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Fairfield Fan said:
Wonder if Ice is hobbled, literally, by her serious knee injury. There is no reason whatsoever for her to be such a meager contributor to team performance- except if she's physically unable to perform. And it could be that Aubrey is once again suffering from her injured spine. Agree that Paige might be playing on borrowed time.
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If, if, if... interesting.
Ice is basically a freshman coming off a year long struggle to get back onto the court.
 
Boreifs said:
I have watched UConn for 30 years. With the four injured players out, this could be the weakest team in that period. The fourth quarter was encouraging, but Paige has been completely upstaged by a guard on the other team in all three of their losses. Can one ever imagine that happening in the senior year of any of UConn’s past legends? The last run happened when she was on the bench and ended when she came back into the game.
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Please think about “the other legends” and the players that surrounded them before you say things about a great player. Start with this legend is coming off 2 consecutive season ending surgeries. Now add to that she is surrounded by basically a team which will be lucky to see a Sweet 16 and win a BE championship. Watch the games closely she is being doubled (sometimes tripled) on any dribble penetration so her fantastic 12-15 foot mid range is being taken away mostly. Teams know her going off for 30 or more will be the only way they lose so make anyone else beat them.

She’s a legend no doubt, her team not close to any the others you mention played with.
 
Jmsdawg said:
My take, Texas is really good, Booker is the piece Vic needed and she is producing. I still consider UConn a really good team but they do not seem to have a core 5 to rely on and team chemistry just not there yet. Paige is back but she needs the other players to do their job. The team appears, at least to me, to rely too much on Paige to carry the load. Geno has not been able to get the team to play up to their potential, I realize injuries have slowed the team chemistry but we need a core 5 made up of the available players, finding that core 5 must come from Geno.
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UConn currently consists of 4 seniors, 4 freshmen, and 2 little used reserves. The freshmen are doing as well as we could have hoped 7 games into the season - it’s the seniors that need to find some consistency. But yes, Geno’s shifting lineups shows he’s try different combinations in an attempt to find an offensive flow while maintaining defensive intensity. He needs to learn what the freshmen can contribute consistently and how to have his seniors play to make the team run smoothly, like putting a puzzle together. Some years are easier than others, this year has a lot of question marks.
 
Game lost due to 21 TOs which cost us 21 possessions and gives the other team an additional 21 possessions, some of which could be easy layups in transition. Scoring was not a problem. We shot 60% as a team, even though our best scorer shot far worse. Texas must have had an additional 25 shots more than us when you count the difference in TOs and the offensive boards we gave up. We didn't have a lot of offensive boards since we didn't miss so much but Texas has an addition 16 or so possessions as a result. It is amazing that we didn't lose by 30 and we would have if the offense (outside of TOs) wasn't as efficient as it was. We played them even for all but 3 minutes of the game as well.
 
Fairfield Fan said:
Wonder if Ice is hobbled, literally, by her serious knee injury. There is no reason whatsoever for her to be such a meager contributor to team performance- except if she's physically unable to perform. And it could be that Aubrey is once again suffering from her injured spine. Agree that Paige might be playing on borrowed time.
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Big girls take longer to adjust when moving up a level, it has always been so.
 
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Geesworld said:
Crazy that Marquette may start the Big East season ranked higher than us.
My Huskies are built tough and I believe will be a whole lot better come tourney time. We are currently going to be a 4 to 5 seed and who wants to face us that early.
As a fan I say let's be patient as we have had the toughest schedule compared to other teams around the country and we have had a lot of valuable minutes in street clothes.
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I totally agree!!!
 
mauconnfan said:
Please think about “the other legends” and the players that surrounded them before you say things about a great player. Start with this legend is coming off 2 consecutive season ending surgeries. Now add to that she is surrounded by basically a team which will be lucky to see a Sweet 16 and win a BE championship. Watch the games closely she is being doubled (sometimes tripled) on any dribble penetration so her fantastic 12-15 foot mid range is being taken away mostly. Teams know her going off for 30 or more will be the only way they lose so make anyone else beat them.

She’s a legend no doubt, her team not close to any the others you mention played with.
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I didn’t say she had a bad game, just that she was upstaged. Geno is the one who said she had a bad game.
 
Boreifs said:
I didn’t say she had a bad game, just that she was upstaged. Geno is the one who said she had a bad game.
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Upstaged isn’t a bad game? She’s one of the best to ever don that uni she can have bad games they all do. But the predicament she’s in is unlike any others just be happy she’s on the court or they’d be mid to last place team in the Big East. None of the other legends had it so bad or even close.

