OT: Aubrey's little brother

[triaddukefan]

I watched a Duke game the other day and was impressed with A J. Aubrie has said she played a lot of driveway one-on-one with him growing up.

I moved to NC in 1972, which was David Thompson's first year at NC State. I've watched a huge number of ACC bball games and David was for sure one of the best I saw. All players have good games and not so good games but offhand David was one of four who stuck out as being able to absolutely dominate on a regular basis. The other three being Jordan, Tim Duncan at Wake and Len Bias at Maryland.

What about Ralph Sampson?

 

[DaddyChoc]

Dad was very good as well

 

[and one]

What about Ralph Sampson?

Yeah, Ralph was a handful. One of your own, Gman Mike Gminski was as good as anyone in the ACC in going up against him. Gminski was 4 or 5 inches shorter but heavier and stronger. Good battles between those two!

 

[npignatjr]

1972-73- UMD had one of the top 5 basketball teams in CBB. Len Elmore, Tom McMillen, John Lucas, all eventually having long NBA careers and notoriety. UMD could not get by NC State, including an epic clash late in the season, Super Bowl Sunday 87-85. NC State was knocked off in the tournament that year but they avenged their defeat and beat UCLA for the national championship in 1973-74. At that time, to gain an NCAA bid, one had to win their conference tournament. Even a regular season conference championship did not ensure a bid. So, this UMD team was left out of the tournament. Imagine that today!

That year or maybe the year after MD had all 5 starters having NBA careers.

 

[npignatjr]

Here's some of Aubrey's repertoire:

So what happened? At UConn always looked lost on offense, when needed against Arizona, with Nika hurt, was a non factor only played 6 minutes.

 

[npignatjr]

There is a good series "The Tournament: A History of AAC Men's Basketball".

 

[Old Geezer]

Aubrey has never been a shooter. She has unusual athletic skills which makes her a demon on defense, a rebounder and a player who can excel on fast breaks. She almost never took a shot as a freshman ( other than lay up or put back ). One could see that she was "working on a shot" from mid range and distance last season, with mixed results. And this year, of course is a total loss. But I still don't expect her to become known as an accurate shooter. It would be a pleasant surprise, off course.

What’s happening with Aubrey’s rehab from back surgery, does anyone know?