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topogigio said:
The “big girl” looks like a legit “big”. She maybe the surprise of the pack!
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Gabriel is certainly big, and she has some great tools to work with(size, runs the court well, soft hands), but she is incredibly raw and quite new to the game(only started taking it seriously 4 years ago). I think it is unfair to expect much more than garbage minutes here and there for her this year.
 
I don't think I've ever seen the Boneyarder's more excited about not only an upcoming season but an upcoming class. Isn't this great? Who's going to contribute the most? Who will start? Who will get the most minutes?
Can we beat the top teams on our schedule? And, because no one has mentioned it in this post, will Azzi choose Uconn?
 
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donalddoowop said:
Someone who may have an idea please tell me if you think Nika will be as good or better than Loren Dixon. Does she seem, based on her mix tapes, as talented at the same stage in their careers?
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On the surface, Nika should be ahead of Dixon heading Into her freshman year simply due to her significantly more experience in Europe.
From a statistic perspective Loren’s freshman stats are listed 1st, career 2nd
GP-S Pts. Min per FG/ 3pt/ FT% A TO steals
35-10 2.1 14.4 .375/.167/.600 57 42 11
135-18 2.5 16.7 .417/.220/.615 278 170. 70

So based on what I see Nika should be a better shooter with a higher Assist to Turnover ratio than Loren 57-42 and more steals.

Loren was a great contributor but Nika should provide more. IMHO.
 
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soxfan23 said:
Gabriel is certainly big, and she has some great tools to work with(size, runs the court well, soft hands), but she is incredibly raw and quite new to the game(only started taking it seriously 4 years ago). I think it is unfair to expect much more than garbage minutes here and there for her this year.
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Maybe we can just start with some Dolson film on how to set a good screen with that body she has. I want to see a little guard chasing Chrystin get bounced by a monster screen. If she can get her teammates some open shots then she'll be doing good her freshman year.
 
donalddoowop said:
Someone who may have an idea please tell me if you think Nika will be as good or better than Loren Dixon. Does she seem, based on her mix tapes, as talented at the same stage in their careers?
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Nika seems to be much more talented than Lorin Dixon. For starters Nika appears to be a much better long range shooter and more of a natural scorer. Lorin only shot 22 % on 3pt FGA for her UCONN career. Because Dixon was not a natural scorer nor an adequate deep shooter opportunities to get playing time at UCONN was limited. Nika appears to be as good defensively, a better play maker in the half court set and is versatile enough to play SG as well as PG. The one thing that is very similar is the talent that UCONN acquired while Dixon was at UCONN. As a Freshman Dixon joined a roster that already included Greene and Montgomery. The next season Doty and Hayes were added followed by Faris who was followed by Hartley. Dixon really never had a chance to establish her self as a UCONN starter because of all this talent. In fact Dixon started more games as a freshman (10) than she did for her last three years at UCONN combined (8). Dixon minutes peaked at 21MPG as a senior. I suspect if Nika were to average 20 MPG for UCONN at any point in her UCONN career she will be more productive than Dixon was as a senior where she only averaged 2.9 PPG. I'm projecting a Saniya Chong like UCONN career for Nika with better defensive efficiency.
 
CocoHusky said:
Nika seems to be much more talented than Lorin Dixon. For starters Nika appears to be a much better long range shooter and more of a natural scorer. Lorin only shot 22 % on 3pt FGA for her UCONN career. Because Dixon was not a natural scorer nor an adequate deep shooter opportunities to get playing time at UCONN was limited. Nika appears to be as good defensively, a better play maker in the half court set and is versatile enough to play SG as well as PG. The one thing that is very similar is the talent that UCONN acquired while Dixon was at UCONN. As a Freshman Dixon joined a roster that already included Greene and Montgomery. The next season Doty and Hayes were added followed by Faris who was followed by Hartley. Dixon really never had a chance to establish her self as a UCONN starter because of all this talent. In fact Dixon started more games as a freshman (10) than she did for her last three years at UCONN combined (8). Dixon minutes peaked at 21MPG as a senior. I suspect if Nika were to average 20 MPG for UCONN at any point in her UCONN career she will be more productive than Dixon was as a senior where she only averaged 2.9 PPG. I'm projecting a Saniya Chong like UCONN career for Nika with better defensive efficiency.
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I believe that Nika will have a career in a higher level than Saniya Chong. She will be playing more in her Sophomore and Junior years than Saniya.
 
