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Post by chicagogg on Jun 25, 2024 8:47:02 GMT -5
CD must be losing her mid over a picture of Paige at a casino with craps shooters wearing - not much! Not trying to be an old curmudgeon, but any gambling allusion is NOT GOOD.
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Post by semper on Jun 25, 2024 9:24:49 GMT -5
Yeah, I was kinda surprised at this myself.
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Post by bulkey on Jun 25, 2024 9:33:56 GMT -5
Well, there was basketball played. Maybe that was the main point of her being there, some sort of promotion.
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Post by chicagogg on Jun 25, 2024 10:26:51 GMT -5
Well, there was basketball played. Maybe that was the main point of her being there, some sort of promotion. If I read this correctly, Paige and Azzi were at this rap concert at the XL, and then hanging out with the performers afterward. Basketball was an after-concert recreation....what they do in their free time is on their free time, but they should know what isn't going to look too good if picked up by social media.
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Post by semper on Jun 25, 2024 16:16:21 GMT -5
Weird.
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Post by linkster on Jun 25, 2024 18:06:13 GMT -5
Taking pictures in a casino has always been against the rules.
The media now openly talks about the betting lines of sporting events. The stigma associated with all forms of gambling that existed when I was young no longer apply.
And if Bueckers wants to display her midriff it's her business. If I had abs like that I'd want everyone to see them too. I wear loose-fitting shirts for a reason.
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Post by doggydaddy on Jun 25, 2024 18:45:10 GMT -5
For crying out loud, Paige will be 23 this year.
What a bunch of curmudgeons.
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Post by bulkey on Jun 26, 2024 21:36:48 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on Jun 27, 2024 10:05:37 GMT -5
And Pheesa won best player in the game (posted in the WNBA thread)
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Post by bulkey on Jun 29, 2024 17:43:17 GMT -5
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Post by huskyharper on Jun 29, 2024 20:40:46 GMT -5
Ugh, Azzi is tonnage in trouble, showing of that tight midriff.
they look pretty fine, don't they?!
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Post by bulkey on Jun 30, 2024 8:49:40 GMT -5
Ugh, Azzi is tonnage in trouble, showing of that tight midriff. they look pretty fine, don't they?! Looks like Paige kept changing (endorsing?), but Azzi liked her look.... http://instagram.com/p/C80g87oPSTC
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Post by bulkey on Jul 1, 2024 15:57:07 GMT -5
It's easy to see that Ally is indeed 2" taller than Ashlynn, just like the roster says. So, she's 6'0" which is a very good size for a 2 guard. http://instagram.com/p/C85DEqKvVHj
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Post by doggydaddy on Jul 1, 2024 16:06:01 GMT -5
It's easy to see that Ally is indeed 2" taller than Ashlynn, just like the roster says. So, she's 6'0" which is a very good size for a 2 guard. http://instagram.com/p/C85DEqKvVHj I’m not doubting it’s true but you can’t tell the height differences from this picture. Also, what if Ashlynn is only 5’8”?
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Post by bulkey on Jul 1, 2024 16:09:58 GMT -5
It's easy to see that Ally is indeed 2" taller than Ashlynn, just like the roster says. So, she's 6'0" which is a very good size for a 2 guard. http://instagram.com/p/C85DEqKvVHj I’m not doubting it’s true but you can’t tell the height differences from this picture. Also, what if Ashlynn is only 5’8”? It seemed pretty obvious to me, at least, that Ally had a couple of inches on her. Yet, she's walking behind Ashlynn, and that perspective reduces the apparent (not real) height of the back player. And what if Ashlynn is only 4'10" and therefore Ally is only 5'? It's what UConn said and I'm sticking with it.
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Post by bulkey on Jul 3, 2024 7:46:43 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on Jul 3, 2024 23:56:26 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on Jul 10, 2024 20:40:54 GMT -5
Dan Connolly (edited) on Paige having her first summer since she was an in-coming freshman when she isn't rehabing.
“I'm enjoying it,” she said. “I haven't had a lot of time this whole college career to work on my skills and get better during the offseason, work on my weaknesses and get better at my strengths.”
