Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Doggy's Doghouse 1/25/2024

 





 

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GO UCONN!!!!!



Still here!!!! Last full day. Having such a good time with our friends Mark and Arlene. Such nice people. Of course they are, they are Canadian.

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Paige represented Dunkin' at Enfield High School. She is so cool!!! Everyone loves Paige!!


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BIG EAST LEADERS 
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** Designates Upset

Games Wednesday January 24th, 2024

No. 10 Texas 87 Oklahoma 91 **
No. 21 Creighton 77 Georgetown 72

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G/W Morgan Cheli, Archbishop Mitty (California)
Signed with: UConn | 2024 ESPNW 100 Ranking: 18

Cheli is a swiss-army knife type of perimeter player. Over the course of the last 18 months, she has gone from a slashing wing with a nice pull-up jumper to an all-around guard that often carries the lead guard duties for her No. 1 Archbishop Mitty squad. She has added some wiggle to her handle and dramatically improved her effectiveness from 3 with her high release shot and elevation. The 6-2 future Husky is an excellent passer, quality rebounder and very versatile on the court. She'll see some minutes at the guard and forward position at UConn when she gets to Storrs for next season.

G Allie Ziebell, Neenah (Wisconsin)
Signed with: UConn | 2024 ESPNW 100 Ranking: 4

Ziebell is a silent assassin. She has a tough unflappable quality about her and nothing rattles her on the floor. She is adept at getting to her spots -- whether with the ball in her hands or moving without the ball off of screens and actions -- and knocking down shots at a high percentage. Ziebell makes quick decisions with the ball and as a result is a quality facilitator for her teams. She will fit in with coach Geno Auriemma and the UConn style of play -- skilled and smart and ready to counter what the opponent throws at her.

F Sarah Strong, Grace Christian Sanford (NC)
Not Committed | 2024 ESPNW 100 Ranking: 1

Strong may be the most unique player we have seen in years. She has a powerful game, but a feathery touch. She battles inside for boards, but can create space to pull a 3 off the dribble. Strong can play inside and out, but also facilitate the offense for her teams. She is soft spoken but has a competitive fire while carving out space to own the boards like she owns real estate in the paint. As talented of a scorer as she is, the most impressive thing Strong does is pass. At this time, she is undecided on her college destination but is considering UConn, UCLA, LSU, North Carolina, and Oregon.

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Straight from the Dog




There is always some humore to find on Volnation. This time a poster said this when defending Coach Harper's success in the Portal.

"Rickea, Jasmine, and Jewell have been elite players for us"

I guess we have a different definition of elite. What does Webster say??

Elite - "the group or part of a group selected or regarded as the finest, best"

Here are their stats:

Jackson - 18.9  PPG, 8.9 RPG, 45.1 FG%, 23.3 3PT%, 18 assists, 28 turnovers
Powell    - 10.4 PPG, 4.6 RPG, 42 FG%, 29.8 3PT%, 67 assists, 45 turnovers  
Spear      - 11.4 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 40.4 FG%, 32.3 3PT%, 34 assists, 20 turnovers

Jackson's scoring and rebounding combination are elite. No doubt about it.  Alone?  Her scoring is not elite. Maybe her rebounding. But playing only 10 games so far this year make her not elite.

Here is a player. compare both Powell and Wells  -

Player X - 11.5 PPF, 2.6 RPG, 53.8 FG%, 39.5 3PT%,  29 assists, 15 turnovers.

Hmmm....looks pretty comparable except player X is a much better shooter. Is this player elite? Would the Tennessee fan think that this player is elite. Doubtful. Especially when the name is attached. Ashlynn Shade. 

And she is why I prefer HS recruiting vs Portal recruiting. Four years of Shade and she will be so much better in her junior and senior years, the usual total time you have a porter player.

Maybe this tennessee fan meant "elite for us" meant just that. Elite compared to the rest of the Tennessee team? Somehow I don't think that is what they meant.      

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It's not really about WCBB, but it is about Candace Parker, one of my least favorite sports figures. I'm a big Knick fan so she can basically kiss my ass.

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By PHIL

Milestone watch

• Aaliyah Edwards reached 1526 career points with her 10 points in the Marquette game. She needs 6 more points to tie Moriah Jefferson in 27th place.

• Aaliyah Edwards now has 845 rebounds with 12 against Marquette. That recently moved her ahead of Asjhia Jones (794), Barbara Turner (797), Kia Stokes (819), Kelly Faris (821), and both Jessica Moore and Leigh curl with 834. She is in sole possession of 14th place, and needs 63 more to catch Olivia Nelson-Ododa

• Nika Mühl had 556 assists after her 6 assists in the Marquette game. She is in sole possession of 8th place. She needs 3 more to tie Bria Hartley.
• Geno Auriemma now has 1197 wins and needs three more to reach the 1200 plateau.
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SPIDER STATS
 
Plus one for every assist block point rebound and steal. I don’t add extra for offensive rebounds as it already seems to favor the bigs. Minus one for every missed shot (2, 3 or foul), turnover or foul committed.

UConn 98 Marquette 47

Net positives/minutes played: All Universe Paige 29/32, Ashlynn 23/38, Nika 16/29, KK 11/29, Aaliyah 10/30, Qadence 4/16, Ice 3/21, Ines 0/3, Amari -1/2.

The fab five! Lay up practice for Ice. Zero assists for KK, some of her drives should result in beautiful dishes.

Covid is the Katie Abrahamson-Henderson of the disease world- you get beat up, it is ugly, you just hope to survive without lasting injury.

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UCONN LINKS

Several links are pay sites. Sorry!


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Message Boards

UConn Territory - The best UConn women's message board ever!!! 
Vol Nation - Tennessee women's basketball board
ND Nation - Notre Dame women's basketball board
Rebkell - WCBB for everyone that thinks they are smarter than everyone else

UCONN Information

UConn 2023-2024 Statistics (updated after 1st game)


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