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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 3319307, member: 5798"] You may be right, but you'll have to excuse me. I'm very high on Aubrey right now. I'm excited about her potential, and the breakout she can have at any time. Even though she was known as a very good and willing defensive player in HS, I noticed that she was a step slow tonight allowing her man to go by her on drives to the basket. In her defense, she never faced anyone in high school with Division 1 speed and quickness. That can be fixed in practice. Dangerfield, Walker and Gabby Williams had the same problem as freshmen. They addressed that deficiency during the year, and the years to follow. It's early in her freshman year. Plenty of time to correct that. No doubt that has/will be told and explained to her by the coaches. There were others, but [B]Kia Nurse[/B] was one of the few freshmen that was able to keep her man in front of her almost from the beginning. [I]“She’s not quite sure yet where to go, how to do certain things, but she’s really really good at what she’s good at, which is play pretty good defense, and be a factor in transition," Auriemma said. "Offensive rebounding, she’s really good. She made a couple really good plays today passing the ball.”[/I] No freshman comes to Storrs having played defense in high school the way Geno wants it. It must be learned, and learned at THIS level as taught by the UConn coaches. Most super star players are offense oriented. Very few play any real in your face defense in HS. [/QUOTE]

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