While that's a steep hill to climb - of course they can - we've certainly got the ingredients...but, let's see how the pieces "gel"...come the first of next year, we should have a pretty good idea of just how much their efforts, determination, & cohesion, not to mention - the coaching, have taken this team, perhaps, to another level. It'll certainly be a pleasure to watch it unfold.
"Out of Position"? The right position is the position Geno puts them in, not some conventional thought about it. I am still in awe about what Geno did with Gabby in her freshman year.
I think we do have a Stewie, D, or Maya type player this year. 4 of them.
Disagree. Bigly.
It is hard to judge, because there have never been 4 super stars on one team before. With Maya, D, & Stewie, they stood out and had the spotlight all to themselves. This year that won't happen. This year the super stars are going to have to share the spotlight. I always thought KLS was the second coming of Stewie, and then she found herself on a team with Pheesa and Gabby and learned to subordinate her super star aspirations to play with other super stars. I think it is going to be similar to the Olympic team, where a bunch of super stars had a ball playing together, sharing the spotlight in a true team environment. I bet the players on this team are going to love it.
Stewie's a rare breed. I don't see KLS ever having the all around game Stewie did - not even close.
Not sure exactly what "bigly" means, but if it means anything like completely or utterly, I'm with you.
That's pretty rarefied air. I think we might have a couple that could reach the next tier (Bird, Charles, Jefferson, Lobo) which would be pretty fabulous in itself.
1995 and 2000 (1 loss)
Yes, out of position. Azura has never played the post position, not at Duke, not on USA basketball so I'm not sure what makes her a "Post Player Period". You may also want to Check the UCONN roster which list Azura as a Forward/Guard. Perimeter defense is still potentially an issue and not exactly unique to this team. If you couple that with the though that players are playing "out of position" -even "conventionally" you compound the problem. As I said before Gabby cannot guard both the post and the perimeter. Conventionally speaking you are at least 1 perimeter defender short. Not only does UCONN have the best staff for teaching defense it also has the best staff for teaching ALL aspects of basketball and recruits kids that are more than willing to buy in. That should never be doubted. When you begin to talk about this team vs. all time great UCONN teams, as you did, it might have been easier to point out that this team does not have al All-time great UCONN player on it- Not yet any way! So please give them some time.
That statement is glaringly incorrect .
We can wait until the season/games start. Then we can worry about mojo.
Stevens is a post player period? You better let Auriemma know that because I believe he has other ideas. And let Stevens know too, she has no idea that's all she is.