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“It's playing a lot, playing a lot of 1-on-1,” she explained. “Offensively, defensively working on that, learning how to play with pace… Continue to work on little things like shooting with range, shooting more threes, and just continuing to improve.”
Bueckers has also spent plenty of time in the weight room. During summer workouts in 2022 — the healthiest she’d been in an offseason prior to this one — she made a point of showing off her newfound muscles. A torn ACL in August interrupted that progress but now Bueckers is back to building up her strength.
“Continue to try to get stronger, that's a huge thing that I'm working on,” she said. “I'm learning how to use my strength and play to that.”
Not only will that allow Bueckers to better absorb contact when teams get physical with her, she can finally give it back, too.
“It’s been just a learning process. I never really had this sort of frame and muscle strength to use my body in that way. I was always more agile and playing sort of wavy,” she said. “Now I feel like I could play with more force and just use my strength on both sides of the ball. Play more physically. It's been a learning process and I'm still learning but yeah, it's gotten better.”
At the same time, Bueckers doesn’t want to put on too much muscle so that it takes away from her athleticism since that’s a staple of her game. So she’s walked a fine line.
“You don't want to lose your speed, lose your quickness, lose your agility, but also you want to add strength and muscle,” she said. “I’m continuing to find that line.”
Bueckers isn’t just working on the physical parts of her game, either. After UConn lost to Iowa — a game in which she scored just 17 points and only took three shots in the fourth quarter — Geno Auriemma criticized her for not being assertive enough.
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“I think just being more assertive being more aggressive, not being passive — which is not equal to ‘I'm not passing anymore.’ I love to pass but just looking for my shot, creating for others,” she said.
Bueckers doesn’t plan on overhauling her game, though. She’ll still be the same player, just with more of an edge.
“Being a killer and being unselfish, it doesn't have to be one or the other. It can be both and that's how I've gotten here,” she said. “It's more killer, more aggressive, more assertive, and then the unselfish things can happen.”
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Post by bulkey on Jul 12, 2024 20:48:44 GMT -5
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Post by rvwsleep on Jul 21, 2024 7:20:38 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on Aug 8, 2024 7:27:46 GMT -5
Dan Connolly's free content, so all of it:
Morgan Cheli and Allie Ziebell’s paths have been intertwined for awhile. The two both arrived in Storrs together as members of UConn’s 2024 freshman class, but their friendship predates their time as teammates — or even fellow commits.
“We met at a camp one time and then got really close there,” Ziebell said.
Since then, their respective basketball careers have only brought them closer.
Ziebell picked the Huskies in December 2022 while Cheli followed suit the following April. From there, they took their official visit to UConn together in October 2023.
That was just the start.
While Ziebell has long been a blue-chip prospect, Cheli burst onto the national scene in her final high school campaign. She elevated her game by improving her distribution and shooting, which helped her play a key role for Archbishop Mitty when it won Nike’s Tournament of Champions this past December.
That pushed Cheli into the top tier of recruits alongside Ziebell. Once their senior years wrapped up, they both played in the McDonald’s All-American Game, the Jordan Brand Classic and the Nike Hoops Summit.
Even though they grew up in different parts of the country — Cheli in California, Ziebell in Wisconsin — they always ended up at the same events. Now as teammates — in the same position group as guards nonetheless — they’ll see plenty of each other over the next four years.
“We've gotten very close,” Ziebell said. “Love her. She's awesome.”
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Post by semper on Aug 8, 2024 10:43:58 GMT -5
Jana is doing a basketball clinic for Kids in Egypt.
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Post by linkster on Aug 8, 2024 17:28:04 GMT -5
Cheli was on everyone's radar by the time she was a sophomore. She was injured for a portion of her junior season and missed the highly visible Nike HS Nationals. It was out of sight, out of mind as other players rose in the rankings. Any stat improvements she had as a senior was due to her moving to pg and having the ball in her hands. What impressed me was that a 6'2 wing had the skills to play pg for one of the top programs in the country. Once she plays I think her trajectory will be steep. In fact I see that for all the 1st year players who are all described as high IQ types.
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Post by bulkey on Aug 8, 2024 20:10:45 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on Aug 8, 2024 20:12:50 GMT -5
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