Q: What is your point?
Mainly reinforcing your points highlighted above. Cox, Boston, Hebard and Sabally are AA caliber type players and there is no shame in ONO struggling against those players. However ONO was a spectator when Smith of Baylor was ripping UCONN apart at the seams and ONO should not be struggling against a TN front line as she did for1st half of that game.
It was a comparison of post players. I wouldn’t consider Sabally the same position/skill set as ONO, but I do see your point about it being a bad comparison of in-game matchups. But yes, we need consistent dominance from ONO. We know she can do it. I want to see it in the big games this year so we can be agreeing on how well she dominated the competition this season!
Couldn’t agree more. I miss when it was UConn and everyone else with only the occasionally challenging game. Then again that was the “bad for basketball” days so I guess we have to accept basketball is better [for everyone else] these days
I hate that Pluto has been demoted.
Pluto misbehaved and was punished for it...that's life..
Just misunderstood and different.
That is both a fair and salient point. While we tend to be obsessed with individual assessments of strengths and weakness Geno TEAMS have always been greater than the sum of the individual parts. Team success at UCONN (especially championships) however. has always been fueled by individual improvement: Charles Faris, Jefferson, Stokes, Dolson, KML, Tuck, The GOAT and Stewie. I also agree with you about Geno having "options" especially as it relates to the Wing/Guard rotation. UCONN has been without a reliable 3rd guard to be part of the regular rotation since Saniya Chong graduated.
A more interesting stat would be when they played each other and that is where Liv struggled in my mind.
Just a counter thought. Two of the players being, to use your words, picked apart are about to enter their junior seasons. While many of us were willing to wait and see when they were incoming freshmen, we also anticipated improvement as sophomore and did not see it. BTW both of those players have acknowledge the need to improve. One of the players stated that last season was her worst year of basketball ever and reached her low point of confidence in playing the sport.
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Could not agree more, Hoophuskee. I can't recall the last time I've been as excited for the season opener. I just have this feeling that all the ingredients are going to jell and we are going to see some great BB.
Maybe it was just a Disney and Mickey squabble....I know. goofy, right?
Huh?
In a way that is an unfair assessment. I mean he was the god of the underworld. The main man of Hades the place. It was more or less his job to "misbehave". And technically, it was the afterlife!
Team chemistry was not factored in because unlike Carnac I lack a decent chrystal ball. No doubt how well the team meshes is more important than any single player. At this point, with this team, I just don't know what that x factor will be.
We could all chill until the games begin (or the season is over?) but this site would be mighty quiet excepting discussion of songs and food we like or hate. Songs and food are fine and fun but not really the point of the site. Sports fans prognosticate, dissect, analyze and even over analyze on occasion. We disagree all the time. And enjoy the heck out of it. Go with the flow!
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Not saying they’re offensively the same or that they have the same skill set. I’m comparing their “post” styles. Neither was a true back-to-the-basket post player upon arriving in Storrs. Could they post up? Yes. Was it their preferred method? Sure didn’t seem like it early on. But Stewart developed that part of her game and ONO is as well. Again, not saying ONO is anywhere near where Stewart was offensively, just saying that they both had a tendency to take a jump shot over mixing it up inside early on in their college careers.