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Texas Rori Harmon out with leg injury

willtalk said:
If a player is not expected to play an entire season, I doubt they could be considered to be part of a " full strength scenario".
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UConn is playing the season without two roster players, still on scholarship and expected to contribute, one a former NPOY. They may persevere and overcome, but we will not see them at full strength this season.
 
This whole "full strength" thing has sort of morphed - the original post I replied to said that they wanted to face Texas when they were at full strength. I sort of meandered in my reply, but to clarify a bit... We don't even know if Caroline is going to play tonight, and even if you discount Paige and Ice, even if Caroline IS cleared, i doubt she's 100%. No matter what UCONN won't be at full strength no matter how you slice it.

Frankly I don't care who is "out" for any team we play. There will be TONS of chances for UCONN to test themselves. Statistically it's unlikely that we would face Texas in the NCAA's (64 team bracket, we'd have to be in the same regional to face them before the final 4, and even then, upsets happen). So testing us against them at full strength is irrelevant (IMHO).

What i DO care about is winning every game we can. The "numbers" when it comes time for seeding for the NCAA's does not account for players who were out at the time of the game, etc. Sure the committee manually can make some adjustments, but generally they go off the "numbers', unless a player is injured just before the NCAA's. A game this early in the season - all it will be viewed as is a "win" or "loss".

So I get that some may not agree (I'd be shocked if there were a lot of subjects that ALL fans agreed 100%), but I don't care who is in or out for Texas. We are the walking wounded as well, and frankly, I wouldn't mind if Harmon IS out for the game.

Side note - everyone is talking about how HUGE Harmon is for Texas - UCONN lost the best player in the nation (or top 2), AND one of the best freshmen in the nation (and one of our uber-sophomores is questionable)- and most on here still feel at the very least we are a top 5 team.

Apparently other top teams ONLY have one or 2 really good players (that was sarcasm and annoyance at how the experts have viewed UCONN's chances this season).

My point is it's a testament to how great ALL our players are - our entire team. Take Boston and Rayven Johnson off SC. Take Jones and Betts off Stanford. How good would those teams be? The list goes on and on. The talent we have is shocking when you start comparing like that.

Oh, and next year's class ONLY consists of Arnold, Shade, Samuels, and El-Alfy (one of the top, if not the top, classes in the nation). To quote @Tonyc, the future is bright!! :cool:
 
EricLA said:
My point is it's a testament to how great ALL our players are - our entire team. Take Boston and Rayven Johnson off SC. Take Jones and Betts off Stanford. How good would those teams be? The list goes on and on. The talent we have is shocking when you start comparing like that.
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Sing it, brother!
 
Photo of Harmon with the team during their shoot around last night.
Her walking boot is on the sideline.
 
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reality called, and left the same message as it has since the big bang.
nobody cares for stories aboot why u lost.
just win, baby. winning isn't everything, it's the only thing.
crush them, whether they come out in wheelchairs, or on roller skates.
leave the jibberjabber on the 'bbut, bbuts!' to the talking farm animals. they need to make a buck, too.
 
jonack said:
I just worry about the boards… that is where games are won vs good teams!
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Anyone that knows me, you’re preaching to the choir on that point.
Most definitely.
 
Stymie said:
Anyone that knows me, you’re preaching to the choir on that point.
Most definitely.
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i don't know u, but your story (which i recently read here)? well, that's sum good mulch right thar, yes indeedy. luv, luv, luv dat! awesome! u win!
we win! everybody wins from stories like that!
 
EricLA said:
This whole "full strength" thing has sort of morphed - the original post I replied to said that they wanted to face Texas when they were at full strength. I sort of meandered in my reply, but to clarify a bit... We don't even know if Caroline is going to play tonight, and even if you discount Paige and Ice, even if Caroline IS cleared, i doubt she's 100%. No matter what UCONN won't be at full strength no matter how you slice it.

