Good chance Azzi Plays

[Bone Dog]

‘Doable’ means entertaining the possibility. ‘Questionable’ and ‘doubtful’ each argues against the possibility.

 

[Zarathustra]

I do not know how to cut and paste an X accounts post onto this B.Y. thread. But an X post from the Hartford Courant's Emily Adams quoted Auriemma as saying, "The word is questionable. Probable, doubtful?” “I’m saying there’s a chance, yeah. I know she wants to play.” when asked about Fudd's availability for tomorrow's game against JuJu Watkins and the USC Trojans.

Daniel Connolly, who may have been present at the same face to face interview with Auriemma, indicates that the word is 'doable'. I like the sounds of that word much more than doubtful! They have different meanings for certain.

Is this just a situation of mishearing what was said? Auriemma and the various players conduct these interviews at the gym, really right outside of the gym doors, where there is all kind of background noise and horrible acoustics.

The pregsme interview with GENO, I believe, answers that question.
In my hearing the "Doable" was the word choice that GENO felt
most comfortable with... watch the interview and see what you think.

 

[Rowdy831]

So if she plays, does Geno go with 4 guards and Sarah or 3 guards, Sarah, and Ice or Jana?

UConn wins this game comfortably unless they think they can play with 4 guards. USC is way too big for that approach and it takes away the advantages UConn has on them. They need to do less with guards, not more unless you consider Sarah a guard. With her I like 3, without her I like Paige and Azzi along with two taller players to limit the inside game.

The game the other night might give people false hope that they are a great 3pt shooting team but if they live by that approach they will most certainly die by it as well. They need to count on the big three on the perimeter to score and let Jana and Ice work the inside.

I don't see USC as a particularly great coached team so I think Geno will have is way in this one.

 

[Bald Husky]

I think it's most likely that Azzi will come off the bench in her first game back, as she did against Ole Miss.

Yeah, and besides we all want to see if Ashlynn can continue her hot streak.

 

[Dugway]

The pregsme interview with GENO, I believe, answers that question.
In my hearing the "Doable" was the word choice that GENO felt
most comfortable with... watch the interview and see what you think.

Yes, thank you, I saw that video and commented in #16.

After watching that interview it appeared to me he was attempting a tongue in cheek reply, more or less indicating that there is a 'One in a Million Chance' that he will play Azzi on Saturday. Same chances that Lloyd Christmas had with Mary Swanson!

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We have a game nine days from now, Dec 29th, at the XL Center against the Friars. When we get around to that game, I think our odds of seeing Azzi as well as Aubrey will be much better than 1 : 1,000,000!

Regardless of no Azzi, I still have the Huskies over the Trojans by a dozen!

Merry Christmas all! I'm off to the airport (this should be delightful)...

 

[huskeynut]

I don’t know that you’d want Sarah guarding Iriafen

Notice I said "depends on the flow of the game."

 

[oldhusky]

The comments about Yanna were really interesting too. He talked about the 5-6 days when she could fully practice and how incredibly impactful she was. Also said she’ll be fully healed in six months. Sounds like we’ve got another really good contributor for next season.

Agree completely, and it makes me far more optimistic about what she could do in the future. Her freshman year started OK and then went downhill, and her season numbers were not encouraging even on things where I expected her to be great, like rebounding and blocked shots.

She was still pretty good in those areas, but given her strength and athletic ability I expected her to be exceptional in those areas. It is quite possible, however, that she played hurt and hampered by injuries for most of that first year, and maybe in practice this year Geno got to see even if briefly, what a healthy Ayanna could do. Maybe a little like Azzi playing like a superstar her first 6 games of her sophomore season. She played with foot issues all of her freshmen season and after a summer of recovery looked like a totally different player. In both cases it appears their first year was not a true indication because even though they played quite a bit they were never healthy.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Questionable and doubtful are both part of the normal lexicon for injury reports; doable, in this context, is Geno searching for a word that gives nothing away and doesn't pin him down but allows the listener to attach their own preferred meaning... He's playing mad libs.

 

[Alydar]

Questionable and doubtful are both part of the normal lexicon for injury reports; doable, in this context, is Geno searching for a word that gives nothing away and doesn't pin him down but allows the listener to attach their own preferred meaning... He's playing mad libs.

On the Coaches Show today (Fri) he said probable, which in the NFL usually means likely.

 

[fomalhaut]

On the Coaches Show today (Fri) he said probable, which in the NFL usually means likely.

I usualy think of probable as at least 75%, questionable around 50%, and doubtful around 25%.

 

[RedStickHusky]

Probable is good, that's the top of the list.

 

[Skeets]

I don't think AZZI starts. She has been out too long. Better they go with the Iowa State line-up and sub her in from there.

I agree. I don't think she starts but comes off the bench. However, I don't think the reason is because she's been out too long. It's been what, 12 or 13 days? I seriously doubt in that time she's forgotten how to play or that her perfect mechanics have gotten rusty. More likely it'll because of minutes restriction.

 

[BRS24]

the braids are back

 

[Centerstream]

The WELLS FARGO Warm-Ups are on the UConn Women's Basketball group on Facebook, livestreaming at 7PM. This might be the chance to see how ready Azzi is tonight.

 

[Henry]

The braids are a good sign.

 

[hoopsfan22]

Yes! So glad Azzi's back!

 

[Geew1992]

the braids are back

She.Is.Playing

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Azzi starts in place of Ash. That’s my guess

No way, she comes in off the bench. Once USC is comfortable with a defense for Paige, Ash, Ice, Sarah, and Chen.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Azzi looks like she's out for blood!