Will We See This In A Game Before She Leaves UConn?

[JavaMan]

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[CocoHusky]

I sure hope so.

 

[Biff]

I put this down in the First Nite activities thread but probably interesting enough for it's own focus thread.

 

[eebmg]

I understand the thrill it is to the dunker and the team as a whole and some segments of the crowd but I don't think so. Unless the dunk percentage > 90% (I do not think Liv is that adept a dunker especially in game conditions) or so, it is a bad shot to take in any meaningful game and would probably be viewed as rubbing it in within a blowout game.

The only women player I have seen who is a sufficiently good dunker would be Beliebi. I think she will have quite a few before she finishes her career.

 

[GG]

I hope she does and I hope it is during a game!

 

[oldude]

I think whether or not we see it in a game will depend on Crystal, Paige or one of the other dime-dropping guards that Liv will be playing with over the next few years, and their ability to set Liv up with a perfect pass off a pick and roll or some other situation that leads her perfectly to the basket.

 

[Linart]

Like Geno has said, “Two points is two points.” And “If you’re going to dunk, you’d better make it.”

 

[Sonny44]

Not this year for sure.

 

[VAMike23]

Doubtful , IMO

 

[psconn]

I'm going out on a limb and say she will not dunk in an official game in her remaining 3 years at UConn. If I'm wrong I hope it's against ND...

 

[j66kicker]

January 23 - book it!

 

[RoadWarrior]

I think that we will see Olivia dunk in a game during her remaining UCONN tenure. I think that both her skill and confidence will grow to the point that she will be unafraid to try and ultimately succeed.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Stewie didn’t. I don’t expect Liv to dunk. But maybe.

 

[Steelerone]

I loved French apple pie until I went into the service and discovered they had tables with trays full of French apple pie. Two weeks later I lost my appetite for French apple pie. After a couple of seasons of watching virtually every type of dunk I feel the same way. Ask yourself, would you rather see a three point swish, a pinpoint pass resulting in an open two pointer or another dunk?

 

[Dokey]

One of the reasons I watch women and not men is that dunks don’t excite me.

 

[Husky fanatic]

Stewie didn’t. I don’t expect Liv to dunk. But maybe.

Stevie came close once on a put back. This may be ok for Liv to do

 

[Plebe]

If you give me a choice between one national championship and 50 thunderous dunks, I'll take the former every day of the week and twice on Sunday please and thank you.

I personally believe it's fool's gold to hype dunking in the women's game because it only plays into the narrative that the women's game is "less than" the men's.

 

[Carnac]

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My sources say yes.

 

[Go/huskies]

I remember Parker dunking at UConn the last time the teams played, I hope to see Liv dunk at Tennessee next year.

 

[BroadwayVa]

I sure hope so.

If she does it I hope it's against U Tenn---I don't forget the Parker dunk in Connecticut, it still stings.
Seriously, I don't really care if she dunks, as long as she swats all comers into the hands of a Uconn teammate.
The kid has talent, intelligence, and determined. What's not to love???

 

[CL82]

I understand the thrill it is to the dunker and the team as a whole and some segments of the crowd but I don't think so. Unless the dunk percentage > 90% (I do not think Liv is that adept a dunker especially in game conditions) or so, it is a bad shot to take in any meaningful game and would probably be viewed as rubbing it in within a blowout game.

The only women player I have seen who is a sufficiently good dunker would be Beliebi. I think she will have quite a few before she finishes her career.

I agree with you generally, but I did think Liv has a functional enough dunk that she can throw one down in a game. Geno has no problem with that, so long as she doesn’t miss.

Like most college women’s dunks, this is more of a bastard child of a finger roll and dunk, but she really doesn’t struggle to get it. I wouldn’t mind seeing it a game.

 

[Plebe]

This is what I mean. I couldn’t give a lick about any of Candace’s dunks. All it shows is that she didn’t hustle to get back on defense. The same lack of effort that got her famously benched in this year’s playoffs.

 

[JavaMan]

I put this down in the First Nite activities thread but probably interesting enough for it's own focus thread.

I missed it Biff. My bad.

 

[Biff]

I missed it Biff. My bad.

Oh no. It deserved it's own thread.

 

[MSGRET]

I hope to watch it via the internet out here in Vegas. I also hope that if I can watch it, that Liv drives the house crazy with a dunk.

Got my wish and enjoyed the excitement that it caused after she did it.

 

[Majic Hands]

One of the reasons I watch women and not men is that dunks don’t excite me.

Well, when Spud Web dunked I was impressed. If your drinking % is greater than your layup % . . . Go for it.