T-4 weeks Starters Vote

[jeff30189]

Paige 10
Shade 9
Jana 9
Chen 8
KK 7
Ice 5 - if she improved vs. LY flip her and Chen
Strong 2
Azzi 0 - not cleared

 

[Vowelguy]

Paige 10
Shade 9
Jana 9
Chen 8
KK 7
Ice 5 - if she improved vs. LY flip her and Chen
Strong 2
Azzi 0 - not cleared

"IFs" not allowed.

 

[PJCLaw]

Paige-10
Jana-10
KK-9
Ash-8
Chen-7
Ice-6
Strong-6
rest of the team-1

My corrected ballot

Paige-10
Jana-10
KK-8
Ash-7
Chen-6
Strong-6
Ice-3

 

[Vowelguy]

Just over 2 weeks to go, and 49 Ballots in

1. Paige 100
2. JanaE 83.8
3. Shade 83.2
4. KKArn 66
5. KChen 58
6. IceBr 53
7. SrStr 49
8. Zweib 2.9
9. APatt 2.7
10. Q_Sam 1

I've been surprised that Shade has scored so much higher than KK. Shade has seemed more of a utility player -- not a PG, not a lights-out 3pt shooter, not a power rebounder -- but does a lot of things well. Whereas KK's speed and ability to push pace something no one else has. Will be interesting to see how Geno uses them.

 

[Bald Husky]

Paige 10
Shade 9
Jana 9
Chen 8
KK 7
Ice 5 - if she improved vs. LY flip her and Chen
Strong 2
Azzi 0 - not cleared

With the front court talent we have now it wouldn't make sense to put all three of our experienced PG on the floor at the same time.

 

[Bigboote]

I've been surprised that Shade has scored so much higher than KK. Shade has seemed more of a utility player -- not a PG, not a lights-out 3pt shooter, not a power rebounder -- but does a lot of things well. Whereas KK's speed and ability to push pace something no one else has. Will be interesting to see how Geno uses them.

With all the talk of Chen, I split my vote for point guard between her and Arnold. It wasn’t a matter of perceived talent, but of position.

 

[hoophuskee]

Just over 2 weeks to go, and 49 Ballots in

1. Paige 100
2. JanaE 83.8
3. Shade 83.2
4. KKArn 66
5. KChen 58
6. IceBr 53
7. SrStr 49
8. Zweib 2.9
9. APatt 2.7
10. Q_Sam 1

I've been surprised that Shade has scored so much higher than KK. Shade has seemed more of a utility player -- not a PG, not a lights-out 3pt shooter, not a power rebounder -- but does a lot of things well. Whereas KK's speed and ability to push pace something no one else has. Will be interesting to see how Geno uses them.

I voted Chen over KK which dropped KK. I would have voted Azzi over Ashlynn. If Chen was hurt insteadof Azzi then I'm sure KK would have been much higher. In addition, Ashlynn also has a mid-range game. Also she doesn't need to be lights-out from 3, just very good. Plus she will probably get a sophomore jump which means her shooting comes closer to "lights-out." . Players improve thus expect her shooting to improve. Plus she won't be playing as many minutes which wears down her legs. Also, this year's team the offense should be much stronger (not the Defense). So add everything up Ashlynn is projected to be one helluva utility player. And this thread was projected for game 1 predictions, not half-way through the season.

 

[EasyEd]

Paige 10
KK 7 \
Shade 7 > two of these three will start
Chen 7 /
Jana 6 \
Ice 6 > two of these three will start
Strong 6 /
Allie 1 might look for more outside scoring

 

[Boreifs]

Paige 10
KK 7 \
Shade 7 > two of these three will start
Chen 7 /
Jana 6 \
Ice 6 > two of these three will start
Strong 6 /
Allie 1 might look for more outside scoring

How could anyone disagree with this? Geno mentioned having nine players ready to contribute; the only question is whether that ninth is Quadance or Morgan.

 

[Bone Dog]

How could anyone disagree with this? Geno mentioned having nine players ready to contribute; the only question is whether that ninth is Quadance or Morgan.

Judging from his remarks last week, that ninth player is probably Qadence. He said she had an “awesome week” in practice.

