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It is going to be a long offseason

Hopefully the kids can work on their games in the off season and the coaches can put together a team that's able to play together for a whole season.
 
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Actually... with this Summer's UCONN's European trip, the off season will be a little shorter than normal because they will be playing Exhibition Games in Europe much earlier than the normal exhibition games. We will hopefully get to see (or read about) Nika at Home in Croatia, and the Team's experiences in Italy and Latvia (??)... During these games UCONN will get a chance to "test" all the players on the roster playing against other teams.

GO HUSKIES!!!
 
Aluminny69 said:
Keep in mind that when UConn takes the floor in November, Paige will have only played 17 games in 31 months. Temper your expectations.
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Damn that's insane. If you had told me a few years ago that after 3/4 of Paige's and 1/2 of Azzi's college careers that they'd have like a combined 1300 points, no national championships, and most of our streaks snapped I would have said you were crazy.
 
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hoopsfan22 said:
Damn that's insane. If you had told me a few years ago that after 3/4 of Paige's and 1/2 of Azzi's college careers that they'd have like a combined 1300 points, no national championships, and most of our streaks snapped I would have said you were crazy.
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I’m getting more concerned about Azzi’s history of injuries having a long-term impact on her play
 
hoopsfan22 said:
Damn that's insane. If you had told me a few years ago that after 3/4 of Paige's and 1/2 of Azzi's college careers that they'd have like a combined 1300 points, no national championships, and most of our streaks snapped I would have said you were crazy.
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They really haven't played together where both were healthy at the same time yet. For the first 6 games of last year Paige was healthy but Azzi was still having problems with her foot. Azzi was never really healthy last year and when Paige came back she was clearly not 100% yet.

Similarly Azzi was healthy for the first half dozen games or so this season but has not been close to 100% since. So really the combined healthy games for the two players over two seasons is not much more than a dozen games out of what about 146, 73 games over two years times two players. Aubrey has been healthy for less than half the games over the last two years because she missed a whole season, and I wouldn't be surprised if Caroline has only been really healthy for about half of the last two season's games as well, and Dorka missed i think 8 games over the two years.
 
PAHuskeyFan said:
Actually... with this Summer's UCONN's European trip, the off season will be a little shorter than normal because they will be playing Exhibition Games in Europe much earlier than the normal exhibition games. We will hopefully get to see (or read about) Nika at Home in Croatia, and the Team's experiences in Italy and Latvia (??)... During these games UCONN will get a chance to "test" all the players on the roster playing against other teams.

GO HUSKIES!!!
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I will also have the Prognosticator's Prediction's Exhibition posted for the European trip. That is if they keep score and have them on YouTube for viewing
 
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Look at what happened to two number one rated teams early on. WCBB dynamics have changed. Stanford stuggled against lesser teams all season. Top teams can no longer expect to win without bringing there A games far earlier during the play offs. Just too many talented players and teams right now. A lot more will depend on match ups and luck than ever before. The best teams will not always win. Just look at the mens playoffs. There are far more so called upsets far earlier.

However, I am not implying that UConns last loss was an upset Ohio was the better team. Right now the team that seems most likely to emerge the winner is South Carolina but even that is not a given. They could be knocked off before the get to the finals under the right conditions.
 
Huskie02 said:
If edwards had her typical game we would have won but it just wasn’t in the cards today.
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AE was in foul trouble. If Azzi, Caroline, Nika or really anyone had their A game they would have won. This was a collective loss.
 
SEbluebood said:
We didn’t lose today because the lack of a bench. We had 7 outstanding players available but 6 of them played poorly! It happens, as we saw!
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I didn't think any of them played good when it made a difference. Their shooters missed so many open shots.
 
bovwa10 said:
I’m getting more concerned about Azzi’s history of injuries having a long-term impact on her play
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I think Azzi will be fine once she is playing inside the offense. Too many forced shots and too much put on her shoulders right now.
 
LoyalFanCT said:
I wouldn't throw out excuses for the UConn loss. Ohio State played better than the Huskies. Geno and the fans have to live with that.
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It didn't hurt that every time OSU flopped the called a foul on Edwards. OSU played very good but most of UCONN's issues were on UCONN not OSU. They missed 12 open shots in the first half. Shots they usually make and they missed every one of them. But I would agree OSU played more like a confident team.
 
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It won't be too long of an off-season. Summer workouts will be here soon then like someone said, they have the overseas stuff. The come back to the states and then back in school. Before long, the season will be in full swing again. I just hope everyone can use this time off to recover mentally and physically. Get in a gym and work on their skill development. Have fun and enjoy life outside of basketball for a little while.
 
huskeynut said:
Paige is not the magic one to cure all "supposed" problems. And like it or not, her health and durability are a question mark.
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yes ... I've been wondering about both Paige and Azzi (and there must be others on other teams). Are kids playing and training too hard before their skeletons fully mature - which I think doesn't happen until their early 20s?
 
SEbluebood said:
We didn’t lose today because the lack of a bench. We had 7 outstanding players available but 6 of them played poorly! It happens, as we saw!
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At least three were playing injured. Lou is beat up, Audrey with a bad back, Caroline stills has headaches.
 
JellyBean said:
It won't be too long of an off-season. Summer workouts will be here soon then like someone said, they have the overseas stuff. The come back to the states and then back in school. Before long, the season will be in full swing again. I just hope everyone can use this time off to recover mentally and physically. Get in a gym and work on their skill development. Have fun and enjoy life outside of basketball for a little while.
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Man, I guess it takes a lot of dedication to compete at the highest level. As much as I enjoy following along as a wbball junkie, I actually don't love the summer session. Well I just don't like the idea of some of these players not getting a long rest. I hope Azzi, Caroline, Aubrey, Ice could just chill and let their bodies heal (atleast 4 months) without the semi pressure of missing team practice. Trust me as a crazy fan there are things I'd love each of them to improve on but the most important thing is for them to get their bodies right. Heading into the season this year, Azzi still was dealing with her foot and Caroline with her hip.
 
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