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I was most encouraged by Nurse making perimeter shots last night. That has been a question mark based on what I've seen from her. The FIBA 3-point line is beyond the NCAA line. Team Canada also runs a similar offense to what Geno runs so she'll be used to the concepts. It's hard not to be excited about the type of player she can become under Geno's tutelage and playing with a terrific group of college players. I can hear Doris Burke now: "pro-ready body; comports herself beyond her years."
 
Very impressed by what I saw on TV. Kia held her own against the best players in the world. And she hasn't yet played one game of college ball.
 
UConnCat said:
I was most encouraged by Nurse making perimeter shots last night. That has been a question mark based on what I've seen from her. The FIBA 3-point line is beyond the NCAA line. Team Canada also runs a similar offense to what Geno runs so she'll be used to the concepts. It's hard not to be excited about the type of player she can become under Geno's tutelage and playing with a terrific group of college players. I can hear Doris Burke now: "pro-ready body; comports herself beyond her years."
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Comport! Comport!

:)
 
UConnCat said:
I was most encouraged by Nurse making perimeter shots last night. That has been a question mark based on what I've seen from her. The FIBA 3-point line is beyond the NCAA line. Team Canada also runs a similar offense to what Geno runs so she'll be used to the concepts. It's hard not to be excited about the type of player she can become under Geno's tutelage and playing with a terrific group of college players. I can hear Doris Burke now: "pro-ready body; comports herself beyond her years."
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ballhawk said:
Very impressed by what I saw on TV. Kia held her own against the best players in the world. And she hasn't yet played one game of college ball.
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I guess she answered the Bill Russell question (paraphrased here):

"Can she play?"​

The answer, a resounding:

"YES!"​
 
UcMiami said:
So to carry that on just a little - when DT joins in France the Uconn contingent will count the following:
9 NPOY award/years (Jen 1, Bird 1, DT 2, Moore 3, Charles 1, Stewart 1)
5 Lieberman awards (Bird 3, DT 2)
3 WNBA MVPs (DT, Moore, Charles)
4 USA POY (Charles, DT, Stewart 2)
and
7 NCOY (Geno)
3 USA COY (Geno 2, Jen 1)

In addition:
12 NCAA championships
9 WNBA championships
8 Olympic Golds
5 WC golds (and two bronzes)

And coaching: 9 NCAAs, 1 Olympic and 1 WC gold.
2 WBHOF inductees and 1 Naismith HOF inductee.
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This HAS to be a complete and total fabrication!!!

It isn't possible for a single university to garner this much hardware (and "moore").


Or is it???:rolleyes:
 
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DishNSwish said:
I thought it was pretty cool that Geno was testing his two point guard offense on Bird and Whalen before giving it to Moriah and Kia! ;)
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You might be correct if Morgan Tuck is not ready to go from day one and KML does not shift to the 2 guard. Certainly, I expect to see Kia playing with Moriah a good bit given her defensive tenacity. These scenarios just highlight the interesting possibilities Geno is going to be able to manipulate. Exciting, no?
 
Kia Nurse was not the least bit intimidated by Diggins or Sims. My favorite play of the game was when she moved Diggins a couple of feet with her arms as she made her cut, as if to say "get out of my way, I'm coming thru". She could be a very unique find by Geno, a frosh who should get plenty of minutes from the get-go.
 
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Its pretty obvious that watching Kia play, the scouting services vastly underrated her skill set. If UConn doesn't lose a game early this year, its going to be a long time before they do.
 
For a teenanger to be playing against Professional Womens BB players I thought Kia Nurse was terrific. She had good poise, she handled the pressure and provide pressure on defense. She is experienced at the next level and she hasnt played a college game yet. I like what I saw. She hit her open shots and handled the ball very well and shes only a teenager. We've got a good point guard for then next 4 years.
 
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chrissaran said:
Went back and checked on Kia. She's listed as 5'11".
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That's what espn has her as.

The Canadian national team roster has her as 6'. As does Prospect nation. And uconnhuskies.com.

I'll go with them.
 
Comparing Kia's height next to the U.S. guards, Stewie, et al., my best guess on Kia is 6'0" give or take a little. She's at least 5'11-1/2".
 
It all depends on which Hartley you are comparing her to.
 
Whatever her height, another thing Nurse will bring to the team is a bit of an edge. As we saw the other night, she's big for a guard and is not the least bit afraid of contact no matter who the opponent. She'll need to adjust to the collegiate game which, at least on the perimeter, is less physical than the international game.
 
UConnCat said:
Whatever her height, another thing Nurse will bring to the team is a bit of an edge. As we saw the other night, she's big for a guard and is not the least bit afraid of contact no matter who the opponent. She'll need to adjust to the collegiate game which, at least on the perimeter, is less physical than the international game.
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The first time she finds herself watching 15 minutes of the first half from the end of the bench with two fouls is when the adjustment begins.

