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Message: [QUOTE="BRS24, post: 4816772, member: 197"] Some good quotes from Paige regarding outside influences on the team. Gifted article: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.courant.com/2023/12/09/paige-bueckers-uconn-women-circling-wagons-with-north-carolina-next-up-what-to-know-how-to-watch/?share=woowrirrtcwlionnes9r[/URL] [I]“We’re not worried about (the rankings),” Bueckers said after practice on Friday. “The best thing we can do right now is delete social media, stay off of Twitter, stay off Instagram. No offense to the media, but they have no idea what goes on here every day in practice, the struggles we go through, mentally, physically, and a lot of it is people putting a lot of pressure on us, sort of tear us apart. I feel we already have a lot of pressure on us, we already have super high expectations for ourselves. Right now, we’re just trying to become a better basketball team in every facet and focusing on that.” “You could look at it, yeah, we’re 17 and we haven’t been that in 30 years,” Bueckers said. “But every team is different, every team goes through different things. UConn alums are very supportive of us and are here whenever we have questions about all we’re going through and they have voices of support and encouragement. But, honestly, the best thing we can do is tune it all out and focus on ourselves individually and as a team.”[/I] [/QUOTE]