It’s been a long road for Aaliyah from her freshman and sophomore years when she was a “fouling machine” who frequently ran down the court without looking up, running over opposing players who simply stood in front of her to draw fouls.
We had nobody last year that had the speed that this young lady has. Her ability to get up the court and penetrate was not there last year.Oh-Man!
I was getting ready to give your post a thumbs up. . . Then I read your last sentence
Q, Ash, KK, Ice, & Paige is what's different from last year. At the very least.
To me, she’s the biggest difference in the team. She’s been rock solid. She’s not flashy, and probably won’t be anyone’s superstar, but she’s a huge part of this team.
Totally. What I've always loved about her was how physical and gritty she is - always giving 100 percent. But it was often wild and undisciplined, like a bull in a China shop. Stat lines like hers tonight compared to her underclassman years are honestly about as good a pitch for playing for Geno as you can find. He's truly in a league of his own in the way he coaches up his players over 4 years in Storrs.
Too bad Brink didn’t go for Geno’s pitch.
Too bad Brink didn’t go for Geno’s pitch.
That’s a bit exaggerated. Larry Bird only shot 89% for his career.
So when Aubrey tore her ACL as a sophomore at Ossining HS, was that also attributable to something being wrong with UConn’s program?
Thank you and amen.
SLY63- - -Ice's development was really held back by missing last year! She hasn't gotten used to the speed and aggression of the college game yet! But tonight she looked much better playing not thinking!
After losing the third best player on the team, likely for the season, I’m not sure we should be predicting an undefeated conference run, not to mention a sure win over Notre Dame. Aubrey is a catastrophic loss and while I too am confident this team will rise to the occasion, I guess I’m not quite as confident. I do hope you are right though.
Do people around here have any appreciation of the Laws of Jinx?
Most concerning is it kills our depth and the rest available for players like Paige and Aaliyah. They are really gonna have to rejigger lineups again to address this huge hole. Deves rating doesn’t begin to cover it. Heartbroken for Aubrey and the whole team.
Ignore feature can be very useful.
I agree. However the bad thing about the use of this feature is that if the ignored party starts a thread, you won't see it while logged into the site. I know that we can just look at the threads prior to logging in but still, it's a pet peeve.
Agree about ICE, some good passes, nice rebounds.... just cut down on those
