Uconn not peaking yet

[hussybulldog]

Who is better than Stewart? How many players are better than Mosqueda-Lewis? How many players are better than Jefferson? How many players are better than Tuck? Those four are potentially 1st team AA. Against most teams even fresh Nurse is better than her opposite number. I stand by reality, not Kool Aid. Nobody brings a defensive ace like Stoked off the bench. As I said, once in a while there may be a player better than our player at tte same position. Not very often.

There have not been that games this season since the Stanford game yet to give you that 99% argument..You are thinking that all the 5 starters should be in the first-team AA.

 

[Bgillon]

It's Stanford not Stamford.....or are you intentionally misspelling it multiple times for the fun of it?

Thanks for the compliment but no, a typo on my part

 

[cohenzone]

There have not been that games this season since the Stanford game yet to give you that 99% argument..You are thinking that all the 5 starters should be in the first-team AA.

Give me your counter. Again, Stewart is a lock first team, Lewis is one of the few dangerous 3 point specialists who does a load of other things and should also be a 1st teamer. On a game to game basis name a point guard Jefferson faces who can score, defend, and assist without turnovers like she does. She has first team credentials. If you understand Morgan Tuck, you understand that few power forwards who can do all of the variety of things she can do. It is a rare game that any of their opponents has a player better at the position than those four. Nurse is the only one of the group who more often might have someone better than she is, but she is never thoroughly outclassed

Pay attention to what I said. It is an exceedingly rare game when they play a team, position by position, that has a player better than what UConn has. You can make a case for a few players nationally, and they don't faxe all of those. Throw in how Stokes screws up a teams ability to score near the basket and UConn is a horrible match up for just about all teams

You are stuck on the Stanford game. If you haven't seen how different UConn has become since then , you haven't a clue. There are a few teams, Stanford not being one of them, that could beat them under the curcumstances I said. Play great D and beat UConn in a low scoring game. ND is capable when their whole team is there. I've seen USC only a few times. I think UConn will be a shock to their system.

Oh, one other position no team can match. The coach.

 

[EricLA]

Side note - I tend to agree with Tony. I know people love to point to the Stanford game as "yeah but UCONN is human"... However, no matter how you slice it, UCONN has demolished everyone they've played, including Notre Dame, while SC has not looked great in winning a lot of close games even against teams they should pummel.

Of course all the armchair coaching in the world is irrelevant as the two teams will face off and I know there will be a ton of interest in the game. I know some here expect a close game and the SC fans expect the same, or a win by their team. But everything they do, we do better. At the start of the year I was going to readily acknowledge Mitchell would have a big advantage at the 2 spot over whoever UCONN had there (Nurse or Chong). Now I think that advantage is negligible as Nurse is just fantastic. And UCONN is better at every other position. Sure they bring Wilson in off the bench, but we have Stokes. And Wililams.

I do think that SC has a couple of terrific guards off the bench who are uber athletic and could cause problems if UCONN is not prepared for the full court press and "in-your-face" defense, but ultimately I think UCONN is much more talented offensively and SC will simply have no answer - even if they slow down Stewie AND KML, we have too many weapons... IMHO... UCONN by at least 20...

 

[DobbsRover2]

Since the object of your response to my glowing post was apparently just argumentative, I am compelled to wonder, as I have in the past, how you made out on reading comprehension on your SAT's. At no point did I suggest that I was in any way more knowledgeable than the coach. Is there a significant dropoff in overall talent level on this team as one goes deeper down the bench? Clearly, there is. It is a testament to the team's talent and greatness that players as good as Saniya, who would start for a great many teams, represent a dropoff, however steep or shallow, from the primary cast. I think Geno is trying his best to build up Saniya's confidence by giving her as many minutes as possible. I applaud that, and hope that his efforts in that regard are successful. For now, the jury is still out.

Thanks BP for your usual compliments about other posters' reading abilities opposed to your own superlative writing abilities when you refer to the qualities of a regular like SanCho as a "steep drop off in quality" in your otherwise self-proclaimed glowing post. I'm sure Saniya is happy to know she is such a proficient diver, but as noted, she at least knows that her coach knows more than certain posters who last had a clue when the world was flat.

