Positive Croatia game 1 thoughts

[victor64]

Nothing negative coming from me after watching the game. It is August, they are on vacation, they haven't practiced much and they played inferior competition.

1. Other than Caroline taking a ball to the head, the team seemed to escape injury.
2. Azzi got more open looks in one game than she might get the whole season. She is such a great shooter that is weird when she misses.
3. Aubrey MIGHT now believe that she is a great player. If game one is any indication, she is going to have a monster year.
4. Ice appears to have the green light to shoot threes. What a nice looking stroke.
5. Early prediction: KK Arnold will leave UConn after four years and have a career similar to the other great point guards in the program.
6. Geno's teams could fall out of bed, not practice and still play aggressive man, commit to moving the ball and play unselfishly.
7. I would rather Q be willing to shoot and not be tentative. She has a great form on her shot.
8. I liked how Geno pressed some, trapped some and tried things. Used his time wisely.
9. I still think Ice starts by the end of the year. If she can handle the defensive responsibility, she is just too talented.
10. Four players did not get in and others were limited. I loved watching who did play.

 

[Bone Dog]

Three players did not get in and others were limited.

Who didn’t get in, I mean other than Paige and Jana?

 

[victor64]

Who didn’t get in, I mean other than Paige and Jana?

Patterson and Amari

 

[Geew1992]

Nothing negative coming from me after watching the game. It is August, they are on vacation, they haven't practiced much and they played inferior competition.

1. Other than Caroline taking a ball to the head, the team seemed to escape injury.
2. Azzi got more open looks in one game than she might get the whole season. She is such a great shooter that is weird when she misses.
3. Aubrey MIGHT now believe that she is a great player. If game one is any indication, she is going to have a monster year.
4. Ice appears to have the green light to shoot threes. What a nice looking stroke.
5. Early prediction: KK Arnold will leave UConn after four years and have a career similar to the other great point guards in the program.
6. Geno's teams could fall out of bed, not practice and still play aggressive man, commit to moving the ball and play unselfishly.
7. I would rather Q be willing to shoot and not be tentative. She has a great form on her shot.
8. I liked how Geno pressed some, trapped some and tried things. Used his time wisely.
9. I still think Ice starts by the end of the year. If she can handle the defensive responsibility, she is just too talented.
10. Four players did not get in and others were limited. I loved watching who did play.

Those 4 players won’t play during this trip

 

[RoadMaster]

KK Arnold will leave UConn after four years and have a career similar to the other great point guards in the program

... And what a pest she is on defense!

 

[Husky fanatic]

Finally my fix for Husky Women’s Basketball was fulfilled. At least for now. While there were many good things there were definitely some things to work on. I’ll hold off on my observations until all 4 games are played.

 

[Bills Fan]

Just a couple of random thoughts after watching the game: Without Jana and Amari we are once again a roster short at certain positions-in this year's case, the #5, with just Ice and Aaliyah able to play that spot, making it difficult to play both of them at the same time as the #4 and #5. (The one team picture where Amari and Jana are standing next to each other shows Jana as the same height or, at the most, a shade shorter)

Even in a one-sided contest we showed lots of good things for the first time many of these girls have played together. The refs seemed to be calling quite a few touch fouls on us, especially a couple on Ash. Aubrey showed that she still has not learned to put the ball on the floor before taking a few strides and Nika's outside shots took me back to her FR year.

None of the FR seemed out of place - they fit in nicely. My only regret watching the game is that Geno didn't get Nika more minutes in front of her friends and family.

 

[kidfrom360]

Overall I’m excited about this team. A lot depth this year if all can stay healthy. Really like Kk. I think she’s going to have a great career. Even though Q missed some, I like her confidence to keep shooting. The guard play is top tier for sure. Ines gets lost in the mix for me. I think she’s going to have a hard time getting minutes tbh. Hoping that both Ayanna and Amari worked on their post games cause I think we are going to need them don’t the road. But all in all, I think we look good.

 

[Rowdy831]

I don't see height being an issue with this team if all the other players are healthy. They have the ability to press which makes the other team go smaller to get the ball down the court and they have athletes. They have two girls at 6'3 that take up space and are strong and can score. Most teams with tall girls (plural) don't have athletic tall girls so I will still take UCONN. I would also like to see Amari before my critique on the teams overall height.

 

[Notyetready]

I was impressed by the improved defense shown by Ines-- she broke through screens and stuck to her player like glue. Q looked much better than I expected. KK and Shade will make a great combination fown the road.

 

[Next 12]

Where can I find the game thread?

 

[HopJim]

Nothing negative coming from me after watching the game. It is August, they are on vacation, they haven't practiced much and they played inferior competition.

1. Other than Caroline taking a ball to the head, the team seemed to escape injury.
2. Azzi got more open looks in one game than she might get the whole season. She is such a great shooter that is weird when she misses.
3. Aubrey MIGHT now believe that she is a great player. If game one is any indication, she is going to have a monster year.
4. Ice appears to have the green light to shoot threes. What a nice looking stroke.
5. Early prediction: KK Arnold will leave UConn after four years and have a career similar to the other great point guards in the program.
6. Geno's teams could fall out of bed, not practice and still play aggressive man, commit to moving the ball and play unselfishly.
7. I would rather Q be willing to shoot and not be tentative. She has a great form on her shot.
8. I liked how Geno pressed some, trapped some and tried things. Used his time wisely.
9. I still think Ice starts by the end of the year. If she can handle the defensive responsibility, she is just too talented.
10. Four players did not get in and others were limited. I loved watching who did play.

Particularly regarding having Azzi out there and taking so many shots, doesn't seem like a fair fight.

 

[HuskyNan]

Where can I find the game thread?

There is no game thread.

 

[David54]

Of the newcomers I was most impressed with ice Brady and samuels both physically mature and more offensive skills then I expected.

 

[HuskyNan]

Patterson and Amari

Ayanna did play

 

[BobbyJ]

Ayanna did play

If you’re referring to #44, that is Griffin. Patterson sat at the far end of the bench next to El Alfy.

 

[HuskyNan]

If you’re referring to #44, that is Griffin. Patterson sat at the far end of the bench next to El Alfy.

Players shouldn’t be allowed to change their hairstyles

 

[Gordo]

It was great to see them in action, but this was hardly an All-Star team (from any level).

 

[kidfrom360]

Players shouldn’t be allowed to change their hairstyles

They look nothing alike though…

 

[HuskyNan]

They look nothing alike though…

You don’t see their faces, really. I just saw Aubrey from the back in that video

 

[Boreifs]

The numbers are clear.

 

[Bald Husky]

Players shouldn’t be allowed to change their hairstyles

Seems to me that you change yours every other month. LOL.