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Maybe. It's also possible as a 21-22-23 year old you just kinda wanna get on with life after having spent the better part of the last two decades in school.
The bottom line is that they switched Caroline & Aubrey for Offense & Defense when it counted, which made all kinds of sense, since Aubrey provides greater quickness and hops on Defense , and Caroline has a more complete inventory of offensive weapons. You will continue to see that in close situations.Aubrey was one who got lost on defense today, first basket by Creighton to start their run in the second half for example. Caroline was on a minute restriction.
Early in the season against Iowa, Caroline coming back from missing most of early season practices, during another comeback Caroline comes in for Aubrey and never had to come out.
Maybe. It's also possible as a 21-22-23 year old you just kinda wanna get on with life after having spent the better part of the last two decades in school.
The bottom line Caroline was on a time restriction, but Geno said post game if the game went into OT he wax ignoring that and Caroline was playing all 5 minutes. Then who was going to be sitting?The bottom line is that they switched Caroline & Aubrey for Offense & Defense when it counted, which made all kinds of sense, since Aubrey provides greater quickness and hops on Defense , and Caroline has a more complete inventory of offensive weapons. You will continue to see that in close situations.
Best defensive player, seriously. Just gets lost too often, not a good team defender. A good athlete sometimes makes up for mistakes with athleticism.Throughout the game Creighton’s motion offense and ball movement gave UConn trouble, resulting in a number of defensive breakdowns, as you point out, from several Huskies. At the same time, Aubrey was the most active UConn player providing “help defense” to everyone else on the team, making numerous primary and secondary switches to cover opponents who were breaking open. At times it felt like Aubrey was guarding 2 or 3 Creighton players at the same time.
Undoubtedly, Caroline & Azzi are better offensive players than Aubrey. But Aubrey is the best defensive player in the conference. Geno will play the players who give UConn the best chance of winning, depending on how each game unfolds. Whomever that is, it’ll be so much better to actually have options beyond playing the starting 5 for 40 minutes each.
Do you watch the games ?Best defensive player, seriously. Just gets lost too often, not a good team defender. A good athlete sometimes makes up for mistakes with athleticism.
Paige , Azzi and AubeyChoice between Paige, Caroline, Azzi, Aubrey pick 3
Aubrey has been a great (and surprising) asset this year, as she's really upped her game. Of course, she's had more opportunity than might have been expected had everyone been healthy. Nonetheless, she would provide excellent bench strength even if she gets less playing time next season.Oops! Here is a different take. Aubrey’s stock is unlikely to be higher than it is this season. Many posters are this board have already predicted she won’t be a starter next year. Even if she is, her minutes are likely to be much lower than this year and other players returning from injuries are likely to be the “featured” stars. Add to that the risk of re-injury to a fragile back and the fact that pros have way more time and resources to develop their game, and you can make a reasonable argument that her best time to go pro is after this year! I hope that is not her decision, but it is not crazy if she does!
Need to convince Geno.Paige , Azzi and Aubey
Every one and replay every offensive and defensive possession. If she is able on defense to be isolated guarding one player with no switching, UConn switches every screen, she is good although she does get beat off the dribble often and neglects to go out to 3 point shooters often.Do you watch the games ?
In the Creighton game, the announcers showed a clip of Aubrey playing help defense and described it as something like textbook help defense and that she had been doing that all game. And she does that on a regular basis for UConn. I'm sorry, but I 180% disagree with you. I agree with the announcers and my own decades (more than half of a century) of watching and playing and believe that she is an excellent defender. All of the girls have been making more mistakes lately due to mental and physical fatigue. But getting Carolyn back should help with this.Best defensive player, seriously. Just gets lost too often, not a good team defender. A good athlete sometimes makes up for mistakes with athleticism.
Maybe try rewatching againEvery one and replay every offensive and defensive possession. If she is able on defense to be isolated guarding one player with no switching, UConn switches every screen, she is good although she does get beat off the dribble often and neglects to go out to 3 point shooters often.
I think one more year at UConn to work on diversifying her offense skills would be wise. I assume we'll see a starting lineup of Nika, Paige, Azzi, Aubrey, Aaliyah next season if she returns, so she'll have plenty of opportunity to shine ahead of the 2024 draft.The WNBA will definitely be expanding with new teams to begin playing in the next 2 - 4 years with Toronto being one of the leading cities to be selected and affiliated with the Raptors.
Her family connections may provide her with options about where to play to best build up her BB capital for a future WNBA draft that includes more teams.
Whether to continue playing at UConn or not & for how long is part of the puzzle.
Maybe there's a possibility that she would leave if there was an overseas BB opportunity that appealed to her more than UConn.
Otherwise she'll probably be back if Geno agrees.
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