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Message: [QUOTE="RockyMTblue2, post: 2483555, member: 250"] Why do these guys always get these things out late in the day? And I think most of you don't know that this next statement is true, very true: "In Canada, the Nurse family is athletic royalty. So it’s a big deal when Kia returns." Geno: “She’s a really, really, really good defender and she works so hard,” Auriemma said. “She plays harder than anybody on our team. She competes harder than anybody on our team. She has this knack for making a big play or making a play when it needs to be made. “I love her intensity level and it’s been like that since the first day that she walked into the gym. She’s probably having the best season she’s ever had since she’s been here. And she’s going to get better as the season goes along.” [URL='http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-kia-nurse-20171221-story.html']Canadian Pride: UConn Senior Kia Nurse Returning Home As Huskies Play In Toronto[/URL] “I think it’s going to be absolutely incredible,” Nurse said. “Canadians, they bring some real fire. For me personally, I’m just beyond excited and beyond fortunate for the coaches to have gone out of their way to make sure that this opportunity happened.” [SIZE=5][FONT=Georgia][COLOR=rgb(51, 51, 51)][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]