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How Paige Bueckers, UConn women's basketball star, stacks up against the Huskies' all-time best freshman seasons

chj001 said:
I was really referring to your exclusive list of 3, the "S" girls, Stewie, Sales and Strother, but why can't the OP list of 10 be 11?
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Even if it was a list of Eleven, Shae Ralph would still be considered before Kia in my opinion, and that of the writer's.
 
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I think it’s unfair to have this pressure be put on Paige to try to emulate or transcend our previous UCONN freshmen. In my case, I can only hope for the best. If she ends up not being the best freshman in the country this season then there’s always the next three years to prove herself. From what I recall, Diana and Stevie weren’t for the entire duration of their freshmen years the best freshmen but look what they have become now - GOAT and world’s best player currently
 
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I get the post. Its almost a Boneyard tradition with the frosh. Compare them to former players. How do they stack up.

I will watch and evaluate Paige on what she does on the court during the season. Can we just let her be Paige.
 
ScottCT said:
Isn't that one of the main reasons for a forum though?
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For years I was on an island, a UCONN fan without anyone to talk to about the team, the coach, or ideas. I woke up one day and found the BY. I thought I knew so much about my favorite team but soon learned that I was like a freshman. Where else can you get so many diverse and knowledgeable views regarding our team? I respect so many of the BY'ers views, knowledge ability to share them with me and you. Blueballer the posts are for you to get from them what you find interesting. I for one feel like I have found a home. I hope you enjoy what you find interesting, I for one agree with ScottCT that the By is so much more. Enjoy the game tomorrow.
 
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so somewhere I saw people criticizing the announcer's pronunciation of Paige's last name. I looked in our roster and other places where we used to have a guide to pronouncing names, but I don't see any. So how is her last name pronounced? Buck ers? Buke ers? something else?
 
Ralph said:
so somewhere I saw people criticizing the announcer's pronunciation of Paige's last name. I looked in our roster and other places where we used to have a guide to pronouncing names, but I don't see any. So how is her last name pronounced? Buck ers? Buke ers? something else?
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It's pronounced beck ers
 
Ralph said:
so somewhere I saw people criticizing the announcer's pronunciation of Paige's last name. I looked in our roster and other places where we used to have a guide to pronouncing names, but I don't see any. So how is her last name pronounced? Buck ers? Buke ers? something else?
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You are forgiven but Landers isn't. He is a professional and if he is going to make comments about a player he should take a minute to learn how to say her name. On almost any highlight video her name is announced repeatedly for anyone with ears. Landers had obviously not seen ten seconds of her play and was just babbling.
 
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Alydar said:
You are forgiven but Landers isn't. He is a professional and if he is going to make comments about a player he should take a minute to learn how to say her name. On almost any highlight video her name is announced repeatedly for anyone with ears. Landers had obviously not seen ten seconds of her play and was just babbling.
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He still can't pronounce Olivia's last name and she's a Junior.
 
MSGRET said:
He still can't pronounce Olivia's last name and she's a Junior.
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I guess it's looked on as part of his charm. I'm hoping he slips and calls Lobo "honeychild" like a proper southern gentleman.
I like him because at times he breaks from the company line and says something insightful. I also liked the Brylcream look.
 
MooseJaw said:
For years I was on an island, a UCONN fan without anyone to talk to about the team, the coach, or ideas. I woke up one day and found the BY. I thought I knew so much about my favorite team but soon learned that I was like a freshman. Where else can you get so many diverse and knowledgeable views regarding our team? I respect so many of the BY'ers views, knowledge ability to share them with me and you. Blueballer the posts are for you to get from them what you find interesting. I for one feel like I have found a home. I hope you enjoy what you find interesting, I for one agree with ScottCT that the By is so much more. Enjoy the game tomorrow.
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I had the same experience, as very little women's college basketball was covered at any time, other than when UCONN was visiting Notre Dame in basketball crazy Indiana. Welcome to the Boneyard!!!
 
The CDR-Ret said:
I had the same experience, as very little women's college basketball was covered at any time, other than when UCONN was visiting Notre Dame in basketball crazy Indiana. Welcome to the Boneyard!!!
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Thanks, glad to have found such a diverse and knowledgeable group. Hope you enjoyed the game today.
 
The CDR-Ret said:
I believe the answer is in the results of this year, and I say YES!
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I think with the NCAA allowing another year of eligibility, technically Paige could win 5. However as Paige turned 19 on October 1st, I hope everyone realizes she will be eligible for the WNBA draft after her Junior year and we will all be on needles and pins...:oops:
 
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DefenseBB said:
I think with the NCAA allowing another year of eligibility, technically Paige could win 5. However as Paige turned 19 on October 1st, I hope everyone realizes she will be eligible for the WNBA draft after her Junior year and we will all be on needles and pins...:oops:
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Except her bff will only have 2, so she’ll stay for 4.
 
uconnfan68 said:
Except her bff will only have 2, so she’ll stay for 4.
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Sorry but in interviews after Azzi committed, she said it will be great to play with Azzi for 3 years. Paige will move quickly to enter the greatest professional stages ASAP. Get her Olympic clock started.
 
Alydar said:
I guess it's looked on as part of his charm. I'm hoping he slips and calls Lobo "honeychild" like a proper southern gentleman.
I like him because at times he breaks from the company line and says something insightful. I also liked the Brylcream look.
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Much like the aforementioned hair dressing, when it comes to Andy Landers a little dab will do ya! Andy never met a name he couldn't mangle! I am weary of his "good old boy" shtick.
 
Steelerone said:
I'm not sure how anyone could possibly take anything away from this game. Let's be honest - we could play five walk-on's and it might not even be close at that point. I would prefer to evaluate the talent of any player in a more realistic situation, like a conference game or against a top ten or even twenty team.
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All true except that we got to see 6 new players including Evina and there were things there to see yesterday with new eyes. I had no idea Mir had that kind of body control in the air or that she could rebound like that. Her timing is very instinctive. Evina impressed me. Great form on her shot, very unselfish, smart defender. Paige was better than I expected. Her prior films did not do her justice. She has a gift. Nika just had a bad day which, since she was 6th man, you have to conclude was due to her injury and some staleness. You can see she is very intense and tough. How about AE? My takeaway is that she is going to be a brute force on defense and under the boards. Even Piath was not as under developed in her game as I gleaned from prior comments. Agreed that the competition was very weak and that Tuesday will be a much better test but these new players, with the exception of Piath, are something special.
 
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