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Nika Muhl is Fun to Watch

huskeynut said:
Nika is not only a pure joy to watch, she is the engine that drives the train. Her drive, her hustle, her intensity make it so.

Geno has said she is the leader of the team. Aaliya and Dorka confirmed that Nika is the leader in their post game DePaul interview.
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Sorry She should not be playing as much as she is. Against good teams she is a defensive liability and she has no offense -
 
JBBallfan said:
Sorry She should not be playing as much as she is. Against good teams she is a defensive liability and she has no offense -
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She had 6 assists, should have been more many missed layups from her passes. Their best shooting guard. With Nika on her nothing in the 2nd half. Of course Geno has a different opinion than you.
 
JBBallfan said:
Sorry She should not be playing as much as she is. Against good teams she is a defensive liability and she has no offense -
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Nick Pignatello said:
She had 6 assists, should have been more many missed layups from her passes. Their best shooting guard. With Nika on her nothing in the 2nd half. Of course Geno has a different opinion than you.
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Yes he does and so do a lot of people - and that is fine. I see her role as off the bench for some energy.
 
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Nick Pignatello said:
She had 6 assists, should have been more many missed layups from her passes. Their best shooting guard. With Nika on her nothing in the 2nd half. Of course Geno has a different opinion than you.
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It seems some people's telescopic view of past PGs at UConn which is colored heavily by junior/senior year (primarily senior or whichever is better) performances are used as the standard for judging young players, not yet halfway through sophomore season in Nika's case. Geno plays her as a starter during this crisis period because, to him, he sees the defense energized and it may have actually lessened the pressure on Evina to try to deliver on her 'Unfinished Business" declaration. Nika in this position is helping stabilize the teams overall performance. Whatever else anyone wants to say, Coach Geno is happy with this arrangement.

Of course, he will shuffle the deck again when Paige returns but for now, she is the best UConn has in that position and we are seeing better performances from Evina as a result.
 
HuskyNan said:
What is your issue with Nika? 80% of your posts are negative ones about her
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To me she is an off the bench player to bring in some energy. She hustles and has passion and I like that. For every good play she makes she will then make a bad one. She has good pressure up top but routinely gets best off the dribble. Offensively she really doesn’t add anything - I was hoping she would work in her shot in the off season to be a threat but that hasn’t happened. Sorry I will try not to be so negative. I just don’t see her taking us to any championship
 
JBBallfan said:
To me she is an off the bench player to bring in some energy. She hustles and has passion and I like that. For every good play she makes she will then make a bad one. She has good pressure up top but routinely gets best off the dribble. Offensively she really doesn’t add anything - I was hoping she would work in her shot in the off season to be a threat but that hasn’t happened. Sorry I will try not to be so negative. I just don’t see her taking us to any championship
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I think you should try to count more carefully:

For every good play she makes she will then make a bad one.

I am quite certain that is not what the detailed play counts say and that is not what most of us see.
 
JBBallfan said:
To me she is an off the bench player to bring in some energy. She hustles and has passion and I like that. For every good play she makes she will then make a bad one. She has good pressure up top but routinely gets best off the dribble. Offensively she really doesn’t add anything - I was hoping she would work in her shot in the off season to be a threat but that hasn’t happened. Sorry I will try not to be so negative. I just don’t see her taking us to any championship
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You're at a cocktail party and there are some in-depth conversations about this or that and someone just says too much about something and everyone kind of gets up and gets a refill and goes somewhere else.
 