Play the freshman as much as possible they need to become sophomores by February this year. Samuel needs to see the court more too she has potential no doubt. Let her learn on the court this year is unfortunately all about next year.
 
mauconnfan said:
Upstaged isn’t a bad game? She’s one of the best to ever don that uni she can have bad games they all do. But the predicament she’s in is unlike any others just be happy she’s on the court or they’d be mid to last place team in the Big East. None of the other legends had it so bad or even close.

Play the freshman as much as possible they need to become sophomores by February this year. Samuel needs to see the court more too she has potential no doubt. Let her learn on the court this year is unfortunately all about next year.
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This year reminds me of 2002-03 where it was Taurasi, Maria Conlon, Jess Moore, and 4 talented freshmen. One huge difference from 20 years ago, though is that the top 10-15 ranked teams never worried about playing unranked team; parity simply didn’t exist. So, it was only a matter of getting by the few ranked teams on the schedule and then dominating the conference. Nowadays, fans are concerned about playing Creighton, Marquette, and Villanova, something that would have been unheard of back in 2002
 
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HuskyNan said:
This year reminds me of 2002-03 where it was Taurasi, Jess Moore, and 4 talented freshmen. One huge difference from 20 years ago, though is that the top 10-15 ranked teams never worried about playing unranked team; parity simply didn’t exist. So, it was only a matter of getting by the few ranked teams on the schedule and then dominating the conference. Nowadays, fans are concerned about playing Creighton, Marquette, and Villanova, something that would have been unheard of back in 2002
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Didn’t Villanova beat them us the BET in 2003 or 2004?
 
hoopsnloops32 said:
Didn’t Villanova beat them us the BET in 2003 or 2004?
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Yes, indeed, and to toot my own horn, I saw it coming. Diana was gimpy and her teammates weren’t playing well. I saw that miserable loss at the RAC :-(

Before the game, Boneyarders were expecting a 20 point win and I was doing my Cassandra prediction thing but got shouted down. No one saw it coming. These days, Boneyarders actually predict losses or potentially tough games but it’s new behavior by us fans
 
I don't care how good your team is you cannot allow your opponent to build a 15-3 lead and expect to still win the game. I can't recall a UConn team ever doing this. The defense simply wasn't there & Texas ran away with the game. I don't want to hear about the near great comeback- if the Huskies had played the way they're capable of playing they wouldn't have had to attempt a comeback, they would have been right there with Texas.

My girl Nika looked like she'd never played defense in her entire career. Texas was both quicker & faster and Nika couldn't cope with it. Ditto her teammates and all of them were once again guilty of standing around waiting for Paige to pull a miracle out of her shorts.

Not a happy camper today. :mad:
 
The shortcomings are not going to be addressed in one or two games. This team is going to be a work in progress for the entire year.
There are other teams this year with more size and, dare I say it, more talent. Injured players who can't get on the floor don't count when they are unavailable on game day.

Remember, other teams have excellent players too.
 
mauconnfan said:
Samuel needs to see the court more too she has potential no doubt. Let her learn on the court this year is unfortunately all about next year.
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Your pov regarding above is much more reserved for pro ball. It has little place for premiere College basketball programs in early December. The point in bold isn't reality for a premiere college coach, a premiere college coaching staff, a premiere program, and proud college players used to excellence.
 
hoophuskee said:
What's your point about UCONN fans? What does that have to do with Stanford losing?
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Because UConn is missing players also.

Stanford losing has nothing to do with UConn losing, but other posters keep bringing it up in this thread.
 
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This has definitely been an interesting read.

This team is too slow. Plain and simple. Slow to loose balls. Slow getting to open shooters. Slow to the boards getting rebounds.

The women's game has gotten faster and more athletic in a hurry. That's how LSU won the title last year. They were fast and athletic.

I do believe Geno saw this coming with his 3 true freshman. They are a lot faster and more athletic than the upper classman. The days of finesse players is just about over.

As far as the rest of this season goes, it's going to be ugly (8-10 losses). If I were Geno, I would tell Paige to shoot 25 times a game and start early.
 
nwhoopfan said:
Because UConn is missing players also.

Stanford losing has nothing to do with UConn losing, but other posters keep bringing it up in this thread.
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We’re UConn talking to one another in a UConn thread. Not sure why I have to keep reminding you which board you’re on.
 
hoophuskee said:
Why some continue to believe that height equates to proportionate rebounds remains very bizarre. :)
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This is 6-8 Brittney Griner

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This is 6-4 Tina Charles

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nwhoopfan said:
Because UConn is missing players also.

