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By MECHELLE VOEPEL via ESPN
Breanna Stewart has got it all down now. In a way that's both friendly and business-like, she anticipates the media's questions before they're asked, and then answers in complete and polished sentences. She wears the cloak of "best player in women's college basketball" not just comfortably, but even effortlessly.
Surely, though, it's not that easy. Coach Geno Auriemma's UConn "system" has produced 10 NCAA championships and a group of elite players whose personal accomplishments have become a part of basketball lore.
But this, too, is one of the program's hallmarks: The superstars shine very brightly without seeming to bask in their own limelight.
Stewart exhibits no sense of self-importance, and yet a firm sense of self-confidence that is not off-putting. She's like the Broadway star who knows just how to modulate her voice to reach the entire theater without ever sounding like she's attempting to steal the show.
"What I want people to think when they see me as a player is someone who is hungry to get better, and also is humble," said Stewart, espnW's preseason player of the year.
Stewart has done, so far, exactly what she set out to do: win a national championship each year of college. She has one season left. And if she and the Huskies win their fourth consecutive title, she'll have a little something over all the previous legends of the program, none of whom did that.
Complete article [HERE]
Breanna Stewart has got it all down now. In a way that's both friendly and business-like, she anticipates the media's questions before they're asked, and then answers in complete and polished sentences. She wears the cloak of "best player in women's college basketball" not just comfortably, but even effortlessly.
Surely, though, it's not that easy. Coach Geno Auriemma's UConn "system" has produced 10 NCAA championships and a group of elite players whose personal accomplishments have become a part of basketball lore.
But this, too, is one of the program's hallmarks: The superstars shine very brightly without seeming to bask in their own limelight.
Stewart exhibits no sense of self-importance, and yet a firm sense of self-confidence that is not off-putting. She's like the Broadway star who knows just how to modulate her voice to reach the entire theater without ever sounding like she's attempting to steal the show.
"What I want people to think when they see me as a player is someone who is hungry to get better, and also is humble," said Stewart, espnW's preseason player of the year.
Stewart has done, so far, exactly what she set out to do: win a national championship each year of college. She has one season left. And if she and the Huskies win their fourth consecutive title, she'll have a little something over all the previous legends of the program, none of whom did that.
Complete article [HERE]
