Kibitzer Memorial Badass Award

[Tonyc]

Paige made a huge difference

 

[cookie447]

Great team effort, with some outstanding individual contributions. However, Paige is the badass…….end of discussion!

 

[DEFCONN1]

Paige, not only for her offense, but outstanding defense!

 

[huskeynut]

Paige

 

[Blueballer]

I'm going with AE. As great as Paige was Ailiyah did all the heavy lifting in the post and really concentrated on her shot. Very few misses. And she absorbed a lot of body blows.

 

[CL82]

Yep, Paige... struggles at the start of the game, gets barked at by the head coach and then comes back to dominate... Badass.

 

[oldude]

There was a NPOY sighting in today's game. Paige was brilliant and most definitely Bad Ass!!!

 

[pghhuskydoc]

Paige had a phenomenal game after her quick “reset” with Coach. Showed true leadership out there.
HM to Aaliyah who was unstoppable in the post

 

[Bone Dog]

Paige Paige Paige Paige... Aaliyah.

Aaliyah was a beast against lesser players. Paige did whatever she wanted against a ranked team. One spin away from contact as she grabbed a loose ball was totally badass!

 

[Kibitzer]

After a time out by Gino, PAIGE I want to wish all of our Boneyard friends best wishes and a healthy New Year . from Mrs Kib aka Donna and cheesedanish aka Dana Cole

 

[Glenn]

Paige, but also a shout out to Nika, who had 10 rebounds, 7 assists and only one turnover

 

[dtbtbtb]

All World Paige! she was amazing on both offense and defense!

 

[Zarathustra]

Also, noteworthy that Paige gave up an open 3 pointer to pass to ICE for "TWO COOL POINTS"!
Now that is being a teammate!! Shows real team leadership. GO TEAM!! BEAT CREIGHTON!

 

[Majic Hands]

Paige.
Getting it done on both ends of the floor.

 

[Cornell Lt]

Co-BadAss winners:
Paige & AE

 

[Topdawg]

I vote for Paige. Great game today. I hope she starts attacking the basket early, in every game.

 

[Bigboote]

I'm gonna buck the trend and go with Nika. Maybe half her rebounds were balls that went her way, but the other half came under the basket among the trees. She got them by pure cussedness, which is a large percentage of my definition of badass.

 

[Jewels]

The girls were fantastic today but my shout out goes to the All American coaching staff we have. To take the team we saw a month ago to where we are today is just phenomenal.

 

[vtcwbuff]

Geno says the team also picks a POG. "Not Paige - never". Today's game Edwards and Muhl.

 

[PacoSwede]

paige was (not surprisingly) great for most of the game.

but i was cussing her for her terrible, harebrained move to start the game that led to the marquette 10 point edge in the first minutes. thank the lord geno pulled her and set her straight!

i refer to her decision to feed liya in the paint, which resulted in an early turnover. it happens, so ok ... except that she did it when she had an open foul-line jumper available (virtually a gimme for paige). ouch! what the hell was she thinking? as the absolute best player on the court, that should not happen, but it too often does, it seems.

guess geno was aghast. i know i was. that was the failure of paige to be an aggressive scorer that so often gets the huskies off to a lousy start.

BTW, i think paige is great, potentially another DT. please forgive me my opinion.

 

[Skeets]

It was a bonehead turnover, but after that Paige dominated on both ends of the court, a real badass.

I do want to give a shout out to our rebounding animal, Nika, who proves there are several different skills involved with rebounding, it's not just height. I also want to give a shoutout to everyone who took the ball to within 5 feet of the hoop and exposed themselves to some real physical play. This was mostly AE, but others took a pounding too.

 

[HuskyFan1125]

Nika!!!

10 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 points and only 1 t/o

 

[The deacon]

It was a bonehead turnover, but after that Paige dominated on both ends of the court, a real badass.

With due respect, Skeets, that 'bonehead' turnover should have been credited to Aaliyah. It was right in front of me, and I was shocked Aaliyah didn't expect the pass.

Agreed we want Paige to shoot more, but if Aaliyah had been paying attention, she'd have had an uncontested layup and it would have gotten her (and the team) off to a positive start.

Geno can rant all he wants. I'd want my best player to play to her instincts, and passing to a teammate for an easy layup seems never a bad move (if said teammate is awake).

By the way, I might have Aaliyah as my 'badass,' with Nika as my backup. Both were aggressive on the boards against a very aggressive Marquette team.

 

[PacoSwede]

With due respect, Skeets, that 'bonehead' turnover should have been credited to Aaliyah. It was right in front of me, and I was shocked Aaliyah didn't expect the pass.

Agreed we want Paige to shoot more, but if Aaliyah had been paying attention, she'd have had an uncontested layup and it would have gotten her (and the team) off to a positive start.

Geno can rant all he wants. I'd want my best player to play to her instincts, and passing to a teammate for an easy layup seems never a bad move (if said teammate is awake).

By the way, I might have Aaliyah as my 'badass,' with Nika as my backup. Both were aggressive on the boards against a very aggressive Marquette team.

you have a point

but i think liya was -- rightly -- thinking at the start of the game 'my first priority is to set the tone on the offensive glass in this situation. that's key against this team and for my team. i can set an example immediately by getting in position for the rebound. paige is our best scorer and when she has such a clear shot she of course is gonna take it. ... oops. that was a mistake.'

i felt that liya was doing the right thing and the 'oops' was paige's fault. 100%. her 'instincts' are sometimes wrong, and this was a prime example that deserved geno's notice.

paige taking the shot rather than passing would have gotten the team off to a better start than making the pass for a potential liya layup. a missed shot is an acceptable outcome, but the turnover on the first possession is a disaster.