Stanford losing has nothing to do with UConn losing, but other posters keep bringing it up in this thread.
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What's wrong with UCONN fans bringing up a UCONN game thread that while UCONN lost in some manner due to injuries in which they have 4 players out vs Stanford having just 1 player out?

It's a UCONN game thread in which many of are frusrated and you want to go tit-for-tat with UCONN fans? Is it to rub it in?

Can't we acknowledge what UCONN is going through is a lot more than what Stanford had to go through recently?

Nan pointed out the players on our current team - we have 4 seniors and basically 4 freshmen. Its as though UCONN never picked up a recruit in 2 consecutive years and add to that Paige doens't look quite right yet (maybe she is), Aubrey's back will always be in question, along with a minimum of 3 but up to four players UCONN was counting on that are out, and we're asking non-superstar freshmen to play well vs top compettion, and yet you felt a need to point out 1 injury that Stanford had on a UCONN site rather than just letting it go?
 
hoophuskee said:
What's wrong with UCONN fans bringing up a UCONN game thread that while UCONN lost in some manner due to injuries in which they have 4 players out vs Stanford having just 1 player out?

It's a UCONN game thread in which many of are frusrated and you want to go tit-for-tat with UCONN fans? Is it to rub it in?

Can't we acknowledge what UCONN is going through is a lot more than what Stanford had to go through recently?

Nan pointed out the players on our current team - we have 4 seniors and basically 4 freshmen. Its as though UCONN never picked up a recruit in 2 consecutive years and add to that Paige doens't look quite right yet (maybe she is), Aubrey's back will always be in question, along with a minimum of 3 but up to four players UCONN was counting on that are out, and we're asking non-superstar freshmen to play well vs top compettion, and yet you felt a need to point out 1 injury that Stanford had on a UCONN site rather than just letting it go?
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It is possible, by the way, that Paige will never be the same. and if she has to carry the entire offensive load, we have no chance. And nor does she. She is beaten up in each game as if she were a running back in football. Every time she drives to the hoop she winds up on the floor. Every time. She can't take that for a full season. We have taken too many shots to the midsection already ( Jana, AZZI, Caroline, Patterson ). The dynasty is in the rear view mirror. We will have fun in the Big east, but not outside of it.
 
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VaConnFan11 said:
This has definitely been an interesting read.

This team is too slow. Plain and simple. Slow to loose balls. Slow getting to open shooters. Slow to the boards getting rebounds.

The women's game has gotten faster and more athletic in a hurry. That's how LSU won the title last year. They were fast and athletic.

I do believe Geno saw this coming with his 3 true freshman. They are a lot faster and more athletic than the upper classman. The days of finesse players is just about over.

As far as the rest of this season goes, it's going to be ugly (8-10 losses). If I were Geno, I would tell Paige to shoot 25 times a game and start early.
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Actually, except for KK being faster than her upper class counterpart Muhl and even PB, its the other way around, i.e. Griffin is faster than either Shade and even Q , and Edwards is a faster than Brady. If your point is that quickness and athleticism are on the rise among the top tier teams and Uconn has to recruit accordingly, OK we get that. But otherwise, don't seek to make a point with faulty facts
 
MSGRET said:
UConn has fallen to three top 10 or better teams, two of the on the road and the third on a neutral site. They are a team that has to get used to new players because of injuries that have sidelined starters and some other key players. They haven't lost to teams like Gonzaga, Chattanooga, Southern Mississippi or Arkansas who were all unranked teams that beat Stanford, Mississippi State, Mississippi, and Florida State over the last few days.
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No doubt they've lost to very good teams. This early in the season you can't go totally by rankings as we saw with NC State.
 
MSGRET said:
One player sick and they can't beat Gonzaga, yet UConn has three major players from last year out and everyone is screaming, sorry but I don't buy it, Stanford blew it big time.
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Maybe Gonzaga is better than we think and Stanford had an off game. Brink is a big part of their team. They've been upset before. I do think we as uconn fans and our head coach as well have to stop talking about missing Azzi. She's out for the year. Our team will probably get Ayanna and Ducharme back at some point but Geno and staff have to coach and strategies with the team we have.
 
Longtime fan said:
It is possible, by the way, that Paige will never be the same. and if she has to carry the entire offensive load, we have no chance. And nor does she. She is beaten up in each game as if she were a running back in football. Every time she drives to the hoop she winds up on the floor. Every time. She can't take that for a full season. We have taken too many shots to the midsection already ( Jana, AZZI, Caroline, Patterson ). The dynasty is in the rear view mirror. We will have fun in the Big east, but not outside of it.
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I agree with you, but Paige is quite possibly the smartest basketball player UConn has ever had. She'll figure what to do and what not to do to save yourself wear & tear.
 
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