Look how tough those UConn girls vs. Maryland tonight

[SARG 2011]

I was at the game behind the bench, row F seat 20. Lou was as sick as advertised and looked pale. What a gutsy performance by her even after she was bounced off the announcers table.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Geno said Lou grew up last night.

I like it so much better the way Lou said it:

"I didn't think about not playing. I expected to play the whole time," Samuelson said. "It was such a great game and great atmosphere I wasn't going to miss it. When anyone asked, I told them I was good to go. Even if they knew I would say that I was fine and that's all they could go by.

"For myself, I know that I can be mentally tougher than anything physically that's going on. I showed myself that nothing within myself is going to stop me. If my head is right mentally, I can play like I have and play through anything."

No. 1 UConn holds off No. 4 Maryland 87-81 for 87th win in a row

 

[donalddoowop]

The first close up of KLS when she was about to shoot a free throw, it looked as if she was totally exhausted and the game had just started. I did not think she would be able to play the whole game. Fortunately she TOUGHED it out.

 

[Kaizen]

"When she went to shoot it that was exactly what ran through my mind," Auriemma said. "It's like she's supposed to make it. Saniya played well. She needs more playing time."
Nice words from Geno.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

"Every time I keep doubting them, every time I keep saying to them, 'alright, it's coming, it's coming' they just look at me and go (sarcastically), 'yeah, OK,'" Auriemma said. "So, they know something I don't know, I guess."

Crazy old fox. Geno Auriemma tried to teach UConn a lesson — and it backfired because they won't stop winning

 

[RockyMTblue2]

There is a short Katie Lou clip embedded with this article. I can't keep straight what has been posted and not.

Samuelson Shrugs Off Illness, Leads UConn Against Terps

 

[Carnac]

If she missed, would it be a fragrant foul?

I would think so.

 

[HoopsFan21]

What if Lou's head cracked through that electronic sign?

 

[bags27]

What tough, tough kids. We spent 6 months worring about this crew and just hoping we could get to next year okay, but every single one of these kids has exceeded our expectations. And they feed off each other, so this is truly the case that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

 

[bags27]

"When she went to shoot it that was exactly what ran through my mind," Auriemma said. "It's like she's supposed to make it. Saniya played well. She needs more playing time."
Nice words from Geno.

Maybe I got it wrong (because the single TV camera was so far away from the court) but I THOUGHT I saw a few minutes of a small lineup, with Kia, Saniya, and Crystal playing at the same time. Was that right?

 

[Pride fan]

Maybe I got it wrong (because the single TV camera was so far away from the court) but I THOUGHT I saw a few minutes of a small lineup, with Kia, Saniya, and Crystal playing at the same time. Was that right?

Yes that was the case in the last 3:20 of the first (with not very good results) and the last 34 seconds of the 4th.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

A good and true Husky fan put me on this on another terrific board: Puke and Rally: UConn defeats Maryland

Anybody who quotes Rudyard about my team is great in my book. The whole thing, frequently quoted about magnificent sports efforts:


If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a [ Woman, my Daughter or] Man, my son!

92 Embed

If you have been lucky enough to have been an athlete in those moments, minutes or hours, then you know what it is when: Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it

 

[MilfordHusky]

"Buckets" Samuelson

 

[Patty Bailey]

Yes, this is my favorite photo too.

Looks like she's about to bite someone!

 

[Kaizen]

Looks like she's about to bite someone!

She yelled: Don't touch my ball, this is my game.

 

[mntncougar]

The first close up of KLS when she was about to shoot a free throw, it looked as if she was totally exhausted and the game had just started. I did not think she would be able to play the whole game. Fortunately she TOUGHED it out.

Saw that too. She was gasping for breath. Scared me to death.

 

[BigBird]

"Buckets" Samuelson

Given the events of the evening, I'd have advised Nat to stand elsewhere, away from the line of "fire."