 

[HuskiesU]

My MVP of this team will easily be Morgan Tuck because she brings a low post game that eventually teams are going to start to look and double her. That's when KML Mojeff and Nurse will have wide open 3s. Morgan is better than advertised for the fact we knew she was good and seen glimpse of it but not being so dominant and a big time scorer. This team is just has good as last year team. I see people on BY talking bout there team defense but we still lead the country at opp. Fg % opp. scoring block shots and margin of victory but also on off we rank 2nd in scoring

 

[hoophuskee]

There have not been that games this season since the Stanford game yet to give you that 99% argument..You are thinking that all the 5 starters should be in the first-team AA.

I see what he or she is saying. If I'm not right cohenzone I apologize. But I think the point is-

To start a game pick a team at their respective positions have two players better in the top 6. Of course the game is decided on the court. Lousiville beat Baylor. But his or her point was you may find very,very,very.very, very, very few teams (1%) that have two players comparing position vs position in the top 6 that are better than UCONN's top 6.

 

[meyers7]

There have not been that games this season since the Stanford game yet to give you that 99% argument..You are thinking that all the 5 starters should be in the first-team AA.

I'm with you on this one,..mostly. Actually there haven't been enough games this whole season to reach the 99%. That would leave 1%. 5 starters (just using starters) for 20 games would make 100. So there would be 1 player better than a UConn starter in those 20 games. However, we haven't even played 20 games yet. AND you have Loyd, USF's Williams, Duke's Williams just to name 3 quickly off the top of my head who would probably be considered better than at least 1 of our starters.

Statistics can be a b!tch to use.

 

[hussybulldog]

I'm with you on this one,..mostly. Actually there haven't been enough games this whole season to reach the 99%. That would leave 1%. 5 starters (just using starters) for 20 games would make 100. So there would be 1 player better than a UConn starter in those 20 games. However, we haven't even played 20 games yet. AND you have Loyd, USF's Williams, Duke's Williams just to name 3 quickly off the top of my head who would probably be considered better than at least 1 of our starters.

Statistics can be a b!tch to use.

Actually you were kind to the original post. Let me quote,'UConn is better at every position than 99% of the opponents every game.' So we are talking about 100 games, not 20 games..wink wink

 

[DobbsRover2]

Actually you were kind to the original post. Let me quote,'UConn is better at every position than 99% of the opponents every game.' So we are talking about 100 games, not 20 games..wink wink

Not necessarily. You could also translate it as individuals on the team, i.e. the PARTS not the SUM. And if you expanded the group of compared players to include the 6th man reserve, that would get you to 102. That still only comes to one player better than a Husky at any of the six positions, which would certainly rile up the fans of other teams, but no one ever said that wearing heavily tinted blue glasses was a crime. Wouldn't go there myself, but there are some very optimistic fans on the BY.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Actually I think UCONN is a long way from Peking, except maybe Saniya.

When UConn is peaking, the other teams had better duck.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

When UConn is peaking, the other teams had better duck.

Sorry, but that made me think of this.

 

[meyers7]

Actually you were kind to the original post. Let me quote,'UConn is better at every position than 99% of the opponents every game.' So we are talking about 100 games, not 20 games..wink wink

The way I read that it's 99% of opponents, not 99% of games. I was counting at least 5 opponents per game, hence 20 games. If you go deeper into the bench, then it would be less games.

 

[DobbsRover2]

The way I read that it's 99% of opponents, not 99% of games. I was counting at least 5 opponents per game, hence 20 games. If you go deeper into the bench, then it would be less games.

What? You prevaricate on the "at least." You might eliminate Kiah from the discussion? The player that makes the opponents' knees all wobbly when they think about playing UConn?

You are hereby demoted to meyers-at-least-5.

 

[Zorro]

If and when Tony applies for a job as a secretary or English professor, then his spelling can rightly be examined. Until then, stop peeking on him, y'all!!! Tony is an analyst and prognosticator without peer. Correct spelling is for us lesser folks.

 

[meyers7]

What? You prevaricate on the "at least." You might eliminate Kiah from the discussion? The player that makes the opponents' knees all wobbly when they think about playing UConn?

You are hereby demoted to meyers-at-least-5.

5 players per team is easier math to prove the point. That was all I was going for. You could get to less games, but it would put you further off the 99%.