Paige warming to Geno already

[EricLA]

You can already tell Paige will be one of the all-time great Huskies.

I would say she will round out Mt. Rushmore nicely. Dee, Maya, Stewie and Paige. IMHO when she's finished her 4 years at UCONN, there really won't be any disagreement as to who the all time top 4 greats are. We will need to expand Mt. Rushmore to 5 or 6!!

 

[JonathanXIV]

I would say she will round out Mt. Rushmore nicely. Dee, Maya, Stewie and Paige. IMHO when she's finished her 4 years at UCONN, there really won't be any disagreement as to who the all time top 4 greats are. We will need to expand Mt. Rushmore to 5 or 6!!

From your mouth to Mr. Rushmore's ears.

 

[Alydar]

I've read a couple of times that the team released practice footage. WHERE IS IT!! I don't care if it's 10 minutes of a layup line at this point.

 

[MSGRET]

I've read a couple of times that the team released practice footage. WHERE IS IT!! I don't care if it's 10 minutes of a layup line at this point.

Go to the first practice thread.

 

[southofnorth]

This is why I love Geno so much. Never loses his sardonic sense of humor. Like every other All-American to spend a few years in Storrs, methinks Bueckers will need to prove it, repeatedly, in games that count, before Geno will start singing her praises unreservedly. As it should be.

Maybe we’ll hear some “we have Paige and you don’t” quotes from Geno before Paige’s college career is done

 

[hoopsfan22]

I would say she will round out Mt. Rushmore nicely. Dee, Maya, Stewie and Paige. IMHO when she's finished her 4 years at UCONN, there really won't be any disagreement as to who the all time top 4 greats are. We will need to expand Mt. Rushmore to 5 or 6!!

I'd take Bird over Paige any day.

 

[Alydar]

I'd take Bird over Paige any day.

Well Bird didn't play as a freshman so we never saw her at the same points in their careers. Revisit that comment a thousand days from now. You may have a different POV.

 

[JonathanXIV]

I'd take Bird over Paige any day.

Pro or con, perhaps we can wait, I don’t know, about four years or so, before we decide this question.

 

[Alydar]

I agree. I wouldn't waste any minutes for an impact player on the bench. Different teams and coaches but Ionescu never sat much as a freshman. This level of talent doesn't come around that often to not use it.

When I read this I thought of Horston at Tenn and Brunelle at N Dame. Both were heavily used early last season and looked great but they both got very worn down later in the season. Bueckers benefits from a shorter season but the pounding of college ball takes a lot out of freshmen.

 

[eebmg]

Clips with strong editing to give us the Paige - Geno interaction at it's most pure

 

[Argonaut]

Clips with strong editing to give us the Paige - Geno interaction at it's most pure

I really need someone to straighten that picture behind Geno.

 

[dogged1]

I really need someone to straighten that picture behind Geno.

OCD strikes again.

 

[AmeriConn]

I really need someone to straighten that picture behind Geno.

I thought it was just me.

 

[eebmg]

I thought it was just me.

Did not notice. Blinded by how good Geno looks. Love the turtleneck / sweatshirt combination and clean shaven.

 

[j66kicker]

Did not notice. Blinded by how good Geno looks. Love the turtleneck / sweatshirt combination and clean shaven.

I'm really not relating to all these sweatshirt/sweater/jacket pics, since I live in Phoenix and it's still 100 here. But, anyway, I think Geno's "turtleneck" is a mask pulled down around his neck, no?

 

[Carnac]

I would say she will round out Mt. Rushmore nicely. Dee, Maya, Stewie and Paige. IMHO when she's finished her 4 years at UCONN, there really won't be any disagreement as to who the all time top 4 greats are. We will need to expand Mt. Rushmore to 5 or 6!!

The nice thing about that is we know it's coming, and get to watch it unfold and enjoy it game by game for the next 4 years. I agree on expanding UConn's Mount Rushmore. Four players are not enough. There's nothing/no one to say we can't do it. It's OUR Mount Rushmore. We can select as many slots or places on it we want to.

The original Mount only has 4 because the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum wanted that way. We want more. How about 10? A lot of deserving former UConn greats would be left out with only 4 spaces available, and 3 of them already taken. Your 3 not mine.

 

[JonathanXIV]

The nice thing about that is we know it's coming, and get to watch it unfold and enjoy it game by game for the next 4 years. I agree on expanding UConn's Mount Rushmore. Four players are not enough. There's nothing/no one to say we can't do it. It's OUR Mount Rushmore. We can select as many slots or places on it we want to. How about 10?

If you want more than four busts on it, I suggest you call the mountain something other than Rushmore.

 

[eebmg]

I'm really not relating to all these sweatshirt/sweater/jacket pics, since I live in Phoenix and it's still 100 here. But, anyway, I think Geno's "turtleneck" is a mask pulled down around his neck, no?

Even better

 

[Carnac]

If you want more than four busts on it, I suggest you call the mountain something other than Rushmore.

If "Mount Rushmore" won't work, then we can ask the Boneyard to get on it, and come up with a definitive name for it by the end of the season.

 

[j66kicker]

The nice thing about that is we know it's coming, and get to watch it
The original Mount only has 4 because the sculptor, Gutzon Borglum wanted that way. We want more. How about 10? A lot of deserving former UConn greats would be left out with only 4 spaces available, and 3 of them already taken. Your 3 not mine.

I think that's called the Wall of Honor. To me the fun/challenge of deciding who gets to be on Mt. Rushmore is the exclusivity & requirement to force rank them. For instance, if Azzi comes here and ends up being the next "GOAT", then you have ONE space for Paige or Azzi (assuming we think they're better than Sue and Rebecca). If it's both Paige AND Azzi, then one of them has to be better than DT, Maya or Stewie and one of those has to go.

OTOH the Wall of Honor will accommodate as many AA's as we have players who can earn AA. Nowadays it seems like everybody is called the GOAT so we have more than one GOAT. What?? By definition there can only be one GOAT. And by definition you can't really have a "generational" player every year like we seem to have now. And, similarly, by definition (IMO) there can only be 4 heads on Mt. Rushmore.

 

[CL82]

I agree. I wouldn't waste any minutes for an impact player on the bench. Different teams and coaches but Ionescu never sat much as a freshman. This level of talent doesn't come around that often to not use it.

On the other hand dumping high expectations on a 18-year-old can be counterproductive. It’s better to ease her in and increase her minutes and responsibilities over time.

 

[CL82]

I'd take Bird over Paige any day.

A 39-year-old pro versus an 18-year-old kid?

 

[BobbyJ]

On the other hand dumping high expectations on a 18-year-old can be counterproductive. It’s better to ease her in and increase her minutes and responsibilities over time.

Some can handle it and some can’t. Ionescu didn’t have any problem averaging 31 minutes a game as a freshman and 38 in the post season. And IMO, Bueckers is every bit as good as Ionescu coming out of HS. So I’d take my chances with her, I believe she has what it takes between the ears.

 

[CL82]

Some can handle it and some can’t. Ionescu didn’t have any problem averaging 31 minutes a game as a freshman and 38 in the post season. And IMO, Bueckers is every bit as good as Ionescu coming out of HS. So I’d take my chances with her, I believe she has what it takes between the ears.

How many natties did Sabrina win again?

 

[hoopsfan22]

A 39-year-old pro versus an 18-year-old kid?

One of the greatest point guards ever to play versus a kid who has done zero in the game? Absolutely.