Frankly I don't care who is "out" for any team we play. There will be TONS of chances for UCONN to test themselves. Statistically it's unlikely that we would face Texas in the NCAA's (64 team bracket, we'd have to be in the same regional to face them before the final 4, and even then, upsets happen). So testing us against them at full strength is irrelevant (IMHO).

What i DO care about is winning every game we can. The "numbers" when it comes time for seeding for the NCAA's does not account for players who were out at the time of the game, etc. Sure the committee manually can make some adjustments, but generally they go off the "numbers', unless a player is injured just before the NCAA's. A game this early in the season - all it will be viewed as is a "win" or "loss".

So I get that some may not agree (I'd be shocked if there were a lot of subjects that ALL fans agreed 100%), but I don't care who is in or out for Texas. We are the walking wounded as well, and frankly, I wouldn't mind if Harmon IS out for the game.

Side note - everyone is talking about how HUGE Harmon is for Texas - UCONN lost the best player in the nation (or top 2), AND one of the best freshmen in the nation (and one of our uber-sophomores is questionable)- and most on here still feel at the very least we are a top 5 team.

Apparently other top teams ONLY have one or 2 really good players (that was sarcasm and annoyance at how the experts have viewed UCONN's chances this season).

My point is it's a testament to how great ALL our players are - our entire team. Take Boston and Rayven Johnson off SC. Take Jones and Betts off Stanford. How good would those teams be? The list goes on and on. The talent we have is shocking when you start comparing like that.

Oh, and next year's class ONLY consists of Arnold, Shade, Samuels, and El-Alfy (one of the top, if not the top, classes in the nation). To quote @Tonyc, the future is bright!! :cool:
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So bright the emoji’s gotta wear shades!
 
Harmon appears to be out today. Somebody posted a photo of Texas during shootaround at Storrs earlier today. Everyone was in uniform with sneakers on except Harmon, who was on the court in sweats and socks, shooting from outside, with her one shoe and a boot just off the court nearby.
 
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RedStickHusky said:
So we're almost at full strength .
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I believe that Caroline being able to play today makes UConn full strength for this season, unless there is a player besides Paige or Ice not available.
 
I don't mind taking the heat for my +33 point prediction. That's based on Rory not playing. If she plays, I'll agree with the rest of you that a mere double figure MOV would be more likely.

As for the Vic fans (I'm one of those) who think his teams can muck up any offense, yes that's a possibility. Sort of like what UCF did last year. But I don't think they'll be in full "muck mode" this early in the season. Without Rory, they're starting only Holle, Moore and Gaston from last season, and only Moore and Gaston started for them last season. By contrast, we're starting 4 players who started often last season, and our 5th seems to have integrated herself into our system pretty effectively so far.
 
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MSGRET said:
I believe that Caroline being able to play today makes UConn full strength for this season, unless there is a player besides Paige or Ice not available.
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That's kind of a running gag at this point. I'm not calling them "full strength" when they have a npoy on the bench in street clothes.
 
Remember the Arkansas game last year? Paige didn't score in the 1st quarter as she tried to get everyone else involved. It worked for awhile and we took an early lead. But Arkansas started to make a comeback. In the final 3 quarters, Paige set her career high for scoring.

Does anybody seriously think 1) this Texas team is better than that Arkansas team? or 2) that Azzi and Lou aren't each capable of doing something similar? I'd include Caroline in question #2, but it's just her first game back.
 
Bone Dog said:
Remember the Arkansas game last year? Paige didn't score in the 1st quarter as she tried to get everyone else involved. It worked for awhile and we took an early lead. But Arkansas started to make a comeback. In the final 3 quarters, Paige set her career high for scoring.

Does anybody seriously think 1) this Texas team is better than that Arkansas team? or 2) that Azzi and Lou aren't each capable of doing something similar? I'd include Caroline in question #2, but it's just her first game back.
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Well all I know is that Azzi, Lou, and Caroline are 3 definite scoring threats. Paige was one person, relying on her to do all the scoring for that team was just never going to work in the long run and it showed after she went down.
 
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