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Post by grrrrr on May 21, 2024 8:55:12 GMT -5
Maybe… or maybe game opportunities are earned in practice, and actual game minutes are earned by how well you play once you get into games? I dunno. It's all in the details! Newcomer #'s issued yesterday plus changes for Q and Jana, summer school in less than two weeks, time is flying by.
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Post by swash on May 21, 2024 9:05:00 GMT -5
Newcomer #'s issued yesterday plus changes for Q and Jana, summer school in less than two weeks, time is flying by. link?
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Post by bulkey on May 21, 2024 15:36:19 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on May 21, 2024 15:36:59 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on May 21, 2024 17:17:05 GMT -5
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Post by grrrrr on May 22, 2024 6:47:11 GMT -5
Thank you, nice. Seems like we used to wait till October to this, it's not our imaginations, life is moving faster.
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Post by UConnChapette on May 22, 2024 10:04:03 GMT -5
Q sporting #10 this year. Big shoes to fill from the previous wearer of that jersey number. THE ICON!
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Post by UConnChapette on May 22, 2024 10:27:04 GMT -5
It will be odd to see a number higher than 5 in any player's jersey. Wonder if there will be any confusion is communicating fouls with the score keepers?
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Post by bulkey on May 22, 2024 10:53:49 GMT -5
It will be odd to see a number higher than 5 in any player's jersey. Wonder if there will be any confusion is communicating fouls with the score keepers? IIRC, I read a discussion of this somewhere that in international play there is no restriction on numbers beyond 5, so I guess the thinking is that it's okay in the States as well.
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Post by meyers7 on May 23, 2024 8:00:34 GMT -5
It will be odd to see a number higher than 5 in any player's jersey. Wonder if there will be any confusion is communicating fouls with the score keepers? IIRC, I read a discussion of this somewhere that in international play there is no restriction on numbers beyond 5, so I guess the thinking is that it's okay in the States as well. You guys never watched the Olympics? The WNT? Bird wore #6, Leslie wore #9, Moore wore #7. They usually use numbers 1-12 or 1-15. International scorers don't seem to have trouble with the numbers, not sure why you guys think college scorers would??
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Post by UConnChapette on May 23, 2024 13:46:44 GMT -5
Yes, but we are talking US based referees who may not be used to international numbers. College WBB refs in the US sometimes can’t get the call right ( travel/not travel, block/charge).
The issue may be more with score keepers. We don’t have a #53, but I can see the sideline attributing a foul on Jana to a player who wore #53 based on the five on one hand and three on another.
Don’t mind me. Just a random wandering of a mind in a head consumed with endless coughing due to a cold virus an allergies.
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Post by swash on May 23, 2024 14:01:22 GMT -5
Yes, but we are talking US based referees who may not be used to international numbers. College WBB refs in the US sometimes can’t get the call right ( travel/not travel, block/charge). The issue may be more with score keepers. We don’t have a #53, but I can see the sideline attributing a foul on Jana to a player who wore #53 based on the five on one hand and three on another. Don’t mind me. Just a random wandering of a mind in a head consumed with endless coughing due to a cold virus an allergies. Ah! these calls will be in metric! The US audience will be completely dumbfounded about how ... cool ... that actually is. Snork. Reality is that the referees generally go over to the scorer's table anyway when they make a foul call. It was a stupid nuance that half the fans never even realized was there in the first place. The big change will be when referees all wear communications gear. That way nobody will mis-interpret the hand signals and someone on the sidelines will handle the reviews in a couple of seconds. If the concept of fair competition even exists by then ....
