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Much love to Nika

Yesterday she was just spectacular. When can you last remember such a defensive performance by a PG? She was so intense and focused it was palpable. Is this the same young woman who had tears streaming down her face on the bench? Talk about Geno pushing the right button. The transformation has been almost occult. Everyone says imagine Paige, imagine Liah in 4 years. I say imagine Nika. You are watching the early stages of the development of a great point guard.
 
hoopsfan22 said:
How do you make a u with two dots over it like that? SNY does it too.
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On a windows PC keyboard, Press and hold the 'alt' key and type 0252 on the numeric keypad (make sure 'Number Lock' is active)

Like this: ü ... Mühl :)

Character Shortcut
ä hold down ALT, then type 0228
ö hold down ALT, then type 0246
ü hold down ALT, then type 0252
Ä hold down ALT, then type 0196
Ö hold down ALT, then type 0214
Ü hold down ALT, then type 0220
ß hold down ALT, then type 0223
 
BBallF said:
Yesterday she was just spectacular. When can you last remember such a defensive performance by a PG?
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Do the name Moriah Jefferson ring a bell? (Sorry Flip!) In 2016 Moriah was named the American WBCA NCAA Division I Defensive Player of the Year and consensus first team All-American for the second straight season. Also in 2016 Moriah earned earn the Nancy Lieberman Award, nation's top point guard. She one of only four players in the award's history to claim the honor twice."
 
MD#12Fan said:
Google how to do it for your device. Common in German.
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The two other languages I speak (badly) are German and Turkish. Umlauts are present in both. We often butcher names from other languages. Virtually no one pronounces my name correctly, even immediately after I introduce myself. Or spell it correctly. Biggest problem was the great pitcher Bobby Shantz who gave up spelling his name Schantz or correcting pronunciation—it does not rhyme with chance.
 
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SVCBeercats said:
Do the name Moriah Jefferson ring a bell? (Sorry Flip!) In 2016 Moriah was named the American WBCA NCAA Division I Defensive Player of the Year and consensus first team All-American for the second straight season. Also in 2016 Moriah earned earn the Nancy Lieberman Award, nation's top point guard. She one of only four players in the award's history to claim the honor twice."
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If Nika can emulate Mo Jeff throughout her time at UConn we will all be happy. And I think Flip borrowed that line from Amos and Andy. Go Huskies and well wishes to our Nika.
 
Let's all take a step back and STOP BEING "Desktop Doctor Wannabees" (let the professionals determine the extent of her injuries)

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Argonaut said:
Mule.

It’s really Mühl, which accounts for the long U, but no one seems to respect the umlaut.
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Muehl is how it should be pronounced. The umlaut is a phonetic stretching of the vowel denoting that the pronunciation assumes an "e" to be the next letter. We have a favorite German Winery, "Wëgmüler", which is spelled out in English as Weegmueller... Just add the extra "e" after the character with the umlaut.. Muehl
 
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MilfordHusky said:
Nika is an ever-present Badass who has learned how not to foul and refined her 3-point shot. She and Aaliyah bring the attitude we have lacked since Gabby and Kia.

Best wishes to Nika! The Boneyard loves you!! :)
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Glad you made that point. I've felt along that Nika brings to the table (or has the potential to bring to the table) what Kia Nurse brought to the table, both offensively and defensively.
 
HuskyNan said:
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This
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According to this announcers and others have been pronouncing Anna's name wrong. The accent is on the second syllable. Good to know. Thank you Nan.
 
Cornell Lt said:
It's an educated guess from someone who has had several ankle sprains over my lifetime. You don't turn over an ankle at 45 degrees and come back quickly.
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Yeah that one looked really bad. It may be better to be a break than a torn ligament. If it's neither, then I think it will be at least 2 weeks. I've had them before as well and they hurt like hell and hamper your lateral movement, not so much straight ahead but cutting is almost impossible.
 
Sanka541 said:
well as per uconns twitter looks like Nika is participating in shoot around this morning...
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Jesus she’s tough.

that being said, unless she really is ready to go..rest her for the tournament. We’ll need as close to 100% Nika for the NCAA’s
 
MilfordHusky said:
Nika is an ever-present Badass who has learned how not to foul and refined her 3-point shot. She and Aaliyah bring the attitude we have lacked since Gabby and Kia.

Best wishes to Nika! The Boneyard loves you!! :)
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It is impressive that NM is getting so much love these days. I am a huge fan of hers and have been all year. Hope she can get back by the sweet 16.
 
Dokey said:
The two other languages I speak (badly) are German and Turkish. Umlauts are present in both. We often butcher names from other languages. Virtually no one pronounces my name correctly, even immediately after I introduce myself. Or spell it correctly. Biggest problem was the great pitcher Bobby Shantz who gave up spelling his name Schantz or correcting pronunciation—it does not rhyme with chance.
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Finnish uses umlats. My Swedish-Finn ancestors were from Alahärmä, Länsi-Suomen Lääni, Finland

 
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UcMiami said:
You probably have forgotten MoJeff guarding the ND player (McBride?) so intensely the ref had to come over and let MoJeff know that the player was just trying to get to the baseline so she trigger an in-bounds play.
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MoJeff was NOT this intense as a freshman mostly because she didn’t play as much.
 
Dokey said:
The two other languages I speak (badly) are German and Turkish. Umlauts are present in both. We often butcher names from other languages. Virtually no one pronounces my name correctly, even immediately after I introduce myself. Or spell it correctly. Biggest problem was the great pitcher Bobby Shantz who gave up spelling his name Schantz or correcting pronunciation—it does not rhyme with chance.
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Looks easy enough to me............ Dough key :)
 
DefenseBB said:
MoJeff was NOT this intense as a freshman mostly because she didn’t play as much.
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But I remember the glorious game we saw in person when at half-time Marina Maberry was torching UConn. Apparently in the room MoJeff took it upon herself to guard her and shut her down to the point where Maberry in frustration pushed off against her similar to yesterday's Mir experience and incurred a foul.

MoJeff is truly one of the greats, and I agree with Stewie that on some occasions she was at least co-deserving of MVP awards.
 
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cohenzone said:
Years ago I broke my ankle landing on someone’s foot in a pick up game. One of the players was a Yale med student who looked at my ankle and said he didn’t think it was broken. Walked on it for a day before going to the emergency room where X rays showed the break. He’s now a prof at a well known university med school. On the rare occasions over the years when we see each other, we joke about his conclusion and I tell him I’m glad he didn’t go in to orthopedics.
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I'm sure they xrayed that ankle when she went into the locker room. So, they should at least know if there is a fracture. But, frankly, the dreaded " high ankle sprain" is just as bad.
 
Longtime fan said:
I'm sure they xrayed that ankle when she went into the locker room. So, they should at least know if there is a fracture. But, frankly, the dreaded " high ankle sprain" is just as bad.
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The degree of medical care in a pick up game, even one involving a Yale med school student, is significantly lower than for UConn varsity athletes. I’m sure they xrayed her. Hope she can play again this year.
 
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