Nika out vs GA Tech

[BRS24]

Does anyone else think that stress related to covid is a contributing factor to all the injuries we are seeing in women's basketball?

An interesting thought that I also had during tennis tournaments earlier this year. There were a few perennial favorites (Federer, Williams, etc) that withdrew during the tourneys, and i wondered if the lack of normalcy, ability to train at facilities, with trainers, contributed to a decline in fitness? You can jump around, do weight training, and run by yourself, however was it the same as an organized training session? We'll probably never know.

 

[donalddoowop]

The things that have happened to UConn these past weeks are some of the reasons bold preseason predictions should be tempered. Also, it is said Geno does not like to play more than 7 or 8 players during the season. Well, it is getting to point where he may have no choice. This may be the season when UConn loses back-to-back games and also lose a conference game for the first time in years. However, there is enough talent for UConn to win the BE and make the NCAA Tournament. Edit - Sorry iri10, did not see your post until after I posted mine.

 

[hoopsfan22]

UConn's training staff used to do such a good job with keeping our players on the court. What happened? Did all those good people just get better jobs?

 

[uconnfan68]

The things that have happened to UConn these past weeks are some of the reasons bold preseason predictions should be tempered. Also, it is said Geno does not like to play more than 7 or 8 players during the season. Well, it is getting to point where he may have no choice. This may be the season when UConn loses back-to-back games and also lose a conference game for the first time in years. However, there is enough talent for UConn to win the BE and make the NCAA Tournament. Edit - Sorry iri10, did not see your post until after I posted mine.

Let's not go overboard.

 

[Beemer]

Holy crap. The hits just keep on coming.

Is it the shoes??? All these foot/knee problems....

 

[donalddoowop]

Let's not go overboard.

What is overboard about my post? Huh?

 

[choclate45]

Does anyone else find it strange we have a new head trainer and now we have all these injuries? I know she was with UCONN before and is well respected, but very strange.

 

[KhoolKidd89]

At this point, I would start Caroline and bring Dorka off the bench just due to foul prone issues are bigs have. I think we’ll see action from Mir these next few games as well pending how long Nika is out. Hopefully Azzi and Aubrey are back before Louisville.

 

[STLCardinal]

It was good when Evina decided to come back. Now it's really, really good.

 

[Littlemin]

Nika was interviewed in August and described how they were all working out together including the freshmen.
I don't see how she could be practicing and playing in games up until now with a nagging injury without the staff being aware of it.
It seems like there's something missing....perhaps Nika wasn't giving open and honest communication about playing with pain.

So I guess your candidate for point guard, Fudd, was also less than “open and honest” since she also aggravated an existing condition, causing her to miss time?
Actually, while I have no way of knowing, I think they tried to play hurt and it just didn’t work out for either. I prefer to commend and respect both rather than invent and present negative suppositions.

 

[Postie]

well Caroline will definitely be logging more minutes. Mir will get to play more. Amari may get her first minutes as well.
May need to get Stewie to make another post for walk-ons

 

[Bball244]

Things just got WAY more interesting.

 

[Postie]

Is Anna Makarat available?

 

[LarryLegend]

seems like way too many injuries that apparently have been ongoing for weeks, is it time to consider what’s different this year

 

[Zanzman]

Yesterday I watched my Colorado team crush Southern Utah, grabbing 20 steals, putting NINE different players on the floor in first 2 1/2 minutes, having 10 score. That wasn’t unusual, that is how they have played every game, how they press hard on defense on every play, how you use the bench. The leading scorer for past two games comes off the bench, the team leader in steals on a team that is among the nation’s best in steals and total defense, is a freshman coming off the bench. Colorado is 9-0 and ranked 25th because it has nine, not five, starters. UConn has great depth, huh? Prove it. If they earn minutes in practice, what is wrong with the practices that sees so few players on the floor? Why are we playing our super star to exhaustion, inviting injury? Why? Why? Why? Time to pull our heads out of the sand

 

[CocoHusky]

That isn’t the point. This is exactly the ridiculous response I predicted to myself my post would get. Yes, Southern Utah is a pushover. The point is you develop all of your players. And, frankly, JR Payne is doing a helluva better job than Geno at developing and using players. Right now she has one WNBA first rounder surrounded by some very good players and a potential all star but she is using them to their full potential. Colorado demolished Marquette. I hope UConn does the same. And, no, I don’t think Colorado is an upper echelon team even after beating Stanford and losing to Arizona only because of atrocious foul shooting last year. Wait, didn’t those two teams play for the NC? So forget this Southern Utah crap.

