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Long Article on Caroline Ducharme from Mike Anthony

The CDR-Ret said:
In case anyone needs more data on Azzi Fudd, here is the last available data on USA Basketball, with her as the youngest player on the U17 team:

USA Basketball Statistics​

TEAM G/S MIN/AVG FGM-FGA PCT 3PM-3PA PCT FTM-FTA PCT REB/AVG PTS/AVG AST TO BLK STL
2018 U177/7167/23.927- 53.5099- 16.5635- 51.00027/ 3.968/ 9.714625

So USA Basketball selecting Fudd without a High School Senior Year of "work" is not a "stretch" as I think a 56.3% accuracy from beyond the arc is pretty good in International competition. Also, Geno's eyeballs might have some basis for his expectations as Azzi has also arrived for UCONN's first summer session over the past week....
Having someone [Azzi] to compete against for 3 point accuracy may also improve Paige's 3 point accuracy as well [PB ened the season at 46.4% and somewhere around 6th in the nation and was NPOY]
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Azzi really looks like she understands the game well.
 
Alydar said:
I wasn't the one who made the original comment. I had no POV to defend and yet you answered my question with another question. And you right about the minutes thing.

I think our discussion started when you commented that unless she was terrible Williams would start. I disagree. She can play like she did most of last season, which was far from terrible, and still lose her starting position. But if she plays like she did at the end of the season she will be an AA. The competition this summer/fall is going to be intense.

I looked back over the last few years what it shows is that Geno had 5 regular starters since 2017 and the 5th starter fill-ins were consistent. In the last 2 seasons his loyalty has been to 4 starters and the 5th has varied throughout the season, in part due to injuries. Does Geno start Muhl, who lost her starting slot to injury but who started the most games, or Edwards, who was playing like an AA by late last season? Or all-everything Fudd?

I don't see any of the freshmen getting many minutes with the exception of Fudd, who I believe Geno said was more fundamentally prepared coming in in all phases of the game than Maya Moore was in 2007. He said that Moore was his best freshman as far as "getting it" from day one. If that is even close to correct then the team and the coaches will know it by July, just like last season and the arrival of Bueckers. I really don't know or really care if she starts or not. I'm nearly as certain about her as I was about Bueckers and she will be a major player by January. By the end of 2023 they will be saying that UConn has the best backcourt in women's basketball anywhere in the world. How's that for over-exuberance? :rolleyes:
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The software will not let me like your post twice, so I had to quote it again....
particularly: "I don't see any of the freshmen getting many minutes with the exception of Fudd, who I believe Geno said was more fundamentally prepared coming in in all phases of the game than Maya Moore was in 2007. He said that Moore was his best freshman as far as "getting it" from day one. If that is even close to correct then the team and the coaches will know it by July, just like last season and the arrival of Bueckers."
I could not agree more...

Aparently, I have hijacked a Ducharme thread, and substituted Azzi, but I believe that Ducharme, Fudd & Bueckers will get significant time on the court together in this coming season, and be LIGHTS OUT from beyond the arc, as other teams [not-so-great as the Huskies - meaning all other top twenty-five teams] will not be able to cover three 3-point shooters of this caliber...
 
The CDR-Ret said:
I could not agree more...

Aparently, I have hijacked a Ducharme thread, and substituted Azzi, but I believe that Ducharme, Fudd & Bueckers will get significant time on the court together in this coming season, and be LIGHTS OUT from beyond the arc, as other teams [not-so-great as the Huskies - meaning all other top twenty-five teams] will not be able to cover three 3-point shooters of this caliber...
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Geno is going to have the deepest bench in wcbb. In many years Ducharme & DeBerry would be competing to start. But Geno will have an arsenal available. What do we need? Rebounding? defense? 3 pt shooting? Geno will have multiple options and what I see are different bench players playing significant roles depending on the opponent and the situation.

I wouldn't be surprised if we see the same starting 5 in next season's opener but I think Geno will have a hook ready and we'll see a lot more subbing early.
The sad thing is that some of the best played games will happen behind closed doors in practices.
 
Alydar said:
Geno is going to have the deepest bench in wcbb. In many years Ducharme & DeBerry would be competing to start. But Geno will have an arsenal available. What do we need? Rebounding? defense? 3 pt shooting? Geno will have multiple options and what I see are different bench players playing significant roles depending on the opponent and the situation.

I wouldn't be surprised if we see the same starting 5 in next season's opener but I think Geno will have a hook ready and we'll see a lot more subbing early.
The sad thing is that some of the best played games will happen behind closed doors in practices.
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We may get some hint of just that in the first game's (not exhibition) post-game presser in November, or possibly earlier insights via Ian's blog videos at the summer charity golf interviews.... although no practice videos : ( :(
 
wolfe613 said:
I have not seen anything that was outrageous all was criticizing how she was playing from other posters there's nothing wrong with that. In that Arz game she looked wreckless and out of control.
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Who played well for UConn in the Arizona game?
 
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wolfe613 said:
sorry to break this to you but Stanford and South Carolina are great teams that not only have talent but have way more experience than Uconn
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Way more????

This isn't true at all. You're exaggerating your point regarding experience in order to build up the teams you like.

First off- UCONN got to FF in 18-19 when CWill and Liv were frosh. Your two teams didn't.

Secondly, UCONN got to the FF - the same as SC this year. SC never even breathed close to the FF two years ago. So UCONN having two players with more FF experience than any player on your two teams that you like- but that doesn't count (you were pretty quick to comment that Dorka wasn't with UCONN one minute yet - but somehow you dismiss prior experience for UCONN players that have had more tourney success in prior years to this one?)? And UCONN was one game away from Stanford. And you're saying both are "way more?"

IMO you are hell-bent in trying to knock UCONN any chance you get.
 
hoophuskee said:
Way more????

This isn't true at all. You're exaggerating your point regarding experience in order to build up the teams you like.

First off- UCONN got to FF in 18-19 when CWill and Liv were frosh. Your two teams didn't.

Secondly, UCONN got to the FF - the same as SC this year. SC never even breathed close to the FF two years ago. So UCONN having two players with more FF experience than any player on your two teams that you like- but that doesn't count (you were pretty quick to comment that Dorka wasn't with UCONN one minute yet - but somehow you dismiss prior experience for UCONN players that have had more tourney success in prior years to this one?)? And UCONN was one game away from Stanford. And you're saying both are "way more?"

IMO you are hell-bent in trying to knock UCONN any chance you get.
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nah if that was the case I'd make the case for Depaul or St John's to win the Big East. Again the user said that no team will even get 10pts close IN ANY GAME of Uconn and that's just arrogance, South Carolina and Stanford are capable of winning the title
 
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