of play by Dolson (defense and rebounding), Faris (characteristic all around game), Hartley or Stewart to say that Kaleena was the best player on the court today.

I wonder if Katie Lou Samuelson watched the game and, if so, what were her thoughts?

 

[HuskyNan]

So good. So smooth.

I've been beating the drum all season. Would it be sacrilegious to say she has Diana's shot with glimmers of potential to play Maya's defense? The kid is a sophomore!

 

[Icebear]

I've been beating the drum all season. Would it be sacrilegious to say she has Diana's shot with glimmers of Maya's defense? The kid is a sophomore!

Her game is becoming very Maya like in many aspects.

 

[HuskyNan]

Her game is becoming very Maya like in many aspects.

Maya didn't drive the lane like Kaleena, at least not until her senior year. I like the comparison to Diana better in the smoothness of her shot and the willingness to go fearlessly into the teeth of the defense.

 

[Icebear]

Maya didn't drive the lane like Kaleena, at least not until her senior year.

That is true, but KML is posting up like Maya, attacking the boards like Maya and giving constant effort like Maya. She certainly even out shoots Maya on the spot up.

 

[Vowelguy]

Maya didn't drive the lane like Kaleena, at least not until her senior year.

Also very different types of rebounders.

 

[alexrgct]

Worth the price of admission by herself. Just a special, special player. So cool, so much swagger, so determined to be the best. And she's only going to keep getting better.

 

[freekimchee]

As I said to myself back when she signed her NLOI...man are we so lucky to be getting a special, special player.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Yep, determined to be the best. Kaleena has become so much more than a distance shooter. She plays really hard like Maya. She's representing the number very well.

 

[cferraro04]

I would be very surprised if KML isn't a first team AA by season's end.

 

[JoePgh]

I will predict for the record that KML will be the first choice in the WNBA draft in 2015.

When you think about it, UConn's offense has been predictable for the past six years: throw it in to #31 -- if she can't score she can kick it to #23.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I will predict for the record that KML will be the first choice in the WNBA draft in 2015.

When you think about it, UConn's offense has been predictable for the past six years: throw it in to #31 -- if she can't score she can kick it to #23.

Good observation. That #31 looks a little paler, and #23 has lost some of her hops, but they are still getting the job done.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Kaleena is averaging 22 ppg vs. Stanford.

She reacts to Cardinal red the way that Diana reacted to Tennessee orange.

 

[sTu]

I've been beating the drum all season. Would it be sacrilegious to say she has Diana's shot with glimmers of potential to play Maya's defense? The kid is a sophomore!

I think KML is a better overall shooter than Diana. Diana just happens to make baskets at the end of games very consistently.

What I am most impressed is how developed KML's face up game is from the top of the key area. Maya was never really very effective with ball in her hands from that from the foul line out. I think Diana only began to attack the basket consistently in her Junior year?

I think KML is just a spectacular talent already.

 

[Kibitzer]

As many of you know, I posted early and often that it was my opinion that Kaleena is the best shooter in wcbb.

The evaluation was meant to be valid high praise.

Turns out that I was at once (1) accurate, and (2) underestimating her.

As for her AA status, as of now, Griner and Ogwumike are likelyand deservedly the top two selections. I contend that Sims and Kaleena are next. Then, Bria and Kelly deserve to be in the mix with Diggins, DelleDonne et al for the remaining spot(s).

Next year should generate some head scratchin' by voters what with Hartley, Dolson and Stewart all expected to deserve consideration as teammates of Kaleena's in the AA lineup.

[Moderators, please vouch for the fact that I am not TonyC's ghostwriter here.]

 

[Vowelguy]

And this:

Jim Fuller ‏@NHRJimFuller
#UConn coach Geno Auriemma said Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis needed to get IV to deal with stomach bug or flu.

 

[Sonny44]

I thought she had a so-so game. Then I looked and saw 19 pts. Geessh!

 

[MilfordHusky]

And this:

Jim Fuller ‏@NHRJimFuller
#UConn coach Geno Auriemma said Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis needed to get IV to deal with stomach bug or flu.

Jordanesque!!

 

[Vowelguy]

Outside of KML, team shot 33%.

 

[MilfordHusky]

I don't always agree with the Parade magazine All-American selections, but I think they got it right with Kaleena. After the POY, they list the other players in rank (not alpha) order, so you can see more detail. Their picks:

2011 KML was the POY as a 17-year-old senior.

2010 KML was the #3 player nationally behind only Co-POYs Chelsea Gray and Chiney Ogwumike.

2009 KML was the #4 player nationally as a 15-year-old sophomore. She was ahead of Gray and Ogwumike and behind only Griner (the POY), Diggins, and Bone. That is called playing up!