Kibitzer memorial Badass award

[Tonyc]

Azzi

 

[Jingo]

Lou

 

[eebmg]

Yes. Inez for her behind the back pass in front of Geno that connected and gave Ayanna an easy layup. I did like Inez's FT form when she handled a major hack attack.

 

[Kaizen]

Honorable mentioned: Lou, Nika and Dorka.

I never thought Lou is so good.

 

[Shorty Dee]

My badass award goes to Azzi and Lou!! Lou was as advertised!! Honable mention goes to Ayanna!! Ayanna had blocks and steals. She is very active on the floor.

 

[HuskyNan]

@Tonyc It’s badass, not bad ass.

 

[oldude]

Has to be Nika, who plays like a point forward. In addition to 7 pts, 11 assists and 5 steals, Nika had 8 rebounds & 2 blocks. What 5’10” guard in the country puts up stats like that?

 

[Oracle9]

Badass goes to the Triple threat of Lou, Azzi, Nika

 

[Centerstream]

Lou but Ayanna had a double double, so....

 

[hoopsdiva]

Lou. I might have voted for Ayanna if she had gotten a bit more playing time. I expect both of them to be getting a lot of badass awards this season.

 

[CL82]

Sure, Azzi dumped in a lot of points after the half, and Lou shoots as if the basket seems hot tub wide to her. Aaliyah was active stealing balls left and right. And Ines gave us a little showtime in limited minutes with that behind the back dish to Patterson. But I’m going with Ayanna. She look like a grown woman out there battling for rebounds. it was an impressive performance for a true freshman.

 

[Bigboote]

I have to give it to Lou. She comes in from a MAAC school and plays like she’s been at UConn for three years.

 

[nastynatty]

Nika or Lou!!

Nika was everywhere doing everything. Her defensive tenacity is still there and maybe better than ever. She’s a true leader and I especially loved seeing her be really intentional about becoming more of an offensive threat. We all know her bread and butter is turning defense to offense but it was nice to see her attack the basket with conviction when the opportunity was there. Those are shots she would’ve passed up last year. Would love to see that mid-range pull-up they claim she’s been working on tho.

I have no words for Lou. She really does fill a lot of the gaps we’re missing with Paige out very nicely. It’s absolutely tragic we won’t see them suit up in UConn uniforms together. But just what a great transfer portal pickup by the coaching staff. I’m excited to see what her and Caroline look like on the floor together. She seemed to have great chemistry with Azzi already moving off screens from each other and other things.

TEAM WORLD FOR THE WIN!!!

 

[MSGRET]

The Starting Five, they were all BA's in their own way. There is a correction to the posting of the game 1 Prognosticators Predictions. It will be posted on Monday between 6 and 7 P.M. Eastern. I thought that the Northeastern game was on Wednesday and not Thursday, sorry for the mistake.

 

[sun]

BadAzzi was smoking hot from three!
NastyAzzi was very, very nasty!

 

[Skeets]

Everyone (except 1) met or exceeded expectations, but none more so than Lou. I give the badass award to Lou and honorable mention to Azzi (shooting and points), Nika (see the stat sheet), Doka, Yanna (way better than the average freshman), AE and AG. Also, you gotta love that behind the back pass from Ines.

 

[ucbart]

Nika-

She was steady on offense, disruptive on D, was the leader we needed and put up a great stat line.

She is just a great rebounder from the guard spot.

 

[Stosh855]

Nika. She set the tone from the jump!

 

[Beemer]

Lou. She really opened my eyes to just how good she really is. You'd think she'd been here all 4 years of her college career.

 

[#12in21]

We have a whole team of badasses! Really excited for the opener in a few days and that we get to see these guys play through the final game of the season

 

[MSGRET]

We have a whole team of badasses! Really excited for the opener in a few days and that we get to see these guys (play through) WIN the final game of the season View attachment 80405

Would have given you a love if you had stated win instead of play through the final game of the season.

 

[BB Dawg]

I think the entire starting 5 plus Ayanna were Badass! This team played better than last years . They never scored like that last year. Only thing missing is Williams outstanding defence and of course Paiges' wildcard. Aubrey has definitely improved. Ines was really poised as a youngnback up guard.

 

[CocoHusky]

Yes. Inez for her behind the back pass in front of Geno that connected and gave Ayanna an easy layup. I did like Inez's FT form when she handled a major hack attack.

I'm still amazed by the swagger, moxie ( word I really want to say but won't ) of that pass from a freshman in her first few minutes on the floor in a UCONN uniform.

 

[Next 12]

The greatest joy I got from Nika was the steals she caused on the inbound pass and ran in for a score. I believed she did it 3 times along with 2 other steals. She scored 7 points along with 11 assists which is scoring for the team. No offense to Azzi, Lou, or Dorka, but they did what they are expected to do ,score. Nika did 4 other things, rebounds, blocked shots and great defense. She was the badass of this game.GO HUSKIES!!!

 

[cgshuskie]

Ines showed a lot of ability in this first exhibition. Also, she is faster and more cagey than given credit for in the BY. She will be a great contributor and with time will be a solid stone cold playa. Ayanna just needs a little more experience. A future Uconn star. Watch out for Ines......