Bria ESPNW Player of the Week

[Wbbfan1]

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-b...cticut-huskies-bria-hartley-espnw-player-week

Good Honor for Bria. The added publicity will help Bria get back to being an All American. She did outplay Maggie Lucas

 

[connboy77]

Congratulations Bria, you had a great week!

 

[Samanthabrown3]

A well-written article, too! Kudos to Bria!

And now we know who is this year's Kelly Faris--the all-'round player.

 

[Icebear]

Bria was fantastic yesterday. She absolutely deserves the recognition for her efforts. In the arena her 29 points was one of the quietest high scoring efforts I've watched. Reminded me of Maya.

 

[Stray Cat]

Someone had to step up and fill the void left by the KML and MT...that is what senior leadership is all about...kudos to Bria!

 

[easttexastrash]

Well deserved. This is the player that I remember from two season ago.

I think Hartley is benefitting more than any other player from the absence of KML. She is once again gaining the confidence to be the go-to player on this team.

 

[Icebear]

And Chong has benefitted greatly being thrown into the fire. Both she and Bria have had less than perfect games during the stretch but did not let it stop them from contributing.

 

[msf22b]

A much more penetrating analysis was written by Graham Hays regarding Hartley's transformation into a compete player.

http://espn.go.com/ncw/notebook/_/page/notebook_weekendwrap/hartley-shuts-lucas-uconn-wins

Hays made some terrific points which get close to the essence of the team's method of play. To quote a few:
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The indoor track season is still weeks away, but Bria Hartley might have qualified in the 3,000 meters based on the laps she spent chasing Maggie Lucas on Sunday….


Geno Auriemma pointed directly to talent. Great teams have great players. There is no coaching genius to letting Diana Taurasi or Maya Moore score points. And yet on the other end, it sometimes feels as if he could take a roster composed entirely of walk-on players and make them at least a credible defensive team.

He laughed off the suggestion, but there is something to the mindset with which his teams defend.
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Enjoy this fabulous piece.

 

[msf22b]

Well deserved. This is the player that I remember from two season ago.

I think Hartley is benefitting more than any other player from the absence of KML. She is once again gaining the confidence to be the go-to player on this team.

Actually according to Geno in the piece cited above, this is a new Bria with the defensive desire and skill set to go along with the offensive attributes you remembered.

 

[Icebear]

Bria is playing like a player in the last season before she becomes a free agent.

 

[UcMiami]

Nice article, richly deserved award. Kelly who?!

 

[Samanthabrown3]

And now we know who is this year's Kelly Faris--the all-'round player.

Geno: "Not that she's Kelly Faris -- nobody is."

So much for that.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Congrats Bria!

Well deserved!

 

[RadyLady]

Agreed. So glad that she has both regained and surpassed her previous AA form.

 

[ctkaiser]

http://espn.go.com/womens-college-b...cticut-huskies-bria-hartley-espnw-player-week

Good Honor for Bria. The added publicity will help Bria get back to being an All American. She did outplay Maggie Lucas

Too bad ESPN is very unlikely to change their so called ones to watch promo to include Bria.

 

[msf22b]

Too bad ESPN is very unlikely to change their so called ones to watch promo to include Bria.

Might

 

[Icebear]

"You Need to Know" a different UCONN player every night.

 

[ThisJustIn]

Might

For the growth of the game overall, I hope they don't.

That allows them an addendum - "The one you shoulda knowed."

 

[ctkaiser]

For the growth of the game overall, I hope they don't.

That allows them an addendum - "The one you shoulda knowed."

Or the one we been knowed!