The new starting 5 will be...

[Carnac]

If you been coached by Geno, like I have, you move your feet all the time and you don't wait until your 4th foul to make adjustments.

True, but it's at THAT time when that concept becomes real, plausible, and reality sets in. One more grab, reach, or push (shove), and you're gone. Nobody wants /likes to foul out of a game. Especially if you're the best player on your team or if the game is close, and you know your fouling out could mean the difference in the game. You know there's something magical about those sidelines. Once you cross them, you forget everything the coach told you, and you play on instinct. Ergo, you reach, you grab, you foul.

When were you coached by Geno? Have you been holding out on us?

 

[BroadwayVa]

Gabby did not foul out of any games last year but she did pick up some cheap "perimeter" fouls that had her sitting on the bench for extended minutes like in the Ohio state game.
It matters very much who is guarding the post if you are going to be giving up 6 inches like Gabby would be.

If Gabby's position will be 'guarding the post'--she is in a No Win position. It is almost a gimme that a too small post fouls. Gabby with her speed and instinct is excellent at the top of the press or taking on opponents scorers.
Every thing Gabby does, I like--even those cheap foul--she is being aggressive and working hard.

If we act as though Gabby were a 6/3 post with our expectations -- some will be disappointed. Athleticism can make up for just a bit of size--

 

[Vowelguy]

That's is exactly why 6'2" Molly Bent may be forced into action at the post position this year sooner than expected.

Molly Bent is 5'8". You mean Kyla Irwin.

 

[CocoHusky]

True, but it's at THAT time when that concept becomes real, plausible, and reality sets in. One more grab, reach, or push (shove), and you're gone. Nobody wants /likes to foul out of a game. Especially if you're the best player on your team or if the game is close, and you know your fouling out could mean the difference in the game.
When were you coached by Geno? Have you been holding out on us?

No, I have told this story on BY several times. I was coached by Geno in HS JV basketball 1979.

 

[Carnac]

Molly Bent is 5'8". You mean Kyla Irwin.

Yes!!! thanks for correcting my gaff.

 

[BroadwayVa]

If you been coached by Geno, like I have, you move your feet all the time and you don't wait until your 4th foul to make adjustments.

Coco---Geno has spoken often the need to move your feet--keep your position such that you see the opposing player and the ball--
As for you having been coached by Geno----I have no doubts---however some mystery -- is essential--

 

[BroadwayVa]

No, I have told this story on BY several times. I was coached by Geno in HS JV basketball 1979.

O' phooey---another mystery disclosed---. next thing you know--Father Brown will be DE-frocked..
Is it true--as reported in the press, awhile back, that all the Teenies fell for Geno's Italian good looks and smooth manner (except when coaching)??????

 

[donalddoowop]

Yes!!! thanks for correcting my gaff.

You probably need to take a break. First Nurse and now this. What shape will you be in if Walker commits to ND?

 

[Carnac]

You probably need to take a break. First Nurse and now this. What shape will you be in if Walker commits to ND?

Mentally, I've already made provisions if that happens, I'll turn my attention towards other coveted players like I did when we didn't get Cox, Durr, Ogunbowale, Wilson, Boley, Turner, and the like. You turn the page and move on. MW will go where she is supposed to be.........where ever that is. I believe in fate. I believe what Geno tells potential recruits: "We're going to win with or without you". He has, he does and he will. You can't beat that!! THAT's why I won't stress.

 

[Kibitzer]

I did on page 3.
Whats all this talk about gabby fouling too much? I don't recall her fouling out of any game last year.
It doesn't matter who is guarding the post, because uconn makes it tough for the other team to pass it inside.

A good example of an "internet legend." Somebody posts it and others seize on it so it takes a life of its own.

Last season UConn went undefeated, won (another) NC, averaged only 11+ team fouls per game, and nobody ever fouled out.

Stats (like PF per minute) may be unreliable for Gabby because she was consistently matched up against taller opponents and always scrapping for rebounds.

Case in point. I just watched the 2016 NCAA semi-final game vs, Oregon State. When Geno took Stewie out (2 1st half fouls), he sent 5'11" Gabby (not Nat or Pheesa) to take her place.

 

[CocoHusky]

A good example of an "internet legend." Somebody posts it and others seize on it so it takes a life of its own.

