Kibitzer Memorial Badass Award

[Tonyc]

Edwards

 

[Shorty Dee]

My badass award goes to Aaliyah. She owned Florida State in the paint.

 

[Kaizen]

AE tied with Droka and honorable mentioned Lou.

 

[Penn]

Dorka 15 pts 9 reb 4 ast 2 stl 5 blk
Aaliyah 26 pts 7 reb 2 ast 1 blk

HM
Lou 23 pts 4 reb 1 stl 1 blk
Nika 6 pts 6 reb 12 ast

The return of Dorka and Nika to the lineup brought a smile to my face and joy to my heart.

 

[Tonyc]

ESPN had Dorka with a double double and now they dont

 

[pghhuskydoc]

Edwards. She continues in beast mode for the year.
Lou was awesome down the stretch. Drawing fouls and making FTs

 

[Shorty Dee]

My badass award goes to Aaliyah. She owned Florida State in the paint.

I will add Coach Chris "C.D." Dailey to get my badass award also. With a record of 14-0, when she had to step in and coach the team....it DON'T get any better than that!!

 

[oldude]

Aaliyah continues to be a beast for UConn and todays BADASS

 

[HuskyNan]

ESPN had Dorka with a double double and now they dont

Women's Basketball vs Florida State on 12/18/2022 - Box Score - University of Connecticut Athletics

The official box score of Women's Basketball vs Florida State on 12/18/2022

uconnhuskies.com

 

[Topdawg]

Edwards! Lou is an honorable mention.

 

[Centerstream]

Aaliyah

 

[reelfan]

CD is undefeated !!!!!!!!!!

 

[The deacon]

Really good scoring games from Aaliyah and Lou, and a promising return by Dorka, but my BA goes to Coach CD.

 

[HuskyNan]

 

[Ozimoto]

Dorka came to play! Hard to argue against Aliyah though.

 

[CB360]

A.E. for sure. Dorka and Lou were essential , BUT I wondering if we would have won without Nika.......?

 

[Next 12]

I have stated before that Aaliyah has become the " BEAST" , because of her size and scoring ability that she has thankfully developed this year. In the last two games we out rebounded the other team by a wide margin, mainly because of Aaliyah. She has reached the potential she was supposed to have and is definitely an AA candidate. Couldn't have happened at a better time and well deserved. GO AALIYAH!!! GO HUSKIES!!!

 

[Beemer]

AE all the way.

 

[#12in21]

A.E. for sure. Dorka and Lou were essential , BUT I wondering if we would have won without Nika.......?

I don't believe we would of. Despite her turnovers and some reduced defensive intensity today, I think her presence and leadership on the court were crucial. It was intelling, and at least from her perspective true, that in the presser she said the the fall off in the second half was on her -she lost focus and control of the team - but concluded that she was thankful that her teammates stepped up and got the win. No excuses with this kid.

As I noted even before her first game at Uconn she has always been very self aware and openly honest about her limitations, challenges or failings (as well as her strengths). In equal portion, she is fully committed and engaged in giving her all to help in the teams success. IMO, this season she has really stepped up and has embraced the weight and pressure of leadership and her teammates have drawn strength from it. So, back to your query, even though her personal performance wasn't stellar in today's game, her presence was a difference maker for her team.

 

[EdSaid]

I'm going off the board and say Nika. Here's why: at the 4:30 mark of the 2nd quarter "Our Nika" committed two fouls without the tick of the clock. Old Nika might have found herself on the bench or arguing the call. The team leader Nika pulled it together and lead her team to a win. She had multiple FSU gnats to deal with and only committed one additional foul, playing the entire 40 minutes.

 

[tchalla1]

I have stated before that Aaliyah has become the " BEAST" , because of her size and scoring ability that she has thankfully developed this year. In the last two games we out rebounded the other team by a wide margin, mainly because of Aaliyah. She has reached the potential she was supposed to have and is definitely an AA candidate. Couldn't have happened at a better time and well deserved. GO AALIYAH!!! GO HUSKIES!!!

I agree--AE has to be in the AA conversation, no one is as consistent, or as dominant and that includes Boston, Brink or anyone other low post...

 

[MilfordHusky]

I agree--AE has to be in the AA conversation, no one is as consistent, or as dominant and that includes Boston, Brink or anyone other low post...

Knock on wood, Liya didn't miss any games last year and hasn't missed any this year.

 

[Majic Hands]

Lou really got my attention this game.

However, for this thread I have to go Aaliyah.

 

[sun]

To me, the play of the game was when an FSU player went down hard on the floor and Dorka stopped to give her a hand to help her get up even though the rest of the UConn team was quickly pushing the ball upcourt in transition.
Dorka could have ignored the player on the floor at the baseline but didn't.
She personally put the game on hold and took responsibility in case the player was seriously injured.
I think she realized that it could have been her on the floor suffering a potentially serious injury even though it wasn't in this instance.
The game didn't stop, but Dorka did & she was the only one.