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Post by meyers7 on May 23, 2024 15:16:34 GMT -5
Yes, but we are talking US based referees who may not be used to international numbers. College WBB refs in the US sometimes can’t get the call right ( travel/not travel, block/charge). The issue may be more with score keepers. We don’t have a #53, but I can see the sideline attributing a foul on Jana to a player who wore #53 based on the five on one hand and three on another. Don’t mind me. Just a random wandering of a mind in a head consumed with endless coughing due to a cold virus an allergies. Ah! these calls will be in metric! The US audience will be completely dumbfounded about how ... cool ... that actually is. Snork. Reality is that the referees generally go over to the scorer's table anyway when they make a foul call. It was a stupid nuance that half the fans never even realized was there in the first place. The big change will be when referees all wear communications gear. That way nobody will mis-interpret the hand signals and someone on the sidelines will handle the reviews in a couple of seconds. If the concept of fair competition even exists by then .... Exactly. It shouldn't be hard at all. It's been a really dumb rule for decades. (like men's having 20 minutes halves instead of quarters....like every other level of basketball)
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Post by bulkey on May 25, 2024 20:09:37 GMT -5
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Post by doggydaddy on May 26, 2024 9:40:28 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on May 26, 2024 9:46:22 GMT -5
Great video!
No question in my mind that Morgan is going to be amazing. She'll run through walls. They don't necessarily play the same position (because they are both so versatile), but I can seen Morgan and Sarah really going at it in practice...and both will improve because of it. And, while no one is like Aubrey, until she returns to full form, Morgan may be the one Geno sends in to increase team energy.
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Post by bulkey on May 26, 2024 12:07:24 GMT -5
Others posted by Morgan's trainer:
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Post by bulkey on May 30, 2024 8:44:03 GMT -5
I think UConn's summer session started this week and probably most of the players are on campus
Dan Connolly today: UConn women’s basketball’s 2024-25 season unofficially kicked off with the team convening in Storrs for the start of summer workouts.
While all workouts over the next month happen behind closed doors, we still will learn plenty about the 2024-25 iteration of the team. It’s one of the first times that Geno Auriemma speaks to the media since the end of the previous season while every player is (usually) made available as well.
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Post by ucchamp on May 30, 2024 14:12:13 GMT -5
Great video! No question in my mind that Morgan is going to be amazing. She'll run through walls. They don't necessarily play the same position (because they are both so versatile), but I can seen Morgan and Sarah really going at it in practice...and both will improve because of it. And, while no one is like Aubrey, until she returns to full form, Morgan may be the one Geno sends in to increase team energy. IMo what might work extremely well is Morgan and Sarah as an interchengeable 3/4 exaclty as you say. A fun lineup as an example PG Paige, SG Azzi, C Jana, - then SF/PF interchangeable between Morgan and Sarah. Think of Morgan at the high Post (you don't need to be tall to play at the high post - 6/2 or 6'1 or whtaever she is she can do it. Thne you'd have Jana inside with Paige, Azzi and Sarah on the outsuide. In which you could also for select plays have Sarah get inside if teams are smaller at the 3/4 as long as Jana is also stoking her outsuide shot as well. Thus is a weird way Jana and Sarah to a degree might be interchangaeble too. Even on Defense -- for example if there are teams that has a shorter but powerful inside player like Beers as their center,- Sarah might be better apt to defend that type of player in which Jana could slide in for help much better than anyone else due to her length. Years ago Morgan would defend the bulker centers with Steiw helping out while Steiw woudl guard the much taller centers. Lots of fun stuff to think about.
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Post by bulkey on May 30, 2024 14:17:50 GMT -5
Great video! No question in my mind that Morgan is going to be amazing. She'll run through walls. They don't necessarily play the same position (because they are both so versatile), but I can seen Morgan and Sarah really going at it in practice...and both will improve because of it. And, while no one is like Aubrey, until she returns to full form, Morgan may be the one Geno sends in to increase team energy. IMo what might work extremely well is Morgan and Sarah as an interchengeable 3/4 exaclty as you say. A fun lineup as an example PG Paige, SG Azzi, C Jana, - then SF/PF interchangeable between Morgan and Sarah. Think of Morgan at the high Post (you don't need to be tall to play at the high post - 6/2 or 6'1 or whtaever she is she can do it. Thne you'd have Jana inside with Paige, Azzi and Sarah on the outsuide. In which you could also for select plays have Sarah get inside if teams are smaller at the 3/4 as long as Jana is also stoking her outsuide shot as well. Thus is a weird way Jana and Sarah to a degree might be interchangaeble too. Even on Defense -- for example if there are teams that has a shorter but powerful inside player like Beers as their center,- Sarah might be better apt to defend that type of player in which Jana could slide in for help much better than anyone else due to her length. Years ago Morgan would defend the bulker centers with Steiw helping out while Steiw woudl guard the much taller centers. Lots of fun stuff to think about. I really, really like that! I'm a huge fan of Jana at power forward rather than high post. Morgan has great ball handling skills (playing point in high school) and putting her at high post sometimes would be a terrific look.