And that is likely the last time she will sit next to Rosemary.
 
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Kia looked great. I love this girl already. was really proud of the husky faithful also. They cheered her and like the class acts they are cheered Skyler as well.
 
I'm really looking forward to the possibility (likelihood?) of Nurse doing a fairly good impression of Kelly Faris as a freshman, at least as far as defense goes. Good size, excellent athleticism (possibly not quite at Kelly's level but I don't know that for sure), a willingness to 'mix it up' physically and a very, very high motor. Given this and given her not insubstantial experience against world-class competition, some truly Tenacious D will be surely be brought to bear against some hapless collegians for the next four years. (Some of whom might even be on our own squad during practice. :))

Certainly Geno will have lots of options when it comes to the #2 guard spot this year. Mo being the clear floor leader at the point, KML at the wing and so forth. With this many freshman guards, there will be lots of growth, development and fluidity at this position (and no, I haven't forgotten Saniya). But much of what constitutes hard-nosed defense is intrinsic to the player --- and these qualities can be evident from day 1.

In true pre-season-prognosticator spirit (i.e. nobody knows but that won't stop us from guessing), I like Kia's chances to not only play the most minutes of any freshman this year but to also be a starter come tournament time.
 
Opposing players who are guarded by Kia and Moriah are going to be prone to major meltdowns. :) I can just see the frustration on their face.
 
MilfordHusky said:
Opposing players who are guarded by Kia and Moriah are going to be prone to major meltdowns. :) I can just see the frustration on their face.
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My favorite play of the game Monday night was as Diggins was driving to the left of the basket she got so frustrated with Kia, she gave a significant forearm to Kia's chest. And Kia immediately returned the favor with a forearm to Diggins chest. Play on!
 
Really liked the window into Kia's game we got and she was impressive defensively - there had been a quote from one of her Canadian teammates a while ago saying how frustrating she was to play against and you could see a few moments of that in the game. It was hard to get a handle on Kia's speed, but reports are both straight line and hand speed are near the top of the range.
Uconn with Jefferson and Chong plus the four freshman will be able to apply more pressure defense this year with Kiah and Breanna in the back prepared to protect the basket should some team be able to occasionally break through the pressure.
 
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  • Asia Durr and Angela Salvadores - welcome to world of defense. MoJeff and Kia Nurse are (and will be) two of the best lock down guard defenders in the country. And both at UConn. Wow!! Geno has really hit the jackpot with these next two recruiting classes.
 
MarlboroughMike said:
My favorite play of the game Monday night was as Diggins was driving to the left of the basket she got so frustrated with Kia, she gave a significant forearm to Kia's chest. And Kia immediately returned the favor with a forearm to Diggins chest. Play on!
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As Carl Adamec wrote after describing that sequence: And somewhere there were Huskies’ supporters wondering where more of that was from Nurse’s predecessors in the 2010-2013 time frame.

I agree with Carl. Imagine what Taurasi or Shea would have done if they had watched Diggins preen around Gampel declaring it to be "my ___ing house." That's what I mean by edge. We haven't seen it in a few years.
 
UConnCat said:
As Carl Adamec wrote after describing that sequence: And somewhere there were Huskies’ supporters wondering where more of that was from Nurse’s predecessors in the 2010-2013 time frame.

I agree with Carl. Imagine what Taurasi or Shea would have done if they had watched Diggins preen around Gampel declaring it to be "my ___ing house." That's what I mean by edge. We haven't seen it in a few years.
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Have we forgotten Stacy "Bam-Bam" Hansmeyer? Jamelle Elliott? or angelic Meghan Gardler?
 
Kibitzer said:
Have we forgotten Stacy "Bam-Bam" Hansmeyer? Jamelle Elliott? or angelic Meghan Gardler?
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And as I recall at least one of the Valley girls was not a shrinking violet while on the court!
 
UcMiami said:
And as I recall at least one of the Valley girls was not a shrinking violet while on the court!
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Morgan is now teaching Hokies how to deliver bone-crunching screens from the high post as an assistant coach at Virginia Tech.
 
UConnCat said:
from Jim Fuller's blog: http://elmcitytoeaglevillenhr.blogspot.com/2014/09/special-night-for-future-uconn-teammates.html

Dolson mentioned that more than one player on the U.S. bench raved about what they saw from the 18-year-old Nurse.

"She is definitely a big guard, she brings a lot and is skilled player," U.S. guard Lindsay Whalen said. "She has a very big future, it will be fun to see her grow and continue to get better. She is going to have a chance her with the national team to keep getting better and play against some great competition."
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