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RockyMTblue2 said:
Maybe this is mentioned somewhere up above, but I just learned her baller nickname has been Chica. Works for me.

Source: Texas presser.
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Since that's her "current" nick name, I agree, let's go with that. No need to re-invent the wheel. If she's cool with it , so am I.
If we (and her new teammates) call her by a name she beings with her from Fairfield, that will make her feel more at home, and more importantly, that she is accepted as one of them. If you call me "Chica", you accept me as I am, and as the baller it says I am. Think about it. :)

I know BY'ers like to give new players a nick name. I'm more comfortable with allowing her teammates to give her a moniker than trying to be creative and come up with one myself. It's hard to give someone you don't know and have never met a nick name.

A nick name is not valid unless it sticks. I remember when Christian Williams was a freshman. Several names was suggested by yarders, none of which stuck. Her teammates gave her the nick name of "squeaks." THAT one stuck. :cool:
 
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sun said:
Lou X 2 = LuLu :)

What does Lulu mean?

one that is remarkable or wonderful - a lulu of a performance.
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A cartoon character from the 1940's is the "ORIGINAL" LuLu. Do you think she bares any resemblance to our Lou? :rolleyes:

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Marjorie Henderson Buell aka: Marjorie Lyman Henderson, December 11, 1904 – May 30, 1993) was an American cartoonist who worked under the pen name Marge. She was best known as the creator of Little Lulu.
 
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A nick name is not valid unless it sticks. I remember when Christian Williams was a freshman. Several names was suggested by yarders, none of which stuck. Her teammates gave her the nick name of "squeaks." THAT one stuck.
 
Dogstar said:
A nick name is not valid unless it sticks. I remember when Christian Williams was a freshman. Several names was suggested by yarders, none of which stuck. Her teammates gave her the nick name of "squeaks." THAT one stuck.
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Exactly!!
 
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oldude said:
UConn has 6 legitimate front court players on next year’s roster: Dorka, Aubrey, Aaliyah, Amari, Ice & Ayanna. While there are some questions with Dorka & Aubrey coming off injuries, Amari needing to improve her fitness and agressiveness, and Ice & Ayanna learning to play at the college level, if even 3/6 step up, UConn will be just fine.

IMO, Dorka, Aaliyah, Ice & Ayanna will all be key contributors for next year’s team. I have great hope that Amari will also step up after spending all summer on campus working with Andrea Hudy and the coaches. My only real question mark involves Aubrey and her recovery from back surgery.
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From what I have seen Dorka is the only what I would call "traditional" big forward/center UConn has- she seems to work inside more than outside on offense and defense. I thought her absence was huge in the final against SC, everyone else seemed to hang back on the perimeter instead of crashing the boards for rebounds (exception: Nika Muhl who got like 9 rebounds, if I was a UConn forward I'd be upset with myself for letting a guard outrebound me but that's just me), if Dorka had been able to play it might have not been the blowout for SC that it was.

This is what I meant by Dorka needing help- another big who works mostly inside. From what I've seen the past few years those kinds of players are an endangered species.
 
EricLA said:
When? Have you seen Paige or Nika play? I'd be hard pressed to find even a small handful of other players in all of WCBB who have emotional fire than those 2...
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I said “at times” but to give you a specific example, how ‘bout the last (title) game? The only dog that showed emotional fight was CD! She had it in her eyes and she tried to walk right through a SC huddle! Love it! Of course Paige and Nika have tons of fight… but man, CD had it in her eyes all game. That’s all I’m saying pal… now chill!
 
UConnCat said:
Wearing a shirt with #50.
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This is a response to a poster (I can't find it) that raised a question about her wearing the #50 tee. Variations of Lobo's jersey can be purchased on the internet. No doubt the UConn bookstore has several versions of the tee Lou is wearing. She was on campus in this pic, and probably signed the necessary paper work to make her transfer "official". That means the school (coaches) can give her a tee shirt and other "UConn gear" without fear of violating any NCAA rules. It could be an old tee a coach had stuffed in the back of her desk drawer. :eek:

School is still in session, and the bookstore is still open. She could have purchased this tee herself. We don't know. To me, it's a UConn tee she could have gotten in several ways. No big deal. Maybe Lobo was one of her favorite players !?! :cool: It could also be a men's jersey/tee.
 
