UConn gives a Shout Out to Evina

Wow!! Bet she was really happy with the game. 

Over on the Tenn board, they're actually saying nice things about her: they blame Holly for mishandling the situation.

Semper - you are so right.

I think they are slowly coming around over on VN that the problem with the TN program was not players being a "cancer" on the team but former head coach HW who was the true cancer and chased a lot of the great talent away. She was so woefully incompetent as a head coach. They knew HW was a terrible coach. But somehow they seem to have thought that a player like Evina could rise above crappy coaching. Great players do not want to play for mediocre coaches. They had convinced themselves that Evina was not the great player that warranted her #2 ranking out of high school, and delighted at all her low scoring games this season. But they failed to look at her other stats. And more importantly, they did not watch all of her games this season to see the intangibles that help her drive UConn's success this year. Her intense defense that impedes players ability to get to their spots, her helping run the offense, directing players where to go. All of Evina's talents were on display yesterday, and only the most jaded of TN fans over on VN are not giving her the credit for her clear talent. I think the Tennessee fans keep buying into the individual player statistics as a measure of player worth and fail to understand that a "team first" player can be far more valuable than a player who puts up gaudy numbers every night. Paige could put of 30 every night if she wanted. But she is always team first. Making the players around you better makes the entire team better. I am not sure they get that over there, but might be coming around a little.