Fact: ND are notorious floppers. 31 fouls, Pfffft. In the last game, Paige got fed up with all the flopping and in the second half gave them some of their own medicine, hanging fouls one each of them—Miles Mabry Citron. It was like a warning shot across the bow — “cut the crap, because I can beat you at this game.”
Oops! I didn't realize Paige was playing this Sunday in South Bend.
Paige is head and shoulders better than any of UCONN's players. Azzi is outstanding but Paige is transcendent.
No matter how she does it, the Huskies don't want Olivia scoring 25. Points pretty much tell the story on the scoreboard.
I'm pretty sure Azzi would disagree with this assessment... or haven't you seen hundreds of their videos together?
Enough already with the individual match up comparisons. Last I looked, basketball was a team game, and not a combo of one-on-ones.
The definition of elite is 'prestigious' or 'best of the best'. Charlie needs to get his eyes checked if he thinks ND and these 3 teams are elite. He's throwing 'elite' around like some people throw 'generational' around now. The Stewart UConn teams were elite. These teams aren't even in the rear view mirror.
This is exactly right! Good players are not yet a team. Ohio St. torched Louisville last night and a similar question was settled: Louisville has good players, but is not yet a team. I think we'll find out a lot about ND by how they handle MD. If they win by >20, then they may be a team already. MD certainly isn't a team yet. If it's a close game, or if MD wins (lol), then we'll know they're not a team yet either.
Except basketball is not five one on one contests, but my team vs. your team. That‘s why, with all due respect to people who either generate or choose to take these types of analyses seriously, don’t; they are generally meaningless.
If we don't run out of gas (yet to happen), and we shoot lights out, and play in your face defense, and don't get in foul trouble, we win. But make no doubts, ND is the best team we will face. They may have peaked, or not and we are not there yet. I like the thought that we can get better (see Caroline, Awbrey, Yanna) and it would help if the Irish could lose their cools or get selfish with the ball.
IMO, comparing stats between the two players should be made with the understanding that Miles achievements have been made against substantially weaker opponents compared to Muhl’s. Let’s see how Miles does tonight against Maryland - I believe this is their first game vs a ranked team.
That game was very revealing. If ND plays Ebo and Watson in the front court, they are very strong but painfully slow. If they sit Ebo, then Watson and Westbeld are quicker, but not very strong. Citron is the core of their offense these days, not Watson and not Miles. I think we can run them down. Sellers contained Miles, and she's quick and lanky but very slight.
Your last sentence says it all, no one knows how a team is going to play on a given day but you have to approach every game expecting your opponent will play as well as they possibly can.
And it is clear ND does not have Character on its recruiting check list.
You look at statistics other than simply her point total.