I can just see the frustration on their face.
The UCONN press should be a thing of beauty...Opposing players who are guarded by Kia and Moriah are going to be prone to major meltdowns.
My favorite play of the game Monday night was as Diggins was driving to the left of the basket she got so frustrated with Kia, she gave a significant forearm to Kia's chest. And Kia immediately returned the favor with a forearm to Diggins chest. Play on!Opposing players who are guarded by Kia and Moriah are going to be prone to major meltdowns.
And as I recall at least one of the Valley girls was not a shrinking violet while on the court!
How great is it to hear players like Lindsey speaking in those positive terms about a young girl who has yet to start her freshman year at UConn. Does that bode well for us or WHAT!!! Her international experience is going to really show heavily in her play this freshman year. I think all the positive talk we heard before she actually committed to UConn about her play and her maturity were totally correct. I have no question she'll be getting a considerable amount of playing time this year though I am confident she won't be the only freshman to do so. I think Geno will find a way to get these young women experience in a number of games that are won early. I'm pumped about this year for so many reasons. To have such a talented class of guards coming in is awesome and the experience they gain this year on top of the stupendous class we get next year is going to have Tony searching for adjectives for the dominance of UConn women's basketball over the next four or five years plus.
How great is that to hear about an incoming recruit. The part about "maturity beyond her years" almost would suggest someone like Sue Bird who from the first moment on the court at Storrs comported herself in that very same manner. I'm not necessarily suggesting the she would ever be the player that Sue was but really, who knows????? I don't think you can ever have too many good guards who play stellar defense. Beyond that, her being a six footer will be helpful because opposing guards continue to get bigger and bigger.
How great is that to hear about an incoming recruit. The part about "maturity beyond her years" almost would suggest someone like Sue Bird who from the first moment on the court at Storrs comported herself in that very same manner. I'm not necessarily suggesting the she would ever be the player that Sue was but really, who knows????? I don't think you can ever have too many good guards who play stellar defense. Beyond that, her being a six footer will be helpful because opposing guards continue to get bigger and bigger.
You are Sooooooooooooo right! I've never met anyone so positive but a great deal of his hyperbole is totally justified. Geno and Chris have kicked butt for many years to make this far and away the best women's basketball program in the history of women's college basketball. Who would have thought that in 1989 or 1990, just a few short years into their coaching career???? They had attained some success, to be sure, but to have expected then what really kicked in a few short years later, would have been considered far fetched. Kerry Bascom really was the catalyst, more than Rebecca, into transforming UConn in the minds and hearts of people outside of New England. Were there no Kerry Bascom, there would not have been a Rebecca Lobo.It's a tuff job but Tony will do it.
I actually think in terms of maturity Nurse is probably further advanced than Sue was - skills is another story.
I'll bet Geno would have LOVED to coach Lindsey in college. His kind of player. "When they smack you, you smack 'em back!"Lindsay is a bit of a bull in a china shop, isn't she?
In a good way.
We really only saw her in a half-court style game. Canada couldn't afford to try to run with the US team. College will be much different, including officiating. That said, I suspected she would be a starter this year based on what I had already read on the Canadian national team. It might be hard to move MJ out of the point though.
I think that Kia is an inch taller than Bria Hartley.
So Nurse is 5'8" ??
They are all taller than meAlmost.
A female John Ferguson?
