UConn #1 AAC Preseason Coaches Poll Napheesa POY

[Wbbfan1]

UConn Picked to Win 2017-18 American Women’s Basketball Title

Originally posted this in AAC Media Day thread. Decided it needed a separate thread.

 

[Kaizen]

Preseason Player of the Year
Napheesa Collier, Jr., F, UConn

Preseason All-Conference First Team
Aliyah Gregory, Sr., G, UCF
Napheesa Collier, Jr., F, UConn *
Katie Lou Samuelson, Jr., G/F, UConn
Gabby Williams, Sr., F, UConn *
Kitija Laksa, Jr., G, USF

Preseason All-Conference Second Team
Kia Nurse, Sr., G, UConn
Maria Jespersen, Sr., F, USF
Alicia Froling, Sr., F, SMU
Alliya Butts, Sr., G, Temple
Kolby Morgan, Sr., G, Tulane

 

[Wbbfan1]

Azura' is not on 1st or 2nd Preseason All Conference Team

 

[Kaizen]

Azura' is not on 1st or 2nd Preseason All Conference Team

I guess Z hasn't played a game in AAC hence is not qualified.

 

[Jim]

So which coach left Katie Lou (last year's co-POY) off the 1st team?

 

[bags27]

UConn was selected as the preseason favorite to win the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference women's basketball title in voting by the league’s head coaches, the conference announced on Monday.

Wow! Didn't see that coming!

I'm sure if they could, they'd just pencil in the entire first 7 Huskies as first team or second team. That's of course the problem with being in the AAC....

 

[Geew1992]

Sadly, Alliyah Butts won't be on second team

 

[Rema64]

Congratulations Napheesa!

 

[MilfordHusky]

Congrats to all! However, Lou gets dissed a little--not POY and not unanimous 1st Team Are you serious??

 

[MilfordHusky]

Exactly!!

 

[Florida Fan]

Azura' is not on 1st or 2nd Preseason All Conference Team

A little more fuel for Azura's competitive fire.

 

[Sonny44]

Azura' is not on 1st or 2nd Preseason All Conference Team

Good, that means they don't know about her!!!!

 

[Sonny44]

Of course Kia (Faris) Nurse could never get center stage no matter what she does.

 

[Carnac]

A little more fuel for Azura's competitive fire.

Nothing fuels a player's competitive juices like a lack of peer recognition or respect.

 

[dtbtbtb]

Wow..some coach didn't see KLS play??? And Azura not on first or second team...really???

 

[meyers7]

Wow..some coach didn't see KLS play??? And Azura not on first or second team...really???

Don't you have to be a starter to make one of the teams??

 

[UConnCat]

Collier, Huskies top AAC preseason polls

"We have four starters back from the team that won it so I'd like to think most reasonable people in our league would vote for us to be preseason No. 1," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "Not that we have a lot of reasonable coaches in our league because not everybody voted for Lou for first team all-league. I guess you have to do something better than be Co-Player of the Year the year before to have everyone vote for you first team."

 

[Shorty Dee]

Napheesa Collier voted pre-season POY, and 4 UConn players have been voted to 1st and 2nd teams. Below is the order of the 1st team:
1. Gabby Williams - UConn
2. Alliyah Gregory - UCF
3. Napheesa Collier - UConn
4. Katie Lou Samuelson - UConn
5. Kitsa Latza - USF
The second team leader is Kia Nurse.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Napheesa Collier voted pre-season POY, and 4 UConn players have been voted to 1st and 2nd teams. Below is the order of the 1st team:
1. Gabby Williams - UConn
2. Alliyah Gregory - UCF
3. Napheesa Collier - UConn
4. Katie Lou Samuelson - UConn
5. Kitsa Latza - USF
The second team leader is Kia Nurse.

Can you explain what you mean by "order"?

 

[HoopsFan21]

Azura' is not on 1st or 2nd Preseason All Conference Team

She hasn't played college basketball in 18 months, so I think it's fair.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

Fuller's piece on the event. UConn women picked to win AAC, Collier preseason player of year

 

[oldude]

I’m just taking a wild guess here, but Lou not a unanimous 1st team choice and the Huskies getting 11/12 votes for the top team in the league, could it be the little Italian guy wanted to push a few buttons by voting for someone else?

The master psychologist at work.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I guess Z hasn't played a game in AAC hence is not qualified.

Would you vote for a kid you had not seen play in your conference? I don't find this strange or insulting.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I’m just taking a wild guess here, but Lou not a unanimous 1st team choice and the Huskies getting 11/12 votes for the top team in the league, could it be the little Italian guy wanted to push a few buttons by voting for someone else?

The master psychologist at work.

I dunno. He sounds miffed: . "Not that we have a lot of reasonable coaches in our league because not everybody voted for Lou for first team all-league. I guess you have to do something better than be Co-Player of the Year the year before to have everyone vote for you first team." Quote from Adamec article cited above.

 

[RockyMTblue2]

So which coach left Katie Lou (last year's co-POY) off the 1st team?

Who got rained on with 10 3s? Jose' felt burned maybe.