Our freshmen versus Tennessee

[Dokey]

Aubrey and Anna. The awesome twosome.

 

[Sonny44]

Aubrey is the only player I've seen who can jump twice without touching the floor.!!

 

[augustaTC]

Gotta love those kids.....poor low-rated Aubrey ( ) and that confused Polish girl who couldn't buy a basket, for how many games!!!! God love 'em!

 

[bantamlaker]

Can you imagine how great Anna must feel tonight after playing well in a big game in front of a big crowd. Probably saying to herself, “now that’s why I came all the way over here to UConn. “

 

[seeya27]

A and A are going to be extraordinary 4 year players. Not just good...but stellar and special.

Anna's bb IQ, size and all round skills are killer. Aubrey's athletic abilities and instincts are seriously off the charts. Elite.

Over the next several years UConn wbb is going to separate itself from the pack again. I can't wait.

 

[hart2hart]

Superb playing by our frosh!
Aubrey and Anna you gals should be very proud of how you played tonight! Simply awe-inspiring!

 

[da60]

Anna is BLOOMING...a real smooth & solid game player.

 

[JoePgh]

What struck me most (watching in person) was Anna's poise. She played like a junior or senior, never rattled by whatever happened on the court. Near the end of the game, she dribbled calmly through a double-team to get the ball across mid-court.

This was a game in which her European pro-level experience really was apparent.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Aubrey is the only player I've seen who can jump twice without touching the floor.!!

I think you are going to like Mir!

 

[eebmg]

The fabulous freshman (ff), Aubrey got most of the ink (our Bambi taking her first critical legendary steps ) and it is well deserved but Anna was another bright spot. Even though the horrendous shooting extended to Anna, her offensive mindset was very good. Her 3rd Q 3pt shot was much needed at the time. But more importantly, She was not only taking wide open isolated 3's but shooting off of and using her screeens and her tight pic/roll shot at the key that she made was very Lou like. Her position defense is really very good *better be because she is not that quick) and she is a fundamentally great rebounding guard. And yes, she can pass. Some of those weighted passes to break the press were beautiful.

 

[npignatjr]

Question about Ana, did she suddenly learn to dribble, or were the officials from a few games ago just that bad and inconsistent?

 

[oldude]

Question about Ana, did she suddenly learn to dribble, or were the officials from a few games ago just that bad and inconsistent?

Anna travels when she is indecisive. Last night, whenever she got the ball she immediately did something with it: pass, shoot, dribble. Essentially, Anna played much faster and her problem shuffling her feet disappeared.

 

[Ozimoto]

Was not able to see the game, but looking at the box score it looks like Aubrey and Anna more than held their own.

 

[eebmg]

and the TN freshman (Horston, Key, Rennie) not so much

 

[npignatjr]

Anna travels when she is indecisive. Last night, whenever she got the ball she immediately did something with it: pass, shoot, dribble. Essentially, Anna played much faster and her problem shuffling her feet disappeared.

In the game I referenced, UCF, the calls were as she released the ball on the first dribble, MW was also called for the same thing. She played 33 minutes scored 10. One overall one of her best.

 

[Dokey]

Put Aubrey and Anna together and what do you get? AA. Wonder what that stands for?

 

[SVCBeercats]

What struck me most (watching in person) was Anna's poise. She played like a junior or senior, never rattled by whatever happened on the court. Near the end of the game, she dribbled calmly through a double-team to get the ball across mid-court.This was a game in which her European pro-level experience really was apparent.

Spot on! In an interview Geno said Anna is so composed on the court.

 

[oldude]

In the game I referenced, UCF, the calls were as she released the ball on the first dribble, MW was also called for the same thing. She played 33 minutes scored 10. One overall one of her best.

Watching the replay of the UCF game, it did look to me like all the traveling calls were legitimate. Indecision sometimes creates turnovers.

 

[veryolddog]

and the TN freshman (Horston, Key, Rennie) not so much

I would not subtract from the Tennessee freshman so quickly. Basically, the freshwomen (LOL), and the starters have a lot of potential which Harper can develop. I feel confidant to say that if Geno had that Tennessee Team playing the UConn game, they would be a lot more powerful and precision oriented than they showed yesterday. There is a lot of underdeveloped talent there. Especially with that height. Another Baylor in the making potential.

 

[msf22b]

We always speak of Anna as being a freshman (what she is).
And some folks are amazed that a frosh could play with such poise and knowledge

But the fact is, she's really not a freshman at all...not really.
She has semi-pro experience playing several seasons against very decent players.
What we're now seeing is the confidence in her basic skillset coming to the fore.

And it's a most impressive skillset indeed.

 

[EricLA]

In fairness to the Tennessee freshmen, Key and Horston are starters. They will be just fine. It was only 1 game - can't judge Meg on that game. .

So happy our kids shined. The freshmen were needed to provide the spark and scoring punch because everyone else on UCONN wasn't really able to do it.

Anna has been terrific all year, especially after her first 6-8 games or so. Aubrey had one other stellar scoring game - against Seton Hall. I HOPE, as others have mentioned or alluded to, that both take a great deal of confidence from the game and carry that forward.

 

[JordyG]

The fabulous freshman (ff), Aubrey got most of the ink (our Bambi taking her first critical legendary steps ) and it is well deserved but Anna was another bright spot. Even though the horrendous shooting extended to Anna, her offensive mindset was very good. Her 3rd Q 3pt shot was much needed at the time. But more importantly, She was not only taking wide open isolated 3's but shooting off of and using her screeens and her tight pic/roll shot at the key that she made was very Lou like. Her position defense is really very good *better be because she is not that quick) and she is a fundamentally great rebounding guard. And yes, she can pass. Some of those weighted passes to break the press were beautiful.

Yeah. Watching Ania dribble around a screen a shooting, what looked to me, like her first pull up of the year, was a thing of beauty. I've been screaming all year (mostly in the chat room) for her to shoot that pull up which has been wide open in the middle for her, and the number of opportunities for her pull up is about 3 or 4 times a game.

 

[eebmg]

Yeah. Watching Ania dribble around a screen a shooting, what looked to me, like her first pull up of the year, was a thing of beauty. I've been screaming all year for her to shoot that pull up which has been wide open in the middle for her, and the number of opportunities for her pull up is about 3 or 4 times a game.

and she even tried a step back 3. Just good confidence and body language.

 

[oldude]

and she even tried a step back 3. Just good confidence and body language.

In his postgame comments, Geno wasn’t particularly thrilled with that shot. Of course if she had made it, that would have been a different story.

 

[HopJim]

Not sure who tipped off Geno to Anna, but would love to give them a big THANK YOU.