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JBBallfan said:
To me she is an off the bench player to bring in some energy. She hustles and has passion and I like that. For every good play she makes she will then make a bad one. She has good pressure up top but routinely gets best off the dribble. Offensively she really doesn’t add anything - I was hoping she would work in her shot in the off season to be a threat but that hasn’t happened. Sorry I will try not to be so negative. I just don’t see her taking us to any championship
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I guess I am missing the perspective as last I looked, Paige who is our starting point guard is hurt, Caroline who inserted in the Starting 5 is hurt and Aubrey as one of our top defenders has been hurt all year. So Nika has been inserted and frankly has done a great job and is now finally shooting the open shot which she wasn’t last year, she’s will to drive the lane and most important is she pushes the ball up the court to raise the tempo which UConn has been known for but ceased to exist when Evina was playing the point while Paige was out. If you are stating the Nika will not lead us to to title fine, but she is a key contributor on a Championship team and has done well filling in. How many quality teams can survive losing their top player/point guard? Take Aaliyah Boston and Destiny Henderson off the Gamecocks and see who could fill in...maybe their subs do well, maybe they don’t. Perspective is always useful.
 
I am a fan of Nika and I am glad she is appreciated for what she brings to the team, not criticized for what she doesn't.

In today's game against Marquette she played almost the entire game (39.53) without scoring a point. Not surprisingly the most playing time without scoring (my records start 2000-01).

Quiz:
Nika becomes the ninth UConn WBB players since 2000-01 to go scoreless playing 30 or more minutes in a single game.

How many of those players can you name?
 
JBBallfan said:
To me she is an off the bench player to bring in some energy. She hustles and has passion and I like that. For every good play she makes she will then make a bad one. She has good pressure up top but routinely gets best off the dribble. Offensively she really doesn’t add anything - I was hoping she would work in her shot in the off season to be a threat but that hasn’t happened. Sorry I will try not to be so negative. I just don’t see her taking us to any championship
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Show your work. We want receipts, and if none, TYFYIIUWBB,
 
JBBallfan said:
Sorry She should not be playing as much as she is. Against good teams she is a defensive liability and she has no offense -
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Interesting. Obviously you don't pay attention to Geno's pressers or the last team presser with Edwards and Fudd.

Geno - she is the leader of the team. Edwards and Fudd - she's our leader.
 
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maccca3232 said:
I am a fan of Nika and I am glad she is appreciated for what she brings to the team, not criticized for what she doesn't.

In today's game against Marquette she played almost the entire game (39.53) without scoring a point. Not surprisingly the most playing time without scoring (my records start 2000-01).

Quiz:
Nika becomes the ninth UConn WBB players since 2000-01 to go scoreless playing 30 or more minutes in a single game.

How many of those players can you name?
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Kia Nurse
Kiah Stokes?
Kelly Faris?
L. Crockett?
Ashley Battle?
Evina Westbrook?

Yes, I'm guessing.
 
DefenseBB said:
I guess I am missing the perspective as last I looked, Paige who is our starting point guard is hurt, Caroline who inserted in the Starting 5 is hurt and Aubrey as one of our top defenders has been hurt all year. So Nika has been inserted and frankly has done a great job and is now finally shooting the open shot which she wasn’t last year, she’s will to drive the lane and most important is she pushes the ball up the court to raise the tempo which UConn has been known for but ceased to exist when Evina was playing the point while Paige was out. If you are stating the Nika will not lead us to to title fine, but she is a key contributor on a Championship team and has done well filling in. How many quality teams can survive losing their top player/point guard? Take Aaliyah Boston and Destiny Henderson off the Gamecocks and see who could fill in...maybe their subs do well, maybe they don’t. Perspective is always useful.
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"Last you looked", last year UConn played their best ball, unequivocally, you must not have looked, was when Nika stepped up and took over the 1. PB obviously slid over to the 2. Nika's biggest impact was defensively. Her pressure on the ball is the catalyst for what they can do on D. She is also more than capable of getting the offense started, which of course is to get the ball to PB and now . Then, when you weren't looking, Nika went down in the tournament, and UConn had to finish without her. Do you think Nika could have made a difference in that AZ game?
 
JBBallfan said:
Sorry She should not be playing as much as she is. Against good teams she is a defensive liability and she has no offense -
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Nika is a like the weak hitting, strong defensive catcher, who is the backbone of the team. Directs the defense, handles the pitchers. Nika's work rate brings the team up a notch. Be happy she is on your team and not playing against you.

