I'm pretty sure that the infamous Katie Lou moment happened in her Sophomore season on the road in a win against Maryland. She seemed unaffected by her incident as she ended up being the Huskies leading scorer in the game.
I agree with this assessment. My only concern is whether or not UConn will be able to run through opponents during the Big Dance without the “Paige factor.” She provided whatever was needed whenever it was needed. Obviously, other players will have to step up in the clutch, and UConn has some great ones. I guess we’ll know when we know.
Thanks for the Caroline update. I definitely had some concerns
I have to admit I do miss Kara and Gary Apple at halftime and doing a wrapup show. I do like tuning in early and seeing the national anthem, etc..
But things are always different when you play a conference foe. That team knows exactly what to expect and there is no shock and awe. They also are more familiar with UConn tendancies. It was a 44 pt game at the end of 3. Young ones got beat in the 4th by largely Marquette's starters.
Not to derail the thread, however not sure she can, as the four game rule in CFB does not apply to CBB, yet. Gandy played in the Loyola-Chicago and Xavier games.
This is also my concern. I've watched the tournament games many times. Paige was amazing in how many little things she did to contribute to winning. She's a Mt. Rushmore face for sure.
Jana misses to many easy lay ups.
If you didn’t watch the game on television yet, it was stated that Marquette is the only D1 team where every player from last years team came back. That says a few things: Cohesiveness, I love my coach, I love my teammates and the staff and culture. In addition, they have a bunch of seniors. USC, on the other hand, lost a lot of veteran leadership/ ballers to graduation, injury and transfer. The team is being led by a freshman not named JuJu. That’s not an easy task.
That, and she fell down again (she did a couple times last game), which is just weird???
Don't hold your breath, that was one of the better BE we'll face this year.
Well for a couple more years anyway.
Consuegra apparently decided to keep the starters in the 4th to allow the Musketeers to at least make up some of the lopsided deficit and have a little face-saving after being completely dominated on both ends of the floor for 3Q's.
With the additions of Blanca,k9 and Williams to go along with SS and Azzi they have a better team than last years..Remember it was really close who was going to get MOP of the finals between SS and Azzi and they are both back playing even better this year
There certainly appears to be a few lessons to learn from this for other schools who have seen their ranks decimated by portal transfers out. (BC lost 11 players in a single surge. Notre Dame is another that lost core players in the portal.) Would the culture instilled at Marquette have prevented the losses - maybe, maybe not. Still it is refreshing to see. In any event, Consuegra would be a good person to have speak to young coaches about what makes the Marquette WBB program unique in today's portal transfer world. Have to wish her best of luck in instilling and keeping those principles alive for years to come.
My husband asked who the 18 year olds were on the studio desk.
