I'm curious how giddy LV fans would be if Geno gets some egg on face during the FIBA WC or the Olympics. It's a tough balancing act: understandable to root heavily against your bitterest rival's HC (not to mention with all of the uconn alumnae in tow) treasonous to root against your own country. Not trying to stir up a thing here. I'm genuinely curious.
With this team, just my opinion, but Stewie would be better off back at UConn going to class. At this point nothing to be gained sitting on the bench, she can go back to classes, and training to get faster, and stronger. Getting ready for the season, and the run for Another Championship is a bigger deal. Being on the Olympic team is probably her ultimate goal.
France beat USA 76 72. Maya hit ONE shot with 2 minutes to go, DT had a terrible shooting night/day. Geno has always preached---when your Offense fail--they your DEFENSE digs in. To top it off---USA was up by 18 in the second quarter.Waiting breathlessly for the one game analysis aficionados. Sarcasm now off.
When one loses a CIVIL WAR/War between the states, your memory is much much longer than had you won it. WW1 and 2 were bigger deals to the losers than to the winners---that's why we rebuilt Germany and Japan.I seem to recall that during the last Olympics (or was it the Worlds) when you could still read
the Summit for free, that several Tennessee fans were rooting against the USA team.
Such is the depth of their hatred.
News flash.....lol.France beat USA 76 72. Maya hit ONE shot with 2 minutes to go, DT had a terrible shooting night/day. Geno has always preached---when your Offense fail--they your DEFENSE digs in. To top it off---USA was up by 18 in the second quarter.
Who besides Sims shall be dumped to make room for Griner???
That's the best QUOTE I've read on this site-----LINK!! Not sure what it means--USA should LINK arms, there was a LINK missing in the nets? Geno has a LINK to home in Europe?? Or Link ah Dink ah Do???
IfNews flash.....lol.
Dumped? I'm pretty sure it's called cut, not dumped. And Sims ain't going nowhere. Probably Lavender.
If you are cut from the team---you feel like you've been dumped!! Cut implies they need suturing, or you are bleeding, or have an open wound--much better to visualize a person sitting in a trash can rather than the open oozing, bleeding wound (cut)?? OK Coach, glad you have your squad set---but remember he needs to dump 2.News flash.....lol.
Dumped? I'm pretty sure it's called cut, not dumped. And Sims ain't going nowhere. Probably Lavender.
That's the best QUOTE I've read on this site-----LINK!! Not sure what it means--USA should LINK arms, there was a LINK missing in the nets? Geno has a LINK to home in Europe?? Or Link ah Dink ah Do???
Nope, they only need to "dump" cut 1. They have 12 + Griner.If you are cut from the team---you feel like you've been dumped!! Cut implies they need suturing, or you are bleeding, or have an open wound--much better to visualize a person sitting in a trash can rather than the open oozing, bleeding wound (cut)?? OK Coach, glad you have your squad set---but remember he needs to dump 2.
It should not be a surprise that a really good team that plays together all the time should beat a team of what is it 20 all-stars thrown together at the last minute.
It should not be a surprise that a really good team that plays together all the time should beat a team of what is it 20 all-stars thrown together at the last minute.
. . . Until and unless USA Basketball makes their roster selections MUCH MUCH EARLIER and allows the women and coaches to sufficiently work together and get a feel for playing with each other, we'd better get accustomed to scores like France 76 USA 72. . . .
Sonny44 - WOW! You are the first and only NOT to blame the loss to France on weak post-play, lousy Maya/DT shooting, poor overall shot selection, crappy coaching, crummy defense or no Griner. YOU are exactly right- when you put a bunch of very good players who have practiced/played together for months and even years against a "team" of stars that only days before a tournament has yet to determined its final roster, its starting five, and which players best complement which of their teammates on the floor, what happened to the USA WBB is going to happen more and more. That's because the beauty of basketball is that it is a true team game and solid team-play beats all-star-playground-play more often than not. Until and unless USA Basketball makes their roster selections MUCH MUCH EARLIER and allows the women and coaches to sufficiently work together and get a feel for playing with each other, we'd better get accustomed to scores like France 76 USA 72.
An Aside* Why do Geno's UConn teams win NCs so damn often? Year after year, Notre Dame, Duke, and Tennessee recruit talent to match UConn, but no other team plays TOGETHER, AS ONE, on offense AND defense, like the Huskies, to a woman, sacrificing individual glory for team success. But that can only happen with month(s) of brutally demanding practices and playing TOGETHER, something the national team does not have.
The problem is that ends up being the death knell for the WNBA because of the conflicts with both the Olympics and the Worlds. Either you end up with seriously inferior talent because the stars stay with their W teams, or you have teams winning the WNBA championship that are clearly inferior - Pheonix does not win the is year with DT, Dupree, and Griner on USA duty, what is MN without their three, etc.I think the USA's overwhelming "depth of talent" cannot continue to lead to the endless run of wins as in the past and slowly but surely USA dominance will inevitably be whittled away by nations who play together extensively and have increasingly better talent pools of their own. I do believe a legitimate month of practice for the 12 final USA roster players would end my warm milk, sleepless nights.
The problem is that ends up being the death knell for the WNBA because of the conflicts with both the Olympics and the Worlds. Either you end up with seriously inferior talent because the stars stay with their W teams, or you have teams winning the WNBA championship that are clearly inferior - Pheonix does not win the is year with DT, Dupree, and Griner on USA duty, what is MN without their three, etc.