Does anyone have a picture of Nika with the black eye? Please post it.
 
EdSaid said:
Nika is a like the weak hitting, strong defensive catcher, who is the backbone of the team. Directs the defense, handles the pitchers. Nika's work rate brings the team up a notch. Be happy she is on your team and not playing against you.

Does anyone have a picture of Nika with the black eye? Please post it.
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Not questioning her work ethic or passion - your analogy isn’t bad, but I wouldnt say strong defense.
 
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JBBallfan said:
To me she is an off the bench player to bring in some energy. She hustles and has passion and I like that. For every good play she makes she will then make a bad one. She has good pressure up top but routinely gets best off the dribble. Offensively she really doesn’t add anything - I was hoping she would work in her shot in the off season to be a threat but that hasn’t happened. Sorry I will try not to be so negative. I just don’t see her taking us to any championship
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I don't think you are being negative. I think your critique of "Nika's play" is very reasonable with the exception of I would change the word "anything" to "very little" and delete the entire last sentence. For some reason critique of Nika play seems to hit many BY posters differently that critique of some other UCONN players and I don't know why that is. For example last season when Aubrey was fully healthy may BY came to the realization that the reason Aubrey was not a starter was because the UCONN offense stalled when she was in the game. With Nika you have a different but equal issue and it is simply this: As the primary ball handler Nika needs to be more of an offensive threat while she on the floor and that means; shooting the ball more often, shooting more accurately and shooting from more spots on the floor. From this critique I was asked this rather silly question: Do you think Nika is contributing anything to this team? Of course I do. I also fully understand that many of the things that Nika is contributing are things that will not show up in a box score. Here is the irony: The things than I'm asking of Nika are things that will show up in a box score so there really should be any argument when/if they happen. Nika is playing very good basketball lately. Despite a scoreless full 40 minute game today improved play from Nika will be critical for the remainder of the season and next.
 
CocoHusky said:
I don't think you are being negative. I think your critique of "Nika's play" is very reasonable with the exception of I would change the word "anything" to "very little" and delete the entire last sentence. For some reason critique of Nika play seems to hit many BY posters differently that critique of some other UCONN players and I don't know why that is. For example last season when Aubrey was fully healthy may BY came to the realization that the reason Aubrey was not a starter was because the UCONN offense stalled when she was in the game. With Nika you have a different but equal issue and it is simply this: As the primary ball handler Nika needs to be more of an offensive threat while she on the floor and that means; shooting the ball more often, shooting more accurately and shooting from more spots on the floor. From this critique I was asked this rather silly question: Do you think Nika is contributing anything to this team? Of course I do. I also fully understand that many of the things that Nika is contributing are things that will not show up in a box score. Here is the irony: The things than I'm asking of Nika are things that will show up in a box score so there really should be any argument when/if they happen. Nika is playing very good basketball lately. Despite a scoreless full 40 minute game today improved play from Nika will be critical for the remainder of the season and next.
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sometime during her career she will rack up a double-double while scoring no points
 
Only one for six. Ouch.

I should have known about Kiah. She probably didn't have many games of >= 30 mins.
 
maccca3232 said:
I am a fan of Nika and I am glad she is appreciated for what she brings to the team, not criticized for what she doesn't.
In today's game against Marquette she played almost the entire game (39.53) without scoring a point. Not surprisingly the most playing time without scoring (my records start 2000-01).
Quiz:
Nika becomes the ninth UConn WBB players since 2000-01 to go scoreless playing 30 or more minutes in a single game.
How many of those players can you name?
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Moriah Jefferson went scoreless at ND in a UCONN blowout in 2014.
 
One cannot deny the kick she gives this team at times, it’s invigorating and shows a lot of leadership which has been absent at times. But, in my day she was what we called a bricklayer. No malice, just calling it what it is. I think if and when everyone is healthy she might be hard pressed to get 15 minutes of PT.
 
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