I look to the past because those that do not learn from the past are likely to make incorrect future predictions. Example: Crystal was the best passer last year and Megan the best shooter yet you are predicting better shooting and passing from this team? I suppose Anna could always pass to herself and rebound her own misses
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None? Really? I m concerned that CW and/or EW are the two most likely to bring the MW agenda [WNBA] onto the court. I hope not. We'll see, eh?
In the year we are discussing (2012-13) Hartley was battling her own injuries and it was Bria that went to the coaching staff with a recommendation for Caroline to move into the starting line up as the PG. As far as Hartley being overrated-nah... She was streaky and surrounded by great talent but when you look at the final number 6th all time in Assists and 12 all time in Points scored you got to give it up.
When did our standards sink so low? Right where she left off? Anna last three games of the season last year were against AAC opponents USF, Temple and Cincinnati.
| Game | Minutes | FGM/FGA | 3PTFGM/A | Assist | Points |
| Temple | 37 | 4/8 | 3/5 | 8 | 14 |
| USF | 31 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 4 | 3 |
| Cincinnati | 36 | 3/7 | 1/2 | 8 | 8 |
| Averages | 34.6 | 42% | 55% | 6.7 | 8.3 |
Yeah, but those WERE outstanding defensive teams.
Yeah, like Deion Sanders says about the Pro Football HOF becoming the "Hall of Really Good." To me an "AA" is a first team AA on a 5-player team like the AP - THE best at their position. I know UConn uses the 10-player WBCA AA team for HOH, and I accept that, but I wish they didn't.
I believe that the reason why Geno used the WBCA is because it was considered the Gold Standard at the time he started the HOH, because it was, and still is the Coaches that vote for the AA team and NOT journalists.
I'm sure you would. I know it is close to Christmas but I'm not Santa. That is not what I was asking.
I can tell you that Megan was named an All-American and I think that even last year, that Anna was at least as much a contributor as was Megan .... I recently wrote that I thought that she was not deserving of A/A status but that was after she'd been in the program for three years ... Anna came to the Huskies from a different country and her melding into UConn basketball and the American culture had to be quite difficult and particularly in the latter part of her season, she was a significant asset to this team .... in my mind, at least on the level of Megan and to suggest that she's less than A/A material when Megan was awarded A/A status, doesn't jive with me .... I feel that she's only going to get better and the fact that she's reporting to the team seemingly in better shape, having trimmed down, suggests that we haven't yet seen her ceiling ....
That just luda and boder line playa hatin. There are many awards well below the level of AA. For example All-Conference and National Freshman of the year. Had Anna contributed as much as Megan did last year she would have been in contention for some of those lesser awards-but she wasn't. Had Anna contributed as much as Megan last year she surely would have been named one of the top 10 freshman in the country by ESPN-but she wasn't.
I'm hoping that Westbrook is going to be a key contributor this year but she hasn't played competitive basketball for almost two years and recently had some more surgery on her knee or knees .... the presumption that she is going to be a dynamo for this team and Anna is going to be almost an afterthought is based on nothing more than an opinion .... there aren't all that many people here on the Boneyard who have ever seen Westbrook play and have a sense of her abilities .... didn't someone post quite a while back that she had some serious turnover issues when she was with Tennessee .... why are people that apt to minimize Anna and her contributions last year and yet assume that Westbrook was a great talent (without seeing her play) and not be wary of her coming back from a pretty serious knee issue ... why can't we assume that Anna might experience a good sized jump after her freshman year, particularly considering the fact that she not only came into a new program that historically plays at a high level but that she was coming to a new (foreign, to her) country and dealing with all the social issues that she may have been experiencing .... I would suggest that most players, no matter how talented, would have difficulties going into a completely new culture and not have troubles adapting to it all ....
No she had Stewie
But as good as Stewart was she wasn't a rival for the starting pg position.
You know yeah!I guess that means Aubrey will be average 26 points a game.
26 points is silly. 26 steals makes more sense.I guess that means Aubrey will be average 26 points a game.
