Associated Press All-American Women Basketball Players

[darkstar1]

Result of injuries+late development of players.

Also, UConn just too balanced for one or two individuals to stand out enough statistically. As usual, stats are not always a true reflection of the best players. The best players lead their teams to success. I’ll give due credit to Caitlin Clark here, more for leading her team to the B1G championship than for how gaudy her stats were on that team, she needed to pour it on for her team to succeed. Not so for any one player on UConn. The Huskies will have to be satisfied with a team trophy (and maybe some recognition on the all tourney team). I hope that goal is achieved.

 

[bballnut90]

So you are thinking Geno & Paige fall back into Paige do everything mode. If so then yes Paige will for sure reign supreme. Hell she made honorable mention with only a handful of games.
Do we really want that version of Paige when it looks like we have other viable players.
If the team keeps with it's current maturation process, where any given night a different player emerges as the leader of the pack along with Paige being herself again, then i think they will negate their AA status. Which I think can be ok. TEAM

No, I'm thinking Paige will likely be the go to player and focal point of the team however many years she plays for UCONN and if she stays healthy she'll be named an AA again. You don't have to be a do everything player to earn AA honors. Almost every UCONN player who has won an AA award was not a "do everything" player.

 

[maccca3232]

When was the last time UConn had no All-Americans and still won the national championship?

No team has won a Women's Basketball National Championship with no AP All-Americans.

AP All-Americans commenced in 1994-95, which was also UConn's first national championship. All winners since then have had at least 1 AP All-American.

However in the last 20 championships held 9% of teams that made the final 4 had no AP All-Americans, including 4 teams which made the championship game.

 

[The deacon]

I'm huge fan of Haley Jones but she clearly had a bad year and didn't even warrant 2nd team, let alone 1st. Drill down into her numbers. It wasn't just that she didn't score a lot because she was on a great team. She just didn't shoot well period.

As I watch Stanford making short work of Montana State, 20-0 after one quarter, I'm reminded of what impressed me most about Stanford last year and through this regular season: the team is almost stats adverse... seemingly no one gets the stats one would expect from standouts on one of the nation's elite teams.

TeamFirst, I'm a huge fan of Haley Jones, too, and would like to point out that she was this year's Pac-12 POY. Clearly her performances game in and game out weren't about stats.

I'll throw another name out there of those who deserved honorable mention: Lexie Hull. For those who have seen her play, you'll likely agree.