Don’t BS me. It’s most definitely personal for you. Did you ever actually play college sports? Do you have any idea just how hard these kids work between practice, weight training and their academic requirements?
I agree with almost everything you said. When we could not make a shot in the first quarter who was available to come off the bench to make a few shots and change the momentum. Nobody. I believe Aubrey was first sub and her offense is based entirely on athleticism not shooting skill.
She will be bringing the swag. She has been successful in playing with good players such as Howard Boston Jones and Fudd. She will make all of the players around her better. The foul line jumper that was open all night against SC she will not be afraid to take it. If Liv can roll hard to the basket as she did on a couple of plays Paige will feed her for an easy basket similar to how Oregon runs the Pick and roll. She will shoot the three. She will be the starting point guard game one and by the end of the year, she will be comfortable in her role.
While the recruiting worries have focused on the lack of rebounding and inside offense, this is one of the first years I remember where we did not have an up and coming underclassman guard on the bench.
One can only hope...
We also need to run some picks for Liv against good post defenders such as Boston and Cox and swing the ball and give it to her in a scoring position. SC ran some picks against our zone for some easy 7 ft jumpers for Boston. We need to start running plays for Liv. Liv played great defense against Boston inside. I think after Cox she is the best Post defender in the country. Its why our defense is pretty good.
We have not had an adequate 3rd guard in the rotation for 3 years now. The last time UCONN had a third guard it was Freshman Crystal Dangerfield.
While I continue to be optimistic about UConn's future, I also am realistic enough to understand that our opponent's (ex. SC) will continue to mature and half our team next year will be frosh. Putting expectations on incoming players that they will play like All Americans their first year is a bit much.
We have now played the best three teams in the country and they will have confidence that if they play the same way the will easily beat us. The good thing for us is that is not the best we can do against them. If we run some new offensive sets that they are not ready for and find a way to hit some open shots we can play with and beat anybody in the country. Lets go Huskies. Liv is the Key and we need to inject CW with some confidence.
Why not, South Carolina’s 3 freshmen sure played like All Americans last night.
I agree. Not sure I said anything contrary to that.
Prior to this year, Geno could rotate Lou to the guard spot. Of course that meant that we had to find another wing. I think Geno is trying to do the same thing with Anna, but clearly, against a top team like SC, Anna’s not there yet.
I believe Megan said it in the post-game press conference.
Because it is easy to learn the players have little difficulty executing the offense and adjusting when something does not go as planned. That is just a guess. So, to answer your question, I don't know.
Yes, but a generational freshman.
Ha Ha.
The Boneyard sounds like Volnation. Overated, highly ranked players, too many missed layups, too many missed free throws, too many turnovers, and too many players who cannot shoot accurately. Some of the negative comments made against ND and Tennessee are coming back on UConn. Need to be careful talking about teams when they are down even though UConn is not down. But, one would never know it judging by the comments on this thread.
I think I can remember another team that had a bit of a problem with the SC fans a couple of years ago but it was proven to be a non incident....
I have been doing this for quite a while now but those days are numbered because YouTube allegedly won't work on my Smart TV's browser soon...
