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U19 World Cup - Kayleigh Heckel

MooseJaw said:
And what guards are as quick as Hannah?
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There's a few, like Milaysia for one. Harmon before her knee injury was another. I'd include Jasmine Bascoe on Villanova.
 
Bone Dog said:
There's a few, like Milaysia for one. Harmon before her knee injury was another. I'd include Jasmine Bascoe on Villanova.
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That's 2, can't count Harmon anymore. But the point was compared to K9, and I agree you have named two. The question now is how many are as quick and as good or better than KK or K9. Not many, but surprise me, I have an open mind. Bone Dog I agree Bascoe is going to be elite. Milaysia is another story, super quick, sometimes too quick at times out running the ball. If her new coach gets her under control, she could be the best point in WCBB.
I will take our duo, both KK and K9 are more than quick enough, both are near the top of the heap in talent. There are very few individuals better, taken as a one two punch our duo is beyond what any other team can put on the floor. Bone Dog I have followed your posts for a couple of years, based on your previous posts I know you are as excited for what's to come this season. It may take some time, but like last season's team, this team can become a steam roller. :cool:
 
I watched the first half of the France game. USA is in a rare close game. Heckel was probably the most composed player on the court for them. With Hall being the best.

Anyway, it is good this team has her. She’s pivotal for a game like this.
 
Ugly second half for USA. But they managed to pull it out.

In their defense, France was really given a license to hack and foul at the end of the game. The officials swallowed their whistles and gave them a chance to steal the game.
 
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MooseJaw said:
But the point was compared to K9, and I agree you have named two. The question now is how many are as quick and as good or better than KK or K9.
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You don't need to defend Kayleigh or KK from me. The point of my comment was not to diminish either of them. I think very few guards will play better defense than either of them, and that's the main job for Geno, as far as I can tell. They will provide the quickness at PG to help carry this team to a few more NCs. Being the quickest is not the most important thing, as Hannah, Milaysia and Rori have amply demonstrated -- none of them has been enough to carry a team to an NC. What matters is to "do your job" (to quote Bill Belichek) on a team where everyone does their jobs. This is what KK knows how to do, and Ash, and the rest of them, and Kayleigh will find her place right next to all of them. She looks like a kid who knows how to do the job assigned to her.

To make my point even more clearly, ND beat UConn early this season, and Hannah scored 29. But it was almost entirely the result of a sizzling hot streak from 3 pt land. She shot 8 for 17 overall, but 6 of 11 from 3. Take away the hot streak and ND probably doesn't win that game, especially if Azzi had been available. The fact is KK and Kaitlyn took away Hannah's drives to the rim -- she only made 2 FGs from inside the arc and shot 2 for 6. They were quick enough and followed the scout carefully enough to shut her down. Also worth observing that KK and Kaitlyn combined for 21 points on 10 for 18 shooting. Is Hannah a better scorer than KK or Kayleigh? Yes. But that doesn't mean she's a more useful player. The platoon of KK and Kayleigh will be just what Geno needs.
 
Guards that are fast/quick and under control imo are still only 1/5 of the equation. Perhaps a very important 5th but still just 1/5.

The other 4/5 on the floor who understand that their PG has to know and trust them to be where they’re supposed to be or help getting another teammate to be there.

PG’ have to make passes to where a teammate is supposed to be a second or two into the future. If players aren’t there it’s a turn over. Passing to where teammates are is a SLOW predictable game.

PG’s imo are only as good as the other players on the team and the more often that they do and go where they’re supposed to be really makes a PG look amazing.

Yea I hate when a poster make comments that cause me to look forward for a thumbs-up then the add that last comment that causes me to think, nope.
But talking about PG’s caused me to think of my favorite. Other than my daughter up through HS.
So here goes :)

If UConn hadn’t experienced the overwhelming number of injuries Paige would have left with more than 1 trophy and Nika would have left with 1 or more as well. But, that’s why we watch.
I think many athlete live with what might have beens.
 
Kayleigh has a nice stop and pop game. She had some good and bad moments in the matchup with France. But overall, I can't wait to see her playing for UConn this season. Kayleigh has a lot of potential. Plus, she is tough.
 
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oldude said:
Yes. But HH struggled somewhat down the stretch last season into March as the drama in South Bend created a schism at ND with several key players leaving for greener pastures (Miles, Koval, Watson & Risch). It will be interesting to see how HH leads a newly reconstituted Irish team without the same level of talent as this past season.
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And the year before
 
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JellyBean said:
Kayleigh has a nice stop and pop game. She had some good and bad moments in the matchup with France. But overall, I can't wait to see her playing for UConn this season. Kayleigh has a lot of potential. Plus, she is tough.
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Tough is the key word for any UConn player, and Kayleigh is definitely a member of that tribe. The last two seasons, Geno has blessed us with the 'Havoc Twins.' Next season, I wonder if we'll ever get to see the 'Terror Triplets': Kayleigh, KK and Ash on the court together.
 
