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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyNan, post: 2930544, member: 4"] A freshman having trouble adjusting to the speed and physicality of the college game??? How stunning and amazing! Or not. [I]"At 6-2, the things Svet is able to do are amazing," said junior forward Tamika Williams, also 6-2 and the team's top-scoring reserve. "She is so agile with the ball, she can take you off the dribble, hit really deep threes and play defense now. [/I][B][I]When I first came, she could never guard anybody[/I][/B]." [URL='https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-01-15-0101150207-story.html']WATCHING HER EVERY MOVE[/URL] [I]Geno Auriemma had freshmen Kia Nurse and Gabby Williams playing alongside sophomore Saniya Chong in a challenging defensive drill. ..Playing alongside either Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis or Kiah Stokes, the three relatively untested Huskies were asked to get defensive stops, but more importantly, get out to cover the 3-point shooters while starting the defensive possession with at least one foot inside the paint. The opposing team was comprised of three male practice players, including sweet-shooting Ryan Probst from Appleton, Wisconsin, and former UConn standout Kelly Faris, who happened to be in the area.[/I] [I][B]Auriemma bemoaned the quartet’s inability to prevent shots from the perimeter[/B], but even more infuriating was how few loose balls the Huskies were able to come up with[/I]. [URL='https://www.nhregister.com/uconn/article/UConn-coach-Geno-Auriemma-putting-freshmen-to-the-11356636.php']UConn coach Geno Auriemma putting freshmen to the fire[/URL] [I]“[B]Like every kid her age, [Maya Moore] has to become a much better ball handler and a better defender[/B],” [Geno] said. “She has to slow down a bit because she’s in a hurry a lot of the time. She has to get a feeling for the game when she doesn’t have the ball in her hands. That’s a skill that comes over a period of time.[/I] [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/sports/ncaabasketball/26moore.html']In Freshman Season, Moore Shows UConn What May Come[/URL] The following from the final article: [Mel Thomas said],"[I]My journey at UConn definitely started with some tough love. I remember the ups and downs of my freshman year and all the incredibly sweet things he said to me: 'I used to have Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi and now I have YOU! You are the worst player I've ever coached,' and '[B]You can't guard a chair.[/B]' However, no matter how tough he was, I knew how much he cared about me as a person[/I].” [Kerry Bascom said], “[I]Throughout my four years at UConn, [B]if I had a nickel for every time I heard Geno say to me "you are the worst player in America," I think that I would have as much money as him right now[/B]. Through the years though, it is funny when sharing stories with others players how many players he actually said that to[/I].” [Barbara Turner said], ”[I] I remember my freshman year when we were in the film room and he showed me [looking] so tired I couldn't stand up. I was running with my hands up, bumping into everything and everybody, and [B]he called me a drunk driver.[/B] Still, to this day, when anyone asks about him, that definitely is one of the stories I tell[/I].” [URL='https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-womens-basketball/hc-xpm-2014-02-22-hc-auriemma-tributes-0223-20140222-story.html']1,000 Reasons Geno Will Always Have A Place In Their Hearts[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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