Last season UConn went undefeated, won (another) NC, averaged only 11+ team fouls per game, and nobody ever fouled out.
Stats (like PF per minute) may be unreliable for Gabby because she was consistently matched up against taller opponents and always scrapping for rebounds.
Case in point. I just watched the 2016 NCAA semi-final game vs, Oregon State. When Geno took Stewie out (2 1st half fouls), he sent 5'11" Gabby (not Nat or Pheesa) to take her place.

Kib that is accurate but as misleading as the legend you are trying to debunk. Stewie picked up her 2 foul at the 7:56 mark of the first quarter. She continued to play with 2 fouls until 1:26 mark of the first quarter. In those 6.5 minutes Stewie tangled with OSU center 3 times at the rim and could have easily pickup a third foul. Gabby came in to the game at the 1:26 mark but this is Gabby's normal rotation not because Stewie was in foul trouble. When Gabby came into the game her defensive assignment was to guard Katie Williams a wing player. So except for two switches Gabby did not spend much time defending in the post & Stewie was back in the game to start the second quarter.

 

[Kibitzer]

Kib that is accurate but as misleading as the legend you are trying to debunk. Stewie picked up her 2 foul at the 7:56 mark of the first quarter. She continued to play with 2 fouls until 1:26 mark of the first quarter. In those 6.5 minutes Stewie tangled with OSU center 3 times at the rim and could have easily pickup a third foul. Gabby came in to the game at the 1:26 mark but this is Gabby's normal rotation not because Stewie was in foul trouble. When Gabby came into the game her defensive assignment was to guard Katie Williams a wing player. So except for two switches Gabby did not spend much time defending in the post & Stewie was back in the game to start the second quarter.

You are correct, of course. The only point I made (and obviously not very well) was that when Stewie did come out, it was 5'11" Gabby who replaced her, not a seemingly more logical sub, like 6'5" Natalie. I concede the point that this was a minuscule sample but, still, Gabby did not magically grow by several inches the instant she left the scorer's table to enter the fray.

 

[CajunHusky]

A good example of an "internet legend." Somebody posts it and others seize on it so it takes a life of its own.

Last season UConn went undefeated, won (another) NC, averaged only 11+ team fouls per game, and nobody ever fouled out.

Stats (like PF per minute) may be unreliable for Gabby because she was consistently matched up against taller opponents and always scrapping for rebounds.

Case in point. I just watched the 2016 NCAA semi-final game vs, Oregon State. When Geno took Stewie out (2 1st half fouls), he sent 5'11" Gabby (not Nat or Pheesa) to take her place.

BUT ... also keep in mind that Stewie'player to guard (before switches of course) was Hamblin and when Stewie picked up her second foul, she and Tuck took Hamblin for the rest of the half. And Oregon State had its own foul problems so Gabby's challenge defensively wasn't the big big, or even the big.

 

[CajunHusky]

The 16-17 will have a character all its own. Will it be a four guard or maybe even a five guard offense? Will Phee or Gabby play post or wing? or a combination of both? Will Gabby extend her range? Will Phee improve her strength? Phe and Gabby were strong on the offensive boards, and on the weak side of defensive boards? Will coach go with a fast offense, or a strong post?

We won't really know what he settles on until the end of December.....

and then I think Coach will settle on Kia, Gabby, Lou, Crystal, Kyla with Phee first off the bench.

to be clear ..... first game of the year it will Kia, Gabby,Phee and Lou . the fifth starter will change several times into the end of December and then Coach will settle with a fast four guard team and the 6 2 post: Kia, Crystal, Gaby, Lou and Kyla

I'm starting to feel pretty good about my prediction......

 

[CocoHusky]

I'm starting to feel pretty good about my prediction.

April, 20 2016.

The 16-17 will have a character all its own. Will it be a four guard or maybe even a five guard offense? Will Phee or Gabby play post or wing? or a combination of both? Will Gabby extend her range? Will Phee improve her strength? Phe and Gabby were strong on the offensive boards, and on the weak side of defensive boards? Will coach go with a fast offense, or a strong post?

We won't really know what he settles on until the end of December.....

and then I think Coach will settle on Kia, Gabby, Lou, Crystal, Kyla with Phee first off the bench.

Seven months later and you are still struggling with this?
In 10 days UCONN will play the FIRST GAME of the season.
Who will be the Starting 5 for UCONN?

 

[Carnac]

I'm starting to feel pretty good about my prediction.

I know what you mean. Me too.