You made a prediction to yourself and it came to be? JR Payne should be in line for a better job if she's doing a better job than Geno.
SMH even harder. I never heard of Southern Utah until you brought them up so maybe you should take your own advice and : "forget this Southern Utah crap."

 

[meyers7]

Well UCONN has been pretty lucky with injuries the past few years. Stuff always evens out. This must be our year to deal with this. At least, so far (knock on wood) no one has a season ending injury.

It would have been nice though if the injuries were spread out more. Instead of all at the same time.

 

[meyers7]

That isn’t the point. This is exactly the ridiculous response I predicted to myself my post would get.

Ridiculous posts tend to get ridiculous responses. Just kind of the way it works.

 

[pvdoggy]

Things just got WAY more interesting.

in what way?

 

[Veteran]

Right now I'm prepping for a colonography tomorrow. Many of you know how pleasant that is. But at this point I'd take the prep and THE PROCEDURE over reading any more bad UConn news any day.

 

[Stymie]

At this point, I would start Caroline and bring Dorka off the bench just due to foul prone issues are bigs have. I think we’ll see action from Mir these next few games as well pending how long Nika is out. Hopefully Azzi and Aubrey are back before Louisville.

Disagree
Maybe bring her in after a couple of minutes.
But first, let her hear the crowd and get a look at the opponent.
Get the drift of the game pace.
See what the other team opens with.
Just a couple of minutes , but not start.
JMHO

 

[Vowelguy]

Colorado is 9-0 and ranked 25th because it has not played a top 50 team.

fixed it for you

 

[BostonBay]

Gee, who's the trainer on the team?!? I might look into getting someone else next year. Besides all these injuries, the team has looked slow and lethargic most of the year.

 

[Bball244]

in what way?

We already had no Paige, no Azzi, so the next assumption would be for Nika to pick up minutes at PG, perhaps even start. Now there’s no Nika. Will be interesting to see how the team does with presumably Evina at PG and no real backup. CW can run it but I see her as more of a wing, a power guard if you will. Her drives to the hoop are chefs kiss. I’m looking forward to see how cd and dorka do with considerable minutes. Also potentially mir.

 

[Vowelguy]

Gee, who's the trainer on the team?!? I might look into getting someone else next year. Besides all these injuries, the team has looked slow and lethargic most of the year.

 

[Stymie]

Is KK eligible to graduate high school early?

She’d be injured also after 3 games.
3 games, I might add, that she never saw the court.
( ex.->see DeBerry)

 

[phil sampieri]

I previously stated elsewhere on this board that maybe Coach should “dumb it down a bit”.
Take the offense down to basic plays and just run them over and over and over...
I also blown away regarding the landslide of injuries.
Is Nika’s injury a reoccurrence of last years problem or is it something else?
Handful of games under their belts, and over a third of the roster is unavailable?
UCONN still has the talent in the remaining “ healthy?” players to win this week, but now I fully expect to see Piath and Amari get playing time.-NOW.
OR, Geno can grind up the remaining 7-8 players and we can watch the number of healthy bodies continue to shrink.
Play ‘em now, or be forced to play ‘em in a week.
Uneasy feeling about what’s going on here.
And it had nothing to do with wins and losses.

Kindly asking- who should dumb it diown ?

 

[Monte]

Gee, who's the trainer on the team?!? I might look into getting someone else next year. Besides all these injuries, the team has looked slow and lethargic most of the year.

They certainly wear enough wraps around their legs!

 

[scotty0330]

seems like way too many injuries that apparently have been ongoing for weeks, is it time to consider what’s different this year

Love the medical staff. Injuries going back to March and the summer apparently were ignored or not dealt with properly. And now as team heads into conference play they come to roost.

 

[oldhusky]

Why? Caroline can't play some SG?

She can but she may be needed for close to 40 at the 3 now with Evina playing the point. Caroline likely starts and we have no natural backup guards. Mir is the closest thing to being one and may have to be used there to spell all three wings.

It's either that or you have to use Edwards at the 3 which they may have to do some of as well. That's my guess, Caroline starts and plays over 30 minutes, and between them Mir and Aaliyah get all of the backup minutes for 1-3. The best of bad choices.