Nika Muhl at Seattle

[Audi1954]

I know, right? I don't know why they just don't give all the kids equal playing time? I mean that's how they do it in five-year-old rec soccer and it seems fair to me! Isn't making sure every player gets their chance on the court more important than, you know, actually trying to win?

And another thing, why don't they let the players at UConn eat orange slices on the bench? My kids used to love those orange slices. I mean, sure the basketball will get a little sticky, but that seems more than worth it to see their little smiles light up on their faces when they are eating those orange slices!

That's the problem with high-level college sports and pro sports these days in my opinion there's too much focus on winning and not enough focus on randomly equal playing time and orange slices. My motto is:

"If you had fun, you won!" Or maybe "If the playing time is the same, it's a fun game!" I think both of those should be painted in the locker rooms at Connecticut.

Time for me to send another email to the athletic director! I really think he loves my suggestions!

I don’t think anyone here is suggesting equal playing time. I suggested in my post that it could have been beneficial to have Nika play a few minutes on Chennedy Carter to see if she could slow down her scoring. She scored at will. Even shaving a couple points off the score, Seattle could have won the game. Nika always requested to guard the top scorer on the opponent’s team while at UConn and did very well throughout her career. How do you know until you give her a chance?

 

[CL82]

How do you know until you give her a chance?

Mmm, practice?

Remember that it's not only about putting Nika's ability on the court, it's also about taking others off the court. Nika suffers by the fact that she has extraordinary guard talent ahead of her on the roster. As I've pointed out in other posts, she also gets to play against them in practice, see how they prepare, talk to them and get suggestions about how to do things. She seems to be to be showing great patience and maturity, well making the most of this outstanding opportunity to play with and against some of the best women's basketball players in the world.