Louisville and UConn Press Conferences Pre Elite 8 Game
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Locker Room Interview with the Players. UConn Report
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Megan got no respect, did not get asked any question specifically.
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Geno was great! I could listen to him all da. I would love to chat with him over a nice glass of wine..
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Lou's demeanor was striking to me. She was unusually somber, I thought. It was hard to tell what she was thinking, but her usual relaxed sparkle was absent. Perhaps she was disappointed in her performance v. UCLA, perhaps she's wondering if she's lost her stroke. Don't know. I thought her answer about what makes UConn special was excellent; maybe she's just getting her game face on early. 'Pheesa was the opposite. Maybe that's why their friendship is so solid: they complement each other. Hope they get to play 3 more games . . .
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perhaps she was thinking that the game against Louisville may be her last in a UConn uniform unless she can push through the pain to play a major role at both ends of the court.....................I'm fully confident she'll give it her best shot........................
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Not true. The questioner who asked about the impact of playing in Albany specifically asked Megan to answer first.
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That was the question for the entire team and he asked Megan to answer first. Nobody asked Megan a specific question.
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He showed Megan respect by asking her to answer first. Questions "for the entire team" are never answered by everyone, especially when there are five players on the dais. Therefore who answers first is significant.
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Young women like her is what makes UCONN so special win lose or draw
Katie has convincingly demonstrated that she is a team player warrior and has earned all of our respect
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Go back and watch some of the pre-game interviews of the past 3 games and she has been like that.
What I noticed about Lou, besides perhaps nervousness, was how stiff she seemed standing at the end to leave with the other players. Something just looked awkward to me watching her get up and push in her chair; I hope game time she will be loosened up more.
These games are going to be really physical, especially if the refs ignore all the "incidental" contact that seems nowadays the accepted way to defend UConn.
These games are going to be really physical, especially if the refs ignore all the "incidental" contact that seems nowadays the accepted way to defend UConn.
I feel really bad for her, I hope she can overcome it but I'm very doubtful.
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And this is not just in your head, only?
The players are there as a single unit representing the team. It reflects, in my view/head, the forms of infantilism that characterize much of the Press following WBB-- their silly and repetitive questions. Perhaps they could do more justice to the students (and the Uconn student athletes are usually smart) by raising the bar. Nurse and Gabby were very good at reshaping many of these non-university-like questions, and they sometimes childed the questioner. I recall also a time this year where Pheesa was irritated at a question about the team not playing well and stick to her accuser(?): "Do you think so?" (Is that what you think, really!!!)