Exciting day with Serah
No, don't think you'll see Jana and Serah very often in same line up. Why would you waste an elite post like Serah at PF, and Jana has not yet shown she is a PF
I think you need Azzi to step up and take over the Paige points and shot hunting and then Sarah adds a little more and then you need the Serah, Ash, and KK to hit the open shots they will get when everyone is focused on Azzi and Sarah. Azzi was a shot hunter in highschool and would put up 30 on any given night. I think her leadership goal has to be to get back to that after the injuries in preparation for the pros. This is her opportunity to grow with Paige moving on.
I got carried away........Rest of the scoring? Just the averages add up to 97, how many PPG do you think UConn is going to score?The other teams are going to milk the shot clock and limit UConn's possessions so that they can't get enough shots to score that much. And I doubt Auriemma will press BE teams beyond the 1st half.
I'm pretty confident in those scoring averages for Sarah, Azzi and Serah..........court time is going to add or subtract from the other's scoring averages.........the bottom line is that I expect the team to score just as many points this season as last and maybe more......Wow. Very erudite. No wonder we won it all. 'Let us go then, you and I ...and try for lucky #13!"
Not a chance that Serah (Serah Williams) and Jana are both starting or even regularly playing together unless it's against an opponent who has a very tall frontcourt.
I agree.
That's an optimistic average of 95-100 points a game. I think the difference will be more shots for Azzi and Sarah and hence more points and another bona fide scoring presence in the paint in Serah. Scoring underneath opens up an awful lot up top with 3s, pull ups and slashing so the more a team has to defend down below with Sarah and Serah/Jana the better it is for the perimeter shooters. Ash is key here but for me, this team changed this past year once KC found her groove from the arc. Then we were impossible to double because we had four 3 point shooters. You really would like three other 3 point threats out there besides Azzi to be unstoppable. You have Sarah and Ash for sure but after a summer of practice who knows. Morgan?Allie? Kelis? KK? Caroline? Or we just go to more driving with Sarah and Blanca? Or we press with waves of defenders? Lots and lots of options.
Hence Kayleigh?
I was somewhat confused when I saw this video PRIOR to
It seemed likes click bait AI nonsense that was prepared for the possibility of a Serah commit but released prematurely
No way no how.
I was 'almost' always off on my PROGNOSTICATIONS last season.Rest of the scoring? Just the averages add up to 97, how many PPG do you think UConn is going to score?
I agree.... with an even better defensive " package". Think ofI got carried away........
It appears that Geno & CD solved the "Who will be the Big 3 for next year?" question: Sarah, Azzi, & Serah. It also appears that the Huskies will be able to go 11 - 12 deep in the rotation from the opening game. By next year's Final Four in Phoenix (April 3 & 5), we may also be able to answer, "When was the last time UConn had three women in the Coaches' first team ALL-Americans?"I got carried away........
Do you seriously have a clue of what you're talking about? Azzi is not a replacement for Paige! Azzi was/is already in the starting line-up! Paige and what she brought to this team is not replaceable, although her spot in the starting line-up will be filled by someone. Please don't attempt to "school" someone who knows more about this game and UConn women's basketball and all those who have played for us since 1995.
Sorry. Not sorry.
Lighten up, Francis. JBK offered an opinion that Azzi has the potential to replace Paige in scoring points. An opinion, that all of us are encouraged to offer here on the BY, without the worry of being attacked. That's what folks do when having respectful discourse about topics, regardless of whether they agree.
Whenever it came out it looks and sounds like AI-generated clickbait to me. Notice that there is not a single source sited for any of the assertions. Notice, also, how often they flash a picture of Paige, which is solely intended to draw eyeballs and has nothing to do with the subject at hand. Finally, if you take a look at the She Got Game YouTube page it contains a ton of unsourced provocative videos. I think it unwise to treat this video as an accurate account of how UConn pursued Serah.
I don't need your advice! People can post their opinions without trying to put my down.
I love how everyone at UConn kept it quiet. Meanwhile, Fulwiley’s commit leaked days ahead of the announcement. And I don’t think it was Fulwiley’s camp who leaked it
