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Evina and Held post game incident

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MSGRET said:
Nika wasn't even looking at her she was going to the celebration and Held is the one that initiated the bump. Held had a different look on her face when she realized that Momma E saw the whole thing and was walking over to her, NOT Nika.
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Okay @CocoHusky what did I say that you didn't like? If you watch the tape Nika's not looking at Held when the bump was initiated and Held did have a different look when she saw E. coming over to get in between the two?
 
mhshuskies said:
Late in the nd game it appeared there was deliberate attempt to be extra physical against Paige. That may be a strategy for teams to get her off her games. When that occurs we need a chippy (enforcer) type such as CD2.
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That will be a strategy to get her off the court.
 
From that video it looks like both of them knew exactly what they were doing. We are Nika just keeps on walking Held plays the woe is me I didn’t know that was happening but if you look at her shoulder she is definitely preparing for the hit. So both are at fault.
 
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Jc718 said:
Cmon now. Held was visibly surprised, Nika was expecting it and didn’t flinch after. If a non UConn player did that, you wouldn’t be celebrating it..
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Better check the video again. Held walked directly at Nika, no surprise to her.
 
#1florida said:
Better check the video again. Held walked directly at Nika, no surprise to her.
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100% agree. Both players squared their shoulders, neither gave an inch. If Held were on our team, we'd be like "good for her". But she's not. We have Nika, so "good for her".

Side note - Meghan said several times during the broadcast that DePaul was super physical with Nika. Bravo to her for not going back at them, picking up a bunch of fouls during the game, and causing her to be benched. I think Nika knew very well how physical DePaul was with her and she saw a chance to give it back, neither backing down, with no refs to blow the whistle.

Personally I'm thrilled Nika has that attitude. And BTW, Held's pearl clutch astonishment was hysterical given she didn't move her shoulder an inch to avoid the contact. She did exactly what Nika did, but acted like she was in innocent bystander with her mock outrage.
 
IMHO Held was clearly walking right through the UConn team’s space looking for trouble. Nika was actually moving away from her with indifference. Held gets no academy award from me for her “reaction”.

At that point Held was pissed and Nika was proud. Nika had nothing to prove but gave no ground.
 
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JellyBean said:
Thanks for the Slomo. Glad that E was there to have Nika's back.
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I agree with JellyBean. Rewatching the Slomo... IMO Lexie
does the intial contact ( after a "normal" Nika shout out ) and
Moma " E" seems to catch Lexi's attention = I see Lexi's
eyes redirect / focus on Moma " E" ( as if Evina said something
to get her attention!.). The next UCONN vs DePaul game
will be more than a game= But... just win, ladies! Be cool... let them
do the fouling and allow your superior play to speak volumes!
 
I smart player doesn't go looking for trouble but doesn't back down if it happens.
 
huskeynut said:
Nika was smart and kept walking away. Held looked like she wanted to escalate it until E started to quickly walk in her direction. Don't think you really want to mess with Momma E.
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I disagree - Nika wasn’t smart at all. She lets her emotions get the better of her sometimes. She may get herself chucked out of a game one day and that could potentially hurt the team.

Emotion, yes, but control it.
 
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HuskyNan said:
I disagree - Nika wasn’t smart at all. She lets her emotions get the better of her sometimes. She may get herself chucked out of a game one day and that could potentially hurt the team.

Emotion, yes, but control it.
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Based on what? Has she ever mouthed off to a official, never that I've seen.
 
Nick Pignatello said:
Based on what? Has she ever mouthed off to a official, never that I've seen.
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I guess you didn’t see her complaining about the foul calls in her first few games back. Geno must have told her to cool it because she’s been better. But bumping into the kid, or at least not avoiding the bump, is looking for trouble. It’s unnecessary.
 
“Upon further review...” (multiple times)
Held initiated end of game contact.
Frustration about losing to UCONN AGAIN- when her team blew the best chance of beating them in her career.
She will finish Oh-FER against them.
Ouch.
 
HuskyNan said:
I guess you didn’t see her complaining about the foul calls in her first few games back. Geno must have told her to cool it because she’s been better. But bumping into the kid, or at least not avoiding the bump, is looking for trouble. It’s unnecessary.
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Could have been avoided but Held was at fault. Give credit to Nika for not backing down and then walking away. Teams have to know that we aren't a bunch of panseys and we will not take their crap.
 
Bald Huskie said:
Could have been avoided but Held was at fault. Give credit to Nika for not backing down and then walking away. Teams have to know that we aren't a bunch of panseys and we will not take their crap.
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What are we - 12 years old?

If a Notre Dame or Tennessee player did what Nika did, Boneyarders would be condemning her. The entire episode was unnecessary, Nika could have just gone around the kid and avoided the problem.
 
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HuskyNan said:
What are we - 12 years old?

If a Notre Dame or Tennessee player did what Nika did, Boneyarders would be condemning her. The entire episode was unnecessary, Nika could have just gone around the kid and avoided the problem.
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HuskyNan, I agree with a majority of you post(I'm not brown nosing) it's a well known fact tht the strategy tht teams use against Uconn is to bang, push and grab the players, particularly Paige, Nika, and Liv. The one thing tht a bully hates is whn someone stands their ground and pushes back, I feel Nika didn't change her course and neither did the DePaul player, no big deal, but I imagine Nika was kinda saying

We're not gonna take it
No We're not gonna take
We're not gonna take it anymore!
I LOVE the Dawg in tht young woman!
 
Nika has a bit of Kia Nurse in her, and a show of toughness is precisely what this team needs at times. I recall a UCONN game against ND a few years ago. I'm not sure of the principals involved but my aging memory believes it involved Collier or perhaps another UCONN player with a reputation for being polite getting ready to make an inbound pass from the sidelines, and some form of disrespect being directed at her by an ND player, perhaps Mabrey (not positive). You could see Nurse immediately move toward the area where this was happening, and any potential conflict quickly dissipated without a word being spoken. Kia was known to separate opposing players from their body parts, and I can't ever recall any opposing player pushing her around or even thinking about doing so.
 
Rationally, I know Nan has the right take here, but projecting my younger self into this situation, I take that bump because we're probably going to see each other again. It's a "you're not getting in my head", "no, you're not getting in MY head" thing. Even though they are clearly in each other's heads at this point
 
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