Hall deserves a lot of credit for that game. I don’t think the US wins without her.

Jazzy really struggled in this game. And jerzy barely played. The game was a lot different than all of the other games the US has played so far at this event.
 
Yesterday's results - Record-breaking - Yesterday's summary


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Record-breaking USA post longest winning streak in U19 WWC history

USA continue to hit new heights and rack up new milestones after stepping into the Semi-Finals in Brno. But France put up a hell of a fight.
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Record-breaking USA post longest winning streak in U19 WWC history

USA continue to hit new heights and rack up new milestones after stepping into the Semi-Finals in Brno. But France put up a hell of a fight.
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Stagnant said:
Hall deserves a lot of credit for that game. I don’t think the US wins without her.

Jazzy really struggled in this game. And jerzy barely played. The game was a lot different than all of the other games the US has played so far at this event.
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Yes the US actually faced a much tougher defensive team.
 
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Bone Dog said:
You don't need to defend Kayleigh or KK from me. The point of my comment was not to diminish either of them. I think very few guards will play better defense than either of them, and that's the main job for Geno, as far as I can tell. They will provide the quickness at PG to help carry this team to a few more NCs. Being the quickest is not the most important thing, as Hannah, Milaysia and Rori have amply demonstrated -- none of them has been enough to carry a team to an NC. What matters is to "do your job" (to quote Bill Belichek) on a team where everyone does their jobs. This is what KK knows how to do, and Ash, and the rest of them, and Kayleigh will find her place right next to all of them. She looks like a kid who knows how to do the job assigned to her.

To make my point even more clearly, ND beat UConn early this season, and Hannah scored 29. But it was almost entirely the result of a sizzling hot streak from 3 pt land. She shot 8 for 17 overall, but 6 of 11 from 3. Take away the hot streak and ND probably doesn't win that game, especially if Azzi had been available. The fact is KK and Kaitlyn took away Hannah's drives to the rim -- she only made 2 FGs from inside the arc and shot 2 for 6. They were quick enough and followed the scout carefully enough to shut her down. Also worth observing that KK and Kaitlyn combined for 21 points on 10 for 18 shooting. Is Hannah a better scorer than KK or Kayleigh? Yes. But that doesn't mean she's a more useful player. The platoon of KK and Kayleigh will be just what Geno needs.
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It was never my intention to infer or seem to defend either of the players to you. I was just stating my case in in re: to the 2 players. We certainly seem to share our thoughts on the 2 players. If you took umbridge to my post my apology.
 
MooseJaw said:
It was never my intention to infer or seem to defend either of the players to you. I was just stating my case in in re: to the 2 players. We certainly seem to share our thoughts on the 2 players. If you took umbridge to my post my apology.
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No umbridge or umbrage taken. That’s the professor in me, always distinguishing useless stuff. I’ll happily take the villain from harry potter off your hands. :p:D
 
Bone Dog said:
No umbridge or umbrage taken. That’s the professor in me, always distinguishing useless stuff. I’ll happily take the villain from harry potter off your hands. :p:D
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Love it, auto correct bites me again, as usual I take the easy way. Just for grins I hated that Bitch, I guess that means she played her part extremely well. Have a great day.
 
EricLA said:
Bottom line is NO ONE can replace Paige. Just look at what she's doing in the W. It's not by accident. It was like trying to replace Sue, Diana, Maya, Stewie, etc. It will be done by committee. And with the amount of talent on the team, combined with improvements from everyone coming back, WATCH OUT!

As @oldude pointed out, even tho they aren't getting national attention, I feel KK and Kayleigh will be the best PG combo in the nation. Then we have the sophomore leap for Sarah, the addition of Serah, and the junior leap for Ash. Boom. Starting 5 potentially of KK, Azzi, Ash, Sarah, Serah. Best quintet in the nation.

The scoring will come from all over. I suspect Sarah and Azzi will be between 18-20 PPG on average. Serah will probably average over 10 PPG. Maybe 13 or so. I could see Ash around 10 PPG. Then bring in the next group - Kayleigh, Morgan, Caroline, Blanca and Jana. Yikes.

I suspect Q4 will be dominated by Kelis, Allie, Ice, Ayanna and Gandy. you could move some up from group 3 to group 2, but bottom line is that Geno will have 15 players who, by skill and effort, "demand" playing time. I could see the team easily averaging 90+ PPG. I just hope, in fairness to the players lower on the depth chart, that Geno lets them play hard, intense, and score on fast breaks whenever they get one.

This is one of those seasons where I don't care about running up the score. I don't think we need to full court press the entire game, but pretty much all of Q1, half of Q2, and all of Q3. If opponents complain, too bad. IMHO it's not fair to decrease scoring opportunities for reserves because the other team is overmatched. ;)
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Second the prediction of "best PG combo" for BOTH offense and defense. Kayleigh, once she gets used to UConn's style and her teammates, will likely react more quickly in all facets of the game. She plays solid defense and has the size to not get into mismatches from pick and roles.
 
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