I'm mostly worried about Aliyah's ankle for this game. Baylor is leading the country in APG and Rebounding margin without being blessed with many gifted passers. What that says is Baylor is dumping the ball inside and pounding the offensive glass.
Finally!! Someone with a positive attitude toward Anna!!
Personally. I don’t worry about perfect games. That’s the coaches job. A win is a win. Every game is different. Players aren’t machines, for whatever reason some nights every shot even bad ones fall and others open shots are bricked by the same player. Match ups are different game to game.Watch it with an open mind, looking at the big picture. We handled a 7-0 team on their floor, and won by 38 with two of our rotation players out. There was more to like than not. We did not play a perfect game, but we won, and Geno left Philadelphia happy.
Hey Coco, I think that is exactly what they will do. They will 'dump and pound' and see if Liv holds up. GA said that Aliyah should be ready for the next game, so I hope that she will be ready for Baylor. We will need her physicality against Baylor!
If EW can hit her shot from 3 with regularity, then it makes the switch of AM for AE easier. I don't think scoring off the dribble is something AM will be very good at.
HuskeyNan my kind of post you said in two sentences what most of us would have taken 2-3 paragraphs to say.
Which is why they both won't start. We need Aaliyah sitting on that bench with 0 fouls waiting to come in for Liv when the fouls happen....
Duly noted. Not sure if it was by design but these two can be interchangeable even though EW actually plays the wing....The future possibilities are endless. GA is probably like a mad scientist in the lab drawing up all kinds of plays with all these interchangeable pieces he has!
No you were not seeing things. Geno took the ball out of Paige hands in favor of Evina on many possessions last night. It was not an experiment, it is preparation for future games. The two primary reason are that Geno does not want the offensive to be entirely depended on Paige or any singular offensive player & Evina also needs to handle the ball to get herself going.
IMHO, Geno is just switching roles for Evina and Paige. Paige did not disappear as noted by some. Paige played the most minutes and was the team high scorer.
Coaches are never candid with their public assessments of other team's players. Always positive comments.
Who else do we got?
It also highlights a weakness of the last two UCONN teams that were entirely dependent on Crystal to initiate the offense and lead transition. The transition offense of the last two years was grab a rebound, find Crystal, then push. Entirely different this year because you have 3 starters Evina, Paige, Anna that are all spectacular at advancing the ball. Despite the poor 3Pt shooting UCONN is still leading the nation in FG% and that is the reason.
Thank You!!
Even if Evina does not return the future is indeed brighter than the present because in Azzi, Saylor and Caroline you will have 3 new perimeter players with similar ( potentially better) interchangeable skill sets. Potentially better is: Saylor being better perimeter defender than anyone on the current roster. Azzi a better mid range Shooter than anyone on the current roster and Caroline a better deep shooter than anyone on the current roster.
Yes Coco! The future next year is bright. This year's team is also bc there are lot of interchangeable parts with at least 5 players who can handle the ball. Lots of size and length. I'm impressed that EW has handled the wing well so far but against top competition is another story, especially on the defensive end.
If I sign in to FoxSports I invariably get a schedule which does not include the game. Up until last night if I made the TV selection on the UConn Schedule web page at game time the Game page appeared. Last night the UConn page brought me to the same dismal brick wall as going directly to the FoxSports site.
Is that Prince Charles?