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Post by swash on May 30, 2024 17:19:16 GMT -5
IMo what might work extremely well is Morgan and Sarah as an interchengeable 3/4 exaclty as you say. A fun lineup as an example PG Paige, SG Azzi, C Jana, - then SF/PF interchangeable between Morgan and Sarah. Think of Morgan at the high Post (you don't need to be tall to play at the high post - 6/2 or 6'1 or whtaever she is she can do it. Thne you'd have Jana inside with Paige, Azzi and Sarah on the outsuide. In which you could also for select plays have Sarah get inside if teams are smaller at the 3/4 as long as Jana is also stoking her outsuide shot as well. Thus is a weird way Jana and Sarah to a degree might be interchangaeble too. Even on Defense -- for example if there are teams that has a shorter but powerful inside player like Beers as their center,- Sarah might be better apt to defend that type of player in which Jana could slide in for help much better than anyone else due to her length. Years ago Morgan would defend the bulker centers with Steiw helping out while Steiw woudl guard the much taller centers. Lots of fun stuff to think about. I really, really like that! I'm a huge fan of Jana at power forward rather than high post. Morgan has great ball handling skills (playing point in high school) and putting her at high post sometimes would be a terrific look. Sarah and Morgan toggling positions is a fun thought. I expect we may see that lineup on occasion, too. Here's hoping that both Morgan and Sarah earn lots of minutes with great play. Sorry Geno, but we want your playing time decisions to be really hard almost all of the time. Have to disagree on the Sarah/Jana thing, though. Against say ... Audi Crooks ... you are correct that Jana may lack the bulk to win that battle on the defensive end, but If we need brawn, Ice will be the top choice and Ayanna is probably next up. That isn't to say Jana won't also get some minutes ... She certainly will because I doubt Audi cannot defend Jana inside or out. Sarah has already admitted that her defense isn't where it should be. Almost no chance Geno is going to put her (Sarah) in a position to be overpowered and risk fouling out at center until and unless other options have proved fruitless. Other than availability issues, I expect Sarah will slide to center only to enable a quick ... "small" lineup for short bursts ... and not against Ms. Crooks.
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Post by bulkey on May 30, 2024 18:02:47 GMT -5
I really, really like that! I'm a huge fan of Jana at power forward rather than high post. Morgan has great ball handling skills (playing point in high school) and putting her at high post sometimes would be a terrific look. Sarah and Morgan toggling positions is a fun thought. I expect we may see that lineup on occasion, too. Here's hoping that both Morgan and Sarah earn lots of minutes with great play. Sorry Geno, but we want your playing time decisions to be really hard almost all of the time. Have to disagree on the Sarah/Jana thing, though. Against say ... Audi Crooks ... you are correct that Jana may lack the bulk to win that battle on the defensive end, but If we need brawn, Ice will be the top choice and Ayanna is probably next up. That isn't to say Jana won't also get some minutes ... She certainly will because I doubt Audi cannot defend Jana inside or out. Sarah has already admitted that her defense isn't where it should be. Almost no chance Geno is going to put her (Sarah) in a position to be overpowered and risk fouling out at center until and unless other options have proved fruitless. Other than availability issues, I expect Sarah will slide to center only to enable a quick ... "small" lineup for short bursts ... and not against Ms. Crooks. Unless Ice makes a major jump defensive between now and the fall (and it could happen, but based on what we've seen) I think she runs into early foul trouble against Crooks. It'll be defense by committee, I think.
