Who is the most important player on the team?

[Los24]

They don’t beat Notre Dame or Texas without Azura!

Also there were earlier moments in both of those games that if it were not for Lou, AZ would not have been in a position to impact the game in the 4th to begin with... not rating one over the other but I see a lot of people emphasizing the end of those games while ignoring points where it felt we were holding on by a thread (or two) with the game swinging in the other direction.

That said I think we win it all with AZ last year but it does not mean we could have not done it without the others, especially Gabby and Lou.

 

[the Q]

IMO Crystal is the most important player on the team with Lou second. Main reason is that everyone else have someone else who could do more or less what they do but the only real PG on the team is Crystal. While Kia plays PG when Crystal takes a break, she is not a PG.

This. Z can fill in and everyone else can slide around.

But there is only one person who is even a Plus ballhandler on the roster. And that’s dangerfield.

Geno would have to play positinless ball to the extreme and get ready for teams to press the absolute crap out the girls if danger was out.

 

[Kaizen]

I vote Kia, the silent one.

 

[housekeys]

Napheesa is the most important player. When she plays a good game two things happen: 1) we score easy baskets inside - causing defenses to collapse and leave our shooters open 2) she stretches the defense by hitting outside shots - causing Gabby, KLS and this year, AZ to get easy points inside.

Napheesa playing well flips the script on how to stop UConn. UCan't.

e.g. Miss St

 

[the Q]

Napheesa is the most important player. When she plays a good game two things happen: 1) we score easy baskets inside - causing defenses to collapse and leave our shooters open 2) she stretches the defense by hitting outside shots - causing Gabby, KLS and this year, AZ to get easy points inside.

Napheesa playing well flips the script on how to stop UConn. UCan't.

e.g. Miss St

I hear what you're saying. But I don't like trying to use Miss St as the example when literally one player played well that game.

 

[housekeys]

I hear what you're saying. But I don't like trying to use Miss St as the example when literally one player played well that game.

Well that's the point. When Napheesa plays well, most others will play well. That is why she is the most important.

 

[TwoCents]

Kia... I'm bias... and I'm not ashamed of it.