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Message: [QUOTE="Bald Husky, post: 5154510, member: 11020"] The best UConn basketball player in the last 5 years. The best player in the nation in 2021. One of the most efficient players in the country in the last 5 years. Paige has won all the individual awards that have been available (except Wade trophy) since she entered UConn. Now, her last year of college ball, where she wants to win a NC, leading a largely inexperienced team to reach her only unattained goal. I believe to reach that goal, it all depends on her. Obviously, the social media is a joke, and a lot of negative things are being said about her, although she has played pretty well this year. BUT, some of it is true. Paige has to step up and be the Paige of her freshman year. Don't bring up injuries of the past, because they have nothing to do with now. For UConn to get there, Paige is the key, and she has to start playing like that. Paige is playing like she is with the best talent in the world, and actually some of her teammates may be near that someday, but except for Sarah, not now. In the beginning of the year, Paige came out swinging, looking for her shot in the first quarter, but after about 5 games that stopped. Now her aggression is late in the game, and as we have seen, it has been too late. Paige has to be aggressive from the start and continue that aggression throughout the game. With all the talent around the country, we have to be our best from opening tip to the final buzzer. That means a teams best player has to dominate during the entire game. Forget about the others, we are talking about Paige Bueckers, a player many UConn fans call our best player ever, but unfortunately, she is not playing like that. She has the talent, everybody in the country knows that, so now is the time for her to step up and show that she is who we know she is and start making the plays that will move the team forward. Paige is the engine, and if she stalls, so will the team. This is her last few months of her college career, so now is the time to start playing like she is running out of time to accomplish what she lacks, because she is, and only she can carry this team to the promise land. Paige, the stage is now yours, take over like the season depends on it, because it does. [/QUOTE]

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