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HuskyNan said:
The small forward position is often called simply forward or wing, wing/guard, or wing/forward. Those that play this position usually have a decent handle, can hit an outside shot, and rebound. Think Evina or Caroline.
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And KML ...
 
Carnac said:
Since that's her "current" nick name, I agree, let's go with that. No need to re-invent the wheel. If she's cool with it , so am I.
If we (and her new teammates) call her by a name she beings with her from Fairfield, that will make her feel more at home, and more importantly, that she is accepted as one of them. If you call me "Chica", you accept me as I am, and as the baller it says I am. Think about it. :)

I know BY'ers like to give new players a nick name. I'm more comfortable with allowing her teammates to give her a moniker than trying to be creative and come up with one myself. It's hard to give someone you don't know and have never met a nick name.

A nick name is not valid unless it sticks. I remember when Christian Williams was a freshman. Several names was suggested by yarders, none of which stuck. Her teammates gave her the nick name of "squeaks." THAT one stuck. :cool:
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Good points @Carnac. I hope she's Chica in May, feels right at home and balls out.

I understand we like contests here and giving a nickname to a new player is a time honored ritual. Personally I have never understood it as it is the team that will nickname her or not. The monikers we bestow are not true nicknames, but more like a BY code.
 
Beemer said:
From what I have seen Dorka is the only what I would call "traditional" big forward/center UConn has- she seems to work inside more than outside on offense and defense. I thought her absence was huge in the final against SC, everyone else seemed to hang back on the perimeter instead of crashing the boards for rebounds (exception: Nika Muhl who got like 9 rebounds, if I was a UConn forward I'd be upset with myself for letting a guard outrebound me but that's just me), if Dorka had been able to play it might have not been the blowout for SC that it was.
This is what I meant by Dorka needing help- another big who works mostly inside. From what I've seen the past few years those kinds of players are an endangered species.
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Nika only had 2 rebounds in the championship game you may have been thinking of the Semi-finals game against Stanford where she got 8. One remarkable thing about the championship game was UCONN players using fairly good technique as far as boxing out. It was as if they were so intent on boxing out that they forgot to actually get the rebound.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
Maybe this is mentioned somewhere up above, but I just learned her baller nickname has been Chica. Works for me.
Source: Texas presser.
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Chica? I thought she was French?
 
Mdoggie said:
As soon as I hear a coach or UConn teammate call her Chica I will roll with it! Sounds good to me. Until then it’s Lou2 for me.
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until then why not just lou ... works for me ... in the normal flow here nobody should think we're referencing katie lou ... or so i would certainly hope
 
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I don't care what nickname or handle is given, be it LouLo, Lou2, LuLu, Lou, or Chica. I'm just happy that she has decided to play at UConn. If Geno decides to play a 2 guard, 3 guard, 4 guard, or even 5 guard offense she adds another problem for the other teams defense. She can shoot the three, use screens for both the 3 or the 2, and has a great back door cut. She also adds something that is needed and that's a good freethrow shooting percentage. Now if she can play some good man to man defense will be just icing on the cake. Welcome to UConn Lou Lopez-Senechal hope you have a great year and help capture #12 for the UConn faithful.
 
MSGRET said:
I don't care what nickname or handle is given, be it LouLo, Lou2, LuLu, Lou, or Chica. I'm just happy that she has decided to play at UConn. If Geno decides to play a 2 guard, 3 guard, 4 guard, or even 5 guard offense she adds another problem for the other teams defense. She can shoot the three, use screens for both the 3 or the 2, and has a great back door cut. She also adds something that is needed and that's a good freethrow shooting percentage. Now if she can play some good man to man defense will be just icing on the cake. Welcome to UConn Lou Lopez-Senechal hope you have a great year and help capture #12 for the UConn faithful.
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I suspect when it comes to defense she's pretty tough. In the NCAA first round game with Texas she took a good hit to the face toward the end of the first quarter. An elbow she thought; she didn't see it. She went to the locker room and took stitching and bandaging and went out and played the rest of the game. My kind of hockey player.
 