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Post by bulkey on May 30, 2024 18:05:02 GMT -5
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Post by swash on May 30, 2024 19:05:46 GMT -5
Sarah and Morgan toggling positions is a fun thought. I expect we may see that lineup on occasion, too. Here's hoping that both Morgan and Sarah earn lots of minutes with great play. Sorry Geno, but we want your playing time decisions to be really hard almost all of the time. Have to disagree on the Sarah/Jana thing, though. Against say ... Audi Crooks ... you are correct that Jana may lack the bulk to win that battle on the defensive end, but If we need brawn, Ice will be the top choice and Ayanna is probably next up. That isn't to say Jana won't also get some minutes ... She certainly will because I doubt Audi cannot defend Jana inside or out. Sarah has already admitted that her defense isn't where it should be. Almost no chance Geno is going to put her (Sarah) in a position to be overpowered and risk fouling out at center until and unless other options have proved fruitless. Other than availability issues, I expect Sarah will slide to center only to enable a quick ... "small" lineup for short bursts ... and not against Ms. Crooks. Unless Ice makes a major jump defensive between now and the fall (and it could happen, but based on what we've seen) I think she runs into early foul trouble against Crooks. It'll be defense by committee, I think. fair, but she's the best defensive center we have right now
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Post by ucchamp on May 31, 2024 0:20:25 GMT -5
I really, really like that! I'm a huge fan of Jana at power forward rather than high post. Morgan has great ball handling skills (playing point in high school) and putting her at high post sometimes would be a terrific look. Sarah and Morgan toggling positions is a fun thought. I expect we may see that lineup on occasion, too. Here's hoping that both Morgan and Sarah earn lots of minutes with great play. Sorry Geno, but we want your playing time decisions to be really hard almost all of the time. Have to disagree on the Sarah/Jana thing, though. Against say ... Audi Crooks ... you are correct that Jana may lack the bulk to win that battle on the defensive end, but If we need brawn, Ice will be the top choice and Ayanna is probably next up. That isn't to say Jana won't also get some minutes ... She certainly will because I doubt Audi cannot defend Jana inside or out. Sarah has already admitted that her defense isn't where it should be. Almost no chance Geno is going to put her (Sarah) in a position to be overpowered and risk fouling out at center until and unless other options have proved fruitless. Other than availability issues, I expect Sarah will slide to center only to enable a quick ... "small" lineup for short bursts ... and not against Ms. Crooks. I doubt anyone can significantly over power Sarah if she is near their height. And imo I believe Sarah being criitcal of herself is a testament to her humility. After she committed didn't she say one of the things she loved was that UCONN didn't tell her how great she was but things she needed to work on? As far as Ayanna -- what's your opinion on how she was in h/s vs her 1st year? Didn't she look much more bulky in college? The point is I want her to get skinnier and quicker not bulkier. If she isn't much quicker vs her 1st year in college - I'm not sure she is going to play much in big games. In h/s she would at times bring the ball up the court when her team was pressed and othe tiems grab rebounds and go coast-to-coast like a gazeelle. And as jr in summer leagues I saw most of 1 game she was guarding and sticking like glue to the senior-- Ducharme - probably some AAU tournament. She was a freak athlete liek Watkins. I ddin't see that her frosh year. And in regard to Sarah you know I'm such a big fan I'm expecting at least Honorable Mention A/A from her. So, if Jana is as good as Geno suggested- they might be too good to not play together for a lot of time. And if the player is bulky strong like Beers or Crooks - - Sarah is thought to be a #1 recruit for more than just Offense. Meaning - she can learn as long ashe has the physical attributes. Defense is also about fundamentals and coaching. And - they have to stop UCONN too. Audi Crooks had an amazing frosh year. Juju had an amazing frosh year as did Hidalgo as did Booker. We saw Sarah outplay Joyce Edwards who has looked amazing. We;ve heard Geno hype Jana along with Jana looked very impressive last summer in a way that she absolutely stood out. So, with all this said-- why can't UCONN's freshemn at least one of them break through? And if it's Jana instead Sarah then the risk of Sarah being in foul trouble isn't much of a big deal. And what if both aren't super but just "very good," - who is Audi Crooks gonna guard?
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