I hesitate to intrude on your turf here, but you seem to have omitted "bupkis". I have a long standing affinity for bupkis, having accomplished it quite often.
Nailed it! I noticed the same thing. Conditioning is so overlooked by most people.
When Anna arrived at UConn this season she was in very good shape. The delay in practice and the inactivity caused her to lose some of the conditioning she had gained.
This is different. All the time in the NFL, for example, they will say if a player has a hamstring pull or the like. In any case, it is not worth arguing about.
When was there a delay in practice? Makurat arrived at UConn on 7/30 and they immediately started their summer practice schedule in pods, she also had 24hr access to the Werth Center gym/weight room/training room.
The NFL has rules that state the team has to give an injury update two days prior to the game. The NCAA states that any medical information on students must meet Federal guidelines, HIPPA and others, plus NCAA guidelines. Then once those guideline are met the must be approved by the medical personnel, University, and the student. The NFL can't be sued for the release of the info because it's in their rules and approved by the NFLPA, while the University can be sued because of the Federal Government and NCAA guidlines.
Geno has stated that Anna came back in the best shape she's ever been at UConn. He has also stated due to the leg injury, isolation, and Covid, she hasn't been able to keep up the routine that she had been doing.
This is a good point, we were all looking forward to a slimmer quicker Anna and some early pictures supported that she had lost significant weight. I don't know why she put it back on so quickly, but clearly she did, and that is a concern beyond whatever is ailing her now. Anna being available for the rest of the season is starting to come into question.
Those provisions exist in the NFL rules because they have every expectation that there will be wagers placed on the games. To protect the gamblers and the house knowing of any injury allows adjustments in the odds. This is not always the case in NCAA sports. As a young man I took bets for a local bookie. It would amaze most people to know who is betting on a regular basis in their neighborhoods.
Here in Vegas you can bet on almost any major college game, to include women's basketball. If I remember correctly SC was a 4 point favorite at my sports book when they played UConn.
Oh I agree that one can bet, but I believe there is more bet on football than on NCAA women's basketball. But you can bet on almost anything. When I was a kid steelworkers and housewives would place money on a combination of a three digit number that was based on the daily stock market indices. They called it the "old stock" number. I think that died out when the state run lotteries became popular. My Dad played $5 on 317, his birth month and year, every single weekday of his life for fifty years or so.
The reference is to the COVID Pause just prior to the beginning of the season. Even individual workouts had restrictions during that 10-day period.
Maybe I have missed something, but it took quite a while for her lower-leg injury to become widely known and acknowledged as at least one reason for her reduced on-court speed and activity. For a time, some Boneyard commentors diagnosed the issue as a lack of confidence. Geno's most recent acknowledgment of her injury included observations that Anna had been working with doctors and trainers to recover. Where did the evidence of weight gain appear?
There was a picture taken on the court with social distancing of the players early in camp when all had arrived, where Anna looked significantly thinner. Now she looks as big or bigger than last year. There were also some comments on her improved conditioning, so I think she made a significant change, but in the college environment for whatever reason it came back. Hopefully going back in the other direction now.
Forget the doughnuts, eating pierogies will help her repair that much quicker !It is a yummy polish donuti think pronounced like PONCH-KI.
You’re going all the way back to the 60’s. I’m old, but not senile yet. I recognize those words (lyrics).
Martha & the Vandellas.
Yes, but that "dagger" was like a loaded semi heading up a mountain. It took a number of games for it to reach the rpms needed. She is not Lou and she is not MKL. If she returns for minutes in the Big East tourney, maybe she'll be in shooting shape by the Big Dance. If not, not.
You nailed it. This a a newer version entitled "Anna Mak" by Geno & the Auriemmas.You’re going all the way back to the 60’s. I’m old, but not senile yet. I recognize those words (lyrics).
and this surprises you? 🤨So...once again a logical question about UConn goes off on a mundane tangent providing no insight about basketball...
I like it!!!
Ok. But there is a flip side that I’ll politely call “everyday people”.
Don’t be so nosey none of our business
Elitist.
No flip side at all, if she wants to release it she will, if she doesn't, then it's no of your darn business.
