Badass award vs. DePaul

[VAMike23]

Badass or game ball, to me, has to go to:

Crystal Dangerfield

PG play is at an absolute premium in this type of game with this kind of pace and pressure. If you're not rock solid at the PG position things will get hairy in a heartbeat.

Crystal played this game like a surgeon. Just really a sight to behold. Constantly breaking down the D in both the full and half court; finding people everywhere; being Uber-strong with the ball; the list goes on. Oh did I mention lethal from the arc as well?

Kudos to the Dangerous One

 

[UConn82]

Agreed. Let's all note that everyone of the top 7 played well, very well indeed. Except for the last 5 minutes, we really looked good.

 

[HoopsFan21]

She nailed six 3FGs tonight I believe. KLS with the high score. I was thinking Z should get it because of her big swats and interior play. So many good choices tonight.

 

[oldude]

Danger gets the nod. She is the best point guard in the country right now

 

[JordyG]

Crystal the real Diamond.

 

[VAMike23]

Danger gets the nod. She is the best point guard in the country right now

IMHO that was really 'PG 101' out there tonight by Danger. Or possibly PG 301, upper level seminar.

 

[bags27]

Liked them all. Thought one of Z's blocks could have been hit up rather than in the stands; she'll learn.

Seriously, has anyone ever made a more impressive sophomore leap than Crystal? It's one thing to show consistent improvement throughout the sophomore year, but Crystal shows up at the beginning of the season as a top-notch point.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Yeah, I like the choice of Crystal. She's better at DePaul ball than DePaul. This was her 2nd game of shooting 6-7 from the arc. Goodness!

I also think that a case could be made for Lou, playing after an injury and scoring 20, Pheesa and Gabby with double-doubles, and Z putting up 16 and 9, plus 4 blocks.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Danger gets the nod. She is the best point guard in the country right now

Jordin Canada has the experience and reputation, but I wouldn't trade Crystal for anyone.

 

[tomcat]

Hard toi argue with this choice. Crystal is playing like she means it. I will say, though, that Kia keeps nailing those 3s. Tonight, it seemed UConn's offense caught up with the defense. It was really nice to see. And then the defense kicked it up a notch with those Azura blocks.

 

[oldude]

IMHO that was really 'PG 101' out there tonight by Danger. Or possibly PG 301, upper level material.

Definitely Post Graduate PG work

 

[MilfordHusky]

IMHO that was really 'PG 101' out there tonight by Danger. Or possibly PG 301, upper level seminar.

She's only a sophomore, but she's playing near grad school level.

 

[UConn82]

Liked them all. Thought one of Z's blocks could have been hit up rather than in the stands; she'll learn.

Seriously, has anyone ever made a more impressive sophomore leap than Crystal? It's one thing to show consistent improvement throughout the sophomore year, but Crystal shows up at the beginning of the season as a top-notch point.

This is a really good point. To my amateur eye, CD looks better as a sophomore than Mo did. And Mo was the best mortal playing WBB her senior year. (Stewie is just from another league.) Wait for CD to make a "junior" leap. OMG.

 

[VAMike23]

I forgot to mention that in true Badass tradition, she caught the business end of a very hard screen in the face and head during the first half but did not waver

 

[HoopsFan21]

I wonder if Crystal and Kia take Gabby and Collier's All-American spots this season. Not sure our three AAs are going to be KLS-Collier-Gabby as many assumed.

 

[HoopsFan21]

This is a really good point. To my amateur eye, CD looks better as a sophomore than Mo did. And Mo was the best mortal playing WBB her senior year. (Stewie is just from another league.) Wait for CD to make a "junior" leap. OMG.

Have to agree. Crystal Dangerfield is ahead of Mo. It wasn't until the season went along that we started getting a glimpse of what Mo was going to be whereas there's little doubt Crystal Dangerfield has arrived as a premier WCBB point guard already.

 

[oldude]

I wonder if Crystal and Kia take Gabby and Collier's All-American spots this season. Not sure our three AAs are going to be KLS-Collier-Gabby as many assumed.

We have 6 AA's on this team.

 

[MilfordHusky]

When Maya or Kaleena shot, I expected everyone to go in. I'm getting to that point with both Kia and Crystal.

 

[HoopsFan21]

We have 6 AA's on this team.

We do, but we only get three spots on it, so you have to choose and I'm guessing the six will steal votes from each other.

 

[Geew1992]

Came here to write Danger

 

[oldude]

We do, but we only get three spots on it, so you have to choose and I'm guessing the six will steal votes from each other.

I believe that Geno can nominate only 3, so he will have to make the tough choice.

 

[MilfordHusky]

We have 6 AA's on this team.

I've posted a couple of times that we seem to have 6 players of roughly equal ability and effectiveness. Who is the best? It seems to vary by game. There are now 5 post-season awards for 5 positions. How many can we win or nearly win?

 

[HoopsFan21]

I do think Mo was a better defender at this point compared to Crystal Dangerfield, and it wasn't really until her junior year that Mo started showing off her scoring skills. Remember even into her junior year she was still being left open and dared to shoot from the perimeter.

 

[UConnNick]

Danger gets the nod. She is the best point guard in the country right now

I love Mo, but Crystal will become the best UCONN PG since Sue Bird.

 

[HoopsFan21]

I believe that Geno can nominate only 3, so he will have to make the tough choice.

Maybe this year we have a UConn AA team and then a best of the rest AA team.