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MSGRET said:
I believe that Nika will have a career in a higher level than Saniya Chong. She will be playing more in her Sophomore and Junior years than Saniya.
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Saniya was a UCONN starter at the beginning of her Sophomore year before being replaced by freshman Kia Nurse. Saniya's junior season was mostly limited by an IT band injury. Even with better health I don't see Nika becoming a starter as a sophomore because......

ScottCT said:
I think people are massively under selling Nika.
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I think you are massively under selling her competition for minutes at UCONN.
Freshman Year: Williams, Westbrook, Bueckers.
Sophomore Year: Williams Westbrook(?) Bueckers, Poffenbarger, Ducharme, *.

:eek: * Please note that the player not to be mentioned has not been.
 
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bluedevil said:
No...lets let her get her feet wet before we throw her into the pool...
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Anna, Aaliyah, and Nika have played for their National team's, what other current Husky player has done that? All three National teams that they played for are better then most college teams, so I wouldn't sell them short. Yes they will have to adapt to Geno ball but they aren't like normal Freshman. Look at Anna, at the beginning she did look like a deer in the headlights, but at the end of the season she was one of the top players on the team.
 
Steelerone said:
I don't think I've ever seen the Boneyarder's more excited about not only an upcoming season but an upcoming class. Isn't this great? Who's going to contribute the most? Who will start? Who will get the most minutes?
Can we beat the top teams on our schedule? And, because no one has mentioned it in this post, will Azzi choose Uconn? We’ll know soon.
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Steelerone, those are the two biggest questions that loomed over this program all summer. If it was mentioned, I missed it, but I don’t recall reading a comment or concern about up coming conference play.

The $64,000 question remained consistent throughout the summer. Can this UConn team win the BIG games on their schedule this season? We were wondering then, we’re wondering now. How good UConn can be will be measured against Baylor, Louisville and South Carolina. Azzi: will she or won’t she? It’s anticipated that she will announce her verbal soon.

It really hasn’t been a topic of discussion so far, but what are the chances UConn runs the table in conference play this year? I think their chances are very good. One thing is for sure, UConn will be the biggest game on their conference opponent‘s schedule, and thus will get everyone’s best shot.

Other than DePaul and Seton Hall, UConn hasn’t played any of these teams in years if at all.
 
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Carnac said:
How good UConn can be will be measured against Baylor, Louisville and South Carolina.
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How good they are perceived to be. Hopefully they will be better in April than they are in Dec/Jan.

But those 3 games will be the tests.
 
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Carnac said:
Steelerone, those are the two biggest questions that loomed over this program all summer. If it was mentioned, I missed it, but I don’t recall reading a comment or concern about up coming conference play.

The $64,000 question remained consistent throughout the summer. Can this UConn team win the BIG games on their schedule this season? We were wondering then, we’re wondering now. How good UConn can be will be measured against Baylor, Louisville and South Carolina. Azzi: will she or won’t she?

It really hasn’t been a topic of discussion so far, but what are the chances UConn runs the table in conference play this year?
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If they do then we would have to go back to the time we originally played in the Big East. Was it Notre Dame?
 
Nice pic. It will be a big help in recognizing who is on the floor when watching a game on TV. During a game I track by quarter UConn player's baskets made (and whether 3 or 2 pt), free throws made and fouls. Generally it takes a few games for me to recognize the new players if I can't see their number. Maybe this year will be a faster learning curve.

A comment on the pic at the Instagram site was that Nike swoosh on Aaliyah's socks are upside down. How is that even possible?
 
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Nice pic. It will be a big help in recognizing who is on the floor when watching a game on TV. During a game I track by quarter UConn player's baskets made (and whether 3 or 2 pt), free throws made and fouls. Generally it takes a few games for me to recognize the new players if I can't see their number. Maybe this year will be a faster learning curve.

A comment on the pic at the Instagram site was that Nike swoosh on Aaliyah's socks are upside down. How is that even possible?
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If they are inside out.
 
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I just knew in asking about the upsidedown swoosh there was an obvious answer I missed. Alydar's theory was something to think about but no. JonathanXIV was on the right track. Biff actually looked and discovered the real answer. She did fold the top of her socks over. Good catch Biff!
 
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