 

[Shenandoah]

Paige. 10
Jana 10
Kaitlyn. 9
Ice. 9
Ashlyn. 8
KK. 4

 

[DavidinNaples]

Just my opinion…
Paige - 10 (Paige will do Paige things)
Kaitlyn - 10 (these first two are veterans w/ 8 yrs between them)
Ashlynn - 10 (3rd leading scorer, Azzi still healing, Geno trusts Ash)
Jana - 10 (Geno loves a big girl in the middle)
Ice - 10 (played well late in the season, 2nd big let’s Paige play on the wing)

KK coming in off the bench would be nightmare for opponents, Sarah will start later in the season, Azzi gets lots of minutes as Geno gets ready for March. This might be the season opening line up because it gives Geno veteran leadership, 2 bigs and plenty of three point shooters to spread the floor.

Go Huskies..!!

 

[Majic Hands]

Just my opinion…
Paige - 10 (Paige will do Paige things)
Kaitlyn - 10 (these first two are veterans w/ 8 yrs between them)
Ashlynn - 10 (3rd leading scorer, Azzi still healing, Geno trusts Ash)
Jana - 10 (Geno loves a big girl in the middle)
Ice - 10 (played well late in the season, 2nd big let’s Paige play on the wing)

KK coming in off the bench would be nightmare for opponents, Sarah will start later in the season, Azzi gets lots of minutes as Geno gets ready for March. This might be the season opening line up because it gives Geno veteran leadership, 2 bigs and plenty of three point shooters to spread the floor.

Go Huskies..!!

There for a second, I didn’t remember making this post. . . Then I realized I hadn’t

I have the same starting lineup for the first game as you and pretty much for the same reason

 

[David54]

Paige 10
Strong 10
Jana 10
Shade.10
Kk. 10

 

[Lambeau]

Paige 10
Jana 10
KK 10
Kaitlyn 8
Sarah 8
Ash 2
Ice 2

 

[Stagnant]

Predicted starters for fort hays state:

BALL KNOWERS' POLL UConn vs Fort Hays State Starting 5 | StrawPoll

And it is interesting because there is a pretty clear consensus in the vote.

Shade, Chen, Paige, Strong, and El Alfy.

Apologies if this isn’t the right place to post this. Didn’t feel like it warranted a thread of its own though.

 

[Tontobruto]

Variation on the age old question:

RULES
This is for starters on first regular season game on NOV 7
Total of 50 points to allocate
No more than 10 points per person

100% confident a player will start, give her 10 points.
100% confident a player won't start, give her 0 points.
Can't decide between A and B? Give them each 5 points.
(You can think of the points * 10 as the % chance they will start.)

The winner: when the starting 5 is announced, add up your points for those 5 players. Most wins.

Paige 10
KK. 10
Jana. 10
Ash. 10
Chen. 10

 

[bayern7]

KK - 4
Chen - 7
Shade - 9
Bueckers - 10
Strong - 8
Brady - 3
El Alfy - 9

Favoring Strong now, because of Genos recent comments where he said she’s one of the most impressive freshman they’ve had in a long time (presumably since Paige) which for him to say before any games have been played, I think says a lot.

 

[BBallF]

Paige-10
Shade-9
Jana-8
Chen-6
Ice-6
Strong-6
KK-5
Rest of team-0

 

[slug25]

Bueckers 10
Shade 10
Chen 8
Brady 8
Ziebell 4
Arnold 5
El Alfy 5

 

[Stagnant]

Bueckers 10
Shade 10
Chen 8
Brady 8
Ziebell 4
Arnold 5
El Alfy 5

Strong?

 

[NYFan]

Bueckers 10

Chen 8
Shade 6
Arnold 6

El Alfy 8
Brady 6
Strong 6

 

[Vowelguy]

Reminder that this thread is about the first regular season game, so Sunday doesn’t count. But I will stop recording results early Sunday morning.

 

[CONN78SEJ]

Paige 10
Jana 10
Ash 10
Sarah 10
Ice 10

 

[hookshot]

Predicted starters for fort hays state:

BALL KNOWERS' POLL UConn vs Fort Hays State Starting 5 | StrawPoll

And it is interesting because there is a pretty clear consensus in the vote.

Shade, Chen, Paige, Strong, and El Alfy.

Apologies if this isn’t the right place to post this. Didn’t feel like it warranted a thread of its own though.

I think you got that right, although Ice could be given the nod over Strong just in deference to her returner status. But will see Strong early, and perhaps more total time than Ice, as they will want to see her at both PF and wing. Jana not likely to be over-used, so Ice will get her time but many minuets available for KK and even Z and Q