UcMiami
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I'm going to disagree here - I think what I see is a lot more teams being coached to have their players all rush to a down teammate and help them up - no idea if uconn is the model for this but it has been something they have done for as long as I can remember. Because of that, an opponent offering a hand is actually as often as not getting in the way of the players teammates and so I think that is more causal - just getting out of the way. I still see it most of the time when a situation occurs that was completely unintended, like the one that occurred in one of the conference games where Lou? Kia? stumbled and just plowed over an opponent.
And on the posturing - been around for a very long time - check out Shea on her back fist pumping after a big play against TN or DT doing anything on the court but specifically 'shirt popping' which was legislated out shortly after her graduation, or Tina 'beast mode' celebration after drawing an 'and one' or making a monster block. They also added a technical for jawing at an opponent. I think what you may be noticing is based on much wider viewing options for teams other than Uconn, which has always with a few exception been much more business like, especially in regular season games. Being the king means there are fewer moments in games and fewer games that have the edge where emotion really overflows in exuberance about a single play.