Dogstar said:
A nick name is not valid unless it sticks. I remember when Christian Williams was a freshman. Several names was suggested by yarders, none of which stuck. Her teammates gave her the nick name of "squeaks." THAT one stuck.
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Wow Dogstar, your post looks very familiar...........

Post #213 that I wrote today at 10:13 am ET:

"Since that's her "current" nick name, I agree, let's go with that. No need to re-invent the wheel. If she's cool with it , so am I.
If we (and her new teammates) call her by a name she beings with her from Fairfield, that will make her feel more at home, and more importantly, that she is accepted as one of them. If you call me "Chica", you accept me as I am, and as the baller it says I am. Think about it.

I know BY'ers like to give new players a nick name. I'm more comfortable with allowing her teammates to give her a moniker than trying to be creative and come up with one myself. It's hard to give someone you don't know and have never met a nick name.

A nick name is not valid unless it sticks. I remember when Christian Williams was a freshman. Several names was suggested by yarders, none of which stuck. Her teammates gave her the nick name of "squeaks." THAT one stuck." :cool:
 
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Have to admit I was not overcome with joy when I heard the news. I thought it was a mistake taking her and not sure if she would really help us out and just sit on the bench.

I looked back at some highlights of her vs Texas and Indiana. I am impressed. Clutch shot and a smart player.

I do wish her the best this upcoming year and for me to regret my initial feelings.
 
MSGRET said:
I don't think that they have learned how to use the edit button yet.;)
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Dogstar copied and pasted my post. He/she must have really liked it.
 
Kevin G said:
Have to admit I was not overcome with joy when I heard the news. I thought it was a mistake taking her and not sure if she would really help us out and just sit on the bench.

I looked back at some highlights of her vs Texas and Indiana. I am impressed. Clutch shot and a smart player.

I do wish her the best this upcoming year and for me to regret my initial feelings.
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Keep in mind that she will be playing with new/different players that are more talented, and playing for a different coach with different needs and expectations of her. Yes, she will be playing against better teams than she did at Fairfield, but she'll have better players around her as well. Geno and staff would not have brought her in if they didn't think she could help them next season. She's a 1 year rental. She only has 1 more year of eligibility left.

Geno had his choice of lots of guards in the portal, but he choose her. In Geno we trust. He knows what he wants and needs in a guard to play in his system. He obviously saw those qualities in her. Word on her is that she can ball. That's good enough for me. Judging from some of the posts written in this thread, I'm not alone in my feelings. :)
 
CocoHusky said:
Chica? I thought she was French?
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Mom is French. Dad, Mexican. She has both French and Mexican nationalities. I found this article.

www.ctinsider.com

Fairfield basketball standout Lou Lopez Senechal is seeking new challenge. Could she land at UConn?

Lou Lopez Senechal, who averaged 19.6 points as a senior at Fairfield, is in the transfer...
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Here’s the most interesting passage for me.

« Lopez-Senechal is the daughter of a Mexican photographer, father Carlos, and a globetrotting aspiring model, mother Sophie, who left France for Mexico and met her husband during a photo shoot.

Lopez-Senechal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second-largest city, and lived there until she was 5, when her parents divorced. She spent most of her childhood in Grenoble, France, surrounded by the Alps, near the borders of Switzerland and Italy. She played club basketball from ages 8-18 before spending a year in Ireland at the North Atlantic Basketball Academy.

That move helped her, once again, adapt to a new culture. Already fluent in Spanish and French, she studied English and, with great help from her stepfather, Tim Presto, an American expatriate who had met Sophie while working in France, continually reached out to colleges, setting up campus visits. »

Lou has a French accent when she speaks English.
 
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